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 - is one the run from destiny. Able to touch the One Power, but unable to control it, and with no one to teach him how - for no man has done it in three thousand years - Rand Al'Thor knows only that he must face the Dark One. But how?