The Desert Prince

The Desert Prince is the first book in the sequel     to the  that takes place 15 years after the ending of 5 telling the tales of two young protagonists, Olive Paper and Darin Bales, and featuring cameos of  characters and occurring in familiar settings. Main characters will include with Selen Cutter, Rojvah Inn, and Arick Inn. It was released on August 3, 2021.

In a Q&amp;A with Goodreads, Peter V. Brett said the first book,   , is expected to release in Spring 2021. It became available for pre-order in August 2020 with a stated release date of May 11, 2021. However, near the end of 2020, the date was pushed to August 3, 2021 according to Peter V. Brett's Twitter and personal website.

On March 8, 2021, the Del Rey Books' official Twitter account announced that there would be first look on Gizmodo&apos;s io9 website.

The novel was effectively finished around early April 2021 as Peter V. Brett posted a photo of a box of ARCs (Advance Readers' Copies) and of him giving an ARC to Lauren Panepinto (Orbit Books/Hachette).

Blurb
From io9 Gizmodo sneak peek:
 * Fifteen years have passed since the end of the war with demons, creatures of darkness who have hunted the night and plagued humanity since time out of mind. The heroes of mankind’s hour of need have become legend, and those who remain struggle to escape their shadows.


 * Olive Paper and Darin Bales have grown up in this new peaceful world. Demons have been all but destroyed, but dangers still lurk for the children of heroes.


 * Olive, Princess of Hollow, has her entire life planned out by her mother, Duchess Leesha Paper: a steady march on a checklist to prepare her for succession. The more her mother writes the script, the more Olive rails against playing the parts she is assigned.


 * Darin faces challenges of a different kind. Though free to choose his own path, the weight of legacy hangs heavy around his shoulders. It isn’t easy being the son of the man people say saved the world. Everyone expects greatness from Darin, but the only thing he’s ever been great at is hiding.


 * But when Olive and Darin step across the wards one night, they learn the demons are not all gone, and those that remain hunger for revenge. Events are set in motion that only prophecy can foresee as Olive and Darin seek to find their own places in the world in time to save it again.

Main Characters

 * Olive Paper
 * Darin Bales
 * Selen Cutter
 * Rojvah Inn
 * Arick Inn