I searched for NZ release dates on Google. Every site I clicked on came up with a review, which I quickly shunned. Apart from preconceptions about quality, reviewers can be absolute numbskulls about how much plot info the give away.
As spoilers go, though, nothing trumps the horrible spoiler I ran into when I was first reading the 2nd Chronicles. This was around the time Runes of the Earth had just come out, and I, Covenant noob, was looking for the sequel to The Wounded Land. I see Runes of the Earth, think "Runes. Staff of Law. Must be this one." The very first sentence on the liner notes? "Thomas Covenant is dead."
![Eeek :hairs:](./images/smilies/30000000.gif)