Before The SMSB

"*To make this new story about Sheriff Bladepoint, the Gandalf and Yoda of the DLU, I had to pull off something very tricky: I needed to start a new story, but make it familiar. It needed to be new, but have a similar feeling to the old. This was, in hindsight, the standards going forward for most of the third part of the franchise.*"
―D. Isaac Thomas[src]
***Before The SMSB*** is a series of books of the story before Baby Intelligence.

It was originally believed that there would only be two books in what was initially a duology. However, D. Isaac Thomas announced that there will actually be four books in the series.

## Titles

* *Before The SMSB: The Promises of Sheriff Baldric* - released March 6, 2017
* *Before The SMSB: The Dominion of the Dark Lord* - released on November 27, 2017
* *Before The SMSB: The Legacy of Mae* - released on March 31, 2018.
* *Before The SMSB: The Legacy of Sheriff Bladepoint* - released on December 16, 2018.

## Synopsis

The plot of the first novel revolves around Sheriff Bladepoint, who has the elderly Sheriff Missile bring together the Police Grand Army so humanity will stand a chance against the NoHeads. He is forced to take the reins when Baldric dies, leading him, Jean Richardson, and Gummi the Bare and the Object to victory against Centerpoint and the evil Baron Zarath.

The second book details the fall of the U.S. Government.

The third book introduces L'smae and the Knights of Mae.

The fourth book brings together everything from the first three in a huge crossover to determine the fate of the entire universe.

## Production

Late in 2014, D. Isaac Thomas announced that he would be creating a book based upon the origin of the Police Grand Army.

On March 24, 2015, there was a report that the book of *Before The SMSB* will be a dilogy.

On July 13, 2015, it was announced the first book will be released on March 8, 2017.

On December 25, 2015, Thomas confirmed that he already had the rough drafts completed for the second book and had gotten ideas for the third.

On May 7 2016, the announcement trailer and teaser poster were revealed for the first book.

On March 6, 2017 the first book, *Before The SMSB: The Promises of Sheriff Baldric*, premiered.

On November 6 2017, D. Isaac Thomas announced that there will actually be four books in the series. Thomas stated he always knew there was going to be more than one book and that he "said a dilogy as a kind of placeholder". However, when he plotted out the story he had created, he realized he would need four books to tell it in. Melissa Vaine also stated that the second book will be very different from the first book.

On November 17 2017, it was announced that the third book will be released on March 31, 2018 followed by the fourth and final book in December of 2018.

The second book, *Before The SMSB: The Dominion of the Dark Lord* was released on November 27, 2017. The third, *Before The SMSB: The Legacy of Mae*, was released on March 31, 2018. The final one, *Before The SMSB: The Legacy of Sheriff Bladepoint*, was released on December 18.

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