Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, David Deane Haskell, joins me to talk about his book, The Solarian Deep.
What’s it about?
Below the city’s light, at the edge of the abyss where sentinels don’t go, Calistya sees a boy. No oxygen rig. No surgical scars. No implants. Just skin, and something about him that shouldn’t be possible.
He shouldn’t exist. Then he’s gone.
When her best friend Khrystal vanishes into the abyss chasing the same impossible truth, Calistya faces a choice: stay safe inside a city that was never quite home — or dive deeper than her gear was ever designed to reach.
Down in the dark, she’ll discover that evolution didn’t wait for surgery.
And whatever came first is still down there. Watching.
Where to get the book:
Amazon: mybook.to/solariandeep
From the Author: https://daviddeanehaskell.com
Where to find our guest:
Newsletter/Blog: https://daviddeanehaskellstories.substack.com
Where to find your host:
Melinda’s website: melindakucsera.com/
Hi, I’m indie fantasy author, Melinda Kucsera, and in this episode, David Deane Haskell, joins me to talk about his book, The Solarian Deep.
What’s it about?
Below the city’s light, at the edge of the abyss where sentinels don’t go, Calistya sees a boy. No oxygen rig. No surgical scars. No implants. Just skin, and something about him that shouldn’t be possible.
He shouldn’t exist. Then he’s gone.
When her best friend Khrystal vanishes into the abyss chasing the same impossible truth, Calistya faces a choice: stay safe inside a city that was never quite home — or dive deeper than her gear was ever designed to reach.
Down in the dark, she’ll discover that evolution didn’t wait for surgery.
And whatever came first is still down there. Watching.
Where to get the book:
Amazon: mybook.to/solariandeep
From the Author: https://daviddeanehaskell.com
Where to find our guest:
Newsletter/Blog: https://daviddeanehaskellstories.substack.com
Where to find your host:
Melinda’s website: melindakucsera.com/
