Kiyash Monsef is releasing a continuation to his New York Instances bestselling fantasy novel Once There Was – and PEOPLE has an unique first take a look at the quilt.
The brand new e book, The Bird of a Thousand Stories, will likely be out Feb, 4, 2025.
The sequence follows younger Iranian American woman Marjan Dastan who uncovers a household secret: her father was a veterinarian to legendary creatures. She takes on his duties within the aftermath of his demise.
The second e book, marketed for ages 9 and up, finds Marjan reconnecting with outdated members of the family as she goes about her double life. However when the creatures are threatened, she “should interpret the messages the animals are attempting to ship her and observe down the fabled Chook of a Thousand Tales earlier than somebody with extra nefarious plans finds it,” in line with an outline.
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Speaking concerning the majestic cowl, Monsef tells PEOPLE, “Once I take a look at this cowl, I see risk and thriller and marvel – all of the substances of an important story. The creatures that Marjan encounters on her adventures have survived in our collective creativeness due to the tales that individuals have informed about them over the centuries, and so I feel it is becoming and great that the quilt embodies all the weather that make a narrative value telling many times.”
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The creator additionally teases what readers can count on from the sequel – and assures newcomers that it does stand alone.
“I am a giant fan of tales that may stand on their very own, so it was actually vital to me that this e book welcome new readers as a lot because it does folks already conversant in the world, characters and creatures of the earlier e book,” he says.
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In the case of the continuation of Marjan’s journey, Monsef says she and her buddies will “face a world that is larger, stranger,and extra deeply interconnected than something they’ve ever encountered earlier than, full of recent creatures impressed by tales and mythology from all around the world.”
The sequence will proceed to increase, as The Hollywood Reporter introduced in 2022 that Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Think about Leisure, who beforehand launched Underneath the Banner of Heaven and Judy Blume Eternally, acquired the rights to develop a film adaptation of the primary novel.
The Bird of a Thousand Stories, comes out Feb, 4, 2025. and is on the market for preorder now, wherever books are offered.
