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Karina Sumner-Smith is the author of the Towers Trilogy from Talos Press: Radiant (Sept 2014), Defiant (May 2015), and Towers Fall (Nov 2015). In addition to novel-length work, Karina has published a range of science fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories that have been nominated for the Nebula Award, reprinted in several Year’s Best anthologies, and translated into Spanish and Czech. She lives in Ontario with her husband and a small dog.

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	The Living Dead 2 (The Living Dead, #2) by Robert Kirkman, Seth Lindberg, Walter Greatshell (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 2,442 ratings — published 2010 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Radiant (Towers Trilogy, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 1,184 ratings — published 2014 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Defiant (Towers Trilogy, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 438 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Towers Fall (Towers Trilogy, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 265 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best New Horror 22 (The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #22) by Stephen Jones (Editor), Richard L. Tierney (Contributor), Karina Sumner-Smith (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.64 avg rating — 256 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Come Join Us by the Fire by Theresa DeLucci (Editor), China Miéville (Goodreads Author), Victor LaValle 3.56 avg rating — 233 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sum Of Us: Tales of the Bonded and Bound by Susan Forest (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lucas K. Law (Editor), Ian Creasey (Contributor) 3.84 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When the Zombies Win by Karina Sumner-Smith (Goodreads Author), Ramón de Ocampo (Narrator) 3.22 avg rating — 86 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Children of Magic by Martin H. Greenberg (Editor), Kerrie L. Hughes (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brenda Cooper (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.63 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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RADIANT a Kindle Daily Deal!

Good news for some of you with RADIANT on your to-read list -- today it's a Kindle Daily Deal in the US and Canada! Grab a copy for $1.99.

And huge thanks to everyone who's read and reviewed the book so far. I know reviewers don't post for authors -- but I’m very grateful for your honest thoughts and comments nonetheless.

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“This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It’s like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety. Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings. It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony. I use short sentences. And I use sentences of medium length. And sometimes, when I am certain the reader is rested, I will engage him with a sentence of considerable length, a sentence that burns with energy and builds with all the impetus of a crescendo, the roll of the drums, the crash of the cymbals–sounds that say listen to this, it is important.”
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