The Functional Nerds Podcast

Episode 451-With K. C. Alexander


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This week, Patrick and Tracy welcome K.C. Alexander – author of Nanoshock – SINless #2 and co-author (With Jason M. Hough) of Mass Effect: Andromeda: Nexus Uprising.
About Nanoshock – SINless #2: Being a mercenary isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Especially when Riko’s hard-won reputation has taken a hard dive into fucked. Now she’s fair game for every Tom, Dick and Blow looking to score some cred.
In this city, credibility means everything — there’s no room for excuses. She still doesn’t know what she did to screw up so badly, and chasing every gone-cold lead is only making it worse. Without help and losing ground fast, Riko has a choice: break every rule of the street on her search for answers… or die trying.
About Mass Effect: Andromeda: Nexus Uprising: They slept for hundreds of years, dreaming of a new home in the Andromeda Galaxy. When finally they awake, their dreams of peace are shattered. These colonists—turian, salarian, asari, human, and more*—face an uncharted galaxy and threats beyond understanding. The Nexus is the core from which the colonists will explore their new home. Yet even before the arks arrive, the massive space station sustains critical damage.
The entire mission is placed in jeopardy, and security director Sloane Kelly must reassert order while racing to identify the nature of the threat that faces them. If she fails, the Andromeda Initiative could crumble.
About K.C. Alexander: K. C. Alexander is the author of Necrotech and Nanoshock—transhumanist sci-fi called “a speed freak rush” by NYT bestseller Richard Kadrey and “slick, sharp and snarky” by NYT bestseller Chuck Wendig. She co-wrote Mass Effect: Andromeda: Nexus Uprising with NYT bestseller Jason M. Hough, Bioware’s first novelization for Mass Effect: Andromeda. Other credits consist of a short story to Fireside magazine and an essay for Uncanny’s Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction. Specialties include voice-driven prose, imperfect characters, and an inclination to defy expectations.
This week’s picks:

* K.C.: #1 The Show Must Go On: Queen + Adam Lambert – Documentary (Netflix)
* K.C.: #2 Somebody Feed Phil – (Netflix)
* Tracy: Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat: A Cookbook by Chrissy Teigen
* Patrick: The US vs John Lennon – Documentary (Prime)

Links:

* K.C. Alexander on Twitter
* Tracy Townsend on Twitter
* Patrick Hester on Twitter
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