Thursday April 6th, 2006
Ray posted to the Feistfans-L Mailing list the following in response to a question about future writings (Edited)
I have plans at this point to do one thing only, finish the entire Riftwar Cycle. If I don't screw up and come up with an idea that takes me off on some mad tangent, it'll go like this:
Riftwar (3 novels)
Krondor's Heirs (2 novels)
Empire (3 novels)
Serpentwar (4 novels)
Conclave (3 novels)
Darkwar (3 novels)
Unnamed 4th Riftwar novel (1 book)
Demonwar (3 novels)
That's 22 novels to make up the entire 5 Riftwars. The Legacy and Legends books are not, to my thinking, really a structural part of the cycle, but rather tangential story arcs. I might get to squeeze in the last Legacy story (if we ever get the issues with Sierra resolved), or not--hell, I've given away enough about Sidi/Varen in the last two books, it might even be kind of pointless to write The Dark Mage.
If you toss in the six Krondor and Legends books, that's 28 Midkemian novels in total over about 30 years.
I may take a break.
I may start up an entire new world.
I may go back and write Midkemian stories totally unrelated to the Riftwar, perhaps down in Kesh, or Novindus, or who knows where.
So, the answer to your question is I'll probably not do any prequels, but anything else is certainly possible.
Best, R.E.F.
