I have received a lot of messages from a lot of people wanting to know about this book. So I will not draw things out any longer. Here is the new cover and title:
And here is the synopsis:
When the seasoned adult spies of the Hale family mysteriously disappear on a mission to China, Ben Ripley and his fellow spies-in-training head east to discover what happened to them—and find themselves up against a villainous plot that will take them from the skyscrapers of Shanghai to the ancient ruins of the Great Wall to the remote regions of the Gobi desert.
It will be available on October 6. Click here to pre-order it! (Although a lot of sites may not have it ready for pre-order yet. They will soon, though.)
Now, here are the answers to a few questions I am sure I will get:
That’s it? That’s all the information you are going to share with us?
Yes. The less you know about a book before you read it, the more fun it is the read. I don’t want to spoil anything.
Can’t you tell me anything else? Even if I ask nicely?
Sorry, no. And if you send me an email or post a comment asking for more info, I will simply direct you back to this page.
Will there be an exclusive edition of this book with bonus content?
Probably, although that isn’t guaranteed yet. If there is, I will post about it.
Now that you have written Goes South, Goes North and Goes east, will there be a Spy School Goes West?
I don’t know. Strange as it might seem, I write the titles of my books last, not first. I wrote this book because I wanted to set a book in China, not because I wanted to call a book ‘Spy School Goes East.’ That title just ended up working better than any of the other options.
Jack –
I don’t think that I would leave my SS characters behind to do a SS set in MI6.
And I have no plans to do a crossover between any of my series at this time.
Good evening Stuart Gibbs,
How are you today? Also this may sound stupid but I think the people we got introduced in Spy Ski School ( the evil villains ) will have to do something with this book being that it takes place in China. Or maybe the family line will have to do something with this maybe wanting revenge. Those are my predictions . Did you watch the Olympics? Also how do you feel about what is happening US right now also I heard it was called Operation Epic Fury. Kinda reminds me of one of the operations the spy school had made up( the principal ). Anyway thanks for your time .
Syrah –
I always love the Winter Olympics, so yes I watched plenty.
When I heard the Iran attacks were called Operation Epic Fury, I immediately thought ‘Holy cow, that sounds like it’s right out of one of my books.’
Hey Stuart, to put it lightly your books mean everything to me. I have read all of them since I was a second grader and now I’m a freshman in college and still love them. They’ve helped me through so many hard times. Thank you so much!!!
So a new book and graphic novel comes out every year?
Eddie Ferraro –
Thanks for sharing this! Glad to hear that my books helped you!
Brady –
Yes, every year a new SS graphic novel comes out in the spring and a novel comes out in the fall.
I’m just curious, but what were some of the other name candidates for this book or maybe names for other ones?
Henry Ho –
It is very rare that I don’t choose the title that I like best for a book. Many times, I really only have one option that I like at all. (Like Spy School Goes East.) So I don;t really care to share a bunch of titles that I did not like.
That said, while I ultimately like the title Whale Done, I also very much liked License to Krill (but knew that was a slightly obscure reference for a whale mystery.)
I love your books Stuat Gibbs and will there be a ss book in India?
John –
I do not know when (if ever) there will be an SS book in India. There are lots of places in the world to go!
I wanna really quickly congratulate you for making 14 full books and not having your series die out, I mean they are really good books. Also one other thing I want to point out is the uncapitalized i’s in the last paragraph above. Really unprofessional for a writer(Im joking of course)
Gabriel –
Thanks for your kind words — and the good proofreading. I have fixed it. (This is what happens when you try to write a post from a phone rather than a computer.)
Stuart Gibbs I LOVE your books and I’m so excited for Spy School Goes East!! Thank you for being an awesome writer!!
Ok stuat Gibbs?
i saw your save the world thread and just wanted to say there’s also a site called Freerice. it’s a UN thing and i know it’s not for animals, but it’s free to help.
Cleo –
Thanks for letting me know. There are so many great sites that do things like this I can’t list them all!