[EDIT: April Fools...OR IS IT?]
I've been consulting with THE TEAM, and after months of planning, I'm happy to announce our tentative schedule for the remainder of the year and forward (as far as we know it). As always, these dates are subject to change, but this is the plan we'll be working on going forward. March 1, 2019 - Cradle 6, Underlord (complete) June 1, 2019 - Elder Empire delayed August 1, 2019 - Cradle 7, Uncrowned December 1, 2019 - Elder Empire delayed March 1, 2020 - Cradle 8, Bloodfallen June 1, 2020 - Traveler's Blade Trilogy 1, Daughters of the Wind August 1, 2020 - Elder Empire delayed September 1, 2020 - Cradle 9, Northstrider December 1, 2020 - Elder Empire delayed March 1, 2021 - Cradle 10, Nethergate June 1, 2021 - New Series: I Reincarnated into an Online Game as a Healer September 1, 2021 - Elder Empire delayed December 1, 2021 - Cradle 11, Mazerunner March 1, 2022 - Cradle 12, Breakingdawn September 1, 2022 - Traveler's Blade Trilogy 2, All The Travelers Die December 1, 2022 - Cradle 13, Slipperylip February 1, 2036 - Earth invaded by slug-people. September 1, 2079 - Elder Empire completed It's a rough plan, but this is the goal we've set ourselves. Personally, I'm optimistic we can make it. -Will
151 Comments
Ravi
4/1/2019 02:50:43 pm
I for one am most excited for the isekai book.
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Julius
4/1/2019 03:05:21 pm
Ravi from PAX unplugged? I'm also excited for the isekai book. lol
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Avinash
4/5/2019 01:01:36 am
@ravi
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Siva
12/30/2020 04:17:51 am
I am
nolan
12/16/2019 05:35:08 pm
I can't wait for the rest of the cradle series
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J
2/14/2020 03:33:04 pm
Yeah
Isaac
7/17/2020 12:14:03 am
Your late for cradle 8,
Joseph
12/9/2020 11:00:47 am
CANT WAIT FOR CRADLE BOOK 9!!!
Alex
10/8/2020 12:30:51 pm
Could you please post an updated release schedule? Wintersteel was amazing and I cant wait for the next one!
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Allison
10/28/2020 11:29:42 pm
Totally agree, I’m so hooked I went looking for more information on the next Cradle book release. When’s “Northstrider” coming out? What’s the tentative schedule now :) super effort. Not been this hooked on a book since Eragon!
Joseph
11/27/2020 10:03:41 am
I concur, seems like I should’ve concurred
totally not a person that happens to like manipulating puppets in a discord that happens to belong to Andrew Rowe, the author of all books that currently exist throughout all realities
4/1/2019 02:51:27 pm
I approve
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Vorstus
4/1/2019 02:53:37 pm
You had me going there at the beginning, but let's be real, the slug people are getting here no later than 2025.
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Josh
4/1/2019 02:54:17 pm
Haha very funny. Stick to your day job funny man. This guy...
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Luke Chmilenko
4/1/2019 02:54:56 pm
[Hype Intensifies]
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Baz
1/20/2020 04:26:51 pm
And yet so I'm excited as the names have changed already.
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Connor
9/3/2020 10:20:07 pm
The Luke Chmilenko? Epic. Umm, you are late on cradle 8. I’m happy to see it continues though. I’m on Underlord right now so I was unsure as to if it ended with Uncrowned. So when should we expect to see cradle 8?
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Marvin
4/1/2019 02:57:13 pm
I was hyped until I saw the title slipperylip for Cradle and just assumed this list is April Fool’s. I hope it is not because I am really waiting on Uncrowned. You have picked up excitement to me in these last two Cradle books.
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Elias
7/7/2019 06:40:46 pm
I agree, though I hate waiting on books. And when I look at it I see that the next book after Uncrowned comes out in 2020?! Thats just cruel. But still I am pumped to. Cradle so fare is the coolest series I've read on the Kindle.
