ROBERT JORDANS NEW SPRING (2009)

"(W) Chuck Dixon, Robert Jordan (A) Harvey Tolibao New Spring is a graphical adaptation of the best-selling prequel to Robert Jordan's acclaimed fantasy series, The Wheel of Time. The New Spring comic series, which is 8 issues long, was started in 2005 and was published up through issue #5. In 2009 Dabel Brothers will be completing the series by publishing issues 6 through 8. In this issue, entitled 'The Deeps', Al'Lan Mandragoran, uncrowned king of the lost nation Malkier, makes his way to the city of Chachin. He is chasing a rumor that Lady Edeyn, a woman from his past, intends to lead a crusade of warriors in an effort to reclaim his lost country from the Blight. Unexpectedly, his journey will lead him to Moiraine who is on a crusade of her own, a secret and desperate search for a child born of prophecy. The Dragon has been reborn in the world and the fate of all will rest on the shoulders of those who find him."

"(W) Chuck Dixon, Robert Jordan (A) Harvey Tolibao On the slopes of Dragonmount, a child is born, an infant prophesied to be the Dragon Reborn. Moiraine Damodred, a young Aes Sedai, and al'Lan Mandragoran, the uncrowned king of Mlkier, are set on paths that will bind their lives together. These paths are filled with complications and dangers, for Moiraine and Lan, and the plots of those seeking power threaten their lives the closer they get to The Dragon Reborn. In the city of Chachin, they must embrace a destiny that will mean either salvation or damnation for the entire world."

"(W) Robert Jordan, Chuck Dixon (A) Joe Cooper The historic binding of al'Lan Mandragoran as Warder to Moiraine of the Aes Sedai is upon us and the search ensues for the Dragon Reborn, so that he may be saved to fulfill his destiny and oppose the Dark One in an ultimate Last Battle. However, followers of the Dark One also know the prophecy, and a desperate race ensues with the fate of all mankind hanging in the balance."