Tuesday May 25th, 1999
Here are two more posts by Ray describing the publishing details and structure of the new novels:
They will be published in theUK by HarperCollins. No US publisher yet. As for when, I suspect the first book will probably be a late 2000, early 2001 publication.
Nothing firm yet.
These dates show that the Riftwar Legacy will be completed before the first Tales of the Riftwar release, with Conclave of Shadows following later. Ray's current US publisher is Avon (under the EOS label), and I would suspect they will continue the relationship. The second post was in response to a question about the structure of the novel, whether they would be collections of short stories:
These will be novels, actually. Stand alone novels, but obviously part of the Riftwar continuity, so connected in that sense. I'm looking at stories that take place in other locations during the time of the novel, so while Arutha's fighting the siege of Crydee, what's his dad doing over on the west side of the mountain, that kind of stuff.
