Fantasy Series Ending in 2012
As I plan my reading goals for 2012 (blog post forthcoming), I need to know which series would be completed this year. As in, which series will have the final book published this year. Since I read mostly completed series nowadays, I need to know which series will end so I can plan my reading for the upcoming year. I've never planned my reading before, but I am hoping that if I come up with some reading goals, I'll have a better reading year. My reading pace is so slow that the huge Malazan books killed my reading last year. I enjoyed them, but it took me an entire month to read each book. Thus, I bet I read less than 30 books in 2011. I hope to improve on that...but more details about that in my 2012 reading plan post coming later this week.
So according to Amazon, these are the series that will be completed in 2012. Details for the 2nd half of 2012 are pretty sketchy, so most of the books below are for the first half of 2012. I'll have to update this post (or create a new one) closer to mid year with books for the later half of 2012. Also, if you think I have incorrectly listed a series as being complete this year, let me know and I'll update this post. Sometimes its hard to figure out if a series is truly ending/ended.
January 2012
-Heir of Novron (Riyria Revelations) by Michael J. Sullivan (hoping this book hits stores a couple of weeks early like the first 2 books did. Though I'll still have to wait until the street date for the ebook, darnit)
-Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon (Burton & Swinburne) by Mark Hodder (the book says this one completes a 3 book story arc..which makes it sounds like we might see further books in the overall series)
-A Path to Coldness of Heart (Dread Empire 3) by Glen Cook
-The Daemon Prism: A Novel of the Collegia Magica by Carol Berg
February 2012
-The Order of the Scales: The Memory of Flames, Book III by Stephen Deas (I know there is a 4th book coming, but I'm think this book concludes a trilogy, and the next book starts a new series, starting soon after this trilogy. Anyone confirm this?)
-The Dread (The Fallen Kings Cycle) by Gail Z. Martin
-Kings of Morning (Macht Trilogy) by Paul Kearney (another one of my most highly anticipated books of 2012..if it ever comes out. I believe the date has been pushed back twice so far)
March 2012
-Shadow's Master by Jon Sprunk (I think this concludes a trilogy. the author has mentioned starting work on a new series, though I am unsure if its a totally new series, or a continuation of the this one.)
-The Kingdoms of Dust (The Necromancer Chronicles) by Amanda Downum (not 100% sure about this one being a series conclusion)
-Timeless by Gail Carriger (added thanks to a tip from Greyweather)
April 2012
-Shadow Blizzard by Alexey Pehov
-Orcs: Inferno by Stan Nicholls (concludes the Orcs: Bad Blood trilogy)
-The Eye of the Chained God: The Abyssal Plague Trilogy, Book III by Don Bassingthwaite
May 2012
-Night of the Swarm by Robert V.S. Redick (concludes the Chathrand Voyage)
June 2012
-The Shadowed Sun (Dreamblood) by N.K. Jemison (the first book in the duology is published in May)
July 2012
-The Crown of the Usurper by Gav Thorpe (this is the 3rd book in the Crown of the Blood..I think this is a trilogy, thus the listing here for now)
-Blood of Dragons: Volume Four of the Rain Wilds Chronicles by Robin Hobb (not 100% sure this concludes the series, but I think it does. Book 3 is due in February)
-Blood of the Emperor: The Annals of Drakis: Book Three by Tracy Hickman
August 2012
-Sanctuary: The Outcast Chronicles by Rowenna Cory Daniels (I believe all 3 books in the series are being published in consecutive months just like her first trilogy.)
-The Shattered Vine: Book Three of The Vineart War by Lauran Anne Gilman
-Dusk Watchman by Tom Lloyd (Book 5 of the Twilight Reign. One of my most anticipated books of the year. I plan to re-read the entire series to get read for this one)
-Black Bottle by Anthony Huso (including this one as I thought I read this series was a duology)
-The Traitor Queen (The Traitor Spy Trilogy) by Trudi Canavan
-Charon's Claw: Neverwinter Saga, Book III by R.A. Salvatore
-The Fate of the Dwarves by Marcus Heinz
September 2012
October 2012
November 2012
December 2012
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