The eighth novel in the wheel of time series one of the most influential and popular fantasy epics ever published rand althor the dragon reborn has conquered the city of illian struck down sammael the forsaken and shattered the armies of the invading seanchan nynaeve aviendha and elayne have broken the dark ones hold on the worlds weather and are poised to retake the throne of andor and egwene alvere leader of the exiled aes sedai marches her army towards the white tower. The eighth novel in the wheel of time series one of the most influential and popular fantasy epics ever published rand althor the dragon reborn has conquered the city of illian struck down sammael the forsaken and shattered the armies of the invading seanchan nynaeve aviendha and elayne have broken the dark ones hold on the worlds weather and are poised to retake the throne of andor and egwene alvere leader of the exiled aes sedai marches her army towards the white tower. The path of daggers abbreviated as tpod by fans is the eighth book of the wheel of time series it was published by tor books and released on october 20 1998 upon its release it immediately rose to the 1 position on the new york times hardcover fiction bestseller list making it the first wheel of time book to reach the 1 position on that list. The path of daggers the wheel of time the phenomenal tale that is mesmerizing a generation of readers now continues in book eight the seanchan invasion force is in possession of ebou dar nynaeve elayne and aviendha head for caemlyn and elaynes rightful throne but on the way they discover an enemy much worse than the seanchan in illian rand vows to throw the seanchan back as he did once before but signs of madness are appearing among the ashaman in ghealdan perrin faces the intrigues of