eBook cover art for NEW SPRING

Tor Books has released the cover art for the upcoming ebook release of New Spring, the prequel novel in the Wheel of Time series. Beginning in late 2009, Tor released each book in the series in a variety of electronic formats. See below for a full list of links to the released books, as well as a list of the remaining upcoming releases.

In this week's "Wheel of Time Video News", Kristen Nedopak reveals the cover and shares her opinion.

With each eBook, Tor is including brand new artwork for the "cover". A different artist has been selected for each one, giving the art team at Tor a chance to provide us fans with a variety of styles.

This month, the artwork is by Jason Chan. The ebook will be released on July 22.

As with the previous covers that were released for the ebooks, Tor Art Director Irene Gallo has done a write up about the process behind creating this image. Be sure to check out the full article. Here's an excerpt:

When it came to scenes to depict, it seemed natural to revisit Moiriane and Lan. New Spring is their story before Rand¹s begins. 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.

Wheel of Time eBook
Tor Books released each one of the Wheel of Time novels as ebooks. Each has new cover art, specially commissioned for the eBook format. Each featured a different artist.

• The Eye of the World: Gallery | Tor.com feature | Buy from Amazon
• The Great Hunt: Gallery | Tor.com Feature | Buy from Amazon
• The Dragon Reborn: Gallery | Tor.com Feature | Buy from Amazon
• The Shadow Rising: Tor.com Feature | Gallery | Buy from Amazon
• The Fires of Heaven:Gallery | Tor.com feature | Buy from Amazon
• Lord of Chaos: Gallery | Tor.com feature | Buy from Amazon
• A Crown of Swords: Gallery | Tor.com Feature | Buy from Amazon
• The Path of Daggers: Gallery | Tor.com Feature | Buy from Amazon
• Winter's Heart: Gallery | Tor.com Feature | Buy from Amazon
• The Crossroads of Twilight: Gallery | Tor.com Feature | Buy from Amazon
• Knife of Dreams: Gallery | Tor.com Feature | Buy from Amazon
• The Gathering Storm: Gallery | Tor.com Feature | Buy from Amazon
• Towers of Midnight: Gallery | Tor.com Feature | Buy from Amazon
• New Spring - Available July 22
• From Two Rivers - Date TBD
• To The Blight - Date TBD
• The Hunt Begins - Date TBD
• New Threads in the Pattern- Date TBD

So what do you think of this new image? Leave your comments below. Remember, we'll have a more detailed report on the overall future of the Wheel of Time print-edition covers at a later time.