Prepare to launch into the darkest depths of deep space! Join us online as we sit down with master storyteller Daniel Kraus\, winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction\, to cele brate 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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\nAbout the Author:
\nDaniel Kraus is a Pulitzer Priz e-winning\, \;New York Times \;bestselling writer of novels\, TV\, and film. His novel \;Angel Down \;was the 2026 Pulitzer Prize fo r Fiction winner\, a \;New York Times \;Top 10 Book of 2025\, and a national bestseller. His novel \;Whalefall \;received a front-co ver review in the \;New York Times Book Review\, won the Alex Award\, was an L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist\, and was a Best Book of 2023 from N PR\, the \;New York Times\, Amazon\, \;Chicago Tribune\, and more.
\nWith Guillermo del Toro\, he co-authored \;The Shape of Water and Trollhunters\, both adapted to screen. He co-wrote \;The Living D ead \;and \;Pay the Piper \;with legendary filmmaker George A. Romero. Kraus has won the Bram Stoker Award\, Scribe Award\, and two Odys sey Awards (for both \;Rotters \;and \;Scowler).
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