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New Spring (The Wheel of Time, Book 0)
First published 2004 · 688 pages
A wintry, atmospheric prelude that explores the heavy burden of destiny and the quiet forging of an unbreakable bond.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like stepping into a grand, familiar cathedral just before a massive storm hits. It trades the sprawling, continent-spanning chaos of a massive epic for a tighter, more intimate lens, focusing on the quiet moments where legends are born. The atmosphere is distinctly wintry and shadowed, steeped in the tension of political maneuvering and the heavy, solemn weight of prophecy. You are immersed in richly detailed prose that lingers on the textures of a complex world, from the hushed, dangerous halls of power to the freezing, snow-choked roads of a realm on the brink. It is a deeply satisfying experience for lore-lovers, offering a melancholic yet determined journey about the sacrifices required to forge an unbreakable, world-saving bond.
- Mood
- wintry
- anticipatory
- shadowed
- solemn
- Tone
- earnest
- formal
- determined
- melancholic
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- burden of destiny · forging lifelong bonds · political intrigue · weight of prophecy · sacrifice
- The writing
- Richly detailed and formal, lingering on the textures of the world and the intricate internal politics of its characters.
- The arc
- Moves from the restless uncertainty of youth to a solemn, resolute acceptance of a perilous, lifelong mission.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave deep lore, intricate guild politics, and the quiet, atmospheric origin stories of legendary mentors.
Content notes
- fantasy violence
- war themes
- political assassination
About the book
Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers 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" related some of these events, in compressed form; New Spring: The Novel tells the whole story.
Description from Open Library.
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