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The Cover of The Deep Sky, A Novel, by Yume Kitasei includes wavy strips reminiscent of plaents and a woodcut print of waves. In the center of the image are the feet and tail of a black bird taking flight.

The cover of The Stardust Grail, A Novel, by Yume Kitasei, Author of The Deep Sky, includes red clouds with elliptical openings revealing glowing tentacles in the center. A quote on the top right corner by Veronica Roth says "An Indiana Jones-syle outer space heist adventure."

The cover of Saltcrop, A Novel by Yume Kitasei, Author of The Deep Sky, depicts a smoth ocean with a sailboat crossing the horizon, overlaid by wavy strips of sky and a crescent moon in the top left.

An image of a rocket launching into the night sky, with silhouettes of people lined up along the water in the foreground watching. The text says: Envoy A Novel, Yume Kitasei, Author of the Deep Sky, and "Five astronauts. One killer." A post-it note over it says "Cover to come."

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Books to Check Out by Other Debut Authors

I've been reading my way through books by other debut authors. Check out my series of video reviews here:

Ep. 1: World Running Down by Al Hess

SFF/Rom adventure through dystopian Utah

Ep. 2: The Blue Bar by Damyanti Biswas

Tense, literary police procedural set in Mumbai

Ep. 3: The Tip Line by Vanessa Cuti

Intensely introspective literary thriller in the vein of a contemporary Sylvia Plath

Ep. 4: Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen

Rom com about rival matchmakers

Ep. 5: Liar, Dreamer, Thief by Maria Dong

Wild literary thriller that I fully can't describe just read it

Ep. 6: Endpapers by Jennifer Savran Kelly

Lit fic about a genderqueer bookbinder searching for the author of a mysterious letter

Ep. 7: Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsa

Contemporary paranormal adventure with a sweet romance

Ep. 8: The Night Begins by Abigail Taylor

Speculative/literary horror in rural Texas

Ep. 9: Maame by Jessica George

Coming of age story about a child of immigrants finally getting a chance to bloom

Ep. 10: We're All Lying by Marie Still

Thriller with a full ensemble of unreliable narrators

Ep. 11: Scourge Between Stars by Ness Brown

Fast-paced sci fi horror for fans of Alien

Ep. 12: Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

Twisty dystopian far-future sci fi adventure with time travel

Ep. 13: The Light of Eternal Spring by Angel di Zhang

Beautiful, spare, speculative fiction about love, loss, and family

Ep. 14: The First Bright Thing by J.R. Dawson

Found family, magic circuses, historical fiction, and time travel

Ep. 15: On Earth as It Is on Television by Emily Jane

Funny, poignant, rambunctious sci fi that evokes the fun of Douglas Adams

Ep. 16: The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi

A half-fable half-fantasy about a boy who goes into the desert to find water that could save his city

Ep. 17: Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torzs

Contemporary fantasy about two half sisters and libraries of magical books...written in blood

Ep. 18: Shoot the Moon by Isa Arsen

Speculative historical fiction about a woman working at NASA who finds a p

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