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New Spring

New Spring (abbreviated as NS by fans) is a prequel novel in the Wheel of Time fantasy series by American author Robert Jordan.

Publication history
"New Spring" was originally published as a novella in the speculative fiction anthology edited by Robert Silverberg entitled Legends: Short Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy. Published by Tor Books, this anthology was released on September 15, 1999, between the 1998 publication of The Path of Daggers and 2000 publication of Winter's Heart.

Robert Jordan later expanded the novella into a standalone novel (though of significantly shorter length than typical Wheel of Time books), which was then published by Tor Books in January 2004, between the 2003 publication of Crossroads of Twilight and the 2005 publication of Knife of Dreams .

The New Spring novel is conceived of as the first in a trilogy of prequel novels. Jordan is expected to finish writing the other two prequel novels after finishing the main series.

It is also the first of Jordan's works to be adapted to graphic novel format. Issue 1 was published in July 2005 and is currently sold out. Issue 2 will be published sometime in September 2005. It is projected to run eight issues total. It is produced by DB Pro, who previously adapted "The Legend of Huma" by Richard A. Knaak and "The Hedge Knight" by George R. R. Martin and published by Red Eagle Entertainment. The current plan is to re-release all the issues as one graphic novel at the end of the run.

The first paperback edition of New Spring, released on June 13, 2005, gave readers the first look at Knife of Dreams , as it featured an advance excerpt of part of the prologue of Knife of Dreams.

Plot summary
New Spring describes events which take place twenty years before the events of The Eye of the World . It is set in the Borderlands, specifically Kandor.

New Spring focuses mainly on Moiraine Damodred and Siuan Sanche, two Aes Sedai new to the sisterhood, and how Moiraine met Lan Mandragoran and made him her Warder. The novel also explains how Moiraine and Siuan came to begin investigating the Karaethon Cycle, the Prophecies of the Dragon, decades before discovering Rand al'Thor.