Some fantasy tales are stand-alone stories; others are part of larger sagas. But while Micah Yongo’s new noir- / grimdark-ish fantasy novel Pale Kings (paperback, Kindle) is the sequel to last year’s Lost Gods, in the following email interview about the former — in which he discusses what inspired it, what influenced it, and other things you might want to know about it — he explains that while this new book is the second, it need not be the second one you read.
