The first chapter of the fifth book in the Barbarians of the Storm series is already written! The story takes place between Book III - Swords Against Bastards and the eventual Book IV, which will come out later this year.
This next book is the first in the Side Quest subseries. These will be side stories featuring characters on their own unique adventures, branching off from the main book series. It also allows for me to really experiment and blend genres together.
What’s this one about? I won’t reveal that yet but the image is probably a clue of some sort.
Additionally, I have fine tuned the first chapter of the Killer Koala short story I want to have done relatively soon. I may bounce between the two when I need a break from one or the other.
Anyway, I’m really excited about this next book and I feel as if it is going to come out of me rather quickly, as the plot allows me to be fairly free of the regular continuity and a hefty amount of already established characters.
I will say this, though, the new, quite different story, will have a massive effect on the franchise at large. It’s the real genesis of probably the biggest twist/reveal in the book series. This is something that I’ve been planning for quite a while actually.