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Devin Rogers
4/1/2019 03:10:05 pm
See.. with how much of a troll you can be Will. I just know, that some of these dates are legit.. now my anxiousness for a new book is gonna start popping up around all these dates.
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PumpkinVision
4/1/2019 03:13:55 pm
Very exciting!
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Brian Lindauer
4/1/2019 03:18:57 pm
Sigh. And I was really hoping for your take on Breaking Dawn...
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zaggernut
9/9/2019 05:01:18 am
And here I was hoping for a Warlock of the Magus World/Cradle crossover
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Skeptical
4/1/2019 03:42:12 pm
Ah, finally! Will's breaking into the harem fantasy genre with that reincarnation novel, because you know those healers are always surrounded by all those stronk girls.
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...
7/7/2019 06:41:51 pm
...
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Brian R Cody
4/1/2019 03:44:19 pm
Ah I see you are pulling a Patrick Rothfuss move for Elder Empire... Clever...
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Rogue 9
4/1/2019 08:06:07 pm
I thought it was a G.R.R.M. move
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Dustin
4/1/2019 08:38:15 pm
Realistically speaking it's been done by so many authors it's a little ridiculous. I think GRRM is just the most high profile one nin recent times.
Cory H Altman
4/2/2019 04:08:44 am
Hardly. Patrick cannot keep one series going. Will has been juggling way more than that and putting out plenty of books. Prolific.
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Madeline
4/10/2019 07:02:06 am
Possibly late to the party but I just noticed this comment.
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Samwell
4/30/2020 03:49:34 am
Hold up. Patrick is alive????!!!!!!
Cool Person
4/1/2019 03:54:44 pm
just one thing... is the uncrowned release date real? if you answer yes, I'll let you into my slug-proof bunker. if your lucky, I may even let you do crochet with me.
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Nikk B
4/2/2019 09:12:03 am
Ha! If the Uncrowned release date is real and you let me read an early copy/allow me to be an advanced reader, I will let you into my salt mines! Even more slug-proof than a slug-proof bunker! Which, coincidentally, is stock full of OREOS! And milk to dunk said Oreos in. And strange voices that call out from the dark corners...
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Arrddvark
4/2/2019 09:17:56 pm
HA!! If the uncrowned release date is real, I will turn you into a regenerating Oreo surrounded by a salty nebula so that you can eat yourself without getting hurt by yourself or slugs
J
2/14/2020 03:37:13 pm
Ye it is real
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Cool Person
4/1/2019 04:08:09 pm
this is a reply to the comment chain that me, Sword Immortal Darknoth, and Avinash had going on the previous comment.
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Rogue 9
4/1/2019 08:10:22 pm
Poison
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Avinash
4/4/2019 08:03:29 am
@cool person
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J
2/14/2020 03:39:37 pm
Ye
Avinash
4/4/2019 08:17:49 am
@cool person
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Cool Person
4/4/2019 01:43:37 pm
if it was a weapon of lord level or higher, than how were jades able to activate it? it seems like all weapons with bindings require you to be at least that level to use them. example: harmony axe.
Avinash
4/5/2019 01:06:06 am
@cool person
Alex
4/23/2019 07:04:44 pm
Will has said explicitly that the Sage's death by a handful of Jades was supposed to be an extremely weird scenario that was SUPPOSED to make everyone reading go "Huh? How the hell did that happen?" It wasn't meant to be an ambiguous death at all, it was supposed to be impossible... Will just didn't hammer that idea home enough is all. Plus Yerrin isn't the most trustworthy narrator in this instance since she didn't see it happen.
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Moe
4/28/2019 05:48:08 am
I agree. he also might have been previously injured and recuperating / seeking treatment at HGS, potentially in the labyrinth( hypothetically looking for something for yerin's bloodshadow. you can almost rule out assasination buy a large established force as no credit was claimed. you have to wonder if the local monarch was aware when it happened. it's very strange than no one knew about the sages passing, when everyone knew about the monarchs death, even taking into account the stage difference
Normacian
11/4/2019 02:38:15 pm
Uncrowned showed that the sacred valley reduces/leaches power. Orthos was at Jade. That means the Sage was less than a sage. Maybe even Jade like orthos.
