The Dragon Reread

Mat and his companions hide from the Seanchan in the circus (both literal and figurative). He has to juggle aggressive sea captains, Aes Sedai fugitives, innocent performers, and his future wife.

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Your hosts are Jeff Lake, Micah Sparkman, and Alice Sullivan.

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We start in on Crossroads of Twilight! The prologue is the now-standard revue of incidental characters, plotting and scheming around the world. Ituralde, Valda, Samitsu, Yukiri... We may not know who they are, but now we know what they're up to.

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After Cadsuane frees Rand from a Far Madding prison cell, she tags along to Shadar Logoth as he and Nynaeve attempt the impossible: cleansing the Dark One's taint from Saidin. The Forsaken will have something to say about that.

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Mat and his allies execute his plan to free the Aes Sedai from Seanchan captivity and escape Ebou Dar. It goes well, except for the part where he accidentally fulfills a dire prophecy in the process. Mat really tries to avoid doing that these days.

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Cadsuane and a motley band Travel to Far Madding to chase after Rand, which is a dangerous move considering how he responds to being chased. Meanwhile, Elayne is doing the mundane work of ruling Andor when she is surprised by the arrival of some people we've been awaiting for two books.

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Mat, failing utterly to escape Ebou Dar, gets caught up in a variety of schemes and counter-schemes under the Seanchan occupation. Meanwhile Rand is in Far Madding playing a confusing game of who's-hunting-whom.

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Mat, uncrushed by that wall, is still in occupied Ebou Dar. He's staying under the Seanchan radar while trying to stop having sex with the queen. His plan is complicated by the arrival of his prophesied bride, Tuon.

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Elayne, having survived the assassination attempt, appoints her savior captain of her bodyguard. Then a surprise visit from Rand leads to that rarest of events in the turnings of the Wheel of Time: a mature relationship talk.

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Perrin grapples with the consequences of Faile's capture. Elayne struggles to balance her various responsibilities to Andor, Rand, and the White Tower. Then an assassination attempt almost succeeds when she falls for the old poisoned tea trick.

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As Faile is marched into Shaido captivity, Perrin is torn between his urge to go after her and his duty to keep his army together (and also torn between the ax and the hammer, but that's normal).

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