New Editions of "New Spring" Coming
TOR, the US publisher of The Wheel of Time series, will be publishing the prequel novel, New Spring, which originate din the form of a short story.
Both editions will be paperback, and details follow.
First up (and most importantly for collectors) will be the trade paperback edition (same dimensions as a hardback, but paperback instead) which will match the other trade paperback editions, as well as the paperback of The Wheel of Time Companion. It's set to be published on August 18. The ISBN, which is a direct link to this edition, is 9781250774361.
Secondly, New Spring will be coming out in the design style and format of the new mass-market (smaller) paperbacks. Since that these began being published in the fall of 2019, and all the titles aren't yet out, New Spring isn't "missing" in the same that it was in the trade series, which concluded in the fall of 2015.
The publication date for this edition is being published June 30, and the ISBN for it is
9781250252630.
While it's not necessary to read New Spring (or start the series with that, as opposed to the first Wheel of Time book, The Eye of the World), it does offer a bit of back story. Not as much gained from say The Silmarillion or The Hobbit in relation to The Lord of the Rings; more like something from the Appendices or Unfinished Tales; to explain what I mean using Tolkien as a way of explaining my point. Robert Jordan was planning on writing two more prequels, though that was to be after he had completed the main Wheel of Time books - which, sadly, didn't happen. Based on the product description, reading the book New Spring then watching Amazon's Wheel of Time series would have a similar effect as reading The Hobbit then watching The Fellowship of the Ring.
"The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.
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, is born an infant prophesied to change the world. That child must be found before the forces of the Shadow have an opportunity to kill him.
Moiraine Damodred, a young Accepted soon to be raised to Aes Sedai, and Lan Mandragoran, a 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.
New Spring begins Moiraine and Lan's quest to find the Dragon Reborn that will lead to the events of The Eye of the World...and their fateful meeting with Rand al'Thor. New Spring is a perfect jumping-on point for fantasy readers wanting to know more about The Wheel of Time and the forthcoming TV show."
Both editions will be paperback, and details follow.
First up (and most importantly for collectors) will be the trade paperback edition (same dimensions as a hardback, but paperback instead) which will match the other trade paperback editions, as well as the paperback of The Wheel of Time Companion. It's set to be published on August 18. The ISBN, which is a direct link to this edition, is 9781250774361.
Secondly, New Spring will be coming out in the design style and format of the new mass-market (smaller) paperbacks. Since that these began being published in the fall of 2019, and all the titles aren't yet out, New Spring isn't "missing" in the same that it was in the trade series, which concluded in the fall of 2015.
The publication date for this edition is being published June 30, and the ISBN for it is
9781250252630.
While it's not necessary to read New Spring (or start the series with that, as opposed to the first Wheel of Time book, The Eye of the World), it does offer a bit of back story. Not as much gained from say The Silmarillion or The Hobbit in relation to The Lord of the Rings; more like something from the Appendices or Unfinished Tales; to explain what I mean using Tolkien as a way of explaining my point. Robert Jordan was planning on writing two more prequels, though that was to be after he had completed the main Wheel of Time books - which, sadly, didn't happen. Based on the product description, reading the book New Spring then watching Amazon's Wheel of Time series would have a similar effect as reading The Hobbit then watching The Fellowship of the Ring.
"The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.
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, is born an infant prophesied to change the world. That child must be found before the forces of the Shadow have an opportunity to kill him.
Moiraine Damodred, a young Accepted soon to be raised to Aes Sedai, and Lan Mandragoran, a 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.
New Spring begins Moiraine and Lan's quest to find the Dragon Reborn that will lead to the events of The Eye of the World...and their fateful meeting with Rand al'Thor. New Spring is a perfect jumping-on point for fantasy readers wanting to know more about The Wheel of Time and the forthcoming TV show."
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