Despite many obstacles, I can finally announce the pending arrival of the next installment in The Talented Trilogy, The Defender. Picking up where the previous book, Seventh Born, left off, Zezilia is taking up the role she has studied and worked to attain, Defender of the Sept Son. Returning to a world she last knew as a child, Zez finds it has changed. Meanwhile, Hadrian's life has grown significantly more dangerous. He is juggling his duties, evading assassination, and neg