Fallon Friday: Return to Ranadon…

For reasons that will become obvious next year sometime, I am currently re-reading the Second Sons Trilogy (Lion of Senet, Eye of the Labyrinth and Lord of the Shadows).

I haven’t touched this series for years … literally. Between the prequel for the Demon Child series (the Hythrun Chronicles – Wolfblade, Warrior and Warlord) and finishing off the Tide Lords (The Immortal Prince, The Gods of Amyrantha, The Palace of Impossible Dreams and The Chaos Crystal), I’ve not spared the series a thought, unless a fan emails me with a question.

So … what’s it feel like to read through it again? Surprisingly satisfying, I have to say. It’s not perfect (nothing ever is), but it’s the best I could do at the time, and I can live with the results.

I made a promise to myself when I decided to get serious about this writing gig, that I would only write stuff I wanted to read. Stuff I would enjoy. It’s a huge relief to find I am enjoying it. I have sufficient distance now, that I’m not editing in my head, or even remembering what happens next (seriously … I really have put it out of my head).

It’s a little bit like meeting up with an old friend you haven’t seen for years, and discovering that even though you know them very well, there are the occasional surprising things about them that you’ve forgotten.

As for the reason… no, I’m not writing another series in that world (at least not yet), but I do have to revisit it for an anthology, so there will be something there for fans who nag me incessantly about when I’m going back to Ranadon…

You know, now I think I have a title, too

Jennifer Fallon

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