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Jim C. Hines is joining us today to talk about his novel, Kitemaster Here’s the publisher’s description: Nial Sarnin is twenty-one—far too young to have lost her beloved husband, Jika. One year after his death, Nial prepares to fly a kite sewn from his wedding shirt, believing it will carry Jika’s spirit to the stars. […]

Anson Joaquin is joining us today to talk about his novel, Infernal Age: Demon Gate. Here’s the publisher’s description: The end of technology and maybe of humanity itself. Demons (and magic) unleashed upon the Earth. The Mist meets a gritty prequel to The Elfstones of Shannara, The Infernal Age is a nail-biting take on the

Omar Hussain is joining us today to talk about his novel, A Thousand Natural Shocks. Here’s the publisher’s description: Memories define us. But who do we become if they disappear? Dash, a reporter in Monterey, California, is desperate to outrun his past. During the day, he investigates the reemergence of a long-dormant serial killer. At

Heather Tracy is joining us today to talk about her novel, Only a Chapter. Here’s the publisher’s description: “A call to change a lifetime… Clare O’Donnell is in a dead-end relationship with her girlfriend, until she receives a phone call that changes her life—literally. In one timeline, her biopsy results are positive for cancer. In

CJ Hosack is joining us today to talk about her novel, The Traveler’s Magic. Here’s the publisher’s description: The Library is dying. Ryn is finally working in the Ancestral Library, a childhood dream and a way to find her birth parentage. But the magic of the Library is being sabotaged, allowing pests, water damage and

LJ Cohen is joining us today to talk about her novel, A Litany for a Broken World Here’s the publisher’s description: A young girl’s disastrous first foray through the multiverse cleaves her from her family and abandons her in a homeless encampment, adrift in a world and a body not her own. A doctor struggling

Cory O’Brien is joining us today to talk about his novel, Two Truths and a Lie. Here’s the publisher’s description: In a mostly underwater near-future Los Angeles, aging combat-drone veteran Orr Vue now lives a simple and small life, trading snippets of what’s become the most valuable currency: information. So when the cops show up

Cory Doctorow is joining us today to talk about his novel, Picks and Shovels. Here’s the publisher’s description: New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow returns to the world of Red Team Blues to bring us the origin story of Martin Hench and the most powerful new tool for crime ever invented: the personal computer. The year is

Premee Mohamed is joining us today to talk about her collection of short stories, One Message Remains. Here’s the publisher’s description: Pageantry, pomp, pretense, and peril—”The General’s Turn,” originally published in The Deadlands, drew readers into the dark world of a ceremony where Death herself might choose to join the audience… or step onto the

Maya Gittelman is joining us today to talk about their novel, Why on Earth. Here’s the publisher’s description: What starts as a simple rescue mission for a crew of teen aliens to recover one of their own soon becomes an interstellar encounter no one will forget. Captain Iona is organizing an impromptu retrieval for her

Kristina W Kelly is joining us today to talk about her collection of poems, Imaginari. Here’s the publisher’s description: Imaginari is a book of sc-ifi, science, and fantasy poetry.  Paired with original color photography, this collection of poetry holds a glimpse of the human experience disguised in fairytales and stardust.  Step into lyrics of science,

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