I found The Path of Daggers a waste if time. Robert Jordan's attempts at explaining the inner emotional termoils of his charaters stalls the story line to a extent that nothing ever happens. This book could be summed up in a couple of pages not 591. For those of you who don't want to waste time or money...The is no mention of what happened to Mat in Ebou Dar. Elayne escapes with the bowl of winds and corrects the weather. Leaving Ebou Dar for Caemlyn (nothing really interesting happens on the way). Egwene consolidates her position as Amyrlin Seat by Declaring War on Elaida. Parrin unspectacullarly obtains control for Rand in Ghealdan. Perrin also meets up with the Prophet with no conclusion and Faile is captured by the Shaido with no conclusion presumablly to follow in another book. If Jordan Treats Faile like Mat, we should be hearing about her again in another two or three book.In short This is a Disappointment.