The Eye of the World an all-female committee, headed by a Wisdom. This was also illustrated in the introduction of a world ruled by the White Tower, which represented an exclusively female group of powerful political players, the Aes Sedai. These women did not only wield the One Power but they were also manipulators of the world leaders, directing the course of history, and the lives of ordinary people. In January 2002, Starscape Books released "The Eye of the World" into two halves, part one being titled "From the Two Rivers" () and part two titled "To the Blight" (). ATOM, a British publishing house,
The Eye of the World their hands, and is sentenced to death. Moiraine, Lan, and Nynaeve rescue Egwene and Perrin, and all are reunited with Rand and Mat. Thereafter Moiraine determines that Mat must travel to Tar Valon, the Aes Sedai's center of power, to overcome the influence of Shadar Logoth. Loial warns Moiraine of a threat to the Eye of the World, a pool of Saidin untouched by the Dark One's influence, which is confirmed by vivid and disturbing dreams Mat, Rand, and Perrin have had. The Eye of the World is protected by Someshta (the Green Man) and contains one of the seven