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By Tristam Palmgren Published by Angry Robot Synopsis: Niccolucio, a young Florentine Carthusian monk, leads a devout life until the Black Death kills all of his brothers, leaving him alone and filled with doubt. Habidah, an anthropologist from another universe racked by plague, is overwhelmed by the suffering. Unable to maintain her observer neutrality, she saves Niccolucio from the brink of death. Habidah discovers that neither her home's plague nor her assignment on Niccolucio's world are as she's been led to believe. Suddenly the pair are drawn into a worlds-spanning conspiracy to topple an empire larger than the human imagination can contain. How did this book end up in my hands? A friend mentioned a book about an anthropologist from another planet coming to Earth to study the plague. It sounded intriguing but he didn’t remember neither title nor author. Thankfully, there is always someone on Twitter with an answer to all kinds of questions! Was it a pa...

Hi Tristan! First of all, I would like to congratulate you on the publication of Quietus . Can you please briefly tell us what it is about? A: Thank you, and thank you for having me! QUIETUS is a mashup of historical fiction and space opera, set in Europe during the Black Death. Dr. Habidah Shen, an anthropologist from another universe, has come to ours to find guidance for how her people should react to a plague ravaging her own worlds. When she finds Niccoluccio, a young Carthusian monk and the only survivor of his monastery, she is unable to maintain her neutrality and saves his life. Habidah discovers that neither her home's plague nor her assignment on Niccolucio's world are as she's been led to believe. Did you have the plot entirely figured out when you started writing or did it develop before your eyes as the characters grew on the page and did something that you were not expecting? A: It was a little of both. I outline my novels but, as time goes on and I ...