Prepare to lau nch into the darkest depths of deep space! Join us online as we sit down w ith master storyteller Daniel Kraus\, winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize fo r Fiction\, to celebrate the release of his breathtaking new novel\, \ ;The Sixth Nik.
\nDeep into space\, far past the triworld outposts\, beyond range of the lethal trollbot internet\, soars \;The Sickness: a ship woven from biomatter and capable of reacting to every need of its h uman crew. Sisilla\, a nine-year-old cultist with a brain enhanced by arca ne tech known as &ldquo\;niks\,&rdquo\; has boarded to investigate the eni gma of Fé\;m&mdash\;a plague-riddled planet that has abruptly gone r ogue.
\nThe mysterious crew includes a faceless assassin\, a beautif ul engineer jigsawed by plastic surgery\, a peyote-addicted medic\, and&md ash\;most lethal of all&mdash\;a rugged\, NonModded captain with a score t o settle with Sisilla. Other dangers abound. A hacked robot begins to beli eve Sisilla is its daughter. \;The Sickness \;itself is mutating\, possibly even pregnant. And the secret of Fé\;m is more horrific th an anyone could have imagined. To survive\, Sisilla will need to forsake h er predetermined fate and embrace the unknown.
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\nAbout the Author:
\nDaniel Kraus is a Pul itzer Prize-winning\, \;New York Times \;bestselling writer of nov els\, TV\, and film. His novel \;Angel Down \;was the 2026 Pulitze r Prize for Fiction winner\, a \;New York Times \;Top 10 Book of 2 025\, and a national bestseller. His novel \;Whalefall \;received a front-cover review in the \;New York Times Book Review\, won the Ale x Award\, was an L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist\, and was a Best Book of 2 023 from NPR\, the \;New York Times\, Amazon\, \;Chicago Tribune\, and more.
\nWith Guillermo del Toro\, he co-authored \;The Shap e of Water\, based on the same idea the two created for the Oscar-winning film. Also with del Toro\, Kraus co-authored \;Trollhunters\, which wa s adapted into the Emmy-winning Netflix series. He co-wrote \;The Livi ng Dead \;and \;Pay the Piper \;with legendary filmmaker Georg e A. Romero. Kraus&rsquo\;s \;The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch \;was named one of \;Entertainment Weekly&lsquo\;s Top 10 Books of the Year. Kraus has won the Bram Stoker Award\, Scribe Award\, two Odyssey Aw ards (for both \;Rotters \;and \;Scowler)\, and has appeared m ultiple times as Library Guild selections\, and more.
\nKraus&rsquo\ ;s work has been translated into over 25 languages. He lives with his part ner in Chicago. Visit him at \;danielkraus.com.
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