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He is a quiet and thoughtful artist and over the past handful of years has worked to hone his craft, both as a freelance illustrator and video game concept artist. Jason combines a love of manga with a strong background in traditional narrative painting and I was excited to get the chance to work with him on New Spring.

When it came to scenes to depict, it seemed natural to revisit Moiriane and Lan. Jason chose to express a quiet and contemplative moment.

The early spring blossoms suggest changes about to occur, yet it is still cold. It is a heavy moment. The weight of their mission is just starting to take over youthful abandon. Maybe not my favourite cover from the series, but certainly another strong piece of art from the team at Tor Books.

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Categories Main Series. Universal Conquest Wiki. The Hook. A Wish Fulfilled. Leaving the Tower. The Human Heart. The Itch. Shreds of Serenity. It Begins. It Finishes. No lie. The books start off with just main characters And everyone rates their own storyline. As the books stand now, I think almost everyone is in a completely different country on a different mission. It can get confusing for those not quite looking for that sort of depth.

If for no other reason than you feel obligated. At this point, all those of us who've kept us are just praying that Robert Jordan doesn't die before finishing the series because there are so many plot lines left untied.

For those serious about fantasy fiction, these books are somewhat of a right of passage. A necessary evil. View all 5 comments. I definitely thought I was going to enjoy this more than I did. What I was expecting was a background story and quest of Moiraine and Lan's trip to the Two Rivers and lead directly into The Eye of the World but that is not at all what this book is.

To be quite honest there is hardly any of that in this book. This book really just focuses on the time even before Rand is born and its main focus is Moiraine and Siuan at Tar Valon pre Aes-Sedai. They obviously become Aes Sedai and Moiraine does set o I definitely thought I was going to enjoy this more than I did. They obviously become Aes Sedai and Moiraine does set out with Lan but this was just about Moiraine and Siuans friendship I guess, talked an awful lot about dresses and reminded us what all the ajahs were.

It is certainly not impactful to the overall story and doesn't need to be read unless you really want to know about Moiraine and Siuan 15 years before we meet Rand. All I knew was that I didn't want to read it at the end because I want A Memory of Light to be my final impression of this world.

This is the story of not only how Lan became Moiraine's Warder, but also chronicles her time as Accepted and the origins of her search to find the Dragon Reborn. There's the usual poilitcs of the White Tower, plenty of familiar faces and names, as well as the usually Robert Jordan third act that knocks your socks off.

The good is that if you are one of those, such as myself, that has been begging for Lan to have a bigger role in the main series this will give you your fix. Lan has his own adventure before eventually crossing paths with Moiraine and we get to see him in action in ways the regular series hasn't shown me yet I'm currently reading book The not so good is the usual fluff from Mr.

Too much time is spent on dress shopping and making bank deposits but at pages, this is pretty streamlined for Jordan and it's a welcome pace. In the end, it's worth reading if you want to know how and why Lan and Moiraine were a well-oiled unit at the beginning of the main series.

But it's nothing that is going to change the way you view the world or its characters. Moiraine, Lan and Siuan are some of my favorite characters in WoT and this was even better on reread, seeing where Moiraine's search began while knowing everything that happens later.

I didn't realize how much I missed just spending time in this world with these characters. Moirane, Lan and Siuan are three of the most important characters in the whole of the Wheel of Time, but we mainly watch their course from a distance, with the writer very rarely giving us their own perspective and thus a closer look to their thoughts and to their feelings.

This omission is somehow corrected by this book that is also taking us the beginning of the story. There we meet Moiraine at an earlier age as an Accepted in the White Tower, shortly before gain the title of Aes Sedai, along w Moirane, Lan and Siuan are three of the most important characters in the whole of the Wheel of Time, but we mainly watch their course from a distance, with the writer very rarely giving us their own perspective and thus a closer look to their thoughts and to their feelings.

There we meet Moiraine at an earlier age as an Accepted in the White Tower, shortly before gain the title of Aes Sedai, along with her friend Siuan. Naturally, 20 years ago, her personality is completely different, she is more immature, more insecure, less serious, moody, emotionally weaker, yet having the same determination to do what she needs.

Siuan has the same immaturity and insecurity, but the basic ingredients of her character were the same as in the main series. Their friendship in this first stage is very strong, with this emotional bonding being described to us in a very beautiful way by the writer.

In the hard training they have to undergo, this friendship give them power that they need too much when they learn about the beginning of fulfilling the prophecy for the rebirth of the Dragon, and finally understand the important role they have to play.

