Scott Shjefte asked Mark Lawrence:

"He has held secret level clearance with both US and UK governments. At one point he was qualified to say 'this isn't rocket science ... oh wait, it actually is'.' Hey me too except secret clearance in USA was with BAE. Rocket science I did was mostly launched from guns and from ships, so what 'branch' of rocket science did you work with? Plasma and rail guns were cool.

Mark Lawrence They were quite brief brushes. One to do with lasers vs booster stage of nuclear warheads. One involving imposing the constraints of orbital mechanics on tracked targets to identify platform bias.

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Hi Mark, big fan of The Broken Empire and The Red Queen's War and loving Red Sister. Is there a reason why Red Sister doesn't have a map at the beginning like your other books? I'm only asking since I like going back and checking maps as I get through books I'm reading.

Anirudh asked Mark Lawrence:

I am currently reading Prince of Fools and wanted to ask you about Jalan. When you wrote this series, how difficult was it to not make him a second Jorg? (Especially since Jorg is such an amazing and complex character) Were you conscious about it?

Cursed Herondale asked Mark Lawrence:

Hi! I haven't read any of your book yet but I'd love to read ALL of them! My question is, are your three series connected to each other? Like are they of the same universe? (like MCU or Riordan's Camp Half Blood) and if so, do I have to read them by series, like The Broken Empire first, followed by The Red Queen and Book Of The Ancestor after? or do I have to read them alternately based on the succession of events?

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Hi Mark, big fan of The Broken Empire and The Red Queen's War and loving Red Sister. Is there a reason why Red Sister doesn't have a map at the beginning like your other books? I'm only asking since I like going back and checking maps as I get through books I'm reading.

I am currently reading Prince of Fools and wanted to ask you about Jalan. When you wrote this series, how difficult was it to not make him a second Jorg? (Especially since Jorg is such an amazing and complex character) Were you conscious about it?

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