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The end of this book caught me completely off guard - I thought there would be another chapter or two and some climactic event after Egwene was captured, but nope 😂

Mat and Perrin both having encounters with the dead. Hints that saidar is weakening or broken. Rand almost entirely absent, but the Seanchan are making a treat with… someone? Maybe Masema. Murders in Egwene’s camp and intrigue in Caemlyn.

All lined up nicely for the finale!

So Habor feels like a place from a different world 😂

There should be a WoT drinking game for when a new cadre of minor characters is introduced, put into positions of influence and then revealed to be a Darkfriend.

Also more hints that saidar is “not working” or weakening in some way.

“Halima” is not being very subtle yet somehow is above suspicion from Egwene and Siaun.

That won’t last long if “she” is stupid enough to try giving Egwene a headache in the presence of Rand or an Asha’man who can see saidin though 🤣

Nicola is 100% going to be a big problem at some point.

It’s as if saidar is failing? That sounds like it could be a problem 🤣

Elenia’s first chapter is a puzzle wrapped in an enigma; I assume we’re not supposed what is happening and that all shall be revealed.

I assume a Forsaken is involved.

So Sareitha is all for Mellar, eh? He’s a Darkfriend so does that mean she is too, and Adeleas’ murderer as well? The plot thickens.

Hard to keep track of this stuff between books.

The traditional mammoth length first chapter sets the stage nicely.

Yet another army thrown into the mix in Arad Doman, and Caemlyn under siege.

Exciting times!