Bestselling author Sarah J Maas has revealed the titles and covers for the next two instalments of her fan-favourite A Court Of Thorns And Roses (ACOTAR) series. The announcements were made on Instagram, where Maas shared the covers, titles, and release dates for books six and seven. The sixth book is due out in just 10 weeks.
Two New Books Confirmed
The upcoming instalments follow on from 2021's A Court Of Silver Flames. The sixth book, titled A Court Of Splintered Harmony, features a pink and yellow ombre cover with imagery of flames above a bed of bones. It will be published globally by Bloomsbury on October 27. The seventh book, A Court Of Forgotten Melody, has a yellow and aqua-blue ombre background with a spider-like figure and is due on January 12 next year.
The series, set in the courts of fictional Prythian, follows teenage human huntress Feyre Archeron as she is pulled into the magical but dangerous faerie realm. The sixth book will begin a story arc called The Valkyrie Cycle, with parts two and three covered in the seventh book. An untitled eighth book will cover part four.
Story Details and Fan Reaction
The description for book six says: “The Night Court will not stand idly by while innocents are attacked. But with Prythian still piecing itself together in the wake of the devastating Hybern War, the task of uniting is proving more difficult by the day.” It adds that to defeat the death-God Koschei the Deathless, they must “find a way to repair the splintered harmony all around them.”
For book seven, the description reads: “What was lost will be reclaimed. Prythian might never be the same again.” It mentions “traditional alliances crumbling” and says: “Bonds will be tested. Power will shift. And old enemies will emerge from nightmares of the past.”
Fans reacted with excitement on Maas's Instagram post. One user commented: "WHATTT? Two back to back?" Another wrote: "This is now my favorite day of this year, and I got engaged nine days ago." The official YouTube account added: "See you all in the theory videos."
Author's Global Success
Maas is also the author of the Throne Of Glass and Crescent City series. Her books have sold more than 75 million copies and are published in 40 languages. She previously announced her latest books on Alex Cooper's Call Her Daddy podcast, describing the new story as “really, really, really big.”
