Schedule of ‘The Shadowhunter Chronicles’ and other Cassandra Clare books (September 2017)
2017
- The Silver Mask* (Magisterium #4): 10 October
- The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1**: 31 October
- City of Bones 10th anniversary edition: 7 November
2018
- The Enemy of Death* (Magisterium #5, final book): August, September or October
- Queen of Air and Darkness (The Dark Artifices #3): fall 2018
2019
- The Red Scrolls of Magic*** (The Eldest Curses #1): March 5
- Chain of Gold (The Last Hours #1): fall?
2020
- The Eldest Curses #2***: spring?
- Chain of Iron (The Last Hours #2): fall?
2021
- The Eldest Curses #3***: spring?
- Chain of Thorns (The Last Hours #3): fall?
After 2021
- The Wicked Powers
* co-written with Holly Black ** other volumes to follow *** co-written with Wesley Chu
Cassie is also working on ten TLH short stories “in the leadup to the publication of Chain of Gold” and “a new short story project along the lines of The Bane Chronicles”.
Furthermore, a secret high fantasy novel (or trilogy) that’s not related to The Shadowhunter Chronicles is in the works.
frecklesohmy said: Hiya! Just wondering if you had any updates on when we might be expecting the short stories featuring the TLH characters or any news you can share on publishing dates for all the shadowhunter books as I eagerly anticipate them all! Thanks!
This is my new schedule, above — I posted a longer essay to my newsletter about why the schedule has changed. There will be short stories featuring the TLH characters next year, in the form of monthly novellas about several of them.
I’ve seen a few people saying this somehow reflects what I care about — that I care about TDA more than TLH, etc. It’s just not the case though I understand being frustrated — just as I understand being happy Queen of Air and Darkness is coming sooner!
As a writer, it often matters where you are emotionally when you’re writing, more than you wish it did. Having to deal with a huge loss and grief in my own life as I was writing Lord of Shadows made me reach for Queen of Air and Darkness to work out that grief and to use that raw emotion in the best way I thought it could be used. The very lighthearted beginning of Chain of Gold was a much harder stretch for me — I’d be trying to write jokes and banter while wiping away tears, where Queen was very much exactly where I was at emotionally.
In the end, I made the decision to flip Queen and Chain because I thought it was the best thing for me and for my readers. I find myself missing James and Lucie, Cordelia and Alastair and Thomas and Anna and Christopher even now, and I know that when I do turn back to Chain I’ll be doing it with all my energy and love.
I’m really looking forward to telling you all about that new short story collection, too, which will start as a series of ebooks early next year. Hmmm..what might it be about? :)
