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[[File: Apocalypse Guard.jpg|thumb|350px|right|<center><small>by: [[Kelley Harris]]</small><br>Concept art commissioned by Brandon</center>]]'''''The Apocalypse Guard''''' is a forthcoming YA trilogy set in the same multiverse as ''[[The Reckoners]]''. It is being published by Delacorte Press and the first installment is expected to be released in Spring 2018.{{ref|name=guard-tor}} |
[[File: Apocalypse Guard.jpg|thumb|350px|right|<center><small>by: [[Kelley Harris]]</small><br>Concept art commissioned by Brandon</center>]]'''''The Apocalypse Guard''''' is a forthcoming YA trilogy set in the same multiverse as ''[[The Reckoners]]''. It is being published by Delacorte Press and the first installment is expected to be released in Spring 2018.{{ref|name=guard-tor}} |
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| − | Publishing rights have been acquired by Delacorte Press (also the publishers of ''The Reckoners''), and the first book is arranged to be released in the spring of 2018,{{ref|name=guard-tor}} written between Stormlight 3 and 4.{{ref|name= |
+ | Publishing rights have been acquired by Delacorte Press (also the publishers of ''The Reckoners''), and the first book is arranged to be released in the spring of 2018,{{ref|name=guard-tor}} written between Stormlight 3 and 4.{{ref|name=sots15}} |
{{quote|The Apocalypse Guard series is set in a world parallel to that of the Reckoners, and an organization of superpowered individuals is at its center. Their collective objective is to save doomed planets, until the day something goes horribly wrong and it is up to one young member of the guard to fix things before time runs out for her and the planet she calls home.<br> |
{{quote|The Apocalypse Guard series is set in a world parallel to that of the Reckoners, and an organization of superpowered individuals is at its center. Their collective objective is to save doomed planets, until the day something goes horribly wrong and it is up to one young member of the guard to fix things before time runs out for her and the planet she calls home.<br> |
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Publication of the first book in the series is planned for spring 2018.|From Delacorte Press's press release{{ref|name=guard-tor}}}} |
Publication of the first book in the series is planned for spring 2018.|From Delacorte Press's press release{{ref|name=guard-tor}}}} |
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| + | == Plot == |
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| + | Emma is an intern for the Apocalypse Guard, an organization that travels through the multiverse to avert world-ending events. While dealing with one of these threats the Apocalypse Guard itself is attacked and Emma lands on a planet shortly before it will end. She must either find a way off-world or put in to action the Guard's plan with no training, no powers, and one person as tech support.{{ref|name=sots16}}{{cite}} |
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== Characters == |
== Characters == |
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;Zoba: An entity that appears to be made of stone and fire.{{ref|name=krhart-zoba}} |
;Zoba: An entity that appears to be made of stone and fire.{{ref|name=krhart-zoba}} |
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;Oracle: A human woman serving on an Apocalypse Guard team.{{ref|name=krhart-oracle}} |
;Oracle: A human woman serving on an Apocalypse Guard team.{{ref|name=krhart-oracle}} |
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| + | == Setting == |
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| + | ''The Apocalypse Guard'' takes place in a multiverse where only a relative few worlds are stable, with the vast majority are mere possibilities. Unfortunately these stable worlds are constantly facing world-ending events. The Apocalypse Guard is an organization of scientists, engineers, and individuals with extraordinary abilities dedicated to creating an enacting plans to avert these events if possible, or evacuate the planet if not.{{ref|name=guard-brandon}} |
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| + | Emma lands on a world surrounded by an envelop of water in eminent danger of collapsing and flooding the planet.{{cite}} |
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== Development == |
== Development == |
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| − | Brandon first mentioned the series at the release party for ''[[Shadows of Self]]''.{{cite}} It was then obliquely referenced in the 2015 State of the Sanderson as a "New YA Series".{{ref|name= |
+ | Brandon first mentioned the series at the release party for ''[[Shadows of Self]]''.{{cite}} It was then obliquely referenced in the 2015 State of the Sanderson as a "New YA Series".{{ref|name=sots15}} He currently plans for it to be his next project, following the completion of ''[[Oathbringer]]'' with an eventual 2018 release.{{ref|name=sots16}} |
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== Notes == |
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Revisión del 22:08 14 may 2017
Concept art commissioned by Brandon
The Apocalypse Guard is a forthcoming YA trilogy set in the same multiverse as The Reckoners. It is being published by Delacorte Press and the first installment is expected to be released in Spring 2018.[1]
Publishing rights have been acquired by Delacorte Press (also the publishers of The Reckoners), and the first book is arranged to be released in the spring of 2018,[1] written between Stormlight 3 and 4.[2]
“The Apocalypse Guard series is set in a world parallel to that of the Reckoners, and an organization of superpowered individuals is at its center. Their collective objective is to save doomed planets, until the day something goes horribly wrong and it is up to one young member of the guard to fix things before time runs out for her and the planet she calls home.
Publication of the first book in the series is planned for spring 2018.”—From Delacorte Press's press release[1]
Plot
Emma is an intern for the Apocalypse Guard, an organization that travels through the multiverse to avert world-ending events. While dealing with one of these threats the Apocalypse Guard itself is attacked and Emma lands on a planet shortly before it will end. She must either find a way off-world or put in to action the Guard's plan with no training, no powers, and one person as tech support.[3][Falta cita]
Characters
- Emma
- The main character. She is a summer intern at mission control for the Apocalypse Guard when it is attacked. As a result of the attack she is thrown into a doomed world and must find the Guard or another way off the world before it is destroyed.[4]
- Zoba
- An entity that appears to be made of stone and fire.[5]
- Oracle
- A human woman serving on an Apocalypse Guard team.[6]
Setting
The Apocalypse Guard takes place in a multiverse where only a relative few worlds are stable, with the vast majority are mere possibilities. Unfortunately these stable worlds are constantly facing world-ending events. The Apocalypse Guard is an organization of scientists, engineers, and individuals with extraordinary abilities dedicated to creating an enacting plans to avert these events if possible, or evacuate the planet if not.[4]
Emma lands on a world surrounded by an envelop of water in eminent danger of collapsing and flooding the planet.[Falta cita]
Development
Brandon first mentioned the series at the release party for Shadows of Self.[Falta cita] It was then obliquely referenced in the 2015 State of the Sanderson as a "New YA Series".[2] He currently plans for it to be his next project, following the completion of Oathbringer with an eventual 2018 release.[3]
Notes
- ↑ a b c Apocalypse Guard announcement
— Tor.com - Mar 1st, 2016# - ↑ a b State of Sanderson 2015
— Brandon's website - Dec 18th, 2015# - ↑ a b State of the Sanderson 2016
— Brandon's website - Dec 19th, 2016# - ↑ a b The Apocalypse Guard
— Brandon's website - Mar 3rd, 2016# - ↑ Concept Art for Zoba
— DeviantArt - Mar 4th 2016# - ↑ Concept Art for Oracle
— DeviantArt - Mar 4th 2016#