Winter's Heart
core novel 2000 Wheel of Time
Record
| First published | 2000 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.97 (160,345 ratings, collected 2026-09-11) |
| Page count | 780 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780312864255 |
Synopsis
In the ninth book, the Sun Palace in Cairhien lies damaged following an attack, and Rand al'Thor has gone into hiding while the formidable Aes Sedai Cadsuane Melaidhrin investigates the assault made against him. Elsewhere, Elayne Trakand works to secure Andor's defenses and strengthen her position as she continues her campaign to claim the throne. Perrin Aybara and his followers, meanwhile, pursue the Shaido Aiel who abducted his wife, Faile Bashere, a search that drives much of the book's tension and takes Perrin into dangerous territory. Mat Cauthon becomes trapped within an occupied city and crosses paths with the Seanchan heir, Tuon, an encounter complicated by a prophecy linking the two of them together. Across these separate threads, Rand also pursues a dangerous and ambitious magical undertaking involving the corrupted male half of the One Power.
Where it sits
- Universe: Wheel of Time
- Series: The Wheel of Time core; position 9 of 15 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Robert Jordan
Notes
- From the series record (The Wheel of Time): 14 main-sequence novels (1990-2013) + prequel New Spring (2004).
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Wheel of Time: position 9 of 15: previous The Path of Daggers (1998) · next Crossroads of Twilight (2003)
Sources
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