So after I raised the issue, all involved agreed that a termination of the agreement would be the best option. If things aren’t working, I tend to want them fixed. We could have hung together–Tor never raised the idea of termination. It also meant there were things Tor didn’t like about the project and how it was progressing. This meant there were things I didn’t like about where the project was going and how it was progressing. There are a couple of factors, but I think the biggest issue is that we had differences in our vision for the story. This means I have all the rights to all the books in the series,, back.īut why would I initiate such a thing? Tor’s like THE publisher of science fiction and fantasy. Apparently John had ‘split with Tor Books’ and, as a result, the sequel, CURSE (The Dark God Book 2), ‘is right around the corner.’ John also linked to the following blog post (which I’ve shortened), which answers a number of questions and raises a few more:Ī little over nine months ago I initiated a contract termination with my publisher Tor Books. Interestingly though, after deciding to look through the many reviews of the first book on Goodreads, I found a reviewer expressing the same concerns that I had -book 2 was nowhere to be seen! – and picked up on a reply to her from John. Brown was a debut author, I began wondering whether Tor killed the project due to low sales or something. Well, anyway, yesterday I decided to check again – as I have periodically every 3 months or so – and still couldn’t find a listing of the sequel on Amazon or on Goodreads. Martin route of taking his time (it was a complex epic fantasy novel after all). I picked it up after it got a good review from Brandon Sanderson, enjoyed it a great deal and looked forward to the sequel… That was in 2010 and after I’d not heard any word about a release date for number 2 for at least a year, I ended up assuming that the author was having a spat of writers block and going down the G.R.R. So, a few years ago I read a book called Servant of a Dark God by John D.
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