The Downloaded 2 wins the Aurora!
by Rob - August 11th, 2026.Filed under: Uncategorized. Tagged as: Aurora, Auroras, Awards, Canadian SF, Milestones.
My The Downloaded 2: Ghosts in the Machine just won this year’s Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Award (“the Aurora”) for Best Novel of the Year!
I’m absolutely thrilled — and so is the lead narrator of the Audible Originals audio version, Academy Award-winner Brendan Fraser (pictured are Brendan and me during the recording sessions).
The best-novel ballot this year was absolutely spectacular:
- The Bewitching, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey
- Blight, Rachel A. Rosen, The BumblePuppy Press
- Direct Descendant, Tanya Huff, DAW Books
- The Downloaded 2: Ghosts in the Machine, Robert J. Sawyer, Audible Originals/Shadowpaw Press
- Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales, Heather Fawcett, Del Rey
- A Shift of Time, Julie E. Czerneda, DAW Books
- Written on the Dark, Guy Gavriel Kay, Viking Canada
You can see the nominees and winners in the other categories here:
https://www.csffa.ca/aurora-archives-home/2026-aurora-awards/
And CBC Books has a fabulous article about this year’s winners:
More about The Downloaded 2: Ghosts in the Machine:
And you can get the terrific Audible Originals audibook or the wonderful Shadowpaw Press print or ebook editions here:
EBOOK:
TRADE PAPERBACK:
Autographed Copies Directly From Me:
My Book Tour Partners:
The science-fiction bookstore I used to work at (I’ll be autographing their pre-orders):
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FREE ON AUDIBLE:
If you have a premium Audible Account, The Downloaded 2: Ghosts in the Machine is free — no Audible credit required! (If you have the new “Standard” account, you can get it for one credit.)
- Canada: https://www.audible.ca/pd/The-Downloaded-2-Ghosts-in-the-Machine-Audiobook/B0FNRYLF6L
- US: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Downloaded-2-Ghosts-in-the-Machine-Audiobook/B0FNRXBKG1
- UK: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Downloaded-2-Ghosts-in-the-Machine-Audiobook/B0FNRXT971
- Australia: https://www.audible.com.au/pd/The-Downloaded-2-Ghosts-in-the-Machine-Audiobook/B0FNRZM6YW
- And in other Audible markets worldwide!
