The 2025 Summer Based Book Sale

All Titles Free or $0.99; Running Through Tuesday June 24

Jun 18, 2025

Welcome to Summer!

It’s time to take a break from your daily routine and especially from corporate culture and get some great based books from both established and emerging talent for only $0.99 – many titles free – but only for one week!

With about 300 based books on the shelf to browse including over a hundred new to the trove, there’s something for for every seeker of truth and tale. So unpouch your scrystone, or a “computer,” if your arcane aptitude is still in its infancy, settle into your favorite scrying chair, and begin the scroll.

The sale starts today, Wednesday June 18, 2025, and it runs through Tuesday June 24, 2025.

What is a “based” book?

based [ beyst ] / beɪst / adjective
1. Well-grounded, resting upon a firm foundation.
2. Principled, devoted to fixed standards, especially in defiance of conventional wisdom.
3. Rejecting politically correct attitudes and celebrating nonconformity with woke opinion.
4. Committed to upholding and advancing the good, the beautiful, and the true.
antonyms: debased, cringe, woke

Read on to discover some great based books!

New Arrivals in Drama, Mystery, and Westerns

The Wise of Heart
Hans G. Schantz

Biology vs. “Gender”

Fully funded on Kickstarter, then cancelled and re-platformed on FundMyComic. Featured on Fox News, The Blaze, and Bounding Into Comics. Finally Available in Print. What’s The Wise of Heart all about?

He wanted to test the new Gender Awareness in Academia (GAIA) Act, but high-school biology teacher, Mike Andrews got more than he bargained for.
Arrested and thrown in jail for the crime of teaching the biology of sex determination and for refusing to affirm a student’s gender identity, Mike faces a show trial amid a media circus.
Who can he trust?
The school superintendent who set him up?
His defense attorney who shares a secret history with the prosecutor?
His girlfriend who may not have his best interests in mind?
Her mother who is out to destroy him?
Mike will have to learn that winning the game sometimes requires writing your own rules, and success comes only to
The Wise of Heart.

The Wise of Heart updates the classic real-life courtroom drama of science versus religion to the present day, showing the conflict between science and the academic thought police.

He that troubleth his owne house, shall inherite the wind:
and the foole shall be servant to the wise of heart. Proverbs 11:29

Review of The Wise of Heart from this month’s issue of Culture War Magazine.

King Solomon's Mines (Allan Quatermain Series, Unabridged and Illustrated)
by H. Rider Haggard

King Solomon's Mines (1885) is a popular novel by the English Victorian adventure writer and fabulist Sir H. Rider Haggard. It tells of a search of an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain for the missing brother of one of the party. It is the first English adventure novel set in Africa, and is considered to be the genesis of the Lost World literary genre.

Allan Quatermain is a hunter. Lions, elephants, antelope. Fearless, he is the best big-game hunter in South Africa. And he is about to embark on the most dangerous hunt of his career. His new employers, Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good, have a map--drawn by a dying Portuguese prospector. It reveals a route across the great desert, past a fearsome range of mountain, to the greatest treasure in all Africa--the lost diamond mines of King Solomon himself! Inspired by true adventures, King Solomon's Mines is the unsurpassed classic of a journey into the unknown heart of the Dark Continent.

Shadow in the Woods (Monsters in the Green Mountains)
by J.P. Choquette

What Castle Rock does for Maine, Monsters in the Green Mountains does for Vermont.

Six go into the woods. Three come out.

Addie Preston, a new mental health counselor, is flattered when her colleague asks her to co-lead an intensive Ecotherapy weekend for a small group of clients. The band of six head into the remote trails of the Green Mountains.

As a storm engulfs the area, the group takes refuge in a cave off of the trail. No one is prepared for what they will discover. Or what will discover them.

Readers of books by authors like H.P. Lovecraft and John Saul will enjoy this twisty-turning, supernatural survival story set in the remote wilderness. Occult horror fans looking for an edge-of-your-seat suspense minus most of the gore will find a perfect fit with this, the second in the "Monsters in the Green Mountains," series.

What is real and what is folklore? Are monsters like Bigfoot still alive in the deepest areas of Vermont's Green Mountains, or just characters in stories told around the campfire? Folk legends come to life in this heart rate-accelerating suspense mystery novel by J.P. Choquette.

Captain Blood
by Rafael Sabatini

An Epic Tale of Adventure, Justice, and Romance
Captain Blood is a swashbuckling masterpiece that tells the story of Peter Blood, a physician turned pirate, whose life is irrevocably changed when he is unjustly accused of treason. Set against the backdrop of the 17th-century Caribbean, this thrilling novel combines action, wit, and a quest for justice.

The Plot
After being wrongfully convicted and sold into slavery in the West Indies, Peter Blood escapes his chains and becomes the captain of a notorious pirate ship. Using his brilliance and courage, he navigates the high seas, outsmarts formidable foes, and fights for freedom and redemption. Amidst his daring exploits, Blood grapples with his growing feelings for Arabella Bishop, the niece of a cruel plantation owner, leading to a tale of romance entwined with peril.

Key Themes

Justice and Redemption: Blood’s transformation from a wronged man to a pirate hero showcases his quest for justice and personal honor.
Adventure on the High Seas: Packed with naval battles, daring escapes, and clever strategies, the novel captures the spirit of piracy and adventure.
Love and Loyalty: The relationship between Blood and Arabella adds depth and emotional resonance to the story.

Why Read Captain Blood?
Rafael Sabatini’s rich prose, compelling characters, and thrilling plot make Captain Blood an enduring classic of adventure literature. It is a must-read for those who love tales of courage, romance, and the triumph of the human spirit.

