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At the release party for ''[[Oathbringer]]'', Brandon announced that [[Dan Wells]]—a close friend and fellow member of [[Writing Excuses]]—would be collaborating with him on ''The Apocalypse Guard'' going forward.{{wob ref|8581}} Brandon planned to give Dan time to alter the books as he saw fit before returning to collaborate with him on the final version.{{wob ref|9622}} One of the structural changes made by Brandon and Dan was the removal of one of the magic systems they had considered "foundational to the story".{{ref|name=WE-14.35}} As the revisions continued, the book "got weirder".{{sots ref|2018}} By late 2019, Dan had finished a revision that Brandon described as "pretty good", but neither of them was totally satisfied with the result and the project was shelved indefinitely.{{wob ref|13257}} In December 2019, Brandon said he had no immediate plans to try to make the book work, and that it might be dead.{{sots ref|2019}}
 
In March 2020, Brandon indicated that he might have figured out how to fix the remaining problems, and was planning to try to work on the book, along with [[Dawnshard (novella)|''Dawnshard'']], after he finished revisions for ''[[Rhythm of War]]''.{{wob ref|13641}}{{wob ref|13977}} ''Dawnshard'' ended up being much longer than expected;{{url ref|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonsteel/the-way-of-kings-10th-anniversary-leatherbound-edition/posts/2986075|text=''The Way of Kings'' leatherbound Kickstarter update #21|site=Kickstarter}}; the current timeline for publishing ''The Apocalypse Guard'' would be sometime after ''Skyward 4''.{{sots ref|2020}}
 
If the first book works out, there would likely still be sequels, as Brandon has enjoyed working with Dan.{{wob ref|13646}}