BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Alexandria Library X-WR-CALNAME:Alexandria Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:301fa689-8826-40cc-b837-03deb09a6b70 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260818T071328Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260908T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260908T200000 SUMMARY:Writing the Nightmare LOCATION:Virtual\nVirtual X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Virtual;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10; X-TITLE=Virtual:geo:38.8122835,-77.1171899 GEO:38.8122835;-77.1171899 DESCRIPTION:Join us online as we sit down with master storyteller Daniel K raus\, winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction\, to celebrate the re lease of his breathtaking new novel\, The Sixth Nik.\n.\nhttps://alexandri a.libnet.info/event/17075321 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Deep into space\, far past the triworld ou tposts\, beyond range of the lethal trollbot internet\, soars The Sick ness: a ship woven from biomatter and capable of reacting to every ne ed of its human crew. Sisilla\, a nine-year-old cultist with a brain enhan ced by arcane tech known as &ldquo\;niks\,&rdquo\; has boarded to investig ate the enigma of Fé\;m&mdash\;a plague-riddled planet that has abru ptly gone rogue.

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The mysterious crew includes a faceless assassin\ , a beautiful engineer jigsawed by plastic surgery\, a peyote-addicted med ic\, and&mdash\;most lethal of all&mdash\;a rugged\, NonModded captain wit h a score to settle with Sisilla. Other dangers abound. A hacked robot beg ins to believe Sisilla is its daughter. The Sickness itself is mu tating\, possibly even pregnant. And the secret of Fé\;m is more hor rific than anyone could have imagined. To survive\, Sisilla will need to f orsake her predetermined fate and embrace the unknown.

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Register no w to gain exclusive insight from one of the most visionary voices in moder n 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 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winne r\, 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 Review< /em>\, won the Alex Award\, was an L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist\, and wa s a Best Book of 2023 from NPR\, the New York Times\, Amazon\, Chicago Tribune\, and more.

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With Guillermo del Toro\, he co -authored The Sha pe of Water\, based on the same idea the two created for the Osca r-winning film. Also with del Toro\, Kraus co-authored Trollhunters\, which was adapted into the Emmy-winning Netflix series. He co-wrote < em>The Living Dead and Pay the Piper with legendary filmmake r George A. Romero. Kraus&rsquo\;s The Death and Life of Zebulon Fin ch was named one of Entertainment Weekly&lsquo\;s Top 10 Books of the Year. Kraus has won the Bram Stoker Award\, Scribe Award\, t wo Odyssey Awards (for both Rotters and Scowler)\, and has appeared multipl e times as Library Guild selections\, and more.

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

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This program is sponsored by the Alexandria Library Foundation.

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