The Big Idea: Kevin J. Anderson

You can’t have a duology without an enticing cliffhanger at the end of the first book, and thankfully New York Times Bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson managed to write the second installment in his Nether series, despite a broken ankle setting him back some. Journey through his writing (and speaking) process to see how Nether Vortex follows up on that suspenseful cliffhanger. KEVIN J. ANDERSON: I grew up as a wide-eyed kid, looking up at the stars with a Star Trekian wish to boldly go where no one has gone before. The universe was filled with a sense of wonder. But you know what? Space is also scary as hell! It’s infinitely cold, dark, empty, alone … filled with radiation, solar flares, and gravity wells (and that’s not even counting monsters, deadly aliens, or killer robots). In space, everything wants to kill you. It’s even worse than Australia. Science fiction horror should be a bigger thing. Just imagine being in a distant space station or an interstellar ship incredibly far…