Tuesday July 6th, 1999
After writing The King's Buccaneer, Ray planned on writing a sequel that detailed Calis' original Crimson Eagles. However, those plans were scrapped with the creation of the Serpentwar Saga. When asked if he would ever go back and tell the story, Ray said no. He explains in this post:
Much of the effect of switching publishers and starting the Serpentwar was to change events in the Return of the Bucaneer, so that if I was to write it today, it would be a pretty grim, unrewarding novel.
Calis finds Bobby. Calis, Nicholas, and Bobby go to Novindus. Nicholas destroys a 'pirate' fleet. Calis forms the Crimson Eagles. Calis gets the spit kicked out of him and is men, barely escapes with his life, meeting Miranda along the way.
Some of the material I had planned for RotB turned up in Shadow, so I really wouldn't be able to do the book I wanted to do.
