Books
Only two of three Starshield novels were ever released. Initial sales of the series did not meet the publisher's expectations, and the publisher occasioned additional confusion by changing the title and requesting additional rewrites of the first book between the hard cover and mass market paperback release, and then demanded that the contract be renegotiated by the second book. Before the third book could be written, the publisher unilaterally informed the authors that the contract was being cancelled—although the contract has never been officially terminated and remains in legal limbo.
Some have speculated that the writers wrote themselves into a dead end, though the authors maintain that they always intended to finish the series and do know the ending of the third book. When this third book will be written remains the most often asked question of the authors; the authors maintain that they continue to search for a means of publishing the final book despite the legal tangle of the contract.
The series consists of two novels:
- Starshield: Sentinels aka Mantle of Kendis Dai (1996)
- Nightsword (1998)
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