On the Verge of Lunacy

Emond's Field is a peaceful paradise far from the wars and conflicts of the rest of the world. That was until the trollocs and myrddraal attacked.  Rand al'Thor, Matrim Cauthon, Perrin Aybara, and Egwene al'Vere flee the village with strangers Aes Sedai Moiraine Damodred and Warder Al'Lan Mandragoran. The gleeman Thom Merrilin tagged along, and later, the reluctant village Wisdom Nynaeve al'Meara joined the group to watch over Egwene and the boys. The trollocs seemed to have attacked specific villagers only which is why Rand and his friends had to leave. The Aes Sedai Moiraine isn't clear about her plans for the villagers however, an issue which irritated Nynaeve. For now, their goal is to reach the safety of Tar Valon. Their journey isn't easy however. They were herded by pursuers to an abandoned city---only a prelude to more troubles ahead. The story is told primarily from Rand's point of view. Nagged by thoughts that he was adopted by the parents...

New Spring takes place years before the events in the first book of the Wheel of Time series. The story is about the young Moiraine Damodred and Siuan Sanche training to become aes sedai. They are caught up in trouble when Moiraine, Siuan and Amyrlin Tamra witnessed a foretelling by Gitara. She foretold that the dragon has been reborn. This dragon reborn is the prophesied champion of the light against the Dark One. To find the child, the Amyrlin ordered a record of all the babies born in the areas around Tar Valon and Dragonmount during the last days of the Aiel War. When Tamra and other aes sedai died mysteriously, Moiraine and Siuan undertook the task of finding the dragon reborn themselves. New Spring partly follows Lan Mandragoran's story as well . His carneira Lady Edeyn is trying to restore his name as the king of Malkier, but he later learns it will come at a cost. It's my first book from this series so I was expecting a lot from it. New Spring d...