The title of this post is meant both figuratively and literally. We're heading towards autumn as I type this, and winter will follow. I don't like winter, even if I know I'd miss it, were I to move to a tropical climate. But this time, I have a reason to look forward to winter's arrival. Nightshade have finally announced the new Dread Empire book, A Path to Coldness of Heart, scheduled for January!
If you click on the link and read the blurb, it states that the conclusion to the Dread Empire series has arrived. It doesn't explicitly say that A Path to Coldness of Heart is the final book. I wonder there will be one more, to tie it all up, much like the "conclusion" to The Wheel of Time is actually three books. Regardless, more kudos to Raymond Swanland for another eye-catching cover.
Note that Amazon list An Ill Fate Marshalling for January 10. Nightshade books tend to appear several weeks ahead of their listed publication date. So I expect Reap the East Wind by mid-September, and An Ill Fate Marshalling by mid-December. A Path to Coldness of Heart then might follow by the end of January. All of this, of course, is just my best guess. At any rate, the wait for new Dread Empire material is almost over...
