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,
Human eye μm) in thickness near its center. The posterior chamber constitutes the remaining five-sixths; its diameter is typically about 24 mm. The cornea and sclera are connected by an area termed the limbus. The iris is the pigmented circular structure concentrically surrounding the center of the eye, the pupil, which appears to be black. The size of the pupil, which controls the amount of light entering the eye, is adjusted by the iris' dilator and sphincter muscles. Light energy enters the eye through the cornea, through the pupil and then through the lens. The lens shape is changed for near focus