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# Book 3 is...
- URL: https://darylbaxter.com/posts/book-3-is-tomb-raider/
- Published: 2024-10-15T13:11:41.000Z
- Updated: 2024-10-18T12:56:51.000Z
- Description: Living La Von Croy Loca.
- Author: Daryl Baxter

![](https://darylbaxter.com/content/images/2024/10/sequel.png)

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](https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Making-of-Tomb-Raider-Hardback/p/20165?ref=darylbaxter.com)'!

Announced at [TR28 on Saturday](https://x.com/penswordbooks/status/1845147927712284693/photo/1?ref=darylbaxter.com), a Tomb Raider convention [held every year in Derby](https://x.com/derbytombraider/status/1845522375028232532?ref=darylbaxter.com), 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](https://darylbaxter.com/listen-podcast-tomb-raider-3-dev-talk/), 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](https://x.com/WhiteOwlBooks/status/1841089449070825854?ref=darylbaxter.com) via [Pen and Sword](https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Making-of-Tomb-Raider-Hardback/p/20165?ref=darylbaxter.com), 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](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9MTqOZbI6c&ref=darylbaxter.com) 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](https://youtu.be/3fr1Z07AV00?si=DwhGij81g1PWwWPa&t=69&ref=darylbaxter.com). I've always loved the reveal at the end, so I wanted to make my own spin.

![](https://darylbaxter.com/content/images/2024/10/IMG_7450.jpeg)

We were signing the book and more for an hour at TR28 - loved it.

TR28 was an [amazing time](https://www.instagram.com/p/DBEtzNxibdp/?img%5Findex=1&ref=darylbaxter.com) — 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 sat with the team shown in the picture, as well as [Judith Gibbins](https://youtu.be/7Kpv6I7iFRQ?si=p5cxJ6hzilQ2Rfc3&ref=darylbaxter.com), 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.

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