The Lowdown on EE6 (Forged in Blood)–When, What, Who, and More

Even though I’m chained to my office chair in the *dungeon and trying to be productive for you guys (if you missed it, Decrypted came out a couple of weeks ago, and the Beneath the Surface novella, sort of an EE 5.5, came out in January), I’ve got quite a few folks asking questions about the next (maybe not last?) Emperor’s Edge book.

I’m glad you guys are excited for it and care enough to ask these questions. Here are my answers to the common ones I’ve seen:

When will EE6 be out?

I’m shooting for a late May/early June release. You may want to start sending my beta readers chocolate now, so they’ll be hyped up on caffeine and ready to go when I send them the file.

Will you do an eARC for EE6 the way you did for Book 5?

I haven’t decided yet. If I do it, I’ll want to do a better job than last time (which involved me emailing the Word .doc files to everyone by hand, meaning people didn’t get the manuscript instantly and also had to convert them to readable Kindle, iPad, etc. files themselves), which would probably mean hiring a programmer to add an e-store of sorts to the site here.

Will you guys let me know if there’s an interest?

Will Amaranthe and Sicarius finally “DOOO EEEET”?

Yes, that’s a direct quote (some of the others were less PG). And the answer is…

Haha, like I’m answering that here.

Who will be the secondary point-of-view character in EE6?

Sicarius.

Will this be the last book?

No.

I’d originally planned for it to be the last book, at least in the Forge story arc, but, as some of you who follow me on Twitter have seen, this last chunk of the story is pretty big. Now that I’m 70,000 words into the first draft, I’m positive I’m not going to finish it in the next 50,000 words or so. As of right now, I’m planning to split things in half and make a Part 1 and Part 2. I’m not sure yet on how I’ll title the second book.

Does that mean there’s going to be a *&$! cliffhanger at the end of EE6?

Well…. probably. I’ll try to get Part 2 out within 3-4 months of the first. You can always wait until they’re both available to start reading. Though I’ll hope you’ll still buy 6 when it comes out, because I’m also powered by chocolate, and I need to be able to keep that in supply.

Wait, does that mean Sicarius will be the secondary POV character in two books?

As of right now, that’s the plan. I hope you guys don’t mind spending time in his head. It’s not all that scary in there. Really. Just… practical. And efficient.

Those are the main questions I’ve seen. If you have any others, feel free to ask below. Thanks for reading!

*I am denying all tweets, photos, and Facebook posts that suggest I may have escaped my dungeon for a few days for a trip to Palm Springs.

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