The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, Book #2)

The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, Book #2) by Robert Jordan

For centuries traveling gleemen have told the tales of The Great Hunt of the Horn. So many tales about each of the Hunters, and so many Hunters to tell of...

Now the Horn itself is found: the Horn of Valere long thought only legend, the Horn which will raise the dead heroes of the ages.

And it is stolen.

Rand al'Thor, the farm boy who is thought to be the Dragon Reborn -- the leader long prophesied who will save the world, but in the saving destroy it; the saviour who will run mad and kill all those dearest to him -- refuses to accept his fate. Even facing the dreaded Amyrlin, the leader of the Ages of Sedai who may intend to "gentle" him, Ran fiercely denies his Power. He willhave none of it -- no matter what Myrddraal and Trollocs, Aes Sedai and dreams stand in his way.

But with the Horn another object is stolen: a dagger from the terrible ruins of Shadar Logoth. Unless the dagger is recovered, Mat Cauthon's life will end. And Mat is Rand's oldest friend. Unwillingly, distrusting everyone, Rand is drawn into the Hunt.

As Egwene, the innkeeper's lovely daughter and Nynaeve, the young village Wisdom, set out for Tar Valon's White Tower, seat of the Aes Sedai, Rand and the ogier Loial, accompanied by Perrin Aybara, the Wolfbrother who was once a blacksmith, track the Horn and dagger through Shienar -- and enter a world stranger than time itself. But Rand cannot escape his Power. The Dark One is stirring in Shayol Ghul. The Dark One wants the Horn. The dark One wants Rand.

At once a continuation of The Eye of the World and a novel complete in itself, The Great Hunt is written with all the warmth, excitement, and epic strength that distinguished the first volume of The Wheel of Time.

Tor Fantasy, Hardcover, 1st Edition, Later Printing, 1990