时间：999NE Choren 22（第十个月，相当于当代历八月到九月上一卷结束后一天） 到 1000NE Taisham 11（第一个月，相当于当代历十二月到一月）历时三个多月。 技能： Rand： Perrin： Mat： Egwene：Travel Nynaeve：和Moghdean学到的各种技巧：Illusion, Reverting等等。 Elayne：和Moghdean学到的各种技巧

累计奖杯： Rand：Dragon reborn，Shadowkiller，He Who Comes With the Dawn，KinSlayer? Car'a'carn，LTT，征服Tear，Cairhien，Andor，Aes Sedai的效忠 Perrin：Wolfbrother， Young bull，Blacksmith，Golden eye，丈夫，Lord Perrin of Two Rivers Mat：Gambler，Trickster，Son of battles，Captain General Commander Egwene：Novice, Damane, Tuli，Accepted, Amyrlin Seat Elayne：Daughter-heir, Novice，Accepted, Aes Sedai Nynaeve：Accepted, Aes Sedar

从这卷起，每卷干掉弃光魔若干的好传统结束了。乔丹或者DO，还嫌弃光魔减少的速度太快，从地狱里捞了好几个回来。 无关人等的POV越来越多了，节奏也越来越慢。 相比于之前的几卷，这卷的皆为高潮，虽然血肉横飞，也是很大的阵仗，但并不太给人爽快的感觉，因为这只是一场拯救，解除屏蔽，用asha'man的力量迫使几个沙袋跪地效忠，和与弃光魔对峙的紧张大战，还是无法相比的，特别是，紧张救援的时刻，还有一章极为笨重的Perrin，极大的篇幅放在想Faile，缓慢的观察和判断上，节奏非常不好。

这卷的结果，并不胜利，而是Rand的另一个小转折点，他的精神病又加重了很多。乔丹对男性的变态也显现出来，先是”等同于强奸“，后又疯狂SM。

弃光魔那边，虽然仿佛在耍阴谋，其实也没做什么。

另外几个重要的事情： Egwene当上Amyrlin。 黑塔的诞生。

而碗线，Illian线，都只开了个头就终止了，这也是以前几卷没发生过的。

可以说从这一卷起，乔丹就开始了两卷当一卷写的模式，第六第七，第八第九，都是合成一卷更紧凑，更有头有尾一些。

但是，全书最美的两个段落也在这一卷中，Mat的千年之舞，和Egwene的梦世界穿行。

linking: The ability of women who can channel to combine their flows of the One Power. While the combined flow is not as great as the sum total of the individual flows, it is directed by the person who leads the link and that can be used much more precisely and to far greater effect than the individual flows could be. Men cannot link their abilities without the presence of a woman or women in the circle. Up to thirteen women can link without the presence of a man. With the addition of one man, the circle can increase to twenty-six women. Two men can take the circle to include thirty-four women, and so on until the limit of six men and sixty-six women is reached. There are links that include more men and fewer women, but except in the linking of one man and one woman, one woman and two men, or of course, two men and two women, there must always be at least one more woman in the circle than there are men. In most circles, either a man or a woman can control the link, but a man must control in the circle of seventy-two as well as in mixed circles of fewer than thirteen. Although men are in general stronger in the Power than women, the strongest circles are those which contain as near as possible to equal numbers of men and women. See also Aes Sedai.引自 GLOSSARYLinking 详解。