Cassan Astor: Book 4 Fully Written

The fourth Cassan Astor book, Cassan Astor and the Harbinger’s War, is fully written.

At 393 pages and 30 chapters, this draft comes in as the second-longest in the series. Part of that length also comes from a unique “The Story so Far” section I’ve included at the beginning, which provides a re-cap of the events in books 1-3.

Cassan Astor and the Desert Empress – 347 pages
Cassan Astor and the Sea of Krakens – 383 pages
Cassan Astor and the Immortal King – 417 pages
Cassan Astor and the Harbinger’s War – 393 pages

Of course, this is all still possible to change. This is just an early draft. Therefore, it could be longer. It could be shorter. With the Sea of Krakens only 10 pages behind in length, it’s still in the air where this might stack up in the series.

Currently, my “The Story so Far” section is being re-worked and edited by editor Natasja Smith with the goal of cutting that section down by at least two pages. So, if we can do that, it would naturally bring the page count down even more.

But, of course, editing is always an unknown process. I am curious to see ultimately how the book will look when it is done.

After editing, I expect this book to be out sometime in the summer! It will have to go through a heavy Word document review, followed by a review of physical copies of the book. Fortunately, I already have cover art designed and ready to go. I will wait to add text to the cover until after I have the page-count nailed down so that I know the spine length, so forth.

You can expect Cassan Astor and the Harbinger’s War available this summer. In the meantime, check out the cover art here: