Paterne Kael asked M.L. Brennan:

I just finished Dark Ascension and i was wondering what you have in store for us next, will Fort evolve a bit more ?

M.L. Brennan Hi Paterne! First, I'm delighted that you checked out Dark Ascension, and I hope that you enjoyed it.

(quick note -- what follows contains spoilers for all four books in the series)

In terms of Fort's physiological journey, where he was at the end of Dark Ascension was as far as he was going to go for the remainder of the series. His mother was gone, and so were both of his host parents, and he now needed to feed independently. In terms of strength and speed -- that's as far as he was going. I had two more books planned and broadly outlined, and there weren't going to be any more large physical breakthroughs like the ones that happened in Generation V, Tainted Blood, or Dark Ascension.

What was planned was more of an emotional evolution for him. The end of Dark Ascension is really the pinnacle of Fort's idealism -- what was going to come in the next two books would really challenge that. To borrow momentarily from the musical Hamilton, "Winning was easy, young man, governing is harder."

Thanks for the fantastic question, and for checking out the series!

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