Only a handful of authors have been selected by Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) to write tie-in stories for their forthcoming mega-release, EVERQUEST NEXT…and I’m one of them. Please click on the link to see my first FREE 20,000 word short novel, THE FALL OF BASTION, and also the first story by my writing accomplice and fellow III author, the near-legendary Maxwell Alexander Drake. The good news is there is more to come from both of us!
October 13th, 2013 at 2:22 pm
The Fall of Bastion was a great read, glad there is more to come!
October 13th, 2013 at 4:27 pm
Many thanks – hopefully the next one will be out before Christmas!
November 22nd, 2013 at 5:46 am
I just got done reading the mage of the teir’dal simply amazed with the story. Please keep them coming.
November 22nd, 2013 at 7:03 am
I’ll try – and thanks!
December 24th, 2013 at 11:55 pm
I want more!! Both stories are excellent. Please tell me I haven’t heard the last of Coralen Larkos and Prince Keramore.
December 25th, 2013 at 11:49 pm
You haven’t heard the last of Coralen Larkos and Prince Keramore…true story.
April 8th, 2014 at 8:12 pm
Hey Chad – thought you might like to know that “The Arch Mage: Part One” just went live on http://www.everquestnext.com...
February 13th, 2016 at 5:32 am
What is the status, if you can say, on more stories for EQNext? I am aware you may not be able to answer that, but still I am curious. So I am asking for what you can and willing to say, not for what you shouldn’t.
February 14th, 2016 at 1:01 pm
I can’t really answer it – for the simple reason that I don’t know. Sorry – I’m hoping to find out more myself in the next month or so!
February 14th, 2016 at 7:39 pm
Thank you. When you find out something worth say, I would appreciate being told what you can, however I wont nag you for a response. Its easy to forget something like this after a month or more, sir.
March 29th, 2016 at 2:00 pm
Well – I guess I didn’t need to be too cryptic, given that Daybreak announced the truth to the whole world not long after we exchanged emails. For what it’s worth, I didn’t know that EQ Next was going to be cancelled, but I’d guessed from the lack of new writing contracts and the general silence that it was probably going to be the case. As for what happens next…no idea. I’m hoping that all the EQ Next stories might get published as a collector’s edition one day, but I don’t even know who owns the rights – presumably Daybreak, but whether they are remotely interested in keeping the stories alive when the game itself is dead is anybody’s guess! Thanks for your support over the last couple of years, though. Even if this does turn out to be the end, I had a blast writing for the EQ universe and meeting/chatting with fans has been awesome. Where else would I have got the unique experience of visiting a forum threat devoted entirely to the question “why does Robert Lassen hate dwarves?” For the record, I don’t – and my final unpublished (now sadly likely to remain so) story for SOE had a kick-ass female dwarf as the co-lead…maybe one day that story shall see the light of day!
March 30th, 2016 at 3:33 am
Thank you for your reply, sir. I am sad to see EQNext die also, but considering all the problems SoE had, i didnt have much hope for DBG to succeed.
Only time will tell what happens.