. ▁Dan iele w ski ▁public ly ▁posted ▁on ▁his ▁Facebook ▁account ▁that ▁P ant he on ▁has ▁paused ▁publication ▁of ▁future ▁volumes ▁of ▁The ▁Famil iar ▁because ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁readers ▁does ▁not ▁justify ▁the ▁cost ▁of ▁continu ing . ▁As ▁of ▁that ▁date , ▁only ▁Vol umes ▁ 1 ▁through ▁ 5 ▁had ▁been ▁published . ▁ ▁Th emes ▁and ▁analysis ▁ ▁Inter connected ness ▁A ▁repeating ▁theme ▁of ▁this ▁series ▁is ▁the ▁on eness ▁of ▁all ▁things ▁and ▁the ▁many ▁links ▁between ▁people ▁throughout ▁the ▁world ▁despite ▁their ▁differences . ▁Dan iele w ski ' s ▁characters ▁span ▁multiple ▁races , ▁national ities , ▁and ▁they ▁speak ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁languages , ▁including ▁Mexican ▁Spanish , ▁Egypt ian ▁Arab ic , ▁Armen ian , ▁Turkish , ▁Sing lish , ▁Mand arin , ▁and ▁Russian . ▁They ▁are ▁also ▁from ▁dispar ate ▁places ; ▁in ▁this ▁first ▁volume ▁the ▁main ▁characters ▁begin ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁Mar fa , ▁El ▁T aj ín , ▁and ▁Singapore . ▁But ▁connections ▁are ▁already ▁forming ▁between ▁them — for ▁instance , ▁X an ther ▁has ▁T ian ▁Li ' s ▁cat , ▁Cas ' ▁friend ▁Sor cer er ▁knows ▁An war ▁and ▁X an ther , ▁and ▁Is and ò r no ▁and ▁Luther ▁both ▁work ▁with ▁T ey o . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁characters ▁of ▁The ▁Famil iar ▁also ▁hear ▁the ▁same ▁str ang ely ▁familiar ▁sound : ▁a ▁cat ' s ▁y ow l . ▁ ▁Serial ization ▁and ▁televis ual ity