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November 17, 2019
The Publication of NULL SET
So this is what happens when you come home from a month of book promotion travel to a deadline on the third book and subsequently bury yourself in meeting said deadline — you completely forget to post the ACTUALFAX ACTUALNEWS of Book 2’s publication on your website!
NULL SET came out on July 9. Here’s the blurb:
Math-genius mercenary Cas Russell has decided to Fight Crime(tm). After all, with her extraordinary mathematical ability, she can neuter bombs or out-shoot an army. And the recent outbreak of viol...
June 4, 2019
ZERO SUM GAME is out in trade paperback!
Have you been waiting for Zero Sum Game to come out in paperback? Today’s the day!
And the sequel Null Set coming in just over a month…
March 8, 2019
New Release: THE VELA is out!
The first episode of the serial I’ve been writing with Yoon Ha Lee, Rivers Solomon, and Becky Chambers is now OUT! It’s called “A Leisurely Extinction” and you can read it here for free!
Subscribe to get the whole series as it comes out. You get both text and audio bundled for every episode — with the audio timed to be commute-length!
Not convinced? Here’s what people are saying:
“…nothing less than excellent, which is only to be expected from its writing team.” — Liz Bourke, Tor.com
“These a...
February 9, 2019
Upcoming Release: THE VELA is coming March 6 from Serial Box!
If you follow me elsewhere on the Interwebs, you’ve heard me going on about this: I’m one of the authors of an upcoming space opera from Serial Box called The Vela, along with Yoon Ha Lee, Rivers Solomon, and Becky Chambers! It’s a fast-paced space opera adventure with a super diverse cast and some very deep themes.
And now we have a COVER and a PUB DATE!
Head over to The Verge to see our cover reveal and an interview with the four of us! The Vela is coming MARCH 6 and you can preorder it now...
January 28, 2019
Book 2 of the Cas Russell Series: NULL SET
As announced at Barnes and Noble…
I realized that in the midst of all the Zero Sum Game publicity, I neglected to post this Very Important Bit of Amazing: the sequel has a cover!
And a TITLE!
Wot wot.
Null Set is coming to both stores and internets near you in the summer of 2019!
Oh, and for those of you who were following the series when it was self-published, this is a very significant rewrite of what was Plastic Smile (book 4 of the original editions). You may notice that there’s some res...
December 16, 2018
“The Woman Who Destroyed Us” chosen for Jonathan Strahan’s The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year
I’m delighted to announce that my novelette “The Woman Who Destroyed Us” has been chosen by editor Jonathan Strahan for The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Thirteen.
Check out the full table of contents here! I’m extraordinarily honored to be in a lineup with such brilliant folk.
December 3, 2018
2019 Appearances
Aaaaand it’s time to start a post about my 2019 meatspace apparances! Like the 2018 one, this post will be dynamically updated as I finalize my plans for various events.
February: BOSTON. I have an event at MIT on February 14, and then am at Boskone (February 15-17). Schedule TBA! March: HONG KONG. I’m a guest at Melon on March 23, 2019.More to come!
October 12, 2018
Two More Giveaways
Haven’t gotten your copy of Zero Sum Game yet? Two more giveaways are happening, giving away a total of TEN copies!
Bookish giveaway (5 copies) Book Smugglers main site giveaway (4 copies) Book Smugglers Instagram giveaway (1 copy)October 2, 2018
ZERO SUM GAME is Out in the World!
* SOUNDS KLAXONS *
The Tor re-release of Zero Sum Game is OUT OUT OUT OUT today! today! today!
You can get it in hardcover! Ebook! Audio read by Lauren Fortgang! It’s a “book of the month” at both Barnes and Noble and Amazon! GO GO GO LITTLE BOOK GO!
What Other People Say…
“The best novel I’ve read this year; a heroine I fell in love with.”—Eric Van Lustbader, #1 New York Timesbestselling author
“Cas Russell is who I want to be when I grow up. She kicks ass with her fists and her brain—a tru...
September 29, 2018
Download the #FearlessWomen Sampler Free!
Tor is releasing a #FearlessWomen sampler with excerpts from all of the following books:
Vengeful by V.E. Schwab Zero Sum Game by S.L. Huang The Phoenix Empress by K Arsenault Rivera Terran Tomorrow by Nancy Kress Horizon by Fran Wilde City of Broken Magic by Mirah BolenderHey look one of those is by me! Go here to download the sampler for free!