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Join us online as we sit down with master storyteller Daniel Kraus\, winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction\, to celebrate the release of his breathtaking new novel\, \;The Sixth Nik.

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Deep into space\, far past the triworld outposts\, beyond ran ge of the lethal trollbot internet\, soars \;The Sickness: a ship wove n from biomatter and capable of reacting to every need of its human crew. Sisilla\, a nine-year-old cultist with a brain enhanced by arcane tech kno wn as &ldquo\;niks\,&rdquo\; has boarded to investigate the enigma of F&ea cute\;m&mdash\;a plague-riddled planet that has abruptly gone rogue.

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The mysterious crew includes a faceless assassin\, a beautiful engineer jigsawed by plastic surgery\, a peyote-addicted medic\, and&mdash\;most l ethal of all&mdash\;a rugged\, NonModded captain with a score to settle wi th Sisilla. Other dangers abound. A hacked robot begins to believe Sisilla is its daughter. \;The Sickness \;itself is mutating\, possibly e ven pregnant. And the secret of Fé\;m is more horrific than anyone c ould have imagined. To survive\, Sisilla will need to forsake her predeter mined fate and embrace the unknown.

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Register now to gain exclusive insight from one of the most visionary voices in modern fiction.

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About the Author:

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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 P ulitzer Prize for Fiction winner\, a \;New York Times \;Top 10 Boo k of 2025\, and a national bestseller. His novel \;Whalefall \;rec eived a front-cover review in the \;New York Times Book Review\, won t he Alex Award\, was an L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist\, and was a Best Boo k of 2023 from NPR\, the \;New York Times\, Amazon\, \;Chicago Tri bune\, and more.

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With Guillermo del Toro\, he co-authored \;Th e Shape of Water\, based on the same idea the two created for the Oscar-wi nning film. Also with del Toro\, Kraus co-authored \;Trollhunters\, wh ich was adapted into the Emmy-winning Netflix series. He co-wrote \;Th e Living Dead \;and \;Pay the Piper \;with legendary filmmaker George A. Romero. Kraus&rsquo\;s \;The Death and Life of Zebulon Finc h \;was named one of \;Entertainment Weekly&lsquo\;s Top 10 Books of the Year. Kraus has won the Bram Stoker Award\, Scribe Award\, two Odys sey Awards (for both \;Rotters \;and \;Scowler)\, and has appe ared multiple times as Library Guild selections\, and more.

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Kraus& rsquo\;s work has been translated into over 25 languages. He lives with hi s partner in Chicago. Visit him at \;danielkraus.com.

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