Latest update: July 2, 2008

I'm starting a new series. I don't know for sure what the title will be. Right now I call it "Histories of the Bound Lands."

Actually, it's nested a few layers deep -- Tor has contracted for the first two books, which make up a duology, Alvos the Orator. That's Part One of "The Fall of the Sorcerers," which is a part of "The Histories of the Bound Lands."

Two volumes are just the beginning; it'll be much longer than that if it all gets written.

The two books that Tor's buying have mutated from what I'd said here previously; they now have the working titles Sorcerer's Justice and Sorcerer's Doom. I've written both of them in very rough first draft, and am now working on the second draft of Sorcerer's Justice. Tor wants the final manuscript by September 15, 2008, with the second book to follow a year later.

Sorcerer's Justice is about a young man who runs afoul of the local authorities and becomes a fugitive. Sorcerer's Doom follows him as he gets tangled up in a popular uprising.

After that, I'm not sure what happens -- Tor hasn't committed to a third book. If they do, it'll be the novel with the working title The Golden Wyvern, which may be retitled something like Sorcerer's Captive. Beyond that, I don't know what's next -- Untrue Names is still on the table, so to speak.

The final volume of "The Fall of the Sorcerers" -- which would almost certainly be several volumes beyond Untrue Names -- has the working title The Prince's Return.

The Histories as a whole are open-ended, and may continue indefinitely. I have pieces of several in various stages of development; working titles of three closest to being written are Swordsmen of the Fallen Empire, Spellfront, and Assassin in Waiting.

There are other things I'm working on, but I have no idea which will actually see print. See here for more about some of them.

Other Projects:
Several other projects are in various stages of development, but aren't yet far enough along to be listed here as works in progress. I've added a page about future projects you can check out. Sometimes news is available on my Discussions page, as well.

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