Aja Gabel Angi Welsch Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment When Aja Gabel started writing her new novel over five years ago, she knew she had a really great idea. Her debut novel, 2018's The Ensemble, was a multi-narrator story about four friends trying to balance their dedication to the classical music industry and to each other; this time, she was going to lean into speculative fiction.