{"product_id":"the-sixth-nik-by-daniel-kraus","title":"The Sixth Nik by Daniel Kraus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOTE: This title releases on June 23, 2026. If preordering, you may select pickup or delivery. Pickups can occur any time during normal business hours, which do not include Tuesdays. (So you'd be picking up a day later.) If you select delivery, books will ship ON release day, not FOR release day. Thanks for your understanding!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfectly aligned for readers of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIain M. Banks’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Culture series and Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”\u003cem\u003e,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sixth Nik\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a galaxy spanning adventure from the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ebestselling and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAngel Down\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhalefall.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eDeep into space, far past the triworld outposts, beyond range of the lethal trollbot internet, soars \u003cem\u003eThe Sickness\u003c\/em\u003e: a ship woven from biomatter and capable of reacting to every need of its human crew. Sisilla, a nine-year-old cultist with a brain enhanced by arcane tech known as “niks,” has boarded to investigate the enigma of Fém—a plague-riddled planet that has abruptly gone rogue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe mysterious crew includes a faceless assassin, a beautiful engineer jigsawed by plastic surgery, a peyote-addicted medic, and—most lethal of all—a rugged, NonModded captain with a score to settle with Sisilla. Other dangers abound. A hacked robot begins to believe Sisilla is its daughter. \u003cem\u003eThe Sickness\u003c\/em\u003e itself is mutating, possibly even pregnant. And the secret of Fém is more horrific than anyone could have imagined. To survive, Sisilla will need to forsake her predetermined fate and embrace \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe unknown.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woolly Bear Books and Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56674694922406,"sku":"9781668079478","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/4637\/7638\/files\/the-sixth-nik-9781668079478_lg.jpg?v=1781728917","url":"https:\/\/woollybearbooks.com\/products\/the-sixth-nik-by-daniel-kraus","provider":"Woolly Bear Books and Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}