Making a Better World
by Michael Lacoy

From the author of The Mystical Adventures of Stavros Papadakis comes a comic novel about family, faith, and second chances.

Oscar Perilloux, a middle-age widower and cash-strapped artist, is trying to be good: a good father, a good brother, a good son. But it’s not easy. His conniving, ne’er-do-well mother has just been kicked out of a retirement home and needs a place to live. His rich, egomaniacal brother is dating the woman he secretly desires. And his seven-year-old daughter, whose innocence Oscar is trying mightily to preserve, is becoming more and more interested in the grown-up world. Meanwhile, Oscar’s childhood pal, whose life reached its high-point in high school, becomes the object of a social-media firestorm that threatens to destroy the harmony of their idyllic New Hampshire hometown.

A mix of satire and romance, family drama and social commentary, the novel touches on a number of today’s hot-button issues: internet cancel culture, woke capital, the crisis in the Catholic Church, the treatment of the elderly, and the raising of children. Witty and big-hearted, Making a Better World takes a playful look at the way we live now.

Deep Penetration
by Elci Tate

This book goes where most won’t—into the real body of awakening.

Deep Penetration is a powerful story of transformation—told through the raw, intimate experience of one woman’s awakening.

It’s spiritual.
It’s emotional.
It’s erotic.

If you’re drawn to spiritual awakening, personal growth, or emotional healing—but tired of books that stay on the surface—this one goes deep.

Part One dives into the moment everything changes—when the life you were living no longer fits, and something new starts rising.
Part Two returns with clarity and strength, showing what it means to come back to yourself fully.

This is not about becoming perfect.
It’s about becoming real.

If you’re holding this book, you’re already in the middle of it.
You didn’t find it by accident.
It found you—because it’s time.

The One-Minute Mysteries of Inspector Gerard: The Ultimate Flatfoot
by Tyler James Cook (Author), Alexander Henderson (Preface)

Ever noticed how "Two-Minute Mysteries" always contain the most inane, unlikely solutions? So did writer and musician Tyler James Cook, who grew weary of solutions like, "He couldn't have stolen it, because he can't put his left hand in his right pocket." Balderdash!

In the spirit of those mysteries, Cook created Inspector Gerard, a grizzled, film noir detective from Aurora, Illinois. Gerard sees the clues no one else sees--including the reader.

For the first time ever, here are collected all of Cook's classic tales, from the first pencil-and-paper drafts of a chubby high school junior, through the longer-form Gerard adventures Cook wrote as a student at the University of South Carolina.

Gerard always solves the case--even his own murder. That's why he's the Ultimate Flatfoot.

Did YOU figure it out?

The Deepest Cut (Clara Verona Cold War Thrillers Book 1)
by Bowen Greenwood

Betrayed. Hunted. Accused of murder.

It's 1982. Cold War rages between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Clara Verona sneaks into Central America to infiltrate a violent group of Marxist revolutionaries. But when her contact is murdered and Clara's pistol is used to kill him, she finds herself running for her life, hunted for a crime she didn't commit. When she calls for help, the only result is more cops on her tail. Someone on the inside sold her out.

Victor Isaac used to be an elite Panamanian special forces officer, but an operation went terribly wrong on his watch. Now he's stuck hassling drunks on the night shift. Called to the scene of a murder, the crime sets off every one of his alarm bells. But the closer he comes to catching the killer, the more obvious it becomes that everything is not as it seems.

In a conflict fought in the shadows, spies and special forces clash over a terrorist plot that could be the start of World War III. If they want to warn the world, or even survive, Clara and Victor will need all of their training. They'll need all their skill. And they'll need to learn to trust each other. In the covert world of espionage, that may be the hardest challenge of all.

The First Knight (Flavius Stilicho Book 1)
by Dennis Garcia

It's hard to be a man of honor when the Emperor wants you dead.

Flavius Stilicho's quiet provincial life ended the day he was called up to the Emperor's Own Proctectores, who served both as bodyguards at official functions and as a pool of junior officers for the most prestigious military positions in the Empire. Here, he grew close to the children of Rome's greatest people, including the barbarian prince Alaric, and fell in love with Serena, the lovely adopted daughter of the Emperor Theodosius.

When Stilicho and his companions foil an attempt on the Emperor's life, he boldly asks for Serena's hand in marriage as a reward. The Emperor, to escape this quandary, poses an impossible task for Stilicho as a prerequisite: he would be the Emperor's plenipotentary, a special ambassador holding the powers of the Emperor himself in bargaining with other nations, and he would bring home a peace treaty with alien and treacherous Persia, Rome's greatest enemy and rival. While he would be well-provisioned and encouraged to bring a small detachment of men for protection and support, Stilicho's courage, honor, and skill with diplomacy would determine his success or failure.

But first Stilicho had to survive months of travel through the most dangerous lands on the edges of the Roman Empire, where the Pax Romana had long since broken down. Worse, his own close-knit circle of friends begins to fall apart as it becomes clear that the goals of some diverge from Rome's well-being.

This Burdened Clay
by Thomas Norford

Praise for This Burdened Clay:

“An extraordinary novel that sneaks up on you starting with a subtle whisper of unease before tightening its grip into a full-blown nightmare…a remarkable achievement.” - Epic Indie.

“The story is grounded in its characters. They are real, recognizable and flawed.” – Verified Amazon review.

