The Shadow Rising (abbreviated as tSR by fans) is the fourth book in American author Robert Jordan's fantasy series The Wheel of Time. It was published by Tor Books and released on September 15, 1992. The unabridged audio book is read by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading.
At 393,823 words, The Shadow Rising is the longest book of The Wheel of Time although it has fewer pages than "Lord of Chaos." The Shadow Rising consists of 58 chapters. It is the first book in the main sequence of The Wheel of Time not to contain a prologue.
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Original cover of The Shadow Rising, featuring Rand, Mat, and Egwene in the Aiel Waste |
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| Author(s) | Robert Jordan |
| Cover artist | Darrell K. Sweet |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Wheel of Time |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Tor Books (U.S.) |
| Publication date | September 15, 1992 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 704 pp (U.S. hardback edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-312-85431-5 (US hardback edition) |
| OCLC Number | 150103003 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813/.54 20 |
| LC Classification | PS3560.O7617 S48 1992 |
| Preceded by | The Dragon Reborn |
| Followed by | The Fires of Heaven |
Read more about The Shadow Rising: Plot Summary
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“Yet there is a mystery here and it is not one that I understand: without the sting of otherness, of—even—the vicious, without the terrible energies of the underside of health, sanity, sense, then nothing works or can work. I tell you that goodness-what we in our ordinary daylight selves call goodness: the ordinary, the decent—these are nothing without the hidden powers that pour forth continually from their shadow sides. Their hidden aspects contained and tempered.”
—Doris Lessing (b. 1919)