The next story published about the world of the Elderkin will not be the next section of Franz-Karl’s story. It will be a story about Coenraad and Fourteen — two minor characters in the trilogy — set in the North a few years earlier.
Mastodon discussion
The books in the Elderkin Chronicles Trilogy are discussed on my Mastodon account, especially in the #WordWeavers and #ScribesAndMakers Hashtags,\.
Duke of the Elderkin, released
Duke of the Elderkin: Elderkin Chronicles Volume III was released on September 8, 2026 in ebook and POD paper.
Who are you? What are you? Where do you belong?
Who or what do you serve?
Not uncommon questions, but…
they sometimes receive uncommon answers.
The Sickness that may be Heaven’s penalty
for mundane oath-breaking
is fading in the Eastlands and Traventi while
still spreading in more distant regions,
leaving survivors to ask – and answer –
those questions as they piece together
tattered households and communities and domains.
Franz-Karl von Falkenburg –
descendant of mortal royalty and
eldritch creatures from beyond space and time,
able to read and Bind subtle aspects of the world –
may find that some of his own answers are unexpected.
But there are other survivors: men with plans of their own
For the Palace and the Duchy and the Domains.
Men who covet the power that comes from an eldritch heritage.
They hope to break the Prince to their will
And compel him to support their ambitions,
Erasing Franz-Karl’s own
Choices and answers.
This poses more questions: Who are your people?
And… What will you do to protect them?
Volume 2 Release Celebration Price for Elderkin Chronicles Volume I
To celebrate the release of Volume II of the Elderkin Chronicles on May 27, the ebook of Heir of the Bindings: Elderkin Chronicles Volume I will be on sale from most sources from May 20 through May 26.
Release Date Set for Volume II
Volume II of the Elderkin Chronicles — with is new title: Broken Oaths & Boundaries — will be released on May 27, 2025 in both an ebook edition and POD paperback. The ebook is available for Pre-order now on Kindle, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, and many other distributors.
Heir of the Bindings: now in Paperback
Heir of the Bindings is now available in print-on-demand paperback through Ingram Spark. The ISBN is 978-1-966887-01-0 and I am told it should be possible to order it through major retailers.
Announcing the release of Heir of the Bindings
The ebook edition of Heir of the Bindings: Elderkin Chronicles Volume I is now available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Smashwords, and various other vendors and library ebook lending programs. The list price is $5.99 US.
The POD paperback edition will be available shortly.
New Schedule at Last
The new planned Release date for Heir of the Bindings, Volume 1 of the Elderkin Chronicles, is January 2025.
The new hoped for release date for Childe of Sorrows, Volume 2 of the Elderkin Chronicles, is late summer 2025.
The new hoped for release date for Duke of the Elderkin, Volume 3 of the Elderkin Chronicles is Winter 2025-2026.
Schedule changes
Needless to say, the original hoped for release dates did not happen: I decided on a more thorough revision of volume 1 before releasing it, and then life got complications. The complications are largely complete and the revision is now progressing nicely.
I hope to announce a new release schedule shortly.
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