“Some of the best writing I've seen in the genre. Get it!” – Verified Amazon review

Fran Gera is a children’s social worker, capable and dedicated. Her addiction to horror movies is a harmless distraction, her volcanic temper and addiction to opiates, not so much. Two damaged boys are assigned to her caseload. Caleb is rebellious and street-smart, his cousin Blake, creative and lonely.

While Fran navigates her professional and personal life, a phenomenon unfolds. People are spurning the hollow diversions of modern life to join hands, to feel the soil against their naked skin. To commune. Campaigners herald the dawn of a utopian cause, but as the behaviour of its followers becomes increasingly bizarre, talk of sinister origins gains credence.

As events epochal and personal collide, Fran’s world falls apart around her. Aided by a former terrorist and a reprehensible social media edge-lord, she must deliver the boys to a place of safety. Together they are propelled on a journey into loss, self-discovery and unspeakable violence.

No one will be left untouched.

Jonah: A Novel of Men and the Sea (Wild Ocean Book 1)
by Howard Butcher

Jonah, an apprentice oil field diver, is partnered with Seed, a parolee from Angola, Louisiana’s notorious maximum security prison. The two strangers work in the brutal and exotic offshore world of the Gulf of Mexico. An accident enrages Seed, and his shocking retaliation starts a blood feud. Roughnecks and Riggers across the Gulf want retribution against Jonah's dive team. Every assignment sends Jonah farther out to deeper and more dangerous jobs.Topside, he must fight to survive the worst that men can do, while undersea he works in a surreal world where every breath can bring death, the night ocean lights up with bioluminescence, and giant predators hunt.

Enders & Associates
by Mark Sowers

Adrian Blake just knows things, which for a time made him one of the FBI’s most successful investigators. Some might call him psychic, but whatever his power is, it couldn’t prevent the tragedy that changed his life forever. When his mother passes away unexpectedly several years later, Adrian’s life is upended when he learns that he has inherited a silver mine. Researching the mine and how it came to belong to his mother reveals an ancestor he hadn’t known existed - the enigmatic Bertram Fields. Who exactly was he? When Adrian travels to the small town of Boot Mesa, Arizona to find out, he discovers that strange and terrible things have been happening there for many years. Was his family somehow involved in the mysterious deaths and disappearances? Adrian, with the help of park ranger Mandy Moretti and his old FBI colleague Pete Sparks, will soon find the answers to his questions – and they are far from what he expected.

Fractum Ostium: A Short Story Collection
by Mark Sowers

The title of this book means ‘broken door’ in Latin, and within these pages you’ll definitely find doorways to other worlds, some of them broken and some… perhaps better left closed. Dive through a wormhole into the interstellar adventure of Anomalies, or visit the international space station in the surreal Patchouli Puke. Empathize with the protagonist in Five Minutes From Now who knows when people are going to die, or learn how a life lived poorly can still ultimately make a difference in The Horizon Behind. Perhaps you’re an action or horror fan? Then How Bhutan Became the World’s Only Superpower, Stuck on Fairview Loop, and Repurposed are for you. Ever wonder what the afterlife is like? One very rich and very arrogant man finds out in On Ice, and it’s not what he expected. Or dig into some satirical, and all too possible, political and social commentary in Who Owns It?, The Long Heavy Sigh, Perfect, and Plugged. How does a small boy react to being bullied? By discovering something he'd never even imagined in Cryptozoology. And for those of you who’ve read French Press Sludge, an old friend stops by to update us on his life in Apocalypse Football.

Last Laugh - Four Flights of Fancy
(Four-Pack Fiction Book 2)
by Lyndon Perry

Four humor shorts featuring a Neanderthal's greatest invention; some space monkey pirate tales; a zombie hunter named Billy; and an Elf, an Ogre, and a Hollywood Party. Plus four bonus flash fiction. All told about 25 pages long.

No Winter Lasts Forever (The American Wrath Trilogy) by Jonathan Epps

Part of: The American Wrath Trilogy (3 books)

In the wake of a high school massacre, a copycat shooter begins to stalk otherwise sleepy Franklin, Missouri, further traumatizing the community. Disturbed by these crimes, logistics manager, Jackson Warner finds his way into an illicit chatroom ‘happydayz,’ dedicated to glorifying the killers. Jackson fixates on the young men’s disregard for life and suspects the copycat is among them. In his frenzy, will he mistake a troubled youth for a killer?

New Arrivals in Young Adult

Sherlock Hamster And The Empress Emeralds Escapade
by M. Anthony Harris

Sherlock Hamster is a private eye, but he hasn't had any exciting cases yet.
That changes the moment a beautiful Mink walks through his door and asks him to protect the wondrous Empress Emeralds necklace from a thief that's been following her.

Not everything is what it looks like though, and soon Sherlock finds himself on the run from the police, dodging danger, and trying to find who the real bad guys are.
Join Sherlock on his exciting adventure and help him solve the case of the Empress Emerald's Escapade!

Sherlock Hamster and the Abduction Adventure
by M. Anthony Harris

Sherlock Hamster is a private investigator with a nose for solving mysteries.
After cracking a tough case, Sherlock just wants to enjoy a steaming cup of hot chocolate, but his old rival, Roger the Dalmatian, comes bounding into his office with a big problem.

Roger's nephew Kip has gone missing, and Roger needs Sherlock's help to find him!
With his trusty assistant Celeste Mink by his side, Sherlock sets out on a thrilling adventure to track down the bad guys and bring Kip home safe and sound.
Along the way, they'll face off against shady characters, dodge dangers, and follow the trail of clues to find Kip.

Join Sherlock Hamster and his friends as they work together to solve the mystery and save the day!

