what’s next?

Now that GHOST IN THE CORRUPTION is out, what’s next?

Back in 2023, I finished the DRAGONSKULL and SILENT ORDER series back to back, so I declared summer 2023 to be my Summer Of Finishing Things.

Well, summer 2025 is going to be the Super Summer Of Finishing Things, because I intend to finish three series back to back!

First up is SHIELD OF POWER, the sixth and final book of THE SHIELD WAR series. As of this writing, I’m 26,000 words into it, and hoping it will be out in July, though it might slip to July depending on how things go.

Next up is STEALTH & SPELLS ONLINE: FINAL QUEST, which will be the third and very definitely final book of the STEALTH & SPELLS ONLINE trilogy. Believe it or not, I’ve been working on FINAL QUEST on the side for so long that I passed the 100,000 word mark this week. In fact, it’s been a side project for so long that I don’t remember how long I’ve been working on it, and I had to look up the metadata to check that I did indeed start chipping away at it on October 18th, 2024. So I’m am pleased I’m very nearly done with the rough draft, and if all goes will it will come out very quickly after SHIELD OF POWER, since I think it will end up at about 125,000 words or so.

After that, I will write GHOST IN THE SIEGE, the sixth and final book of the GHOST ARMOR series. I’m 1,500 words into that, and hoping for August/September for it come out.

Once THE SHIELD WAR, STEALTH & SPELLS ONLINE, and GHOST ARMOR are finished, I will finally be free to return to the Rivah and Nadia series. Through 2024 and the first half of 2025, I had five unfinished series at the same time. That was just too much, hence the Super Summer Of Finishing Things.

Going forward, I’ve decided that three unfinished series at one time will be my maximum, which after the Super Summer Of Finishing Things, will be CLOAK MAGE, HALF-ELVEN THIEF, and a new epic fantasy series set in Owyllain.

So that’s where I’m at with current projects.

-JM