The Wheel of Time book 9 · 2000
Winter's Heart
Rand takes on a dangerous plan to remove the taint on men’s magic, while Perrin searches for his kidnapped wife, Faile, and Mat tries to escape Ebou Dar.
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Book facts
- Author
- Robert Jordan
- Series
- The Wheel of Time, book 9 of 15
- Published
- 2000
- Setting
- Set in an invented world
- Story order
- Book 10 by the story’s timeline
- Characters charted
- 10
- Chart confidence
- High
In story order: after The Path of Daggers and before Crossroads of Twilight.
Who is in Winter's Heart
10 recurring or key characters from Robert Jordan’s chart.
Lead 4
- Rand al'ThorShepherd revealed as the Dragon RebornAlso in books by Brandon Sanderson
- Egwene al'VereRand's childhood sweetheart, later Amyrlin SeatAlso in books by Brandon Sanderson
- Perrin AybaraBlacksmith who can speak with wolvesAlso in books by Brandon Sanderson
- Mat CauthonGambler with uncanny luckAlso in books by Brandon Sanderson
Major 4
- Nynaeve al'MearaWisdom of Emond's FieldAlso in books by Brandon Sanderson
- Elayne TrakandDaughter-Heir of AndorAlso in books by Brandon Sanderson
- Min FarshawWoman who sees visions around peopleAlso in books by Brandon Sanderson
- AviendhaAiel Maiden of the SpearAlso in books by Brandon Sanderson
Minor and cameo 2
- Lan MandragoranMoiraine's WarderAlso in books by Brandon Sanderson
- Thom MerrilinGleeman
Also featuring these characters
Other Robert Jordan books that share the most characters with Winter's Heart.
- A Crown of Swords1996 · The Wheel of Time · 10 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Lord of Chaos1994 · The Wheel of Time · 10 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Knife of Dreams2005 · The Wheel of Time · 10 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Gathering Storm2009 · The Wheel of Time · 10 shared charactersBuy on Amazon