Sherlock Hamster And The Haunted House Hullabaloo
by M. Anthony Harris

Ghosts? Ghouls? creepy creatures? Sherlock Hamster ain’t scared of them…Or at least, not too much.

When Mrs. Huddlespot’s old mansion she recently bought to remodel turns out to be crawling with spooky noises and eerie sights, Sherlock is on the case.

But the deeper he, Celeste, and Ronald Mink explore, the stranger—and more dangerous—the haunting becomes.

Are these ghostly goings-on the real deal, or is something trickier lurking behind the scares?

One thing’s certain: Sherlock will need all his smarts (and more than a little courage) to crack this haunted house mystery and get to the bottom of the hullabaloo surrounding the home.

The Road to Hel (Sean's Saga Book 1)
by Eric Tanafon

Sean here. When wolf-riding trolls attack our house, my sister Fiona and I find out the hard way that we're destined to be heroes. That goes for our friends Arturo and Parvati, too. Next thing we know, we're all enrolled in the last hero school on Midgard (that’s hero speak for 'Earth'). In fact, we're the entire final freshman class.

It’s not all bad. We get to go to school on an enchanted island. The girls get to ride flying horses, Arturo gets to go berserk, and I get to learn more about swordfighting than I ever wanted to know. We also get our own personal bard who sings our praises in deathless...well, verse that you wish would die, but it won't.

You'd think we’d also get to save the world. But as it turns out, there are about a million prophecies guaranteeing that Ragnarok is right around the corner and the world is literally toast, so all we get to do is die (heroically, of course).

In the meantime, our mom winds up in Hel while trying to rescue our dad from, believe it or not, an even worse place. And for some reason even Odin won't explain, we're the only ones who can bring them back.

Well, that takes care of summer vacation. I can't wait for the school year to start.

The Well of Time: Sean's Saga Book 2
by Eric Tanafon

Hey, it’s Sean again. It’s time for midterms at Runnymede, and since that includes a Bardic contest where the prize is a taste of the gods’ magic mead, it’s a pretty good bet that the school year will be even busier than summer vacation. Especially since a traitor Bard is helping the enemies of the gods rewrite history, so Ragnarok will be over before it even begins. When you need a team of heroes and Valkyries for a hopeless quest where you need to think up cool names for all the alternate timelines just so you can keep them straight, who are the gods going to call? Spoiler: me, Fiona, Parvati and Arturo. And the first thing on our to-do list is: Rescue Loki.

Robin Hood: Wolf's Head
by Eric Tanafon

A hermit finds an outlaw, who gives his name only as John, dying at the forest's edge. He nurses John back to health and in return, John tells him Robin Hood's true story. Cursed by chance, he hunts the King's deer as a wolf when the full moon rises, and leads a pack of shape-changers like himself who worship the goddess of the woodlands. He wins Marian’s love when she escapes prison, shoots in the great archery contest where the prize is a werewolf-killing silver arrow, struggles with the vengeful Sheriff of Nottingham and the berserker Guy of Gisbourne, and at last dies...only to be reborn.

But one question remains—who is John, and what dark enemy still watches him from the forest, waiting for a chance to strike?

Dragon Scales: And Other Tales
by Eric Tanafon

New twists on folklore older than the hills. Romances natural. artificial, and supernatural. Dragons and ghosts. Unicorns of more than one sort. Enchanted forests and disenchanted princesses. Fourteen stories, a fortnight of new worlds; and just possibly, a touch of the eternal fire that some say will end all the worlds, real or imagined.

Dr. T’s Crystal Library Quest by John Francis

In Pulsevale, where technomagic powers games and crops, the well’s gone dark, and only one dragon can save it—Dr. Zorak Tinkertalon, the grumpiest, loot-hoardin’ dragon around! Gamer kids Lila and Kai brave his crystal cave, dodgin’ gigglin’ zaps and heavy slime to fix his wacky AI crystal. With SwapMonsters cards sparklin’ and traps ticklin’, they solve neon puzzles to reach Dr. T’s glowing library. But can they convince him to share his shinnies and light up the well? From silly dashes to a blazin’ town victory, this adventure’s packed with laughs! Join Lila, Kai, and Dr. T for a technomagic quest to spark a library for all!

Note: The cover was generated using Stable Diffusion. Grok AI assisted with editing, ensuring clarity, and checking for plot consistency. Interior illustrations were created with Canva.

The Advisor and the Matriarch: A Life in Two Chapters
by Nate Ellender

An man's life, sidetracked by catastrophe, and its consequences are examined in this two-chapter short story. It's a simple and touching story about adapting to circumstances.

New Arrivals in Fantasy

Iron Chamber of Memory
by John C. Wright

“An eerie, suspenseful, romantic fantasy in the mood of C. S. Lewis and Charles Williams”

Hal Landfall, penniless graduate student at Magdalen College, arrives at the strange, high house of Wrongerwood, looking for his missing friend, Manfred Hathaway, the new lord of Sark Island. On the doorstep, he meets the lovely, green-eyed Laurel, a beautiful, sultry young woman from Cornwall who is Manfred's wife-to-be.

Erected by Merlin in ancient days, Wrongerwood contains many secrets, including rooms where one can remember one’s true and forgotten self. When Hal and Laurel step inside, they begin to remember, with fear and wonder, that they have met before and that they share a forbidden secret they are forced to forget when they step outside.

The small island of Sark in the English Channel was, until recently the last feudal government in Europe. By law, no motor vehicles run on the road, and no lights burn at night. Only the lord of the island may keep hounds. An eerily magical setting for an eerily magical book.

