Greta Kelly returns to Fictitious to talk about her new fantasy novel, THE QUEEN OF DAYS. We discuss its origin as a NaNoWriMo project, developing a tightly-contained fantasy setting, and maintaining emotional drama in a fast-paced heist story.
THE QUEEN OF DAYS is breakneck-paced fantasy adventure coming October 24th from Harper Voyager. Order it now at:
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About Greta Kelly
Greta K. Kelly is (probably) not a witch, death or otherwise, but she can still be summoned with offerings of too-beautiful-to-use journals and Butterfingers candy. She currently lives in Wisconsin with her husband EJ, daughters Lorelei and Nadia who are doing their level-best to take over the world.
Follow Greta KellyFrom Greta Kelly, the author of the Warrior Witch duology, comes The Queen of Days, an epic adventure that weaves together a flawed-but-lovable family of thieves, a battle between fallen gods, and stakes high enough to cause vertigo—perfect for fans of The Lies of Locke Lamora and Six of Crows.
For Balthazar and his family of thieves, stealing a statue during the annual celebration of the god Karanis was just a good bit of fun…or a way to stick it to the governor who murdered his parents. And yeah, the small fortune in reward doesn’t hurt—even if his boss also hired the mysterious Queen of Days to join the crew as “the weapon of last resort…”
Whatever that means.
But Bal doesn’t know the ceremony isn’t simply empty words and dusty tradition; it’s true magic. The kind of magic that rips open a portal for the god himself. Only the idol that Karanis planned on using for a body now lies broken at the Queen of Days’ feet. And half of it is missing.
With the aid of a lovable brawler, a society lady turned bomb maker, a disgraced soldier, and a time-eating demon, Bal must hunt down the missing half of the statue if he has any hope of earning his money, keeping his crew alive…and perhaps even saving all of humanity. But as his journey sends him racing through the city—and across realities—he discovers that doing all this might just doom the city.
The city be damned. It’s time to kill a god.
Caitlin Starling, LAST TO LEAVE THE ROOM author
Cassandra Khaw & Richard Kadrey, THE DEAD TAKE THE A TRAIN co-authors
James L. Sutter, rpg co-creator of PATHFINDER and STARFINDER; author of DARKHEARTS
Matt Wallace, SAVAGE CROWNS author
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Zen Cho, BLACK WATER SISTER author
Josh Malerman, GOBLIN author
Marissa Levien, THE WORLD GIVES WAY author
Marina Lostetter, THE HELM OF MIDNIGHT author
C. Robert Cargill, DAY ZERO author
Suyi Davies Okungbowa, SON OF THE STORM author
Genevieve Gornichec and Caitlin Starling, WALK AMONG US authors
Jackson Ford, EYE OF THE SH*T STORM author
J.S. Dewes, THE LAST WATCH author
Eli Brown, ODDITY author
Neal Shusterman, GAME CHANGER author
Sarah Beth Durst, THE BONE MAKER author
C.L. Clark, THE UNBROKEN author
T. Frohock, A SONG WITH TEETH author
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