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The Wheel of Time Prequel

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New Spring

By: Robert Jordan
Narrated by: Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
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Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers and listeners around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters.

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 listeners wanting to know more about The Wheel of Time and the forthcoming TV show.

The Wheel of Time New Spring: The Novel

The Eye of the World

The Great Hunt

The Dragon Reborn

The Shadow Rising

The Fires of Heaven

Lord of Chaos

A Crown of Swords

The Path of Daggers

Winter's Heart

Crossroads of Twilight

Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson

The Gathering Storm

Towers of Midnight

A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson

The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons

The Wheel of Time Companion by Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk

Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

Listen to more books in The Wheel of Time series.©2004 Robert Jordan (P)2004 Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC and Books on Tape, Inc. Action & Adventure Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Royalty Dragons Mythology Emotionally Gripping

Critic Reviews

"Jordan has come to dominate the world that Tolkien began to reveal." (The New York Times)

"Written with all the skill that has made Jordan one of the grand masters of fantasy." (Publishers Weekly

"Both narrators handle complex roles with feeling and confidence, never losing the excitement and tension of the fast-moving story. The performers breathe emotion into their characters with an earnestness that holds listeners close and leaves them wanting more." (AudioFile)

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Listeners beware. This is not the first in the series.
Start with book 1 🤦‍♂️

great book, but I wish I didn't start here

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This was a wonderful glimpse into Moraine & Lan's early days, my only critique is that it finished and left me wanting more! This could easily be extended into it's own prequel series.

More please!

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Great for both those new to the Wheel of Time series or an old reader returning…

If you are new to these books or have just finished the TV series and wondering where to start, this is a very good place.

Having started reading the Wheel Time books many years ago and now coming back again, this answered many unanswered questions that had always lingered in my mind…

Also at the end of the narrative, it was a lovey surprise to hear from the author himself, Robert Jordan, a true Master of Fantasy.

An excellent beginning to the Wheel of Time series

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Not only does this provide some insight into two of the main characters backstory it also works as a good jumping on place for those curious to get an idea of the Wheel of Time series almost in its own contained book.

Great addition or starting point

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easy to listen to, quick and clear description of two characters found in the main storyline

good prelude to the epic series

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Excellent read. Totally recommend. Loved how the story developed the characters. It really made them come alive to me.

This is what Amazon's Wheel of Time should be.

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Really easy listen and quickly moving plot with intriguing antagonists. Enough twists you can't guess everything straight away. No background knowledge of the Wheel of Time series needed, and in fact, this is a good introduction to that world.

Loved it - great intro to the WoT world

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I love prologues when written well because they let you see a the story that is to come (or that has already been written) much more clearly, and this is one of the best I have ever come across. I wish it could have been a little longer, to tell more of Moiraine and Lan's beginning adventures that we only ever get fragments of hints of in the main work, but perhaps there was not time. If you haven't read any of the Wheel of Time books yet, this is a good place to start to get a sense of them without going too heavy in, and for the rest of us, it is a find sauce or gravy adding to a complex universe we enjoy greatly.

How it all began

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A fabulous prelude to the wheel of time books. Having read all books in hard back beginning many years ago and being a lover of these precious tellings I am very much looking forward to listening to all books again. If you enjoy fantasy told in the marvellous way Tolkien told Lord of the Rings, you will most definitely love these books too. Marvellous tales told with magnificent writing. Well deserving of the highest praise.

Fantastic

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A great quick looking into what happened before No. 1 … great performance and the story was fantastic

Great to see how it started

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