Jeremiah
4/1/2019 04:17:52 pm
Waiting for OKAK...
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Emily
4/1/2019 04:33:50 pm
Haha yeah, I do appreciate the acknowledgement of the delays tho.
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Emily
4/1/2019 04:31:04 pm
1. Pls confirm this isn’t another April fools
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Lashan
4/1/2019 04:57:18 pm
Finally, just submitted my days off to my wife for book release dates!!! Chea.
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Emmanuel
4/1/2019 05:32:58 pm
All hail our lords THE SLUG PEOPLE!!!
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Sword Immortal Darknorth
4/1/2019 05:49:10 pm
And here I was hoping you'd finally acknowledge your true literary passion: writing erotica.
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Dustin
4/1/2019 08:44:58 pm
I'm pretty sure he is with "I Reincarnated into an Online Game as a Healer" coming out. I'd say 4 out of 5 isekai stories are ecchi harem type while 2 out of 5 are outright raunch fests.
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Connor
9/3/2020 10:26:31 pm
I feel like that’s definitely an April fools joke. Especially with a title on cradle 13 like “slipperlip”.
Ethan R.
4/1/2019 06:18:52 pm
That's not that funny some of us may have forgot that it is April 1st today and got excited and then had a big let down when it just wasn't adding up.
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Nate
4/1/2019 06:48:52 pm
No joke, I bet Will could pull off an isekai.
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Chicknbiscut
4/1/2019 07:00:59 pm
I was excited until, slipperylips and I knew. Will, wasn't capable of this level of awesomeness.
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Diego
4/1/2019 07:18:11 pm
I wonder if the Slug people are trolls? If so it may not be so different, heck anythings better than humanity leading itself. Who ever thought that was a good idea?
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A Stranger Passing By
4/1/2019 07:35:08 pm
Let's be real making a book in 2079? By that time probably the people forgot about them.
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Adrien
4/3/2019 06:17:23 pm
Yeah, everything will be direct idea projections. Instead of reading you just plug your brain directly into Will's, where he projects his imagination directly into your brain.
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Cool Person
4/4/2019 01:45:06 pm
now I cant wait for 2079.
Dustin
4/1/2019 08:38:38 pm
I'm anxiously awaiting Slipperylip.
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Count De Monet
4/1/2019 08:52:31 pm
Hmm, does Lindon grow a pornstach in Cradle 13?
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Dustib
4/2/2019 09:52:06 pm
I think he would have to grow the pornstach in Cradle 12 and then have it be destroyed in some fight or freak accident towards the end for the set up of Slipperylip.
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Tempest Slug
4/1/2019 10:45:57 pm
The Elder Empire ending punch-line caused a full laugh-out-loud moment! Well played.
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steelcondor
4/1/2019 11:16:09 pm
Please let the at least the travelers gate stuff be real.
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Penelope27
4/2/2019 06:09:13 am
You mean there might not be a new Traveler's Gate?
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Jaeger
4/2/2019 10:13:38 am
What’s Bloodfallen? Also I get this is jokes but idk how much of it is jokes and it hurts. Lol
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Jaeger
4/2/2019 10:20:08 am
Oh it’s the title of Cradle 8 not a separate book series! never mind! Also is anything here real? Am I real? What Iteration is this? AAAAAAH
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Nikk B
4/3/2019 10:10:53 am
None of anything is not unreal!
The Snoop
4/3/2019 09:20:41 pm
@Nikk B
manty05
4/4/2019 05:25:14 am
Nethergate was also the name of the largest entrance into the labyrinth in the Sacred Valley
Avinash
4/4/2019 08:08:52 am
Nethergate is the biggest entrance to labyrinth and it's located in sacred valley
B
4/9/2019 02:31:09 pm
@Nikk B
Rigel the 10th
4/3/2019 10:31:14 am
So when you, Will, say "Slug People" are you refering to the Farscape Hynerions?
