M.L. Olmstead

It’s taken a long time to get here, but I can finally talk about what I have been up to with the Knights series. Many of you signed up for this newsletter in 2023 hoping to get information regarding the second book, so we will address that and more.

When I first shopped around The Knights: Lost in the Void, it was essentially a self published book, and my marketing consisted of traveling everywhere I could to spread the word about this series. In the course of these events, I met the owner of Fiction Forge Press, Andrew Balog, and a little while later, he invited me to submit the manuscript for The Knights: Lost Stories.

In a few months times, he highly praised the manuscript and asked me if I wanted to sign with Fiction Forge Press, and I said yes! In that conversation, Fiction Forge Press also picked up The Knights: Lost in the Void. I completely overhauled the entire book: between adding scenes, changing the order of some events, and improving the overall flow of the chapters, I am proud to say the Fiction Forge Press addition is superior in every way. My first update for you is the new cover design.

I expect this addition of the book to be available by the end of June 2026.

Now for the information you have all been waiting for. I am in the final stages of completing the look for The Knights Lost Stories, and it is coming imminently. In the next few days, please keep your eyes open in your email for the official launch date. For now, please enjoy the unveiling of the cover.

I can’t express how happy I am with the hard work that has been put in by Fiction Forge Press to make these books really come to life, and I will be on the road selling them as soon as possible. I hope that I will get to see many of you again, especially those who have been apart of my newsletter all this time.

In terms of the final installment, The Knights: Lost Hope, I am actively writing it as we speak. Being the conclusion of the series, the book requires every ounce of my creative ability and is emotionally taxing. Thankfully, The Knights: Lost Stories is a big book and is so full of action, you will be busy for a while! In fact, the story is so full that you can gain even more be rereading it.

Anyways, thank you all for your support, and I will be back with another update very soon.