Update on Scott Lynch's THE THORN OF EMBERLAIN

Scott Lynch has provided a brief update on the progress of his fourth Gentleman Bastard novel, The Thorn of Emberlain. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the novel isn't going to be out this autumn, a year after The Republic of Thieves, as had originally been hoped. However, Scott reports that the book will be completed only slightly behind schedule.

On that basis and assuming no further delays, it's likely we will see the book in the first half of 2015. After a six-and-a-half year wait for The Republic of Thieves, the next book coming out just eighteen months later is still a big improvement.

From Scott:

Yeah, at this point we're not gonna hit a 2014 publication. I'm going to scrape past the manuscript finish line well before the end of 2014, but too late to get it on the docket in a sensible fashion. At least as far as I know. So, early 2015, precise date TBA. Don't take anything in a bookstore database as meaningful, look for the announcements from me and Gollancz/Random House.

Cheers,

SL