The Wheel of Time · Book 11
New Spring
- Published
- 1 January 2004
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN-13
- 9781593973780
- Type
- novel

About this book
New Spring is the shortest book in this list at 336 pages, a 2004 prequel telling the story of Moiraine and Lan roughly twenty years before The Eye of the World. Longtime fans generally advise reading it only after the first few main novels, since it lands better once you already know who Moiraine and Lan are and why their choices matter.
Its place in The Wheel of Time
New Spring is book 11 in the The Wheel of Time series. It follows Crossroads of Twilight. It is followed by Knife of Dreams. See the full The Wheel of Time reading order.
In the Third Age, the Wheel of Time turns and ages come and pass, but the Dragon is bound to be reborn to save the world — or break it. Robert Jordan's fourteen-volume epic follows Rand al'Thor, a sheepherder from the Two Rivers, as his quiet life is shattered by Trollocs, Aes Sedai, and the growing, terrifying suspicion that he is the prophesied Dragon Reborn, doomed to fight the Dark One at the Last Battle even if it means going mad and destroying everyone he loves. Around him, his childhood friends Mat Cauthon…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780765314673
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780356516998
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780765309266