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Zero World

DO YOU LIKE ACTION I MEAN YEAH WHO DOESN’T THEN BOY HOWDY YOU GOTTA READ THIS.

I’m a bit of a Jason Hough fanboy. He just entertains the heck out of me. I loved his Dire Earth Cycle, and ZERO WORLD does it again.

There are science bits! Aliens! An interesting accounting system involving beer! But mostly reading a Jason Hough book is like SKPOW BAM KABLOOIE then whoa wait holy shit dude no augggh BOOM SPLORTCH EEK I can’t find my legs what happened to my legs SPAK THUNK CRUNCH hey wait are they gonna kiss now all riiiiight oh but pardon me is that a Death Zeppelin or KRAKA-CHOOM WHUMP SHLIK oh gods it’s that thing I told you about! RUN! RUN!

And then it gets really exciting.

I did blurb this a little more professionally than SKPOW BAM KABLOOIE in case you’re interested: “One hell of an entertaining read. Hough continues to deliver white-knuckle books anchored by unusual and fascinating characters. Zero World is a giant cup of pure badassery that secures his place among the finest sci-fi action writers today.”

But seriously: SKPOW BAM KABLOOIE.

Best thing? You get a Dire Earth novella for free at the end, which will introduce you to his Dire Earth Cycle if you’ve never checked that out before. Pre-order, my friends—it’s out August 18! Hunt the man down and get his signature! Behold: Handy linky-poos!

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You can also enter my contest! I have two signed ARCs of ZERO WORLD to give away to US addresses only. Send an email with the subject line ZERO WORLD CONTEST to kevin at kevinhearne dot com, maybe write something awesome in there like SKPOW BAM KABLOOIE, and you’re entered. Contest ends Friday. I’ll pick two random winners and mail the book!

BUT ALSO I have other books to give away. A hardcover copy of Nemesis Games by James S.A. Corey. (I ordered an extra one.) A bunch of slightly damaged copies of my books—nothing wrong with the insides, just slightly bent covers. I’ll sign those. Heck, I’ll sign Nemesis Games too. Anyway, if you don’t win Zero World you might win one of those.

Other great books to look out for/preorder: Lightless by C.A. Higgins and Wake of Vultures by Lila Bowen. I read early copies of those too and loved them!