As you can see above, I have the cover art for Circle of Ashes! I love what Mario Wibisono did with it, and hope you like it too. And yes, it’s intended as a mirror of the omnibus cover.

Currently the story is at about the 150,000 word mark, with the final conflict scene and wrap-up to go (and getting to the scene, but I hope to handle that in a single chapter). I’m not setting up a pre-order because I have no idea how long this will take, after all my other estimates ended up completely off-base. I really hope to have it out in November, though.

However, in other news, I was informed that the audiobook of Talyn: Blooming is set for release on November 11th! I can’t link it yet, as the pre-orders aren’t live, but I wanted to inform you as soon as was reasonable!

And yes, the trip last week was as good as a celebration of life can reasonably be. I just wish it hadn’t been necessary.