- The Fires of Heaven
"The Fires of Heaven" (abbreviated as tFoH or FoH by fans) is the fifth book in American author
Robert Jordan 'sfantasy series "The Wheel of Time ". It was published byTor Books and released onOctober 15 ,1993 .infobox Book |
name = The Fires of Heaven
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image_caption = Original cover of "The Fires of Heaven", showing Mat, Rand, andAviendha
author =Robert Jordan
cover_artist =Darrell K. Sweet
country =United States
language = English
series =The Wheel of Time
genre =Fantasy
publisher =Tor Books (U.S.)
release_date =October 15 1993
media_type = Print (Hardback &Paperback )
pages = 704 pp (U.S. hardback edition)
isbn = ISBN 0-312-85427-7 (US hardback edition)
preceded_by =The Shadow Rising
followed_by =Lord of Chaos Plot summary
"The Fires of Heaven" consists of a
prologue and 56chapter s.Chasing the Shaido
Aiel , who have crossed over the Spine of the World and are pillagingCairhien ,Rand al'Thor , theDragon Reborn and the "Car'a'carn", leads his Aiel over the Spine as well. The two Aiel armies meet in the Second Battle of Cairhien, which is by far the largest battle in the Westland since the time of Artur Hawkwing, 1000 years past. At the start of the battle,Mat Cauthon saves some troops from a Shaido ambush. Guiding these troops throughout the day, he wins numerous battles using the memories of past generals he received inThe Shadow Rising . He personally kills the Shaido leader, Couladin, in battle, and the Shaido Aiel retreat in defeat.Falsely believing Queen
Morgase Trakand of Andor dead at the hands of the ForsakenRahvin , who is masquerading as Lord Gaebril, an angry Rand prepares to Travel toCaemlyn with a small Aiel strike force. Before he can do so,Lanfear , learning that Rand slept withAviendha , is furious withjealousy and attempts to kill them.Moiraine Damodred grabs Lanfear and both topple through a doorframe ter'angreal, seemingly killing herself and Lanfear.Rand attacks Caemlyn. Rahvin kills Mat, Asmodean and Aviendha, but Rand hunts down Rahvin in "
Tel'aran'rhiod " and destroys him withbalefire , thereby reversing the deaths of Mat, Asmodean and Aviendha. Afterwards, someone unknown killsAsmodean again.Meanwhile,
Nynaeve al'Meara andElayne Trakand travel through lands filled withSeanchan left behind from the battle at Toman Head,Dragonsworn ,bandit s, andWhitecloak s, attempting to find the base of the rebelAes Sedai . Nynaeve finally remembers that the rebel Aes Sedai are in Salidar; after they arrive, Nynaeve is able to trap the ForsakenMoghedien in "Tel'aran'rhiod" with the use of an "a'dam ".External links
* [http://www.dragonmount.com/Books/Fires_of_Heaven/summary.aspx Concise summaries of each chapter from http://www.dragonmount.com/]
* [http://hem.passagen.se/kjnoren/jordan/tfoh.html More detailed summaries of each chapter]
* [http://www.encyclopaedia-wot.org/books/tfoh/index.html Even more detailed summaries of each chapter from http://www.encyclopaedia-wot.org]
* ISBN 0-312-85427-7 (hardcover)
* ISBN 0-8125-5030-7 (paperback)
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