As for what comes after Legends? Well, for the last several years, Michael has been working on a new series, which is tentatively titled, The Rise and the Fall. This is a trilogy, and the current plan is they’ll start releasing in the summer of 2021. As I write this (early December 2019), Michael is about three-quarters of the way through writing the second book.
Like Revelations and Legends, Michael is writing the entire series before publishing the first book, and no, I’ve not read any of it yet. That said, I do know a few things. First, there are no cliffhangers . . . hooray! As for where it fits in Elan’s history, it starts about eight hundred years after the end of the Legend books and ends a thousand years before the start of the Riyria tales. I have heard Michael bring up a few names that will be recognizable by either Riyria or Legend readers, but I’ll mention only one: Esrahaddon. That name won’t mean anything to people who have read just the Legends books, but I suspect that Riyria fans will be excited to see the full backstory for this particular character.
I’m sure there are many Riyria fans who are wondering, “Will there be more Royce and Hadrian books?” The answer is, yes! The fifth Chronicle book, Drumindor, is planned, but we don’t have any release date for it yet.
Okay, I have just one last thing to mention before I go. If you participated in the Kickstarter for Age of Death, then you’ve already received a Suri and Minna short story called “Pile of Bones.” It takes place before the start of the Legends of the First Empire series, so you can read it without worrying about spoilers. Also, it’ll be free on Audible.com for a number of months after its release. But if you missed the Kickstarter ebook, or the Audible version while it was free, drop us a line at [email protected] and put “Send me a Pile of Bones” in the subject. If you do, I’ll send you an ebook version of that story.
Well, I see that my time is up. In conclusion, I want to thank you for reading my little afterword. I’m a big fan of the series and it’s nice to be able to share some of my thoughts with others. I hope you are doing the same!