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.
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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.
Claire Holroyde, THE EFFORT author
Eugen Bacon, THE ROAD TO WOOP WOOP author
Nicky Drayden, ESCAPING EXODUS: SYMBIOSIS author
Marshall Ryan Maresca, THE VELOCITY OF REVOLUTION author
M.A. Carrick, THE MASK OF MIRRORS author
C.M. Waggoner, THE RUTHLESS LADY'S GUIDE TO WIZARDRY author
B.B. Alston, AMARI AND THE NIGHT BROTHERS author
Joshua Phillip Johnson, THE FOREVER SEA author
Greta Kelly, THE FROZEN CROWN author
Cass Morris, GIVE WAY TO NIGHT author
Alexandra Monir, BLACK CANARY: BREAKING SILENCE author
Evie Green, WE HEAR VOICES author
Duncan Swan, MONSTRE VOLUME ONE author
Essa Hansen, NOPHEK GLOSS author
Alix E. Harrow, THE ONCE AND FUTURE WITCHES author
Leigh Bardugo, THE LIVES OF SAINTS author
Ryan Van Loan, THE SIN IN THE STEEL author
Andrea Stewart, THE BONE SHARD DAUGHTER author
Richard Kadrey, BALLISTIC KISS (Sandman Slim series) author
Peng Shepherd, THE BOOK OF M author
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