Author Interview: The Fall is All There Is by C. M. Caplan

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05/14/25 • 52 min

Your hosts welcome C.M. Caplan on to the podcast to chat about The Fall Is All There Is, book one in his scifi/fantasy trilogy Four of Mercies. They talk about his world building process, complicated family dynamics, and unsatisfying violence.

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Fiction Fans - Author Interview: The Fall is All There Is by C. M. Caplan

Transcript

Lilly00:00:04.756

And welcome to Fiction Fans, a podcast where we read books and other words too. I'm Lily.

Sara00:00:10.346

And I'm Sarah, and I'm so pleased to welcome back CM Kaplan onto the podcast to talk about the fall is all there is. It's nice to have you back on Connor.

Connor00:00:19.746

Yeah, it's always great to be on this podcast.

Lilly00:00:22.937

And for some