Lovecraft's Cat: & Other Tales of Weird Fiction
by C P Webster

Lovecraft's Cat and Other Tales of Weird Fiction, brings together fourteen of Webster's widely published works of short-form fiction in a single volume for the first time. In addition, four of the tales are previously unpublished, namely, 'Lovecraft's Cat', 'The Jackals Will Come for Their Own', 'The Second Parcel', and 'Still Here'.
The stories span different times and different places, but all describe encounters with those liminal spaces, that drift just offshore of our own universe. And, sometimes, the creeping denizens of those outer realms, cross over the dark borderland to introduce themselves to us.

The Sundered Crown Saga (1-3): (Books 1-3+ The Nightblade prequel novel)
An Epic Fantasy Boxset!
by M.S. Olney

The first three books in the epic Sundered Crown Saga plus The Nightblade prequel novella. The royal family of Delfinnia is assassinated, sparking a conflict that engulfs the realm – the War of the Six Claimants. Amongst the chaos, dark things are stirring: in the mountainous lands of Eclin, the ancient N'gist cult rises, setting its evil plans in motion. A diverse group of heroes oppose them: Luxon Edioz, the first wizard seen in an age; Ferran of Blackmoor, a legendary monster-killer; Sophia Cunning, a retired witch-hunter; and Kaiden, a noble knight of the Order of Niveren. The Sundered Crown Saga is a tale of magic, monsters and epic battles.

Thanesman: The Thanesman Chronicles Book 1
by V. A. Boston

Betrayal. Brotherhood. Romance.

To the half-fae Asgradi, loyalty is the chieftain of virtues. When the unthinkable happens and his own council betrays him, High Thane Witheric responds with the even more unthinkable: seeking help from the inferior race of humankind. With only his closest friend and right hand man, his Thanesman Restag, at his side, Thane and Thanesman risk the coming winter, the monsters of their wild Northlands, and their own people’s blood wars, racing south for sanctuary.

Will they reach help or fall to their brutal lands?
And if they do survive, what future awaits them in the human-ruled south?

Find out in the first book in The Thanesman Chronicles.

Mercury Falls
by Robert Kroese

"Clever, inventive, and original, Kroese’s hilarious romp has cult favorite written all over it." —Booklist

The end of the world has never been this disorganized.

Christine Temetri is tired of chasing doomsday prophets. She’s spent years reporting on apocalyptic cults, false messiahs, and spiritual scams—and she’s ready to call it quits. But when a string of strange events leaves her homeless, hunted, and somehow at the center of an unfolding divine conspiracy, she realizes this might be more than just another fringe meltdown.

Enter Mercury: an angel with a gift for sarcasm, a disregard for protocol, and a suspicious talent for showing up at exactly the wrong time. He claims he’s here to stop the end of the world—but given his taste for junk food and chaos, Christine’s not convinced he isn’t making things worse.

With Heaven and Hell locked in a bureaucratic standoff and reality hanging by a thread, Christine and Mercury must navigate prophecies, celestial red tape, and increasingly unhinged supernatural agents to prevent the Apocalypse from being hijacked by the wrong side.

Fast-paced, funny, and gleefully irreverent, Mercury Falls is a smart supernatural comedy that turns the end times upside down.

"The Apocalypse is nigh in this whimsical, riotous debut. Christine Temetri, a freelancer for a popular religious news magazine, is tired of endless assignments covering cults incorrectly prophesizing the End of Days. When she talks her boss into giving her a better assignment, she doesn’t anticipate it will actually lead her back to a cult leader: the charismatic Galileo Mercury, who turns out not to be a cult leader at all, but a bona fide angel. Mercury is more interested in playing ping pong and drinking beer than he is in being involved in the upcoming Apocalypse. But when he and Christine escape a bit of divine retribution and end up saving the life of the Antichrist, a sulky gamer named Karl Grissom, they find themselves drawn into a miasma of heavenly intrigue and double-crossing. Lucifer himself is determined to find a loophole in the Apocalypse Accords, and Mercury and Christine are the only ones who can stop him. Clever, inventive, and original, Kroese’s hilarious romp has cult favorite written all over it." —Kristine Huntley, Booklist

The Brand of the Warlock
(The Counterfeit Sorcerer Book 1)
by Robert Kroese

A hooded man, his face marred by a mysterious black brand, walks the Plain of Savlos. Some say he has the power to summon demons. Others say he is the only one who can vanquish them. His name is Konrad, and he has a secret.... Once an ordinary soldier, his life was forever changed by a fateful meeting with a dying sorcerer. Now he is all that stands between civilization and the creeping evil of the shadow world. The Brand of the Warlock is the first book in the fast-paced sword & sorcery series THE COUNTERFEIT SORCERER. Pick up The Brand of the Warlock and start your adventure today!

Distopia (Land of Dis Book 1)
by Robert Kroese

In a land where dragons are a historical footnote and theology is a contact sport, a hapless missionary named Wyngalf embarks on a divine mission with the enthusiasm of a zealot and the competence of a beached fish. Armed with the teachings of the obscure Noninitarian faith—devoted to a God with nine conflicting personalities—Wyngalf sets out to bring enlightenment to the mysterious land of Dis. What begins as a fool’s errand quickly spirals into an epic misadventure involving pirates, monsters, incoherent prophecies, and a girl who really should know better.

Between a dragon who has cornered the real estate market, a goblin who is too smart for his own good, and a sea monster that is no less terrifying for being metaphorical, Wyngalf’s journey is a hilarious and heartfelt exploration of faith, doubt, and the persistent human desire to make sense of a nonsensical world.

