The Sixth Nik
$41.57
- Hardcover
464 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2026
Summary
Perfectly aligned for readers of Iain M. Banks’s The Culture series and Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”, The Sixth Nik is a galaxy spanning adventure from the New York Times bestselling and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Angel Down and Whalefall.
Deep into space, far past the triworld outposts, beyond range of the lethal trollbot internet, soars The Sickness: a ship woven from biomatter and capable of reacting to …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781668079478 |
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| ISBN-10: | 166807947X |
| Author: | Daniel Kraus |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Saga Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 624g |
| Dimensions: | 38mm x 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“A bold, utterly propulsive masterpiece.” – Eric LaRocca, author of Wretch
“The redefinition of body horror. People will tell you this book is like drugs. The truth is that it is drugs.” – Meg Elison, Philip K. Dick Award- and Locus Award-winning author of Number One Fan
Daniel Kraus
Daniel Kraus is a New York Times bestselling writer of novels, TV, and film. His novel Angel Down was the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner, a New York Times Top 10 Book of the year, 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 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist, and was named a Best Book of Year by NPR, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and more.
With Guillermo del Toro, he coauthored The Shape of Water, based on the same idea the two created for the Oscar-winning film. Also with del Toro, Kraus coauthored Trollhunters, which was adapted into the Emmy Award–winning Netflix series. He cowrote The Living Dead and Pay the Piper with legendary filmmaker George A. Romero.
Kraus’s The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch was named one of Entertainment Weekly’s Top 10 Books of the Year. Kraus has won the Bram Stoker Award, Scribe Award, two Odyssey Awards (for both Rotters and Scowler), and has appeared multiple times as Library Guild selections, and more. Kraus’s work has been translated into over twenty-five languages. He lives with his partner in Chicago.
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