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…