num_pages: 1031
description: Librarian's note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book here.The Stone of Tear, fortress of legend, as been taken and Callandor, the Sword That Is Not a Sword, is held. But for Rand al'Thor, the shepherd who has become the Dragon Reborn, it is only the beginning.As his friends and enemies alike plot and mobilize, the Lord Dragon studies the texts of the prophecies and struggles to control the Power that is his. But all know that it must be war - war against the Forsaken and all who oppose the Dragon Reborn. And the prison that holds the Dark One is slowly but inexorably, losing its power. In the final battle, Rand al'Thor knows who he must face...
language: English
title: The Shadow Rising
titlecomplete: The Shadow Rising (Wheel of Time, #4)
characters: Matrim Cauthon, Couladin, Lanfear, Asmodean, Egwene al'Vere, Gawyn Trakand, Loial, Elaida a'Roihan, Perrin Aybara, Nynaeve al'Meara, Min Farshaw, Dain Bornhald, Siuan Sanche, Egeanin Tamarath, Rand al'Thor, Faile Bashere, Moghedien, Moiraine Damodred, Juilin Sandar, Aviendha, Rhuarc, Al'Lan Mandragoran, Thom Merrilin, Elayne Trakand
genres: Fiction, Epic, Science Fiction Fantasy, Magic, Epic Fantasy, Adult, Audiobook, Fantasy, Adventure, High Fantasy
ratings_count: 223360
places: Emond's Field, Two Rivers, Tanchico, Tarabon, Tar Valon, Tear, Aiel Waste
series: Sagan om Drakens återkomst, The Wheel of Time
publisher: Orbit