: Re: Where is the best place to "twist" a series? I have plans for a fantasy trilogy in which the main characters defeating the threat in each book simply makes way for the new threat of the

I think your idea is perfect as the end of the first book.

There are bad cliffhangers, which do not end the story satisfyingly, because they have no real end. That's what disappoint your readers. But if you have a real ending for the plot (defeating the cult) and show the reader "Oops, maybe what they did was not that bad and now someone has to clean up the mess", then the twisting end satisfies, surprises and makes the reader curious for the next book.

If you mention from the beginning, that it is a trilogy/series (what not all books do), I do not see any problem putting the twist at the end of the book.

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