Prequel -- NEW SPRING: THE NOVEL

NEW SPRING: THE NOVEL is the eagerly awaited prequel to Robert Jordan's acclaimed The Wheel of Time epic fantasy series. With over 12 million copies in print, The Wheel of Time is one of the bestselling works of its kind ever published. The Path of Daggers, Winter's Heart, and Crossroads of Twilight, books Eight, Nine and Ten in the series, swept the nation like firestorms, hitting #1 on bestseller lists across the country, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. Jordan has captured the imagination of millions of readers who eagerly await each new volume of the saga. Now, Jordan gives us a glimpse of the events leading up to the first book of The Wheel of Time with NEW SPRING: THE NOVEL, the perfect introduction to the series.

For three days, battle has raged in the snow around the great city of Tar Valon. In the city, a Foretelling of the future is uttered. On the slopes of Dragonmount, the immense mountain that looms over the city, an infant is born who is prophesied to change the world.

That child must be found before the forces of the Shadow try to kill him. Moiraine Damodred, a young Accepted soon to be raised to Aes Sedai, and Lan Mandragoran, a young soldier fighting in the battle, are set on paths that will bind their lives together. But those paths are filled with complications and dangers, for Moiraine, of the Royal House of Cairhien, whose King has just died, and Lan, considered the uncrowned king of a nation long dead, find their lives threatened by the plots of those seeking power.

Set in a mythic land torn between the forces of Light and Darkness, The Wheel of Time is the story of Rand al'Thor, a young man from a small farming village who is destined to become the Dragon Reborn, the champion who will confront the ultimate evil known as the Dark One.

The Wheel of Time turns and ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time. Now, with NEW SPRING: THE NOVEL, find out how the phenomenal tale begins…



NEW SPRING: THE NOVEL
By Robert Jordan

A Tor hardcover
ISBN: 0-765-30629-8
$22.95

A Tor paperback
ISBN: 0-765-34545-5
$6.99

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