Smart, satirical, and sneakily profound, Distopia is high fantasy with low expectations—and somehow all the better for it.

Spotless
by Marina Fontaine & Daniella Bova

“I was too busy staring at the dead girl to see the car that hit me.”

High school senior Josh Whitman wakes up in a hospital to face a ghost. A mysterious red-haired girl haunts and torments him, insisting he has taken her “spot.” His initial horror nearly drives him mad, but Josh comes to accept that the ghost is real and that, somehow, she has been terribly wronged. Now he must uncover the girl’s story before she takes his sanity—or worse, manages to possess his body.

As Josh investigates, he discovers things about his family that leave him unsettled and troubled. Why did his father leave? What is his dead Grandma trying to tell him in his dreams? Does the mysterious ghost truly deserve to take over his life?
Surrendering to the girl’s demands means giving up his friendships, his life’s newfound purpose, and the sweetness of his first love. How can he help the spirit find peace without losing himself?

This book is perfect for teen readers who love paranormal fiction with a touch of romance.

The Lives of Velnin: The Black Citadel: A fast-paced epic fantasy of swords, love, magic, and battles.
by Brian Heming

Swordfights. True Love. High Adventure. Epic Battles. Action. Magic. Reincarnation.

I was 17 years old when I died for the first time.

I parried the guard's cut, feinted high, then swung Swelfalster, blade of the fallen star, low for a slash at his unarmored thigh. I scored, a line of blood dripping down his leg, and danced back before his counterstroke landed.

This is the chronicle of Velnin, Crown Prince of Tarmel, told through the dying words of his first incarnations. Vel is sent as a spy to the territory of the Black Citadel, investigating a newly rising power, the dark rumors surrounding it, and the fearsome might of its army: the Black Legion.

In his journey he encounters the charming Aloree, diplomat of the neighboring kingdom of Talore. Healer, magic-user, diplomat, bookworm, her beauty belies hidden secrets within her.

A fast-paced epic fantasy of swords, love, magic, and battles. Vel must protect the people of his kingdom, and make whatever sacrifices he must to end the horrors perpetuated by the Black Legion. But must he sacrifice true love itself for the sake of his people?

"You write action so well! I'm taking notes..." -Anthony Lee Phillips, author of Moonthread.
"Fast, Exciting Read! 5 stars." -Alexander Scott, author of Mage: The Way of the Mark.
"This is very well written." -Joseph L. Wiess, author of The Draoidh's Cearcall and The LawKeeper Chronicles.

Wolf's Trail (Hunter Healer King Book 1)
by Mel Dunay

The name’s Chloe Fortebat, and I am in trouble. I left my father’s ranch on the plains to come to the Old World: a place of airships, steampower, and monsters nobody talks about. Now I’m dodging giant werewolves with fangs the size of my knife, and the hunters crazy enough to go after them. The most dangerous of these doesn’t look the part: a quiet, sharp-dressed medical man with a tired face….

My name is Dr. Maxim os Storm, and I hunt the beasts that haunt the night. The leader of this pack of werewolves has set his mark on Miss Fortebat, but this brave lady would rather fight him than let him make her his tool. As far as I am concerned, that makes her my ally. My only chance of curing her lies with an ancient machine, hidden by my people in the caves beneath Wolf Island. We must keep that artifact out of the werewolf’s grasp at all costs, for he would put it to a terrible use….

Stillwater Lake (Monsters in the Green Mountains)
by J.P. Choquette

Legends aren’t always built on myths. Sometimes they’re created to hide dark secrets.

Stillwater is a sleepy, quiet place perfect for overcoming a case of writer’s block. At least, that’s what Jessica Brown hopes. The bestselling novelist’s life has recently been turned upside down. If she’s honest, she got out of New York City to heal her heart as much as to find her writing muse.

Tony Bradford is also looking for respite in the remote mountains of Vermont, though he came to Stillwater seeking adventure. Attending the town’s annual Gargun Festival, a summer celebration of the legendary creature who lives in Stillwater Lake has been on his bucket list for years.

But while many people have a lighthearted view of the folklore in the area, some know the creature—and town’s—true history. When people in the area start dying, Jessica and Tony, together with a documentary filmmaker and a group of teens, try to protect the rest of the town.

"Monsters in the Green Mountain"
Book 1: Shadow in the Woods
Book 2: Silence in the Woods
Book 3: Under the Mountain
Book 4: The Pact
Book 5: Stillwater Lake

The entire series can be read as standalone books--there are no cliffhangers at the end and each novel features a different cast of characters. All are set in remote and wilderness locations in Vermont and feature different folkloric creatures. These books are "suspense that turn pages, not stomachs" and readers of books by Frank Peretti, Shirley Jackson, and John Saul will enjoy these campy, creepy stories.

To Form a Passage: Arts of Substance - Novel 1
by Sharon Rose

Quakes isolate Devron's underground homeland, threatening starvation. He holds the only solution—and it’s terrifying.

Devron sees a vision for the perfect design—to solve a problem that doesn’t exist. Elegant and powerful, but why would he create anything so dangerous? The Formers’ Guild will never allow it.

While he saw creative beauty, others had visions of horrific collapse. Are they warnings of disaster? Some gather their families and flee the caverns, but most shrug off the ominous signs. After all, the formers are staying. Their power to alter solid rock by command alone has kept the underground cities safe for generations. No quake can bring the cavern ceilings down.

