A strange noblewoman arrives in a remote mountain village, claiming one of five youths is the reincarnation of an ancient power who once destroyed the world – and will do so again, if she’s not able to discover which of them it is. But they all have less time than they think.

Fate leads Rand and the others to an inevitable showdown with their most formidable enemies yet.

Rand faces the forgotten history of his family as Moiraine learns the devastating truth of her future.