New Release Date for A DANCE OF SMOKE & STEEL (tl;dr — Sorry. It’s been a rough year.)

Ugh. This is one of those updates you never want to write but sometimes have to. Some of you might have gotten a notification that the pre-order date for A DANCE OF SMOKE & STEEL has changed to January 25, April 26, 2022 June 28, 2022 … after it’s already been pushed back a few times.

This is all on me and I apologize for the delay. My privacy is important to me so I won’t go into detail why, except to say that it was a hell of a year. So this book (which is a long book in the first place) took longer to write as I dealt with that personal stuff, and every time I thought I had a firm finish ahead … well, I didn’t. Now the end is definitely in sight (hurray) but even if I turned it in this minute, my publisher would have to crash it through production to meet the October date (and really, even that is probably too late.) But my editor has been super understanding, even as I’ve missed date after date.

So I’m very sorry that there’s another delay, but the book is coming. Thank you for your patience; I know it’s been a rough year (and more) all around, and books are the escape for so many of us, so this news might be very disappointing. My fingers are crossed that you all love the story so much that you’ll forgive me for it.

My best,
Milla