A crown of swords abbreviated as acos by fans is the seventh book of the wheel of time it was published by tor books and released on may 15 1996 it is 880 pages long. A crown of swords was the first wheel of time book for which the cover of the first paperback edition shown here did not use the same art as the hardcover edition a crown of swords is a fantasy novel by american author robert jordan the seventh book of the wheel of time it was published by tor books and released on may 15 1996. Shelves 2015 fantasy wheel of time one fact though turned up again and again in those tales the laurel crown of illian had been given a new name the crown of swords. A crown of swords is the first wheel of time novel that i can remember not focusing almost entirely on rand in previous novels jordan writes other plots along with rands adventures but in this novel jordan seems to write rands adventures along with mat elayne and nynaeve who i think were the focus of this novel