This week on the podcast, Patrick and Tracy welcome Frances White, author of THE BONE DOOR.

About THE BONE DOOR: When Hop awakens in an ancient labyrinth, he has no memory of his life, or how he got here. He does not recognise the mysterious girl trapped with him. And he certainly cannot identify the shadowy figure stalking him, whispering terrible things…

But there is one thing he is certain of: He must escape.

The only way out of the labyrinth is through The Bone Door. But it lies behind a series of locked doors hidden across an array of strange realms. To open the way, Hop must complete impossible tasks before his time runs out.

As Hop travels deeper into the maze, he discovers that he and his companions may be more connected to the place and its horrors than he could ever imagine.

Unless Hop is able to unravel the true mystery of the labyrinth, and his own role within it, the Bone Door and any hope of escape will be lost forever.

About Frances White: Frances White is the award winning and internationally bestselling author of Voyage of the Damned and The Bone Door. Born in Leicester and now a Nottingham resident, Frances is a creative writing graduate from Royal Holloway University of London. She has a soft spot for writing unlikely, flawed, messy heroes, blurring the genre lines, and loves mixing humour and heartbreak. Frances is passionate about bringing more LGBTQIA+ representation and fat positivity into fantasy. When not writing, she can be found sewing costumes for conventions or researching obscure historical facts. She has two cats, Apollo and Hermes, who she dutifully serves.

This week’s picks:

• Frances: Two-Point Museum (Game)
• Tracy: Sounds Fishy (Big Potato Games)
• Patrick: Attack on Titan (Anime)

Links:

• Frances White on Instagram
• Tracy Townsend on BluSky
• Patrick Hester on Instagram
• The Functional Nerds Patreon Page

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