The news has broken, and you can read about it here and here, but since you are on my website I can tell you about it myself.
I am pleased to announce that Angry Robot Books have agreed to publish two more books in the series, The Courts of the Feyre. The third book in the series, Strangeness & Charm, concerns what happens when the escapees from The Road to Bedlam are released into the wider community, and the fourth brings this series to a finale with The Eighth Court.
These books will feature Niall and Blackbird as well as Niall’s wayward daughter Alex. The stories will be complete in themselves as with Sixty-One Nails and The Road to Bedlam, but will be best enjoyed as a series following Niall’s adventures through the four-book sequence.
The reason for the late announcement on the website is that I have been on a research trip to track down a rare medieval survivor, along with some surprises that even I did not suspect. All I can say at this stage is that these fit perfectly into the stories being written at the moment and you will see the fruits of that trip presently.
Strangeness & Charm is scheduled for June 2012, with the fourth book, The Eighth Court, due for release in early 2013.
Why oh why bring the series to a close?
I loved your books and hope you’ll keep writing about this absolutely intriguing world.
And we will find out about Niall and Blackbird’s baby too, I hope!
Can’t wait!
Just finished Bedlam so I am very happy to hear this, have marked the expected release dates in my book calendar
Thanks, all, for your good wishes and congratulations. The encouragement is noted and appreciated.
Congratulations, this is wonderful news! Looking forward to the releases.
Excellent news
Congratulations! Anxiously awaiting both volumes, and I wish you great success.
Fantastic news! Just finished the first two in a single weekend and now looking forward to no’s 3 & 4.