BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:New Orleans Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:New Orleans Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cd7e7461-3b3c-47f8-8935-7477f103545a SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260809T070006Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260908T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260908T190000 SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Daniel Kraus LOCATION:Virtual Events\nVirtual Events X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Virtual Events;X-APPLE-RAD IUS=10;X-TITLE=Virtual Events:geo:29.9544733,-90.0756623 GEO:29.9544733;-90.0756623 DESCRIPTION:In an online author talk\, Daniel Kraus discusses his newest b ook "The Sixth Nik." Register to receive the link to join and submit quest ions..\nhttps://neworleans.libnet.info/event/16938088 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Master storyteller Daniel Kraus\, winner o f the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction\, discusses his new novel\, \;The Sixth Nik.

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Deep into space\, far past the triworld outp osts\, beyond range of the lethal trollbot internet\, soars \;The Sickness: a ship woven from biomatter and capable of reacting to ever y need of its human crew. Sisilla\, a nine-year-old cultist with a brain e nhanced by arcane tech known as &ldquo\;niks\,&rdquo\; has boarded to inve stigate the enigma of Fé\;m&mdash\;a plague-riddled planet that has abruptly gone rogue.

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The mysterious crew includes a faceless assas sin\, a beautiful engineer jigsawed by plastic surgery\, a peyote-addicted medic\, and&mdash\;most lethal of all&mdash\;a rugged\, NonModded captain with a score to settle with Sisilla. Other dangers abound. A hacked robot begins to believe Sisilla is its daughter. \;The Sickness&nb sp\;itself is mutating\, possibly even pregnant. And the secret of F&eacut e\;m is more horrific than anyone could have imagined. To survive\, Sisill a will need to forsake her predetermined fate and embrace the unknown.

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Daniel Kraus is a Pulitzer Prize-winning\, \;New York Times \;bestselling writer of novels\, TV\, and film. His novel \;Angel Down \;was the 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-cove r review in the \;New York Times Book Review\, won the Alex A ward\, was an L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist\, and was a Best Boo k of 2023 from NPR\, the \;New York Times\, Amazon\, and  \;Chicago Tribune. \;With Guillermo del Toro\, he co-authored  \;The Shape of Water\, based on the same idea the two create d for the Oscar-winning film. Also with del Toro\, Kraus co-authored \ ;Trollhunters\, which was adapted into the Emmy-winning Netflix s eries. Kraus has won the Bram Stoker Award\, Scribe Award\, two Odyssey Aw ards (for both \;Rotters \;and \;Scowler)\, and has appeared multiple times as Library Guild selections. \;Kraus&r squo\;s work has been translated into over 25 languages. He lives with his partner in Chicago. Visit him at \;danielkraus.com.

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