What we have learned so far about the ‘Rebirth’ of the Pretender with much thanks to Vania of refuge.pretendercentre.com for this wonderful summary.
Things we’ve learned from the live announcement and chat September 19th, 2013:
Rebirth
– Rebirth started being written last Christmas, but the creators have been thinking about that for a few years
– Rebirth isn’t set before most of the series
– Working on translating Rebirth for other languages
– Audiobook is being talked about
– Rebirth will have 300 pages – 70.000 words
– Price is not set yet – Amazon is working on that
– There could be a new chat on release date – to be confirmed
– Rebirth will be available in physical bookstores eventually
– Rebirth touches on a teen Jarod
– Rebirth to be release October 7th
– There’s a steamy scene in the 1st book
Saving Luke
– “Saving Luke”, the second novel is about 3 weeks past due for being completed and will be released before Christmas or early in the New Year.
– Luke is integral in the 1st two books
– Jarod could be having sex in book 2
Graphic Novels – The Pretender – Centre Chronicles
– Written by Jenna Busch and with cover artwork by Jeffrey Henderson
– Graphic novels will be about the origins of the Centre
– Comikaze, Los Angeles, 1-3 November, where a 6 page promo of the new graphic novels will be handed out – the graphic novels will have 6 issues, 22 pages each
Miss Parker
– The time between Miss Parker’s mother’s death and her being recalled to hunt Jarod will be explored in the Centre Universe books
– Miss Parker’s first name will probably be the last word of the last book – could be one word, or more than one
– There will be a novel about Miss Parker’s early years
Jarod
– Jarod will be tortured, again, in the novels
– Jarod will find about serial killers
– Jarod’s birthday will be addressed in the novels
Centre Universe
– The creators had to think through on how to approach it so that all the old fans would be happy and the news fans would be satisfied
– 6 Pretender related novels/graphic novels per year
– We will find out how Miss Parker and Jarod’s mom met in the novels that deal with Miss Parker as a young woman
– Could we have a female Pretender?
– The Pretender will always be the centre of the Centre Universe
– There will be more death soon
– There will be spin offs
– There’s going to be a novel called Patterns or Behaviours written by a friend of Steven and Craig, who is part of the Pretender family as well, where Jarod runs into someone he knew
– There’s going to be another novel called Paradise
– There’s a cookbook, with handwritten notes by Catherine Parker