Aptorian, on 24 March 2020 - 03:12 PM, said:
I wonder if the book just got too big and they decided to cut it in half? I bet peace talks ends on a massive cliffhanger.
He used to talk about the book after PEACE TALKS being MIRROR MIRROR didn't he? So at a guess? PEACE TALKS got away from him in the writing (lengthwise) and instead of trying to cram it all into one volume and sacrificing story of pacing, he's split it into two, resulting in BATTLE GROUND?
That's my guess.