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[[File: Apocalypse Guard.jpg|thumb|350px|right|<center><small>by: [[Kelley Harris]]</small><br>Concept art commissioned by Brandon</center>]]'''''The Apocalypse Guard'''''
{{quote|The Apocalypse Guard series is set in a world parallel to that of the Reckoners, and an organization of superpowered individuals is at its center. Their collective objective is to save doomed planets, until the day something goes horribly wrong and it is up to one young member of the guard to fix things before time runs out for her and the planet she calls home.<br>▼
Publication of the first book in the series is planned for mid 2020.▼
== Plot ==
== Development ==
Brandon first mentioned the series at the release party for ''[[Shadows of Self]]''.{{wob ref|6424}} It was then obliquely referenced in the 2015 [[State of the Sanderson]] as a "New YA Series".{{sots ref|2015}} Brandon then officially announced the project in 2016, and revealed concept cover art.{{ref|name=guard-brandon}} After the completion of ''[[Oathbringer]]'' in June 2017, Brandon began the first draft of ''The Apocalypse Guard'', planning on writing the full trilogy straight through before the release of the first book, something he had not been able to do since [[Mistborn Era 1|Era 1 of ''Mistborn'']].{{ref|name=ofs}}
Publishing rights were originally acquired by the Random House imprint Delacorte Press (also the publishers of ''The Reckoners'').
He finished the first draft of the first book on September 1st.{{tweet ref|903763900813811712|Completion of ''The Apocalypse Guard'' First Draft announcement|date=2017-09-01}} While working on the second draft, and in conversations with his editor, various issues with the book were found. While Brandon initially attempted to revise the book to fix these issues, he felt that the changes were instead making the book worse, and so he decided to shelve the project as he did not believe he could fix it in the time required for a 2018 release. This led to him switching gears and beginning work on the [[Skyward (series)|''Skyward'' series]] instead. 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}}▼
▲{{quote|The Apocalypse Guard series is set in a world parallel to that of the Reckoners, and an organization of superpowered individuals is at its center. Their collective objective is to save doomed planets, until the day something goes horribly wrong and it is up to one young member of the guard to fix things before time runs out for her and the planet she calls home.<br>
|From Delacorte Press's press release{{tor ref|
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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}} Brandon has no immediate plans to try to make the book work, and it may be dead.{{sots ref|2019}}
== Notes ==
{{bws ref|name=guard-brandon|the-apocalypse-guard|The Apocalypse Guard|date=2016-03-03}}
{{bws ref|name=ofs|oathbringers-final-step|Oathbringer's Final Step|date=2017-08-31}}
▲{{tor ref|name=guard-tor|brandon-sanderson-announces-new-apocalypse-guard-book-trilogy/|''Apocalypse Guard'' announcement|date=2016-03-01}}
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