TY - BOOK AU - Jordan,Robert TI - A crown of swords T2 - The wheel of time SN - 9780356503882 U1 - 813.54 23 PY - 2014/// CY - London PB - Orbit KW - American fiction KW - 21st century KW - Fantasy fiction KW - Rand al'Thor (Fictitious character) KW - fast KW - Adventure stories KW - Imaginary places KW - Fiction KW - Women KW - Kidnapping KW - Rescues KW - Weather KW - Fantasy KW - Heroes KW - cct KW - Good and evil KW - Prophecies KW - Magic KW - Quests (Expeditions) KW - Sex role KW - Reincarnation KW - Imaginary wars and battles KW - Epic fiction KW - gsafd KW - lcgft N1 - First published: Great Britain: Orbit, 1996; Adult N2 - The war for humanity's survival has begun. Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, has escaped the snares of the White Tower and the first of the rebel Aes Sedai have sworn to follow him. Attacked by the servants of the Dark, threatened by the invading Seanchan, Rand rallies his forces and brings battle to bear upon Illian, stronghold of Sammael the Forsaken ...In the city of Ebou Dar, Elayne, Aviendha and Mat struggle to secure the ter'angreal that can break the Dark One's hold on the world's weather - and an ancient bane moves to oppose them. In the town of Salidar, Egwene al'Vere gathers an army to reclaim Tar Valon and reunite the Aes Sedai ...And in Shadar Logoth, city of darkness, a terrible power awakens ER -