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Both novellas first came out digital-only. In January 2016 they were collected in print, with a first look at Glass Sword at the back.
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On Victoria Aveyard's official site, Cruel Crown is listed before Red Queen on the series page. Both stories take place before Mare arrives at the palace.
source ↗ - SetupRead the diary closely
The first novella is the secret diary of Queen Coriane, the king's first wife and Cal's mother. In a court where thoughts are weapons, what she writes about the people around her matters later.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA map of Norta
The Target exclusive edition added a Q&A with Aveyard, fan art and a map of Norta.
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- Behind the scenesA girl in an arena
It all started with an image in the late spring of 2012: a girl in an arena, about to be executed. Instead of dying, she electrocutes her executioner. Aveyard was a college senior.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesFilm degree, student loans
After earning a screenwriting degree from USC in 2012, she moved back in with her parents. She started the book in June 2012 and finished the first draft in January 2013. 'I had a crushing amount of student loans and I had a film degree in a recession,' she said.
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Aveyard summed up the recipe: X-Men, Game of Thrones, The Hunger Games and Gladiator. The twist on X-Men, she said, is that the people with powers don't hide. They're the government.
source ↗ - SetupThe author's dessert
The book's big twist was in the outline from day one. It was a big reason she wanted to tell the story, and getting there kept her going through the hard parts. Aveyard called it 'like my dessert.' Trust no one.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesAn award-winning debut
It was Aveyard's first novel. It won the 2015 Goodreads Choice Award for Debut Goodreads Author, voted on by readers. Universal optioned the film rights before the book even came out.
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- Behind the scenesA road story
Back in 2015, Aveyard previewed book two: a road story with new characters, and for the first time a foil for Mare.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe ending showed up midway
She didn't have the whole series plotted at the start. The ending became clear about halfway through Glass Sword. 'Now I know where it's going,' she said.
source ↗ - ReferenceBuilt on the old world
Aveyard drew on the power vacuum after Rome fell and applied it to a collapse of the American 'empire.' 'It was really interesting for me to literally build on top of the old world,' she said. Watch the ruins along the way.
source ↗ - SetupPower corrupts
Aveyard named the book's core theme: power corrupts, and the characters struggle with who they're becoming. Watch Mare's choices, not just the villains'.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesKneel or Bleed
The US cover pairs the title with a tagline: Kneel or Bleed. The later books got taglines too.
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- Behind the scenesIt was pitched as a trilogy
In 2015, Aveyard described Red Queen as book one of a trilogy. This third book doesn't wrap things up: the series ended up with four novels.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesAll Will Burn
The US cover tagline is All Will Burn. The book came out on February 7, 2017.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA more patient book
Publishers Weekly noticed the change of pace: 'Aveyard's frenetic action sequences initially take a backseat to the patient study of Mare's captivity.'
source ↗ - ReferenceAn Elizabeth Banks interview
The Barnes & Noble exclusive edition came with a removable Scarlet Guard timeline and an interview with Elizabeth Banks, attached to direct the adaptation that never made it to the screen.
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- Behind the scenesFive voices
The final book has five narrators: Mare, Evangeline, Maven, Cal and Iris. It's also the longest in the series, at 662 pages in the US hardcover.
source ↗ - ReferenceRise with the Dawn
The cover tagline, Rise with the Dawn, echoes the Scarlet Guard rallying cry from book one: 'Rise, red as the dawn.' Entertainment Weekly revealed the cover in November 2017.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe character in charge
Aveyard said Mare often took over the writing, 'saying things and making choices I never planned for.' It happened with Mare more than any other character.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesSix years later
In her farewell, Aveyard noted the story began in 2012 and ended six years later. 'Mare Barrow is finished with me, and I am finished with her,' she wrote.
source ↗ - SetupFace to face
Watch for Cal and Maven's first face-to-face scene. It's the first time the brothers have spoken in person since Red Queen.
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- Behind the scenesThree new, two old
It came out May 7, 2019. It collects three brand-new novellas, the two from Cruel Crown, and bonus material like extra scenes and journal entries.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesHalf a million in Brazil
Its Brazilian publisher, Seguinte, says the series has sold over half a million copies in Brazil alone. The book includes maps, flags and notes on Norta's history.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe Calore family tree
The Barnes & Noble edition came with a poster-size House Calore family tree and Mare and Cal's dance scene from Red Queen, annotated by Aveyard.
source ↗ - ReferenceMare from the outside
One of the new stories is set while Mare is a prisoner, during King's Cage. It follows a Piedmont princess fleeing by riverboat and shows how ordinary people saw Mare at the time.
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