Deep into space\, far past the triworld ou tposts\, beyond range of the lethal trollbot internet\, soars \;The Si ckness: a ship woven 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 known as &ldquo\;niks\,&rdquo\; has boarded to investigate the enigma of Fé\;m&mdash\;a plague-riddled planet that has abruptl y gone rogue.
\nThe mysterious crew includes a faceless assassin\, 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 \;its elf is mutating\, possibly even pregnant. And the secret of Fé\;m is more horrific than anyone could have imagined. To survive\, Sisilla will need to forsake her predetermined fate and embrace the unknown.
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\nAbout the Author: \; Daniel Kraus is a Pul itzer Prize-winning\, \;New York Times \;bestselling writ er of novels\, TV\, and film. His novel \;Angel Down \;wa s the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner\, a \;New York Times< /em> \;Top 10 Book of 2025\, and a national bestseller. His novel \;Whalefall \;received a front-cover review in the \; New York Times Book Review\, won the Alex Award\, was an L.A. Tim es Book Prize Finalist\, and was a Best Book of 2023 from NPR\, the&n bsp\;New York Times\, Amazon\, \;Chicago Tribune\, a nd more.
\nWith Guillermo del Toro\, he co-authored \;The Sh ape of Water\, based on the same idea the two created for the Oscar-w inning film. Also with del Toro\, Kraus co-authored \;Trollhunters \, which was adapted into the Emmy-winning Netflix series. He co-wrot e \;The Living Dead \;and \;Pay the Piper&nb sp\;with legendary filmmaker George A. Romero. Kraus&rsquo\;s \;Th e Death and Life of Zebulon Finch \;was named one of \;Entert ainment Weekly&lsquo\;s Top 10 Books of the Year. Kraus has won the Bram S toker Award\, Scribe Award\, two Odyssey Awards (for both \;Rotter s \;and \;Scowler)\, and has appeared multiple times as Library Guild selections\, and more.
\nKraus&rsquo\;s work has b een translated into over 25 languages. He lives with his partner in Chicag o. Visit him at \;danielkraus.com.
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