Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the The Road, Cormac McCarthy, has two novels coming out this fall in the US.

McCarthy is an acclaimed writer who is best known for his western and apocalyptic style novels that include, The Road, Blood Meridian, and No Country for Old Men.

His new novels are his first fiction releases since The Road was published in 2006. McCarthy’s publisher, Alfred A Knopf, announced that The Passenger which McCarthy reportedly began writing decades ago, would be released on October 25 in the US. His second novel Stella Maris is a prequel to The Passenger and will be released on November 22.

In a statement, McCarthy’s editor at Knopf, Jenny Jackson said: ‘We have a plane crash, a trove of gold coins buried deep underground and hidden in copper pipes, a rare Amati violin that vanishes, an abandoned oil rig in the middle of the ocean, and an Italian race car seized by the IRS — an utterly gripping tale.’