From The Two Rivers: The Eye of the World, Part 1 (The Wheel of Time, Book 1)

“Jordan has come to dominate the world that Tolkien began to reveal.” —the New York Times

For Rand Al’thor and his friends, life in the sleepy village of Emond’s Field has been pretty dull. Until the appearance on festival night of Moiraine, a mysterious woman who claims to be an Aes Sdeai—a magician who can wield the One Power. Soon after, the village is attacked by Trollocs—a savage tribe of half-men half-beasts. Rand and his friends are forced to flee. But his escape will bring him face to face with the dark one...The most powerful force of evil in the universe.