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Lavanya Lakshminarayan is joining us today to talk about her novel, Interstellar MegaChef. Here’s the publisher’s description: Stepping off a long-haul star freighter from Earth, Saras Kaveri has one bag of clothes, her little flying robot Kili… and an invitation to compete in the galaxy’s most watched, most prestigious cooking show. Interstellar MegaChef is the showcase of […]

Maurice Broaddus is joining us today to talk about his novel, Breath of Oblivion. Here’s the publisher’s description: Maurice Broaddus returns with Breath of Oblivion, the second book in his Astra Black trilogy, which explores the struggles of an empire. Epic in scope and intimate in voice, it follows members of the Muungano Empire–a far-reaching coalition

Alex Kingsley is joining us today to talk about their novel, Empress of Dust. Here’s the publisher’s description: Harvard is small, anxious, and plagued by a constant tremor, which is not an ideal combination for a desert scavenger. He and his crew are under constant threat of desertwalker attacks, and Harvard is nearly useless against

Jelena Dunato is joining us today to talk about her novel, Ghost Apparent. Here’s the publisher’s description: Betrayed, deposed and presumed dead. When her father is killed in a bloody coup and her uncle seizes the city, Orsiana pleads for help with the only power still willing to listen, unaware that the gods will use

Cat Rambo is joining us today to talk about their novel, Rumor Has it. Here’s the publisher’s description: The crew of the You Sexy Thing navigates the aftermath of facing down a pirate king and the relationships that they have created with one another in Cat Rambo’s action adventure science fiction Rumor Has It, the third book in the

Kristy Gardner is joining us today to talk about her novel, The Stars Inside Us. Here’s the publisher’s description: She’ll burn it to the ground… The ashes have settled since Calay’s harrowing escape back to Earth, but the threat from the Others-and humanity itself-hasn’t. After surviving devastating losses and impossible choices, Calay drags herself to

Heather Tracy is joining us today to talk about the anthology she edited (and wrote in), Fiery Deeps. Here’s the publisher’s description: “Fire is Power! Quest to the heart of the earth, cross flaming rivers, and brave the fire with our heroes to discover unlimited strength! From fantastic underground cities, to superheroes, to magic of

Carmen Loup is joining us today to talk about their omnibus, The Audacity. Here’s the publisher’s description: May’s humdrum life is flung into hyperdrive when she’s rescued from an alien abduction by Xan, an alien with a fondness for ‘I Love Lucy’ who lives on The Audacity. But when Chaos incarnate decides to turn Earth

Ursula Whitcher is joining us today to talk about their novel, North Continent Ribbon. Here’s the publisher’s description: On Nakharat, every contract is a ribbon and every ribbon is a secret, braided tight and tucked behind a veil. Artificial intelligence threatens the tightly-woven network. Stability depends on giving each machine a human conscience–but the humans

A.Z. Rozkillis is joining us today to talk about her novel, Space Station X. Here’s the publisher’s description: Will the space station bring them together or destroy them? Engineer Jax ran away to the farthest space station from Earth in the galaxy. It’s nothing more than a pitstop, frequented only by those looking to get

Neal Holtschulte is joining us today to talk about his novel, Crew of Exiles Here’s the publisher’s description: A bitter transcendent being. A naive gamer with no extra lives. A discarded human shell. The last people left on Earth. In 2500 A.D. an immortal has ended its own life. Beryl, a misanthropic transcendent being, is

Michael J. DeLuca is joining us today to talk about his novel, The Jaguar Mask. Here’s the publisher’s description: Felipe K’icab doesn’t know who he is. He only knows he was born different than his human family, and he can’t relax unless he’s blasting reggaeton in his cab weaving through the streets of Guatemala City.