I have no clue, I liked his writings when I was young, and a few years ago I snagged a few of his books for cheap and it turned into hate reading. (Checked wikipedia, yes in a way, he is writing spinoff books now). The worst moment was when the main char went 'actually when they rape and pillage it is bad (because it proves they are evil), but when we do it is good (because we fight to stop the evil) achtually' in a way to long speech. Also doesn't help the evil invading empire is coded slightly Asian. I'm also really tired of the 'hurt the main chars girlfriend, this means the main dude is really suffering' thrope. (A lot of fiction does this however, I also really disliked it in station perdido).