Book 3 is...

After roughly 14 months of working on it, I can now say that my next project is the follow-up to my 2021 book, 'The Making of Tomb Raider'!

Announced at TR28 on Saturday, a Tomb Raider convention held every year in Derby, I revealed that the book is currently in the editing stage.

I had never planned on a sequel to my first book — I genuinely thought I was done with Tomb Raider, book-wise. However, once I started playing Tomb Raider 3 in 2023 again for the dev talk at TR27 later that year, I became convinced there was another story to tell. I can reveal, for now, that the book will start in 1997, and end somewhere in the year 2000 with the release of Tomb Raider: Chronicles. I've really enjoyed the process with this one, and although I have played several Tomb Raider games to death at this point, it's never gotten old or boring — each of these games have brought a lot of interesting stories for the book — including some that have never been spoken about before.

The follow-up will once again be published by White Owl Books via Pen and Sword, with a tentative release date of fall 2025, just before the 30th anniversary of the Tomb Raider series the following year. With the recent announcement of Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered coming out on Valentine's Day next year, there's going to be plenty to look forward to.

Fun fact: the announcement photo above is inspired from the very first announcement of Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. I've always loved the reveal at the end, so I wanted to make my own spin.

TR28 was an amazing time — the event always is. I met so many kind and passionate folk all day, and hearing so much enthusiasm from them about the follow-up once the day wrapped up made it even better. To note, there was a moment when I was sat with the team shown in the picture, as well as Judith Gibbins, the voice of Lara in Tomb Raider 2 and 3, once everything was done. We were exchanging baby photos and talking about Gin, and for a brief moment, I was asking myself, "How on earth did I get here?" I genuinely feel so lucky I get to do things like these, which only makes me even more determined to make sure that this follow-up is worth the wait for everyone.

A pre-order page for the book isn't live at Pen and Sword yet, but subscribing to this newsletter will be the best place to stay updated all about it.

Stay tuned.

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