Sarah J. Maas Announces Next Two Books, Launching New "Valkyrie Cycle" Series
Sarah J. Maas has revealed the titles of her next two novels — A Court of Splintered Harmony and A Court of Forgotten Melody — both belonging to a newly announced series called the Valkyrie Cycle (Instagram, 17 August 2026).
The announcement landed on Maas's official Instagram account on 17 August 2026, giving fans the first glimpse of a project that had been kept under wraps until now. The two titles carry the "A Court of" prefix familiar from her bestselling A Court of Thorns and Roses sequence, though the Valkyrie Cycle is being positioned as a distinct new series rather than a direct continuation.
Maas is one of the most widely read fantasy authors working today. Her A Court of Thorns and Roses books and the Throne of Glass series have sold millions of copies worldwide, with translation rights licensed across dozens of languages and a television adaptation of A Court of Thorns and Roses in development at Hulu. In publishing terms, she sits in the rare tier of authors whose release dates are treated as industry events — first printings in the hundreds of thousands, pre-order campaigns coordinated across retailers, and bestseller list debuts treated as a near-certainty by the trade.
No publication dates, plot summaries, or cover art accompanied the announcement. Maas named the two books and the series, and left the rest for follow-up reveals.
For readers, the most notable detail is the series name itself. The Valkyrie Cycle signals a fresh storyline with its own arc, even as the "A Court of" naming convention ties the new books to the world and branding her existing audience already knows. Whether the Valkyrie Cycle shares a fictional universe with A Court of Thorns and Roses or stands entirely apart has not been specified in the announcement.
Publishing houses, agents and rights details for the new titles were not named in the post. Maas's most recent novels have been published in the United States by Bloomsbury, which has handled her adult fantasy catalogue across multiple territories.
More information — including release windows and additional series details — is expected to follow.
