Jussi Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 http://www.richardkmorgan.com/news/1108/whats-the-tome-mr-wolf/Yeah, that’s 247 thousand words. Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to present The Dark Defiles – done at last. I know a quarter million words isn’t considered all that big of a fish in the oceans of fantasy (Game of Thrones 284k, Deadhouse Gates 272k, Name of the Wind 259k, Dance with Dragons don’t even go there), but it’s still about half as long again as anything I’ve written before, so if you’re wondering what the fuck has been keeping me all this time, well, there’s that. And the good news is that now it’s done, you’ll have a whole fifty percent more time and space than The Cold Commands in which to enjoy the final company of Ringil, Archeth and the Dragonbane. Plus – and this is the big thing, for me – Defiles ties the Land Fit for Heroes trilogy definitively up. All your questions answered, all outstanding narrative threads resolved, all debts paid. There isn't an official release date yet. Amazon.co.uk says August 21st, Amazon.com October 7th. It looks like Del Rey edition will be trade paperback. Plot synopsis: The final part of Richard Morgan's fast-moving and brutal fantasy brings Ringil to his final reckoning and sees the world tipping into another war with the dragon folk. And, most terrifying of all, the prophecy of a dark lord come to rule may be coming true very close to home... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEvilKing Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Great news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 looks like he was able to keep it under that "split the book" limit. I know he was really concerned about that as he wants the book to be enjoyed as a whole.Given the length of the book it looks like there's a good chance the series will have space to wrap up nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerol Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Autobuy, though I'm so far behind in my book pile I won't be able to get to it for months. Plus I really need to find some way to review without rereading the first two again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortstark Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 great news, only need to hear from a couple more laggards... Julie Jones and GEORGE, i am looking at you greasy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sci-2 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 I'm having trouble seeing this wrap up adequately in one final book. Though I suppose wrapping up Ringil's arc doesn't necessarily have to solve the stuff about the broken moon and possible issues with time/space. Will wait for reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Though I suppose wrapping up Ringil's arc doesn't necessarily have to solve the stuff about the broken moon and possible issues with time/space. Those can be resolved if Morgan writes another book in the Kovaks timeline (not necessarily with Kovaks in it), or just left as background flavour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Now I have to go back and read the first book in this series again. The first book was legitimately the first book I've read while taking notes on who was who, and then I lost my notes, so I never read The Cold Commands and decided to wait until there was a release date announced for this. I guess I'll read the others over the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 :drool: Can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 http://www.richardkmorgan.com/news/1108/whats-the-tome-mr-wolf/ There isn't an official release date yet. Amazon.co.uk says August 21st, Amazon.com October 7th. It looks like Del Rey edition will be trade paperback. It seems unlikely Del Rey would suddenly switch to paperback only after having the first two books published in hardcover.That would be awful, I have the first two in hardcover. And they release a lot of books in hardcover still so... Maybe Richard himself might be able to confirm that. This final book sounds great btw, cool synopsis and presumably a long enough book to tie it all together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jussi Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 Edelweiss catalog claims that the Del Rey edition is "paper original". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Those can be resolved if Morgan writes another book in the Kovaks timeline (not necessarily with Kovaks in it), or just left as background flavour. Yeah and don't think the moon etc really needs to be explained. Just Ringil's transformation into Dark lord, I guess, Another Kovacs book would be great although I'm sure Richard hates people suggesting that all the time. When he's ready :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Edelweiss catalog claims that the Del Rey edition is "paper original".I guess it's probably true that they suddenly changed to paperback only.Bummer. I saw the new Drew Karpyschin book is also suddenly in paperback only, where the first book of the series released a few months ago, was hardcover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I don't know why, but I am strangely pleased with the fact that each title in this series can have at least two meanings, since the last word in each is both a verb and a noun.It's elegant, somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 It is, isn't it. :cool4: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Yeah, I like the fact they all have an s at the end. It means there's more than one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter's Knight Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 "Defiles" is a noun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 'Defile' as in 'dip or small valley'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 or steep-sided narrow gorge or passage requiring troops to proceed in single file....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEvilKing Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 or steep-sided narrow gorge or passage requiring troops to proceed in single file....... So it's some kind of vagina metaphor. Classic Morgan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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