Until it does. Countless lives are lost, and the surviving cities are cut off from the rest of their kingdom. As fear tightens its grip, looming starvation spawns one problem after another. Never again will they trust the formers they once relied on. Devron least of all.

Yet Devron knows the only solution to their survival. And even he thinks it is terrifying.

To Form a Passage is a stand-alone, cozy fantasy novel in the ARTS OF SUBSTANCE trilogy. Each novel explores one of the world's three substance gifts: forming, wind weaving, and streaming. With every ability comes risk. These gifts are neither easy nor safe. Who has the courage and wit to use their gift well? And at what cost?

Join the adventure today.

Madame Antic's Hotel Grotesque (The Interdimensionals Book 1)
by Milo James Fowler

"A twisting labyrinth of shifting realities, a fast-moving adventure merging the ideas of Philip K. Dick and David Cronenberg. Highly Recommended." – Deborah Walker, author of Future Tales 2100

In an alternate Victorian era replete with aerovehicles, automatons, and other electrik wonders, factory worker Anthony Reynolds seeks to improve his station in life for the sake of his young bride-to-be. Against his better judgment, he joins Richard, a gregarious coworker with social connections, for a night on the town after their late shift. Richard leads them deep into the city’s underworld to a brothel of sorts specializing in the illegal art of mutilation where willing victims are skinned, broken, and mangled without lasting damage due to a special drug that returns them to their original state. Horrified, Anthony wants to leave at once—but that's when Constables raid the establishment.

While attempting to flee the scene, Anthony encounters a giant monstrosity of a man who infects him with an unknown substance. Anthony is instantly disfigured, and when the authorities capture him, he is unable to identify himself, let alone speak. What follows is a mind-bending adventure of mistaken identity, multiple realities, and paranoia as he fights to reclaim a simple life he never truly appreciated but now wants more than anything. When he discovers the shocking truth of his world and Madame Antic's disturbing role in it, nothing will ever be the same again.

"This brilliant genre mashup brings the gore and mystery in equal measure. Just when you’ve figured it out, Fowler dashes your reality with a new twist." – Anthony J. Rapino, author of Soundtrack to the End of the World

"Insane in all the right ways. I will be looking forward to new titles arriving in the Interdimensionals series." – Kris Diebold, book reviewer

"In a genre where the sky is literally the limit, Fowler excels in reaching new heights." – Jennifer Tooker, book reviewer

Guardians of the Twilight Lands: The Sixth Book of Unexpected Enlightenment (Books of Unexpected Enlightenment 6)
by L Jagi Lamplighter (Author), John C. Wright (Illustrator), James Frenkel (Editor)

An old enemy returns!

With the Heer of Dunderberg dead, Rachel Griffin is determined to save her beloved Roanoke Academy before time runs out, but to do this, a new covenant must be forged with the island's fairies. On top of this, an old enemy has escaped and might reappear any moment

Rachel has learned not to wish on stars, but what should she do when she yearns for help? She is troubled by other questions, too: Where do the dead go? What became of her beloved late grandfather? Most annoying of all, with such a wonderful boyfriend, how can she be in love with two boys?

As her fourteenth birthday approaches, the answer to these questions awaits her, along with wonders such as she has never seen.

But there are terrible things ahead, too.

The Neck Romancer (Honeymoon from Hell Book 1)
by Declan Finn (Author), Vanessa Landry (Illustrator)

They're going to make it to the Church on time. And God help anyone who gets in their way.

Marco Catalano and Amanda Colt have survived vampire legions, unkillable demons, supernatural assassins and a full on army of darkness. With their allies, they have taken down the paranormal Illuminati called simply "The Council."

Now they have to deal with their next threat: marriage.

Can Marco and Amanda survive the preparations for their own wedding? And if they manage that, can they fight their way through their honeymoon?

But the biggest question of all: Who invited the zombies to the ceremony?

Anunnaki: Origin of Sumeria
by Michael Finney

The ancient civilization of Sumeria has an origin connected to the mysterious Anunnaki. How did the people of the land between the rivers in Mesopotamia rise to prominence? Discover the truth…

Gemini Warrior (Gemini Man Book 1) is listed as a Fan Favorite, and the entire Gemini Man Series is on sale.

Gemini Drifter (Gemini Man Book 2)
by J.D. Cowan & Thomas Plutarch

ON THE ROAD TO NOWHERE

Matthew and Jason are on the run. With bounty hunters, magical monsters, and an entire alien world after them, the pair have their work cut out for them. At the same time, a mysterious cult has infiltrated the town of Albion and the only one that can stop them is the Gemini Man.

Can the two fugitives work together to stop the invasion of another world? Or are they doomed to wander the back roads forever? Check out the second book of the Gemini Man trilogy, Gemini Drifter, and find out for yourself!

Gemini Outsider (Gemini Man Book 3)
by J.D. Cowan & Thomas Plutarch

HOME SWEET HOME

Matthew and Jason have finally escaped the forces on their tail. But all is not what it seems in the quaint town of Riverview. Hidden monsters and psycho killers emerge from the shadows to drag them back into the void. A madman closes in! But can they even fight back without their powers?

The final test begins for the Gemini Man in the third book in the Gemini Man series, Gemini Outsider! What does it mean to live in peace? Read on and find out!

Gemini Destroyer: An Epilogue (Gemini Man Book 4)
by J.D. Cowan & Thomas Plutarch

THE END IS HERE

The Great Sorcerer King is dying, and his path to Earth is sealed. In a last bid effort to smash the Gemini Man and curse his enemies, he has decided to use his remaining power for one last assault on those who wronged him. Now it is time for the final battle.