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Scott Pike
4/3/2019 12:33:06 pm
You had me believing this list was real until mazerunner.
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Steve K
4/3/2019 08:02:51 pm
I assume Mazerunner is just a placeholder. To be honest I am trying to completely optimistic about the whole schedule because I want it to be true!
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Steve K
4/3/2019 08:04:46 pm
Well maybe not the slug people thing, that would be bad.
Madeline
4/4/2019 06:28:41 am
The ironic thing is that in the context of the story (Lindon wants to save Sacred Valley from a Dreadgod attack, there are many entrances to the labyrinth that attracts the Dreadgods in Sacred Valley, the Nethergate is a location in Sacred Valley related to a labyrinth entrance, Lindon is probably quite a few books away from advancing to the point where he could save Sacred Valley from the Dreadgods), having a book 11, Mazerunner (they have to find something in the labyrinth to fight the Dreadgods) immediately after a book 10, Nethergate, (they have to get to the Nethergate in Sacred Valley before the Red Moon Hall Monarch) is actually a plausible sequence of events given that they just hit Underlord in book 6. Maybe they will be Archlords by book 9? Possibly? Which would mean at the most they'd be Heralds by Books 10 and 11, and in need of labyrinth weapons. Maybe Lindon needs a Herald level source of hunger madra to advance his arm, and that forces them into the labyrinth.
Avinash
4/4/2019 08:11:30 am
@madeline
Avinash
4/4/2019 08:23:01 am
That herald hunger madras source sounds plausible
Some guy
4/4/2019 01:02:09 am
Somehow the Isekai book, Mazerunner, and Breakingdawn didn't ring the alarms but Slipperylip did. I feel silly.
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BlackMage
4/4/2019 05:21:27 am
No way the slug people are going to get to invade earth. Our CAT OVERLORDS will never permit that (unless they bring lots of catnip).
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That One Guy
4/4/2019 05:57:58 pm
Goose the flerken will save us all!
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Cool Person
4/8/2019 02:12:12 pm
No amount of catnip will defeat my CAT JUDGE, judge number 008-the once who is cute.
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Adrien Agreste
4/4/2019 02:15:21 pm
Will, I want to ask you a few questions so I've been chanting your name in the mirror like it says on your Amazon profile, only you haven't been showing up for me. Please help me debug, thanks.
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Yin
4/4/2019 02:42:44 pm
YES! Thank you for putting this up! Now I have a relative time-frame in mind for Cradle. I've been drifting through an endless sea of uncertainty before this blog post. This is the search light in the mist, the North star in the sky that will guide my way!
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Yin
4/4/2019 02:45:48 pm
But this is just a delusion created by the thirst. I am once again aimlessly drifting in uncertainty.
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Black March
4/4/2019 04:08:52 pm
Soooo this may be a stretch but Bloodfallen is the last name of a character from an anime. The character is called Shalltear Bloodfallen, and the title of the anime is OVERLORD.... coincidence or is Master Wight back to his good old trolling games. If I did read too much into this, please feel free to pretend it was your idea the whole time Will lol.
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Martin
4/5/2019 01:37:57 am
I hope so much that the Uncrowned book release date is as close to real date as possible. It doesn't seems too far so it fills me full of positive anticipation :-)
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Peter Zandvliet
4/24/2019 08:47:39 am
I'm hoping he pushed it back 3 months in order to do a surprise May release.
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Assassin
4/5/2019 11:55:01 pm
*Growls in fustration
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Aaron
4/5/2019 11:57:11 pm
I laughed when I read "The earth is invaded by slug people".
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OmegaRed
4/10/2019 07:19:48 am
I wonder if The Winds of Winter will be out before the slug-people invade? In fact, that might be the impetus for the invasion, the slug-people are like "We're tired of waiting, George R will tell us how it ends or we frag the Earth!" Next time anyone runs into GRRM tell him he is endangering the Earth.
