Final release plans

The final books of Cosmic Warlord Kin-Bright are now coming out weekly. Barring accidents and illness, I expect to release the final books, Books 17 and 18, on 9 November, 2024. (And, as a reminder, you can catch the premiere of Books 13 and 14 this coming Saturday, 26 October, at 1900 UTC at https://www.twitch.tv/thaliarchus!)

When the poem is complete, the full text will remain free in both PDF and EPUB formats. I plan to switch the Itch settings over to free / pay-what-you-want. This means readers will have the option to give me money but access to the text will remain free.

One file will have a price: paying over a certain amount (TBD!) will unlock the 'New Game Plus' version of CWKB, a file which has a programme of marginal annotation glossing some of the odder words, explaining many of the allusions and sources, and commenting in places on my choices.

The NG+ file is designed to be a version of the work mostly interesting for someone who's already read the poem and has really enjoyed it. I wouldn't suggest reading the NG+ file first: it won't offer an enhanced experience for first-time readers, as the annotations would likely be a distraction and might spoil some of the surprises. This option will therefore be something nice for the most enthusiastic readers, but no loss for people meeting the poem for the first time.