Ryan McCormick asked Michael J. Sullivan:

Hi Michael! I just finished Esrahaddon and loved getting glimpses of Elan's history. Is there any chance you'll write a story set during Rex Uberlin's conquest?

Michael J. Sullivan It's not on the drawing table for now. When I finished the Riyria Revelations I thought I would never go further down "that time line" because I thought the series wrapped up so perfectly that I didn't want to risk "jumping the shark" by writing something that came after, which would ruin a very good thing.

But now that I've finished Legends of the First Empire and The Rise and Fall books. I now have opened the door to going where I didn't think I would.

So that's what I'm working on at the moment - and I have a very high bar set for myself. If I don't clear it, those books will never see the light of day. If it comes out well . . . then it will certainly be the cherry on the top of the sundae that is all the books in Elan. I suspect I'll want to "end it there" - but who knows - I thought I would end my entire time in Elan with just Riyria Revelations (which was 6 books and now I have written 20).

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