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Matt B
4/11/2019 07:40:05 am
I'm a bit embarrassed to admit, but I haven't read through a book series in almost two years (had a baby and my spare time has been dominated by Final Fantasy video games). I stumbled upon the Cradle Series as a recommendation on GoodReads and ... with insatiable remnant arm hunger I devoured Unsouled - Underlord in the past 2 weeks! I'm sad I'll have to wait until the next one, but meanwhile it looks like I'll just have to taste some of that Elder Empire!! Thanks so much Will for creating Cradle. I haven't been this excited about a fantasy series since my loner 13 year old self stumbled about the Wishsong of Shannara in my middle school library two decades ago :)
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Jacob Santos
4/11/2019 05:13:02 pm
Admit it. Brandon Sanderson will complete the elder empire when you die in 100 years.
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Peter Zandvliet
4/24/2019 08:46:25 am
Cradle Nethergate sounds like it might be a little sh*tty if you are not careful.
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Nope
5/13/2019 06:47:05 pm
The next cradles on my birthday yay
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SwagMatt
6/10/2019 06:46:19 pm
Love the cradle series. Just finished binging 1 through 6 in 3 days. Cannot wait for another one in August. I might even reread the series after just finishing it because I liked the world so much. I cannot wait to see the orthos storyline.
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Nathaniel
6/22/2019 07:47:56 am
I'm still think he missed an opportunity in not naming Cradle 13 Forgiveness
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7/11/2019 05:22:13 pm
Cradle 7... 8/1... pleeze!
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Scott Nichols
7/25/2019 09:31:00 am
So who else is thinking August first is coming up here pretty quickly?
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bill
7/29/2019 01:36:41 am
yep, its "uncrowned" time alright!
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Steve
7/31/2019 03:19:03 pm
Is Uncrowned delayed? I can't find mention of it anywhere. Has there been any news or updates?
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Dustin
7/31/2019 09:22:41 pm
This was released on April 1st(April Fool's Day) all they dates were false. I don't think Will has mentioned anywhere what the actual release date for Uncrowned is. As far as I or anyone else knows the next book Will releases should be an Elder Empire one.
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JP
8/1/2019 02:15:26 pm
Dude, tell me about it. I decided to reread the series over the last two weeks in anticipation for uncrowned.
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John B
8/1/2019 06:43:46 pm
It's Aug 1st! Where's da book!
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Niel
8/2/2019 04:08:45 am
I was excited for August 1 just for the UNCROWNED, where is it????
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Zloom
8/2/2019 09:35:15 am
Forgiveness, this one is having trouble keeping his anticipation at bay.
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Kung-Fu Tofu
8/31/2019 10:25:17 am
This one also desires to study the next path
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Raj
9/6/2019 07:31:44 am
Hey Will, if you have a new expected release date for Uncrowned, it'd help me stop googling every few days for it!
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bob
9/6/2019 02:18:56 pm
for Cradle I thing this is accurate give or take a month so far
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Stephen Martin
12/12/2019 07:30:29 am
So just curious. I love the cradle series and was wondering if any of mr wights plans are still the same for release? I know some titles have changed and was hoping the release dates haven't unless they are sooner lol.
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Volatus
12/20/2019 06:31:59 am
I'm with her on this. Here it is December and I don't see a cradle brook passed Uncrowned under my tree.
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Grimfyre
2/4/2020 04:16:32 pm
Hey i love the cradle audiobooks. When do you think book 8 will be in audible?
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Boxinggeek
2/19/2020 01:17:00 pm
Anyone know if book 8 is still dropping in March? I really hope so!
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Stephen Martin
2/29/2020 06:01:04 am
Any news on cradle 8 wintersteel?
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Jason Higgins
3/1/2020 08:03:03 am
Where’s Cradle-book 8!?
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Dross
3/1/2020 08:54:47 am
The suspense is killing me!!!
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Dross
3/1/2020 08:56:39 am
Wintersteel or Bloodfallen... or 2 books at once!
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Solomon
3/1/2020 02:06:04 pm
Where's blood fallen? Isn't in the kindle store as of 3;00pm. Been waiting since last year.
