Bestselling fantasy author Brandon Sanderson has confirmed that he still intends to write The Aztlanian, the long-awaited sequel to his 2013 novel The Rithmatist. The sequel was announced shortly after the first book's release but has never materialised, leaving fans waiting for well over a decade. The update matters because The Rithmatist remains one of Sanderson's popular standalone works, and readers have long wondered whether the promised follow-up would ever appear.

Speaking with Peter Orullian during a discussion about their co-written book The Songs of the Dead, Sanderson acknowledged that writing a "good sequel" would be "difficult" and admitted he does not know when he will get to it. He noted that he has been steadily completing older series such as Legion and Alcatraz, and said The Rithmatist is stronger than either. He gave his word that the sequel will happen but offered no timeline, citing a heavy workload that includes his Apple TV adaptations of Cosmere works such as Mistborn and The Stormlight Archive, with the Mistborn script reported as around 85% finished as of June.