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;X-APPLE-RADIU S=10;X-TITLE=Online:geo:0,0 GEO:0;0 DESCRIPTION:Prepare to launch into the darkest depths of deep space! Join us as we sit down with master storyteller Daniel Kraus\, to celebrate the release of his breathtaking new novel\, The Sixth Nik..\nhttps://ocls.libn et.info/event/16883054 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Prepare to launch into the darkest depths of deep space! Join us online as we sit down with master storyteller Danie l Kraus\, winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction\, to celebrate the release of his breathtaking new novel\, \;The Sixth Nik.
\nDeep into space\, far past the triworld outposts\, beyond range of th e lethal trollbot internet\, soars \;The Sickness: a ship woven from b iomatter and capable of reacting to every need of its human crew. Sisilla\ , a nine-year-old cultist with a brain enhanced by arcane tech known as &l dquo\;niks\,&rdquo\; has boarded to investigate the enigma of Fé\;m& mdash\;a plague-riddled planet that has abruptly gone rogue.
\nThe m ysterious crew includes a faceless assassin\, a beautiful engineer jigsawe d by plastic surgery\, a peyote-addicted medic\, and&mdash\;most lethal of all&mdash\;a rugged\, NonModded captain with a score to settle with Sisil la. Other dangers abound. A hacked robot begins to believe Sisilla is its daughter. \;The Sickness \;itself is mutating\, possibly even preg nant. And the secret of Fé\;m is more horrific than anyone could hav e imagined. To survive\, Sisilla will need to forsake her predetermined fa te and embrace the unknown.
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About the Author:
\nDaniel Kraus is a Pulit zer Prize-winning\, \;New York Times \;bestselling writer of novel s\, TV\, and film. His novel \;Angel Down \;was the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner\, a \;New York Times \;Top 10 Bo ok of 2025\, and a national bestseller. His novel \;Whalefall \;re ceived a front-cover review in the \;New York Times Book Review\, won the Alex Award\, was an L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist\, and was a Best Bo ok of 2023 from NPR\, the \;New York Times\, Amazon\, \;Chicago Tr ibune\, and more.
\nWith Guillermo del Toro\, he co-authored \;T he Shape of Water\, based on the same idea the two created for the Oscar-w inning film. Also with del Toro\, Kraus co-authored \;Trollhunters\, w hich was adapted into the Emmy-winning Netflix series. He co-wrote \;< em>The Living Dead \;and \;Pay the Piper \;with legendary filmmaker George A. Romero. Kraus&rsquo\;s \;The Death and L ife of Zebulon Finch \;was named one of \;Entertainment Weekly&lsq uo\;s Top 10 Books of the Year. Kraus has won the Bram Stoker Award\, Scri be Award\, two Odyssey Awards (for both \;Rotters \;and \;Scow ler)\, and has appeared multiple times as Library Guild selections\, and m ore.
\nKraus&rsquo\;s work has been translated into over 25 language s. He lives with his partner in Chicago. Visit him at \;danielkraus.co m.
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