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???
3/2/2020 06:11:15 am
Where is it cradle 8
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Makiel
3/2/2020 05:02:53 pm
Ok where is cradle 8
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OhCrumOn
3/3/2020 07:46:59 am
Apparently I had set a calendar reminder titled 'Cradle 8 Bit¢h' for March 1st; took me a minute to realize what it was in reference to since I'ts been a while since I finished the last book but needless to say I was pumped as soon as I caught on. I Googled, I Amazon'd, I clicked, and clicked, and clicked. All my clicking has led me right back here...sad. Again I wait. I will set myself a new reminder for September 1 with hopes of being pleasantly surprised then.
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1 week
3/8/2020 12:15:45 pm
IT'S BEEN ONE WEEK WHERE IS IT
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Sensei
3/8/2020 10:54:26 pm
Hoping to hear something about Cradle book 8
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Mick Sankowski
3/14/2020 08:37:22 am
Where is it, Mr Wight?
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KB Kech
3/21/2020 01:28:11 am
Hi Mr. Wight!
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Matt Van Dyke
3/24/2020 11:06:21 pm
So I just Wanna know what up with bloodfallen
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Simon
3/26/2020 07:17:29 am
Hi there! Could we get a schedule update? This one is a year old now...
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Ben
3/28/2020 10:17:52 pm
Yes, I agree. The release Cradle 8 and its many title changes could literally kill the (effect) Corona Virus (has on my head).
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alex
4/1/2020 10:11:47 am
i jest wanna read it :[ :( ): ]:
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Asdfghjkl
4/10/2020 03:48:50 pm
When is winter coming? Is winter coming? When will we find out what happens next in cradle ball z? Notice me senpai
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James
5/15/2020 08:07:24 pm
Just caught on to the cradle series and finished uncrowned today. All 7 books in about 3 weeks. I cannot wait for book 8! How much longer do I have to wait for Wintersteel it’s already been 3 hours 😭
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Caden
6/16/2020 11:53:05 pm
I was wondering book 8 of cradle is coming out soon because it says it was coming out March 1 2020 but I can’t find it?
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Rick
7/26/2020 02:57:51 am
Would love to know the answer to that! Will?
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Ox
7/10/2020 10:54:13 am
Please don’t go full George RR Martin and make us wait for over 7 years just to wait longer.
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JP
10/8/2020 03:43:29 pm
Time to update this. When is book 10!
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10/19/2020 03:49:47 pm
When is bloodlines coming out?
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Jax Destro
10/28/2020 09:46:41 pm
So I just finished Wintersteel a few minutes ago after binging the series in a bit over a week. I am just wondering if there is an updated release date for book 9. Until then time to binge your other series. Not sure which to start with though.
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Daniel
11/21/2020 07:03:00 pm
So just finished bpok 8 of cradle, any news on book 9, I am starving here
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Franklin
1/30/2021 11:00:14 am
Just following for updates on book nine. Listed as Northstrider on this website but as Bloodlines on Goodreads.
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ben
3/19/2021 09:07:16 am
when is book nine cradle coming out
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ben
3/19/2021 09:10:20 am
you are late for cradle book 9
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Books!
3/20/2021 10:10:24 pm
Pls man I finished wintersteel a bit ago after binge listening day and night. Can’t wait for book nine! It’s an awesome series and has many people hooked. Keep up the good work!
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???
5/27/2021 12:49:11 pm
Are you going to make a game for the cradle series?
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Jill
6/25/2021 01:41:05 pm
When will Cradle Book 10 be published. And is it titled Nethergate or Reaper?
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Daniel J Hicks
1/19/2022 09:30:11 am
Can we get this list updated? I'd like to know when book 11 for cradle series comes out...
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Chris Dayley
4/13/2022 09:55:22 am
yes please please please! I'd love to know what the updated schedule looks like, and especially when book 11 will come out (I'm on the edge of my seat for this one)
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Branden H
4/14/2022 05:21:02 am
I agree, I can't wait for the next book to come out. Leave a Reply. |
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