Cyrielle Jeanne asked Michael J. Sullivan:

Hi Mr Sullivan! I was wondering, what's gonna be your next project after Drumindor?

Michael J. Sullivan Thanks for asking. I have three projects under development at present:

1 - Blythin Castle - is what I'm currently writing - it'll be the 6th Riyria Chronicle book.

2 - Out of the Ashes - is book #1 of the After the Fall series, which takes place just after the events of Esrahaddon in the overall timeline. This series is being co-authored by Lorian Ellis, a debut author that came to my attention when she sent me a fanfic of Royce and Hadrian she had written. Lorian is finishing up the last few chapters of it, and that will probably be my next released title just because it's the furthest along.

3 - The Cycle - while I said I would never write further down the timeline (i.e post The Riyria Revelations), that was mainly because I couldn't think of any way to top the ending of Heir of Novron. But now that I've gone back in time with the Legends of the First Empire and the Rise an Fall books, I have a story with even greater stakes that can intertwine across all 20 books I've written so far that, if I can pull it off, will top the ending of Heir of Novron. The problem is it's an extremely challenging series to write, and I won't "officially" announce it until all five books are written and it turns out as good as I hoped it would. If it falls short of the bar, I'll file the whole thing in the vertical file. But if it turns out good, then it's going to be love-letter to my most ardant fans as it should scratch just about every itch I can think of.

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