About this Event
Please welcome KATIE SHEPARD, ALI HAZELWOOD, & EHIGBOR OKOSUN to celebrate GOD OF THIEVES!
This event is free and open to the public.
- Start time: TIME P.M.
- Run time: 45-60 minutes, followed by a signing line.
- Location: Austin Central Library, Austin Public Library
The author will be signing and personalizing copies of their book after the speaking portion of the event.
- To get a book signed, a copy of the event book or an item of equal value must be purchased from BookPeople.
Guidelines:
- Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis and is not guaranteed.
- There will not be a live stream or recording available.
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About the book:
Two fated lovers are forced apart by a war between the gods in the epic conclusion to Katie Shepard’s USA Today bestseller The Younger Gods.
Previously dispatched by the gods to eliminate Iona Night-Singer, the former priestess leading the mortal rebellion, Taran instead fell in love with the little singer and turned his loyalties against the cruel gods’ rule. Embracing his divine power to break ancient laws and oaths, he has cracked the foundations of the immortal world to aid Iona’s struggle for mortal freedom…and shattered her understanding of the man she once loved and lost.
In the aftermath of their defiance, Taran and Iona find the Summerlands rotting and crumbling around their feet as the vengeful god Death escalates his campaign of destruction against the dwindling, corrupt pantheon whose defense Taran is now responsible for. By choosing to marry an immortal instead of leading the fight against the dead who have begun to rampage free of Death’s control, Iona fears that she is slowly abandoning every principle that led her to rebel, while Taran would let the divine world collapse back into the sea before risking Iona’s fragile mortal life in battle. In the end, he doesn’t have a choice; Iona becomes a willing hostage to Death in his Underworld citadel, leaving Taran to continue her war alone.
But if there’s one thing neither will sacrifice, it is their love. And Taran and Iona will do everything in their power to find their way back to each other again.
About the author:
Katie Shepard is, in no particular order, a fangirl, a gamer, a bankruptcy lawyer, and a romance author. Born and raised in Texas, she frequently escapes to Montana to commune with the trees and woodland creatures, resembling a Disney princess in all ways except age, appearance, and musical ability. When not writing or making white-collar criminals cry at their depositions, she enjoys playing video games in her soft pants and watching sci-fi shows with her husband, two children, and very devoted cat.
About the Moderators:
New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood is originally from Italy, lived in Japan and Germany, and eventually moved to the US to pursue a Ph.D. in Neuroscience. She was a professor for about three years, but in 2022 she quit to write full time. When she's not writing you can find her prowling around AO3, binge-watching shows with her three feline overlords (and almost equally feline husband), crocheting, or eating candy.
Ehigbor Okosun is an Austin-based author who writes speculative fiction for adult and young adult audiences. A British private school survivor turned Nigerian American immigrant, she hopes to do justice to the myths and traditions she was steeped in, and to honor her large, multiracial, and multiethnic family. She is a graduate of the University of Texas with degrees in Plan II Honors, neurolinguistics, and English, as well as chemistry and premedical studies, and was recently named a Cynthia Leitich Smith Writing Mentor Award finalist.
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Event venue & nearby stays
Austin Central Library, Austin Public Library, 710 West Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, United States
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