Kaiju Agonistes

Kaiju Agonistes by Scott Lynch is out now since June 29, 2026.

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Kaiju Agonistes Release Date: June 29, 2026

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It rises from the depths of the Pacific Ocean, awakened by the fallout of our atomic weapons! It terrorizes ships, islands, cities, and continents, but its actual motives might not be what we expect. As for what we do in response, we’re the human race! We’re not always the sharpest instruments in the drawer. The race against planetary destruction is on, and the skyscraper-sized monster from the stars might be the least of our real problems…

“Kaiju Agonistes” is a wry, cynical, darkly satiric sci-fi novelette from the pen of Scott Lynch, internationally best-selling author of The Lies of Locke Lamora, bringing the sharp dialogue and sarcastic wit he’s famous for. In this alternate history of the Cold War, a kaiju has a job to do- cities will be flattened, bridges will be knocked down, people will make bad decisions, and Richard Nixon will be subjected to vast amounts of undignified abuse. What more could one ask?

“Kaiju Agonistes,” originally published in the January 2025 issue of Uncanny Magazine, is a nominee for the 2026 Hugo Awards in the Best Novelette category. This Author’s Enhanced Edition includes not just an expanded text but an essay titled “Stealing Our Most Precious Hallucination,” in which Lynch discusses his writing process and the story’s relationship to the work of the late Clifford D. Simak.

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