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Revealing Blight (The Sleep Of Reason #2)

The cover for Blight (The Sleep Of Reason Book 2) by Rachel A. Rosen. A stormy ocean scene with a submarine. If you zoomed in real close you would see a tiny person on the submarine. It's beaming orange light. It's dwarfed by massive tentacles made of bone.
The cover for Blight (The Sleep Of Reason Book 2) by Rachel A. Rosen. A stormy ocean scene with a submarine. If you zoomed in real close you would see a tiny person on the submarine. It's beaming orange light. It's dwarfed by massive tentacles made of bone.
it's a me! Middle aged white woman with a punk haircut in a tanktop and kilt, standing on a pile of rubble.


“They would have you believe all hope is lost. So let them see what it looks like when we fight without hope.”

I’m so excited to share the cover for Blight (The Sleep Of Reason #2). It’s the sequel to Cascade, and follows the surviving characters as they struggle to navigate a new, post-disaster world shaped by feral magic, demons, and tyranny.

The cover illustration is by the fabulous Marten Norr. You can find more of his work at Flower Prince Draws.

As for the book itself—it will be released in Spring 2025 through The BumblePuppy Press. Can’t wait that long to read it? You can reach me through my contact page for an Advance Review Copy, or just wait for the ARC signup sheet that I’ll be posting soon.

If you haven’t read Cascade yet, what are you waiting for? I’m so excited for you to read Blight, but it’ll make much more sense if you read Cascade first. You can buy it anywhere online or through the publisher.

Praise for Cascade:

“A near-perfect blend of implacable horror, gallows humor, and ecological apocalypse.” — Peter Watts, author of Blindsight

“Finally, an urban fantasy that kills the cop — and the rest of the government — in your head. Relentlessly radical and often hilarious, Cascade will change the way you look at magic, and the state, forever.” — Nick Mamatas, author of The Second Shooter

Advance praise for Blight:

“Suffused with masterful horror and black humour and compassion for its beleaguered and all-too-human characters, this spellbinding chronicle of leviathanic magic, political intrigue, and righteous insurrection hurls a molotov cocktail at the evil lurking in humanity’s banal appetites for control.” — Dale Stromberg, author of Maej

 “Rosen is a daring voice in Canadian SFF, and she’ll break your heart while making you laugh.” — Michelle Browne, author of Meaning Wars

“Rosen’s ability to create such a beautifully vivid picture of a vicious world as it slowly chokes to death is simply breathtaking.” — Rohan O’Duill, author of Cold Blooded

“A worthy sequel to an epic ecofantasy. The world’s on fire, it’s time to lick our wounds and start putting it back together.” — Zilla Novikov, author of Query

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Happy Solstice!

A chaotic scene of the Festival of Lights in Kensington Market. Surrounded by various performers in costumes and animal masks and illuminated by both lanterns and magic, the three main characters, Maya (mid-20s, female, Tamil, wearing thick black glasses), Ian (late-40s male, white, very thin and in black-and-white), and Jonah (mid-40s, Métis, at the lead of the group urging the rest of them on) are moving through the crowd.

I’m sharing once again my favourite scene from Blight, which takes place at the Kensington Festival of Lights in Toronto.

“But this was what people always did, in the darkest season—huddle together for warmth and convince themselves that the dawn would come again.”

Dear friends, may you kick at the darkness until it bleeds daylight.

Art by Masivart on IG.

A bigger announcement is coming soon!

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Guest appearance on Writing and Editing

Logo for Writing and Editing, hosted by Jennia D'Lima. Mainly purple with a laptop, paper, a purse, pen, and headphones.

Would you like to hear me rattle on about book design? I did a guest spot on the Writing and Editing podcast with Jennia D’Lima, talking about what authors should consider when commissioning cover designs.