There’s a great essay by agent Jen Laughran I recommend reading for anyone curious about how the book industry has been affected by the pandemic: At another time, it might be possible to rush CoT to bookstores, but right now everything in every part of publishing, including the printing of books, is backed up and delayed. Publishing itself is also experiencing struggles. That pandemic combination of fear and despair wreaked havoc on my work - I tried every day, and some days were better than others, but in the end I had to be honest with myself and my publishers: I was going to need more time. Nothing I know many of you haven’t experienced or also had to adjust to, but we all struggle in our different ways. My publisher’s office had emptied out, no one was there I was suddenly the caretaker of multiple elderly relatives who could not safely leave their houses. I’m used to working with my assistant, and with my companion writers present suddenly I was working entirely alone, without any of my usual emotional or practical resources. On-location research I needed to do went undone due to (totally reasonable) travel restrictions, and all my usual methods of work had to be adjusted.
By the time COVID came around, I was already in edits on Chain of Iron - publishing works very far in advance! - and I’ve really struggled, as a lot of us have, to get work done during this last terrible year. This is later than we had all hoped, I know! It may seem surprising since Chain of Iron came out this year, but Chain of Thorns is my first book to really be affected by the pandemic. Following books ( The Black Volume of the Dead, The Ragpicker King, Wicked Powers) - aren’t yet scheduled. Working with both my publishers, we’ve finally fixed release dates for my next two books - that’s the good news! Chain of Thorns will be coming out November 1, 2022. I was hoping that Chain of Thorns would be able to match its predecessors with a spring release date in 2022, but it became clear a while ago that that wasn’t going to happen. As authors, we always want to get our books to readers as soon as possible. *dusts off hands* This kind of announcement is hard to make. Let’s have a look at Cassandra Clare’s newsletter in which she revealed the release date for Chain of Thorns and also explained why the conclusion to The Last Hours trilogy is that late. Yes, it is a shock to pretty much all of us.
Credit: Tony Luong for The New York Times Please note that the release date has been pushed back to January 31, 2023.
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