Through their experience in the White Tower we learn a lot of things about the conditions in which women are trained and the customs of the Aes Sedai, which of course makes this book even more interesting. On the other hand Lan, at this age, he is already the hard and serious warrior we know, the one who submits wholeheartedly to duty and sworn to die for it. The only difference he may have is perhaps more laxity, his distrust in Aes Sedai but also the forced engagement with the - pleasant - customs of his lost motherland.

The latter also gives the writer the opportunity to bring us some of these customs and to talk to us about the rather relaxed sexual morals of Kandor. His encounter with Moirane is rather unexpected and at first their relationship does not seem to go so well but when the forces of the Dark One make their appearance and they give their first common battle against them they understand that they must ally themselves to help saving the world by finding the Dragon Reborn.

Generally, a very interesting book, slightly different in style than the books of the main series, is filling some gaps, shows us some more aspects of this fantastic world and above all gives us the opportunity to follow in an interesting story some of our favorite heroes.

As far as I know the author had the intention of writing a series of such smaller books that would show some other aspects of the story but unfortunately the illness prevented him and we were deprived of a series of such small masterpieces that would grow a bit more the epic scale of his work.

The wheel, however, turns as it pleases and eventually allowed only that to became written, so let's read it and enjoy it without thinking about anything else. Some cool moments at the end, but nothing amazing.

New Spring is technically a prequel to the Wheel of Time series it's about events that occurred approximately 20 years before The Eye of the World but I was advised to read it after book 10, Crossroads of Twilight , to avoid accidental spoilers.

I'm not sure there were any major spoilers hidden in here but it definitely gives you an idea about which of the Aes Sedai can and can't be trusted so I can see why I was told to hold off on reading it until this point in the series. I'm really torn about how to rate this book, yes it was interesting to see how Moiraine and Siuan got involved in the search for the Dragon Reborn and I liked seeing a younger version of Lan but I'm not sure this actually gave us any new information that we haven't already discovered throughout the rest of the series.

There weren't any major new revelations and it's hard to build tension in a story when you already know the outcome of events that follow on from it. It's also hard to be happy when you see how horrible one of your favourite characters used to be when they were a new Aes Sedai. I've always loved Moiraine, she is manipulative and she keeps far too many secrets but she's an interesting character and I always felt that she's trying to do the best for the people around her.

Young Moiraine isn't a nice girl though, she's just as manipulative but she also has a vicious streak and the way she treated Lan was absolutely appalling. He's not the only person she made to suffer but because I'm so attached to his character I felt really bad for him.

I just lost respect for Moiraine because she's so petty and willing to act as judge, jury and executioner for people she's barely met. It didn't help that we also got to meet Lan's carneira Lady Edeyn and once again a woman in the Wheel of Time series is a nasty piece of work. She took Lan's virginity when he was 15 and she was in her 30s and according to custom that gives her some kind of control over his life so she is now able to manipulate him back into her bed - somewhere he quite clearly didn't want to be!

It's like the Tylin and Mat scenes all over again except Edeyn is plotting to marry Lan off to her daugher even while she's forcing him into her own bed. How did Robert Jordan consistently manage to create such horrible women and messed up relationships? I can't think of a single female character that I've liked throughout the entire series because he keeps turning them into whiny harpies or sex offenders and I'm so sick of that now.

All the men are pushed around by nasty manipulative women and the Aes Sedai get away with murder because everyone else is terrified of them. At this point I'm half hoping Rand will go crazy and destroy the world! In spite of the issues mentioned and the fact that the plot moved at a snail like pace for at least the first two thirds of the book I still found myself enjoying it though. I don't know quite what that says about me but there you have it - I've obviously lost all sense of perspective when it comes to this series.

I'll just say that I'm glad we're closing in on the end now, I almost wish I'd never started reading it but I'm really hoping that the last few books will be amazing enough to make me forget about the drudgery from the middle of the series.

The Dragon takes his first breath on the slope of Dragonmount! He is coming! Light help us! Light help the world! He lies in the snow and cries like the thunder! He burns like the sun! This time around I decided that I would start with the prequel as the blurb mentions that part of the 3.

This time around I decided that I would start with the prequel as the blurb mentions that part of the story is of how Moiraine and Lan first met. Perchance they are present when a Sister has a foretelling of the imminent birth of the Dragon on the slopes of Dragonmount and they secretly endeavour to be the ones to find the boy. We win this battle, or the world dies.

Tai'shar Malkier! To defend the Malkieri while one drop of blood remains. To avenge what cannot be defended. Putting this one down to youth as she is not this way later on. You are forewarned. I had a great time reading this but there are definitely some issues that may affect your future views on some of the characters. Aug 17, Amanda Hupe rated it really liked it Shelves: reads , audiobooks , re-read.

