Overview
- Maas announced the covers and titles in back‑to‑back Instagram posts on Monday and activated digital billboards in Los Angeles, Denver and New York City to roll out the news.
- The books are presented as The Valkyrie Cycle with Book 6 subtitled Movement I and Book 7 subtitled Movements II & III to reflect a single, extended story released in connected volumes.
- A Court of Splintered Harmony is scheduled for Oct. 27, 2026, and A Court of Forgotten Melody is scheduled for Jan. 12, 2027, and both volumes are available for preorder at major retailers.
- Publisher descriptions highlight Koschei the Deathless as the central antagonist and warn that alliances in Prythian are fracturing, though specific character perspectives have not been confirmed.
- The reveal followed brief leaks of artwork from Maas’s website and a social‑media grid wipe, which together sparked widespread fan speculation about plot details and possible crossovers that remain unverified.