Chapter 18, The Caemlyn Road Summary

The group travels as swiftly as possible along the Caemlyn Road through low hills. On the third day, they hear horn blasts behind them and know the Trollocs are on their trail. Lan falls back to scout and returns to tell them there are as many as five hundred Trollocs after them, led by more than one Myrddraal. The horns continue to blast and then they are answered from ahead as well. The group heads north over hill after hill, watching for Trollocs over every rise. They top another hill and are faced with a long line of Trollocs led by a Myrddraal. They charge the line and Mat utters a battle cry in an ancient tongue. The boys fight for their lives and Moiraine protects the women, and just as they are nearly overwhelmed, Lan kills...