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.
hi and hello Mr.Gibbs. I personally want to share how fantastic your books are and have CT, SS, the space case collection and every. single. book. and. graphic. novel. that you have made in those series. I just wanted to ask a question or two for you. I know that you have published ss goes south and north, and noth east. Will there be a west? lol. And a comment I have is I would personally recommend bringing back funny/ forgotten characters to mix up your books and to keep it from repeating the same characters. Some of these could be: made up ones, the stern family, chip and jawa, and personally my favorite, the shang family 😉 thanks for your time.
Guys I think I posted literally 3 near same comments. If I did, just note this is my first time posting on a fan page and it is shear luck that I found the post button. Please just read the one posted by stuart gibbs fan sammy and ignore the other two. If I have not done this feel free to laugh at me. (Or virtual me I honestly don’t care)
Dear Mr. Gibbs,
I LOVE all of your books. They are truly amazing. My favorite is Charlie Thorne and the Royal society. I would love to be an author when I grow up. I have so many stories inside me. Do you have any advice? Thank you so much!
Sincerely,
Ava
Hi Mr.Gibbs
I was just wondering how you kept the story in the same pace or type of writing for so long. You have been writing for 14 years and I don’t understand how the story doesn’t just starts to get different.
Hi Mr.Gibbs
I was just wondering, when The Academy of Espionage still existed, then all of the spys in trainings’ parents thought their kids went to ‘St. Smithen’s Science Academy for Boys and Girls’. But after it got blown up in SS Project X, they moved to Alaska. Where do the spys in trainings’ parents think they are now? Wouldn’t they know St. Smithen’s Science Academy for Boys and Girls got blown up?
-Spy School Fan
Hi and hello Mr.Gibbs. I wanted to thank you for personally inspiring me and developing and creating new and thoughtful books that I love to read.
Charlie Throne. Spy School. Once Upon A Tim. Space Case. Soon to be No Place Like Rome. You name it, I have it. 12 years I have waited in the dark watching and reading other comments. But now it’s my turn to really appreciate you.
I do have one comment, perhaps you could establish a variety of characters making more than just one appearance in one book to keep it cool and unpredictable. thanks
Sammy –
I write my books first, then pick the titles. So even though I have done three points of the compass, I cannot guarantee there will be a west.
stuart Gibbs fa
I write my books first, then pick the titles. So even though I have done three points of the compass, I cannot guarantee there will be a west.
I do bring characters back at times. I just can’t bring back ALL the characters in each book.
samey
I have to approve comments by first timers to prevent trolls. And I can’t always approve comments the moment they are left.
Ava –
I have an entire page of Writing Advice on this very website. And that like to a video series I did called Mission Write that is even more writing advice.
V
Believe it or not, I have actually been writing this series since 2010, so 16 years. I just keep trying to come up with fun ideas that can propel things forward.
Vyas –
As noted in the books, all the other kids were sent home, along with a cover story about why the academyy closed.