I’m very excited to share the cover for Brendan Noble’s next novel, The Crystal Heir. It’s the sequel to The Crimson Court. I love these covers. There are so many details that you just can’t see at a glance. This book will come out as a deluxe edition first through Kickstarter and a regular edition will be available at a later date.
The Kickstarter for The Crystal Heir will launch on March 4th and you’ll be able to get the deluxe hardcover edition of the book (The Crimson Court deluxe edition will be available as well for those who missed it). Below are some of the features for the Kickstarter deluxe edition with possibly more features unlocked through the stretch goals.
• Two new full page illustrations
• Additional hardcover case art (included in paperback endsheets)
• A new map and updates to previous ones (bringing the total to four)
• Multiple new and continued emblem sheets for the realms of magic, great houses, and factions/nations
• An audiobook edition thanks to our funding from book 1
• Updated and evolving chapter heading decorations
• Early access to the book before anyone else
You can follow the Kickstarter campaign here and get notified when it goes live.
If Kickstarter isn’t for you, you can pre-order the ebook via your usual retailers.
The Crystal Heir
Cover art: Kateryna Vitkosvka
Cover Designer: Deranged Doctor Designs
Release date: 24 June 2025
Kickstarter live: 4 March 2025
Pre-order now
Blurb
A Crimson sun rises with the dawn.
Thwarted by her rivals in the Crimson Court, Kasia Niezik finds herself at sea as she struggles to control her strange new Reaching. Armies march in the east as foes and friends alike seek to take advantage of the chaos. And at home, old scars fester in her absence.
The capital she left behind is in ruins. Spirits haunt those who refuse to kneel before the Crimson King, and lowborn like Nex survive among the ashes while Princess Nikoza and her fellow scions tread on shattered political grounds. One misstep, and they’re sure to find death is hardly the worst punishment one can endure.
Beyond Kalastok’s streets, spurred scions and lowborn gather under the banner of legendary general Tiuz Hazeko. A mysterious benefactor has granted him a weapon that could be the key to stopping the Crimsons’ spirits, but to succeed, he will need the aid of allies new and old. Guns and powder can only go so far.
In this war, they need crystal and glass.
Launch into the aftermath of The Crimson Court’s shocking end as the Commonwealth teeters on the edge. Every faction on Zekiaz want a piece of the spoils, but neither magic nor war come without a heavy cost.
