New Spring

2004 novel by Robert Jordan New Spring Cover of New Spring expanded novel, showing Moiraine and LanAuthorRobert JordanCover artistDarrell K. SweetLanguageEnglishSeriesThe Wheel of TimeGenreFantasyPublisherTor Books (USA)Publication date6 January 2004Publication placeUnited StatesMedia typePrint (hardback and paperback)Pages304ISBN0-7653-0629-8 (Hardcover) ISBN 0-7653-4545-5 (Paperback)OCLC53099006Dewey Decimal813/.54 22LC ClassPS3560.O7617 N49 2004Preceded byThe Strike at Shayol Ghul Followed byThe Eye of the World New Spring is a fantasy novel by American author Robert Jordan, a prequel in the Wheel of Time series. New Spring consists of 26 chapters and an epilogue. Background to publication "New Spring" was originally published as a novella in the speculative fiction anthology edited by Robert Silverberg entitled Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy, released on 25 August 1998, just before the 1998 publication of The Path of Daggers (Book 8 of The Wheel of Time). 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 20