Merlinscribe: The Journal of James P. Mallory

From what I understand he has said, both here and in previous post, is that both Blade of Empire and Scourge of Fate are basically one book. He wanted more of the second book to be published and not have a repeat on what happened to Crown of Vengeance, where a lot of it was cut. In another old post he made, he said that Tor has only contracted them for three books. When I fully process what those couple of old posts said (I admit it took me a bit), I started to get worried that this series would not get finished. In theory if both Blade and Scourge are one book, Tor only contracted them for three books, and then my mind started saying only 2/3 of the series would get published.

I will admit I can worry about anything. Once I start worrying, that feeling will stay with me. So I decided to ask Mr. Mallory about it, so I can stop worrying. I was almost in tears thinking that my all-time favorite series would never see an ending.

Mr. Mallory just said that if Tor is not interested in buying/contracting them for more in this series then he may go into self-publishing. So in the end all the series will get out there for us to enjoy. The end of the First Endarkened War should be in either the book that comes after Scourge or the book after that (if he cuts the next book in two again). I know a part of this would depend on Tor. They may allow them to do more (hopefully).

Please Mr. Mallory correct me if I understand this wrong.

Hope that helped,
Bridgette

PS I was just wandering if Runcar and Vieliessar meet up in Scourge? You mentioned a while ago that they do not meet up in Blade. That the closest they were would be 3,000 miles (not sure if I remember that right).