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Brandon Crilly Author Of Catalyst

From Brandon's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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Brandon's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Brandon Crilly Why Brandon loves this book

An aged automaton, an angel looking for more and an investigator who feeds their worst memories to a *different* angel is an ensemble that's profoundly weird and deeply relatable, in a way that only A.C. Wise can pull off. Add a far future take on a world where gods are known, feared or tolerated and you have one of the most incredible stories I've read this year.

By A.C. Wise ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Out of the Drowning Deep as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

In the distant future, when mortals mingle with the gods in deep space, an out-of-date automaton, a recovering addict, and an angel race to solve the Pope's murder in an abandoned corner of the galaxy.


Dreamy, beautifully written science-fantasy novella, for fans of Martha Wells and This is How You Lose the Time War.


Scribe IV is an obsolete automaton living on the Bastion, a secluded monastery in an abandoned corner of the galaxy. When the visiting Pope is found murdered, Scribe IV knows he has very little time before the terrifying Sisters of the Drowned Deep rise up to…


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Book cover of Aggressor

Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

Book cover of Coyote Run

Brandon Crilly Author Of Catalyst

From Brandon's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author Educator Games writer Conference organizer

Brandon's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Brandon Crilly Why Brandon loves this book

Sometimes you just need to follow a bugf**k runner on a rescue op into fascist territory and watch her crack a few skulls. Actually, who am I kidding? We need stories like Saintcrow's all the time. This is the first of hers I've read and it won't be the last.

By Lilith Saintcrow ,

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1 author picked Coyote Run as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

In the first Amazing Tale of Antifascist Action, New York Times bestselling author Lilith Saintcrow serves up science fiction pulp in a North America fractured by drones, bioweapons, and ideology, giving us a heroine practically made out of violent resistance.


THE RUNNER

Just behind the front lines of a war they call 'civil', the shifter called Coyote is tough, fast, ugly-and known for taking jobs nobody else will.


THE JOB

Marge's sister is locked in a prison camp civilians shouldn't know about, deep in enemy territory. Rescuing her will take a plan made of weapons-grade insanity.


THE TRICK

To get…


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