

But if you haven’t or choose not to read it, no big deal. ( Bluecrowne is also the backstory of the building of Greenglass House, for instance, and explains the origins of two key clues to the mysteries Milo and Meddy solve, but I am completely certain that most people who read Greenglass House are entirely unaware of Bluecrowne‘s existence.) If you have (or do) read Bluecrowne before The Left-Handed Fate, hooray! You’ll definitely have insider information, including insight into Liao’s pyrotechnical gifts and the reason Lucy and her father aren’t excited to return to Nagspeake. The events of Bluecrowne take place first however, both are truly standalone stories. Is The Left-Handed Fate a sequel? Do I need to read Bluecrowne first?Ī: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO READ BLUECROWNE FIRST. Q: I see that some of the characters in The Left-Handed Fate appear in an earlier book, Bluecrowne. Here are some FAQs I get about how these books are all connected. The Kairos Mechanism takes place after the events of The Boneshaker Bluecrowne takes place before the events of The Left-Handed Fate. So far, there are two books, The Kairos Mechanism and Bluecrowne. I don’t publicize them heavily because I imagine them kind of like Easter eggs-if you find them, good for you! Enjoy. The Arcana books are meant to provide additional tales and, in some cases, show how certain books are related to others.

On the other hand, I do have at least one good reason: I’m working like crazy to get The Illustrated Bluecrowne PDF ready for release before the LHF launch at the end of August. And since Bluecrowne is so closely related to The Left-Handed Fate (and since a forthcoming review actually refers to LHF as a sequel to Bluecrowne), I thought it would be good to talk a little about these two books and how they’re related.īluecrowne is part of an endeavor I call the Arcana Project, which is a series of short novels set in the same world as The Boneshaker, The Broken Lands, Greenglass House, and The Left-Handed Fate-all of which are related to one degree or another, but all of which are stand-alone tales that can be read independently of the others. As of today, 35 DAYS TO THE LAUNCH OF THE LEFT-HANDED FATE!Īnd, predictably, I still keep forgetting to post here.
