BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Highland Park Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Highland Park Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:f5c688e9-441f-4722-9ade-031c4458a008 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260723T215110Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260908T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260908T190000 SUMMARY:Pulitzer Prize Winner And Master Storyteller Daniel Kraus LOCATION:Highland Park Public Library\nHighland Park Public Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Highland Park Public Libra ry;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Highland Park Public Library:geo:42.1844,-87. 7966982 GEO:42.1844;-87.7966982 DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual event with Daniel Kraus\, Pulitzer Prize -winning author of "Angel Down\," to celebrate the release of his breathta king new novel "The Sixth Nik.".\nhttps://hplibrary.libnet.info/event/1691 4069 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us virtually as we sit down with mast er storyteller Daniel Kraus\, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ang el Down\, to celebrate the release of his breathtaking new novel The Sixth Nik.

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Deep into space\, far past the triworld outpos ts\, beyond range of the lethal trollbot internet\, soars The Sickness: a ship woven from biomatter and capable of reacting to every need of its hum an crew. Sisilla\, a nine-year-old cultist with a brain enhanced by arcane tech known as &ldquo\;niks\,&rdquo\; has boarded to investigate the enigm a of Fé\;m&mdash\;a plague-riddled planet that has abruptly gone rog ue.

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The mysterious crew includes a faceless assassin\, a beautiful engineer jigsawed by plastic surgery\, a peyote-addicted medic\, and&mdas h\;most lethal of all&mdash\;a rugged\, NonModded captain with a score to settle with Sisilla. Other dangers abound. A hacked robot begins to believ e Sisilla is its daughter. The Sickness itself is mutating\, possibly even pregnant. And the secret of Fé\;m is more horrific than anyone coul d have imagined. To survive\, Sisilla will need to forsake her predetermin ed fate and embrace the unknown.

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Join us to gain exclusive i nsight from one of the most visionary voices in modern fiction.

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Ab out the Author:

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Daniel Kraus is a Pulitzer Prize-winning\, bestsel ling writer of novels\, TV\, and film. His novel Angel Down was t he 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner\, a New York Times Top 10 Book of 2025\, and a national bestseller. His novel Whalefall received a front-cover review in The New York Times Book Revi ew\, won the Alex Award\, was an L.A. Times Book Prize Final ist\, and was a Best Book of 2023 from NPR\, \;The New York Times< /em>\, Amazon\, Chicago Tribune\, and more.

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With Guillerm o del Toro\, he co-authored The Shape of Water\, based on the sam e idea the two created for the Oscar-winning film. Also with del Toro\, Kr aus co-authored Trollhunters\, which was adapted into the Emmy-wi nning Netflix series. He co-wrote The Living Dead and Pay the Piper with legendary filmmaker George A. Romero. Kraus&rsquo\;s The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch was named one of Entertainmen t Weekly&lsquo\;s Top 10 Books of the Year. Kraus has won the Bram St oker Award\, Scribe Award\, two Odyssey Awards (for both Rotters and Scowler)\, and has appeared multiple times as Library Guild s elections\, and more.

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