Testing the Waters: Future Heroes Visiting Current Ones

Cover Art by Jason Pedersen

When I wrote The Mercenary Prince, I didn’t know exactly what I was doing.  It was one of two books that I added at the last minute because I realized Delvin Cunningham never had a chance to shine on his own.  Somewhere during the outlining stage, I decided to have him go toe-to-toe with Dawn Fangs.  This would be the first time I used them in more than a background or hired enemy way.  It didn’t sit well with me since it turned them into standard monsters or villains, which I realized would do harm to the War of Nytefall series.  What was I to do?

Well, I remember seeing a trick with television shows when the creators wanted to make a spin-off.  In a later season, they would make an episode that focuses on the new characters and stories.  Believe this is called…