We are, oh god, just a week away from the October 30th release of the Alice Isn't Dead novel.

I present to you now the final novel excerpt that will go on this podcast feed,

although there will be a special surprise that I'll put up on the book release day next week.

This excerpt comes from fairly late in the novel, so if you haven't heard the podcast and

don't know the answer to some of the mysteries, there's definitely some spoilers here.

I hope to see all of you at the 18th City Book Tour starting with a free book launch event in

Brooklyn and ending in December in New Jersey and making a big circle of the entire country in

the month between most of these events are free or free with purchase of the book and there are a lot

of fun. Alice isn't dead.com for the schedule of those. I'm gonna let you behind the curtain

and talk to you a little bit about the industry for a second. Basically, like a lot of art,

the fate of a novel is decided by the first week of its sales. So if you are interested in

this story, please consider pre-ordering now or buying it the first week it comes out. Okay,

let's hear chapter 46 in its entirety. And that's where they found the baby.

Said Lucy, her eye shifting right to see how Alice was taking it, or at least what was left of her.

Jesus said Alice. Nope, not even he could save them. They were quiet for a long time.

That's horrible, but I can't do it. Said Alice, I can't. You could kill her if you don't.

Anything could kill her. Only one person can love her.

Lucy kept bringing reports of families of employees targeted by thistle.

Held hostage in exchange for information or sabotage. Or sometimes just lauderd, fed to thistle's

hunger. The message was clear. Keisha was Alice's family. And her employment was putting Keisha in

danger. None of these stories were true exactly, but Lucy justified this to herself by thinking

that Keisha could well be in danger. Anyone could be. Certainly this was a dangerous job.

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