The very rare reread. I do wish I could reread more often. With the Amazon series coming out, I wanted to refresh my memory, especially since I read it when my memory was not on point. I only managed to get through the prequel and the first book—but hey that is further than many people get.

Have you seen these books? But they are so worth it. This book takes place takes 20 years before the first book. Meet Moiraine she is a novice to the Aes Sedai. She is training to be tested to become an Aes Sedai. The Aes Sedai are women who can wield the One Power. She makes a friend named, Siuan Sanche. Their training is brutal and relentless. However, she becomes part of the Blue Ajah.

Along this journey, Moiraine meets Lan, and he becomes her warder. I am not new to High Fantasy with complex world-building. These books are spectacular. BUT they are dense, filled with moments of complete information dumps. Since this prequel was not written until the first books of the story was written…that is what happens. This book is really slow.

Information that cannot possibly be absorbed with an audiobook. I often found myself searching the history, the characters, the background. When you read this, there is no choice but to become invested. You will need a world map, and a flow chart—or you may be like me and just make your own chart along the journey.

Now that I got that off my chest. The narrators of this book are phenomenal! They have clear and concise voices that carry the urgency of the suspenseful moments but also channel the characters. Even though the first part of this book is slow, I was fascinated with the complex rules of The White Tower and the process in which novices become The Accepted.

But the best aspect we get in this book is Lan. Lan is stoic and serious but I love his sense of humor. It is subtle but that makes it all the better. Overall, I am excited to restart this journey and I plan to get past book 1. Who else is ready for the Amazon series? I rate this book 4 out of 5 stars.

Apr 04, C. Maybe 2. I'm not entirely sure. This started out very promising. Moiraine and Siuan were young and learning about the Dragon Reborn. It had all the makings of a fascinating story. And then it fell flat. The first couple of chapters were exciting and had me really invested. Then the story became about Moiraine and Siuan in the Tower, and while I found some of this interesting, I didn't find it all that relevant. There was enough of Tower politics given in the main series, we didn't need q Maybe 2.

There was enough of Tower politics given in the main series, we didn't need quite so much detail here. Still, it did have its interesting moments and it was nice to see all the young versions of the characters, already knowing what they would become later on. Lan was one of my favorite characters through the series, so I was looking forward to learning more about him. And this was probably one of the more satisfying things about this book. We did learn a little more about his heritage and the war he was always wanting to fight.

I would have liked more focus on him and less on Moiraine, honestly. But even he had his down moments. I was not a fan of the Edeyn portions of the story. Luckily there was not much focus there, but he was stupid and she really weirded me out. I thought Tylin was bad, but this was a hundred times worse.

The most disappointing thing about this book was Moiraine. Once outside the Tower she became insufferable. I never loved her in the main series, but I didn't expect her to be quite so cruel.

She was constantly punishing people for things she had no right to punish them for, she tortured Lan quite literally , and never seemed to learn a thing. All of the idiotic and outright cruel things she did just seemed to make her worse.

It was quite excruciating, really. I'm not sure this review makes much sense. There were parts of this that were so promising and good. But overall these little things added up to something too big to ignore. I am glad I read this, however. And here ends my journey through The Wheel of Time. It's hard to believe that I've been reading this series for over a year. And now I'm finished.

It will be odd not to have another one to pick up. An interesting prequel but I don't think it's necessary to read it. And if you do read it, I think reading after the 14 main books makes the most sense. I don't think I would have gotten as much from the story had I read it earlier in the sequence. Dec 05, Beste rated it really liked it.

I feel like I should've read this after like 2nd or 3rd book. This filler book seems a little embellished but empty somehow. Liked the overall story though. View 1 comment. Apr 04, Andreas rated it really liked it Shelves: , owned , fantasy , reviewed.

This novel is the prequel to the Wheel of Time series. This was 22 years after I read the first novel in the series. Quite a journey for 14 novels, hum? Though I consider myself a light fan of this series, I never have read the short story New Spring when Ro This novel is the prequel to the Wheel of Time series. Though I consider myself a light fan of this series, I never have read the short story New Spring when Robert Silverberg collected a few novellas in his anthology Legends in New Spring is the extended version of the novella.

It was published somewhere between book 10 Crossroads of Twilight and 11 Knife of Dreams which were the last two books in the series to appear while Jordan was alife. Reading this short novel is, I assume, a journey back home for me. I think this was the character which most of all drew me into the series, as I thought of him as Aragorn from LotR, as Allanon from Shannara, or maybe as Lancelot from the Arthurian saga. Oh joy, when I read the first chapter with exactly this protagonist going for the Aiel.