Knife of Dreams (abbreviated as KoD by fans) is the 11th novel in the fantasy series The Wheel of Time by American author Robert Jordan. It was published by Tor Books in the U.S. and Orbit in the UK and released on October 11, 2005. Upon its release, it immediately rose to the #1 position on the New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list, making it the fourth consecutive Wheel of Time book to reach the #1 position on that list. Knife of Dreams is 784 pages long, including a glossary. It has a prologue, 37 chapters, and an epilogue.
The prologue to Knife of Dreams, entitled "Embers Falling on Dry Grass", was sold by the Scribner imprint of Simon & Schuster as an ebook on July 22, 2005, three months before the publication of the book itself.
Part of the prologue was first made available in the paperback edition of New Spring (released on June 13, 2005); upon the release of the full prologue as an eBook, this partial excerpt was made available online at .
She said I know you
And I wanted her to know me
She said it's beautiful
And I asked her to show me
We walked through gardens
Where the flowers sang in color
We touched the things that
Are only sometimes touched by lovers
She moves so gracefully
Through silk and satin shadow
We knew of things that one time were only known
With eyes closed
We both caressed the air
And made it sing
She knew of love
She knew of everything
The sun shone down on her
Through clouds of pink and orange
La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la
She spoke in words that told of
Things that really mattered
Be kind to rabbits