the shadow rising (abbreviated as tsr by fans) is the fourth book in american author robert jordan's fantasy series the wheel of time. it was published by tor books and released on september 15, 1992. the unabridged audio book is read by michael kramer and kate reading. at 393,823 words, the shadow rising is the longest book of the wheel of time although it has fewer pages than "lord of chaos." the shadow rising consists of 58 chapters. it is the first book in the main sequence of the wheel of time not to contain a prologue.  ==plot summary== at the beginning of the book, rand al'thor has just claimed the crystal sword callandor to prove himself the dragon reborn. he is approached by lanfear; and the fortress 'stone of tear' is stormed by trollocs and fades, sent by another forsaken (sammael), while a third, semirhage, sends her followers into the stone, to oppose sammael's forces. in defense, rand uses callandor to create a lightning storm killing all the trollocs and fades. rand then departs for the aiel waste, to which egwene al'vere and moiraine damodred accompany him. mat cauthon, counseled by the stone of tear's aelfinn ter'angreal, and follows rand. perrin aybara, after hearing of trouble in two rivers, his native region, returns thereto, accompanied by faile bashere. elayne trakand, nynaeve al'meara, and thom merrilin depart to tarabon to hunt the black ajah, while min farshaw arrives in tar valon to report to the amyrlin siuan sanche. thus, the shadow rising follows four groups of characters in four plotlines. ===aiel waste=== rand teleports mat, egwene, moiraine, and the aiel at the stone of tear from tear to the aiel waste, where taardad and shaido aiel are waiting for t
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