Ten years ago, the journey began with a woman walking into a meadow, and for the past two months, I’ve been talking about journeys. In August, I wrote about why some stories deserve more than one book and sometimes the story on the page reaches its conclusion. But the people inside it still have somewhere to go.
Then, in September, I wrote about the other side of that idea: every journey eventually deserves an ending.
And now we’re here.
This month, the Meadow Trilogy is finally complete.
It Started With Dawn
When In the Meadow begins, Dawn thinks she has found the perfect man. But what follows changes the direction of her life, and even then, the Meadow itself still isn’t over.
Eventually, Dawn’s young son, Zack, begins experiencing a mysterious meadow encounter all his own, and that same unknown force is calling to him, but with a much different purpose than it had for his mother all those years before. Dawn is pulled into a supernatural mystery surrounding her child once again, and the farther she follows him, the more dangerous that mystery becomes.
That is how far the journey has come.
But as I wrote about in August, finishing In the Meadow and Returning the Meadow didn’t mean I was finished with these characters. The first two stories had reached their conclusion, but Dawn and Zack still had somewhere to go.
So, this last year, I returned to them.
Now It’s Time to Finish It
That’s where Beautiful the Meadow begins.
This is the third and final book of the Meadow Trilogy. And the final matters to me. Last month, I wrote that an ending shouldn’t simply answer questions or tie every loose end into a perfect bow. It should honor the journey that came before it and chart the course these characters were destined for.
That’s what I’ve been working toward with Beautiful the Meadow.
This book has to carry the weight of everything that came before it. The people Dawn and Zack have become. The things they’ve survived. The choices they’ve made. The mysteries that remain. And the consequences that have been building across all three books.
I don’t want to tell you much more than that. If you’ve made it this far, you’ve earned the chance to discover the ending for yourself.
And If You’ve Never Entered the Meadow…
This month is also for you.
For the first time, a new reader can begin In the Meadow knowing that the complete story is waiting. You don’t have to wait years between books. You don’t have to wonder whether the next one is coming. You can meet Dawn at the beginning, follow Zack back to the Meadow years later, then continue straight through to the end.
Three books. One completed journey.
And there are now more ways to take that journey than ever before. The complete trilogy will be available in ebook, paperback, and hardcover, and the first book in the series will be available in audiobook this fall.
October 31 Official Release
On Halloween, Beautiful the Meadow officially releases.
Ten years after In the Meadow was first published, all three books will finally sit side by side.
In the Meadow.
Returning the Meadow.
Beautiful the Meadow.
Beginning. Middle. End.
In September, I wrote that I hoped readers wouldn’t simply think about how this story ended when they closed that final book. I hoped they’d remember where the journey began. Now it’s time to find out.
If you’ve been waiting for Beautiful the Meadow, your wait is almost over. If you’ve read the first book but never continued, it’s time to return. And if you’ve never met Dawn and Zack, now’s the perfect time to begin. Because this October, we’re not waiting for the ending anymore.
We’re going to finish the journey through the Meadow.
The complete Meadow Trilogy arrives October 31, 2026.
Start at the beginning. Return to the Meadow. Discover how it ends.
