Cover art for Melanie Rawn's THE DIVINER


Meant to post this when I saw it on Westeros a few days back, but it totally slipped my mind. . .

Melanie Rawn fans rejoice, for The Diviner will finally be released next summer. The painting is by Gordon Crabbe. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.

The Diviner is a prequel to The Golden Key (Canada, USA, Europe), which was co-authored by Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson and Kate Elliot. It is said that both Elliott and Roberson will also write prequels to The Golden Key.

8 commentaires:

Jeff said...

Am I the only one that wants to that guy in the face? Not as much as the guy who was on the original cover of The Name of the Wind, but still, something about him says, "Please punch me in the face." ;)

Jeff

Anonymous said...

maybe one day Captal's Tower....?

Roland said...

Yeah, horrible cover! I feel sorry for the writers who has to show that to their friends.
"Fantasy is proper literature, I promise!". :)

Cecrow said...

So, she can't remember the Exiles trilogy (1997) well enough to write the third book, but as for the Golden Key (1996) ... hmm ...

Erik said...

I am very glad to have Melanie Rawn back writing fantasy! :D :D :D

My now-fiance bought me a copy of The Ruins of Ambrai on our first date. :)

Dela1970 said...

"It is said that both Elliott and Roberson will also write prequels to The Golden Key. "

Well, it WAS said, a dozen years ago, when the books were announced. Rawn's was to be the first of the three stories, chronologically, so the other two authors waited for her to write hers. But after all this time has passed awaiting Rawn's installment, if Roberson and Elliott do go back and write their sequels, it apparently won't be any time soon, anyhow. They're both pretty busy these days.

Roberson has announced her next project is writing a new Sword-Dancer novel, after which she'll write another Karavans book, after which she'll evidently write another Sword-Dancer novel. She also has three more Cheysuli novels under contract.

And Elliott is writing two series at another publishing house entirely (Tor Books).

Jens said...

In fact, Elliott once said in an interview that her novel would be "set about forty years after The Golden Key" and thus be a sequel.
But that was almost 13 years ago...
(http://webspace.webring.com/people/cu/um_2294/elliott.html)

But the fact that her book was supposed to be a sequel (rather than another prequel like Roberson's novel was planned to be) doesn't change anything much, really. As Dela1970 has pointed out, both Roberson and Elliott couldn't write their respective novel after Rawn had finished hers.

I'd hope that now with Rawn's book finally done the other two ladies are also going to write their projected one's. However, I wouldn't be too surprised and honestly couldn't really blame them too much if after all this time they have lost their interest or connection to the story.

Dela1970 said...

Jennifer Roberson has posted an update to her website about her upcoming work. It includes 2 more Sword-Dancer novels and one more Karavans novel (as well as a recently-finished Karavans novel awaiting publication). In this update, she also mentions a desire to write more straight historicals when she can make the time for it. (And elsewhere on the site she says she also has three more Cheysuli novels under contract.)

http://cheysuli.com/author/a.upcoming.html

No mention on this recent update (or anywhere else on her site, as far as I can see) about returning to the GOLDEN KEY to write that sequel. Maybe too much time has passed? (Or maybe the publisher, for whom she's writing these other books, isn't asking for it until/unless they see how Melanie Rawn's THE DIVINER sells? If DIVINER sells well, maybe the publisher will want the remaining two novels; if it doesn't, maybe they'd just rather write those off and have Roberson keep writing books they do expect to sell well?)