Mary Robinette Kowal

Sara Codair is joining us today to talk about their novel, Junk Junction. Here’s the publisher’s description: Lonely non-binary 12-year-old Edi has collected antiques and ghost stories for as long as they can remember. Some old objects buzz with history, and when Edi touches them, they see fragments of the item’s story. But are the […]

Gideon Marcus is joining us today to talk about his novel, Hyvilma. Here’s the publisher’s description: Under attack! The flight back to Hyvilma should have been the easy part for the crew of the Majera–until a deadly ambush by pirates sends them reeling through hyperspace. Now getting to the planet in time is the only way

Julia Vee & Ken Babelle are joining us today to talk about their novel, Ebony Gate. Here’s the publisher’s description: Emiko Soong belongs to one of the eight premier magical families of the world. But Emiko never needed any magic. Because she is the Blade of the Soong Clan. Or was. Until she’s drenched in

Josh Rountree is joining us today to talk about his novel, The Legend of Charlie Fish. Here’s the publisher’s description: As always, Floyd Betts rides into town alone. He arrives for his father’s funeral, but he is returning to Galveston, Texas, with two orphaned siblings he has rescued. Nellie, who is descended from a long

Sheila Jenne is joining us today to talk about her novel, Black Sails to Sunward. Here’s the publisher’s description: In a world of frock coats, solar sails, and rigid class boundaries, Lucy joins the Martian Imperial Navy as a midshipman. Mars and Earth are at war, and Lucy hopes for quick promotion. But when she

Reese Hogan is joining us today to talk about his novel, My Heart is Human. Here’s the publisher’s description: It’s been nine years since the government banned all technology. So when Joel Lodowick, a young transgender father struggling to support his five year-old daughter, has an old bionic upload itself into his head, he is

Stephen Aryan is joining us today to talk about his novel, The Judas Blossom. Here’s the publisher’s description: 1260, Persia: Due to the efforts of the great Genghis Khan, the Mongol Empire covers a vast portion of the known world. In the shadow of his grandfather, Hulagu, ruler of the Ilkhanate, is determined to create

Kemi Ashing-Giwa is joining us today to talk about her novel, Splinter In The Sky. Here’s the publisher’s description: The dust may have settled on the war between the Holy Vaalbaran Empire and the Ominirish Republic, but that means little to a lowly scribe like Enitan Ijebu. Following the Vaalbaran annexation of their moon Koriko,

Robin C.M. Duncan is joining us today to talk about his novel, The Carborundum Conundrum. Here’s the publisher’s description: Quirk and Moth have avoided killing each other long enough to solve another case. They decide on a local job next, and take up the search for a missing scientist. How could Quirk know this new

Liz Kerin is joining us today to talk about her novel, Night’s Edge. Here’s the publisher’s description: Liz Kerin’s Night’s Edge is a sun-drenched novel about the darkest secrets we hide and how monstrous we can be to the ones we love most. Having a mom like Izzy meant Mia had to grow up fast.

Kritika H. Rao is joining us today to talk about her novel, The Surviving Sky. Here’s the publisher’s description: High above a jungle-planet float the last refuges of humanity—plant-made civilizations held together by tradition, technology, and arcane science. Here, architects are revered deeply, with humanity’s survival reliant on a privileged few. If not for their

J.R. Dawson is joining us today to talk about their novel, The First Bright Thing. Here’s the publisher’s description: Ringmaster — Rin, to those who know her best — can jump to different moments in time as easily as her wife, Odette, soars from bar to bar on the trapeze. And the circus they lead