Titles and cover artwork for the sixth and seventh instalments of the best-selling A Court Of Thorns And Roses (Acotar) series have been unveiled by author Sarah J Maas. Set across the courts of fictional Prythian, the popular "romantasy" books track teenage human huntress Feyre Archeron after she is brought into a perilous yet magical faerie realm. The upcoming releases follow A Court Of Silver Flames (2021).
The sixth book, titled A Court Of Splintered Harmony, features cover art with a pink and yellow ombre background showing burning flames over a bed of bones. Bloomsbury will publish the work worldwide on 27 October, ahead of the seventh book’s release on 12 January next year. It will follow the “insidious” threat of an immensely powerful death-God named Koschei the Deathless, and will depict part one of a big story titled The Valkyrie Cycle, whilst parts two and three will be covered in Acotar 7.
An untitled eighth book will cover part four of The Valkyrie Cycle. The description for book six says: “The Night Court will not stand idly by while innocents are attacked. The rifts dividing them seem insurmountable.
Prythian might never be the same again,” the description says. The powerful Night Court appears to be under threat, and the book will see “traditional alliances crumbling” amid the pressure of a united front under “the continued threat of Koschei the Deathless”. The description adds: “Bonds will be tested.
And old enemies will emerge from nightmares of the past. They have sold more than 75 million copies and are published in 40 languages. The award-winning author previously announced her latest books on Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast earlier this year, describing the new story as “really, really, really big”.
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