BookPeople Presents: Leigh Bardugo - Dead Beat

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• Venue: First Baptist Church of Austin (Please note that there is no designated parking for this venue so if you do park, we recommend you follow all signage, warnings, and fees.)
• Run time: 45-60 minute discussion
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About the book:

Hell is empty and all the devils are here…

Alex Stern made it to hell and back more than once, but this time she left the door open behind her. Demons are creeping through the streets of New Haven and the Yale campus, feeding on the souls of the living, terrifying the dead. Alex and her allies can hunt them, but it’s only a matter of time before the gates to the underworld open and they face a war they cannot win. To stop it, they’ll have to reach deep into the secrets of Yale and its societies, and discover the truth hidden in Alex’s own blood.

While she struggles to hold onto the dream of a future Yale once offered, Alex must contend with the machinations of a corrupt Lethe Board and a deadly vampire with his own connection to the societies. But for the first time in her life, she won’t have to face the fight alone. Dawes, Turner, Mercy, and even Tripp will have a role to play, none more so than Alex’s mentor Darlington, the golden boy who lived so long in her head, now back in the flesh and cursed with dangerous powers of his own. Hell itself is stalking the delegates of Lethe House, and they’re all about to learn that demons don’t play by human rules.

About the author:

Leigh Bardugo is the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Familiar, The Invisible Parade, and the Ninth House trilogy. She is also the creator of the Grishaverse (now a Netflix original series) which spans the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, the King of Scars duology— and much more. Her short fiction has appeared in multiple anthologies, including The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. She lives in Los Angeles and is an associate fellow of Pauli Murray College at Yale University.

About the moderator:

Gabino Iglesias is a writer, journalist, professor, and literary critic living in Austin. He is the author of Zero Saints, Coyote Songs, and The Devil Takes You Home. His work has been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award three times, twice for the Locus Award, as well as the Shirley Jackson Award. His latest book is The House of Bone and Pain.

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