On the slopes of Dragonmount, a child is born, an infant prophesied to be the Dragon Reborn. Moiraine Damodred, a young Aes Sedai, and al'Lan Mandragoran, the uncrowned king of Mlkier, are set on paths that will bind their lives together. These paths are filled with complications and dangers, for Moiraine and Lan, and the plots of those seeking power threaten their lives the closer they get to The Dragon Reborn. In the city of Chachin, they must embrace a destiny that will mean either salvation or damnation for the entire world.