After the Fall Series

As was recently announced, there will be another series based in the world of Elan. No, this isn't The Cycle - that's talked about elsewhere. This is a project that I've been working on along with a co-author for the past several years. Oh, and you can add it to your goodreads shelves with this link.

As the name implies, this series will occur after the events of the Rise and the Fall and you can expect to see friends and enemies such as: Jerish, Nevrik, Esrahaddon, Mawyndule, Elinya, and, of course, there will be new people to meet as well. The three books of the series will be:

• Out of the Ashes
• Into the Darkness
• Between Two Evils

As I mentioned, this is being written by a co-author, and I introduced them via a red-carpet 7-post rollout that provides a behind-the-scenes look at the creation process. You can read each of them from the links below:

• Part #1 - How a polite email led to a new Elan series
• Part #2 - A School for Wizards: from card houses to Hogwarts
• Part #3 - Secret Identity Revealed: the project begins
• Part #4 - Starting the Book: How nothing becomes something
• Part #5 - The Writing Life: Go away. Lorian is busy.
• Part #6 - Chapter One: A month of Trial and errors
• Part #7 - Out of the Ashes: An apt title for the book and the process that created it

I hope you'll check these posts out, because the "making of" is an interesting tale in it's own right. As for when, the book will be released? We now have an official release date: October 6th, 2026. We've recently got all our ducks in a row. Tim Gerard Reynolds has recorded the audiobook, and Marc Simonetti has completed the cover. Now Robin just has to finish the layout and get the files to the printer.

We'll be updating this page as time goes on, so check back if you are interested to check on the book's  progress.

Status

• 07/18/26 - Audiobook cover files finished
  
  
• 07/16/26 - Rough drafts of cover design finished
  
  
• 07/15/26 - Final artwork from Marc
  
  
• 06/25/26 - Second rough sketch by Marc Simonetti
  
  
• 06/24/26 - Audio book recording ends
  
  
• 06/25/26 - Second rough draft sketch from Marc Simonetti
  
  
• 06/19/26 - First rough sketch drafts from Marc Simonetti
  
  
• 06/06/26 - Audiobook recording begins
  
  
• 05/31/26 - Edits done book locked
  
  
• 05/12/26 - Final review/edits start with Lorian and Robin
  
  
• 05/05/26 - Recording dates moved up now starting June 02/2026 - need to do final read through review
  
  
• 01/31/26 - Contract signed for audiobook rights - a seven-figure advance for 3 books!
  
  
• 01/23/26 - Rework of Chapter 2
  
  
• 11/27/25 - Copy edit changes incorporated 
  
  
• 11/10/25 - Copy editing ends
  
  
• 11/09/26 - Recording dates moved - now 06/23 - 07/15
  
  
• 10/06/25 - Copy editing begins
  
  
• 09/25/25 - Beta notes incorporated - the only major change was related to the ending which needed at least one additional chapter to wrap up a few things.
  
  
• 09/06/25 - Beta read ends
  
  
• 08/16/25 - Beta read begins
  
  
• 07/14/25 - First pass copyedit - chapter 1
  
  
• 07/07/25 - Final version with alpha comments added.
  
  
• 06/30/25 - Scheduling Tim for recording 06/08/26 date set
  
  
• 05/20/25 - Alpha read completed - all in all the book is in god shape some minor tweaks but nothing structural or substantial to work on.
  
  
• 05/14/25  - Alpha read of chapters 1 - 14 completed
  
  
• 05/10/25 - Last of 7-post rollout goes live (see links above)
  
  
• 04/23/25 - First of 7-post roll out goes live (see links above)
  
  
• 03/10/25 - Famed artist Marc Simonetti has been commissioned for a cover design

• 03/06/25 - The book has a title and a placeholder cover.
  
  
• 02/20/25- The book is essentially done. It needs a few changes, but it's approved by Michael. Book page created on Goodreads

• 10/28/24 - Chapter 7 - 9 finished
  
  
• 02/26/24 - Chapter 5 - 6 finished

• 09/23/23 - Chapter 4 finished

• 09/19/23 - Chapter 3 finished

• 08/23/23 - Chapter 2 finished

• 04/27/23 - Chapter 1 finished

• 01/21/23 - 1st chapter writing starts - and is rewitten, and rewitten, and rewitten

• 12/28/22 - First outline submitted and reworked several times

• 11/4/22 - Brainstorming session between Michael and co-author about possible plot threads (both new and old) for the series

• 10/25/22 - Authors of Novel House visit the cabin and I approach the fanfiction writer about co-authoring a work from my world. They receive a mac computer loaded with Scrivner, the Elan bible, and instructions regarding the new seriesAfter the Fall
  

• 11/08/20 - "The Novel House" is formed - a small group of authors that I mentor on writing. the fan fiction writer is one of the students who is working on her own contemporary fiction tale.

• 02/07/20 - Email from an avid reader of all things Elan is sent to me, asking permission to post a fanfiction they wrote. I requested to see the piece, they agreed and I was very impressed.