Gemini Destroyer is the final book in the Gemini Man series, collecting two crowdfunded novellas into one volume for the first time. Gemini Dreamer deals with two fugitives from Riverview as they discover the truth behind the power that wrecked their lives. Gemini Destroyer is the last story, following the Great Sorcerer King's final bid for control over the Gemini Man, his home planet, and the Earth.

Can Matthew and Jason finally put a stop to their sworn enemy? Find out in this final book!

Tree in a Heather Field
by Theresa Biehle

Reena, an elderly lady who has Alzheimer's disease, finds it better to escape into her past when things don't go right for her in the real world. As the disease progresses, her mental vacations to her past turn more fantastical, and the real world fades into a bad dream.

Reena's childhood memories begin in England during World War II. She follows a cat into an underground realm occupied by druids where the ley lines merge beneath Stonehenge. She and her sister, Lissie, learn how to read magic runes and help the druids find a path to a new world where they can follow their hopes and dreams of being able to live peacefully with humans: America.

Spirits Entwined: Book 1 of The Legend of Ghaleon
by Theresa Biehle

A light-hearted, fun, fantasy adventure. Perfect for young adults or those young at heart! An epic fantasy series with a slight sci-fi twist. Reads like a combination between Avatar: The Last Air Bender and Lord of the Rings.

If you love journeys filled with magic, danger, and intergalactic travels, you’ll be enchanted with Spirit’s Entwined! It’ll take you on the adventure of a lifetime with young friends Kylie and Mory as they discover an astonishing secret about Kylie’s past, which catapults them into a thrilling future. Growing up in a world where magic is weakened, Kylie never thought there was anything special about her, until her home is attacked by forces beyond reckoning. Now, she has a long road ahead to understand who and what she is. Let’s go with her and keep her safe, because the fate of the entire universe hangs in the balance.

With the twists of fate unknown to even the greatest of seers, the Spirit Master and comrades will not only have to battle creatures, dangers, and trials beyond their wildest dreams, but their own inner demons as well. Adventuring in an unknown and beautiful land filled with various sources of magic, they will take their first steps towards saving not only the worlds they know but worlds they have only just discovered, all the while finding love and forging the deepest of friendships. The stories and books they have read and dreamed about while staring into the stars cannot come close to their actual experience once they’ve begun their journey. Time will halt, as it does when its passing no longer has meaning, and strengths far beyond those of the physical sense will manifest in all who undertake this prophetic quest.

Periander the Avenger: The Final Son of Atlantis
by Joseph Bringman

Atlantis plunges into a war that may doom the human race.

Corruption, cruel oppression, and wickedness in high places—Periander will fight them all. As one of ten kings jointly ruling in Atlantis, he must navigate the treacherous waters of ruthless ambition: the High King Critias seeks to consolidate all power in his own hands at home before enslaving the rest of the world. While others bow their necks to the rising tyranny, Periander stands up for peace and the federal constitution.

But this resistance comes at his family's expense. When Critias attempts to murder him, Periander barely escapes his homeland with his life but not his wife—the latest victim of the High King's brutality. Now a hunted fugitive, Periander must recruit foreign allies, lead an army to liberate Atlantis from the tyrant's clasp, and avenge his beloved queen.

Periander will stop at nothing to destroy Critias, no matter the cost. But as the body count rises, he must confront a bleak future:

Can he defeat Critias before the world drowns in blood? And will his only child survive this conflict?

Three of Cups
by Zanna Bear

What if life itself was the great adventure?

Rose has always wanted to be a bard, a musician who inspires emotions by infusing her song with just a thread of magic. The course seems clear: attend bardic college in Splendor, the biggest city in the realm, and complete their four-year degree programme.

It seemed easy enough. But nothing is ever that straightforward, is it?

Along the way to Splendor, Rose meets Bosra, a grey-skinned giant-kin woman who is leaving her adventuring days behind her. Most adventurers don't retire; they either die as heroes or become villains. She intends to start her monster trainer business in the busiest and biggest place she knows: the city of Splendor.

Valentina is contemplating whether there is more to life than her accustomed luxuries and limitations as a princess – when Bosra and Rose find respite in the coffee shop she frequents most afternoons. One conversation leads to another, and before she knows it, she's encouraged to step out of her gilded cage… until the powerful people who built the cage come to drag her back.

A low-stakes high-fantasy novel centred around the sisterhood of found family.

Louisa Sophia and a Legion of Sisters: A Historical Action Adventure about Sisterhood and Survival (Lamentations and Magic)
by Russell Cowdrey

Birth made her an outcast. Her uncle made her a thief.

Fate brought her to France and the first friends she’d ever known.

While attending the Legion of Honor’s all-girl boarding school, seventeen-year-old Louisa Sophia will do anything to protect the only people who love her. She’ll even swallow her pride and go on the antiquated husband-hunting expedition known as the Last Chance Tour to defend them from the school’s cruelest bullies.

The journey will take them across 1870s Europe, from Paris to Lisbon. Destined to face scoundrels and villains at every turn, will Louisa’s unique talents and the power of her friends’ sisterhood be enough to survive?

This is an epic adventure, complete with bullies and villains, life-threatening situations, and historic destinations. But underlying it all, this is a story about a group of friends, sisters in the Legion, facing one of life’s first major crossroads.

Note: Legion of Sisters is a stand alone novel that is a prequel to the Historical Science Fantasy series Lamentations and Magic, but it was created to stand on its own and you do not need to read or have read Lamentations and Magic to enjoy the Louisa Sophia Adventures.

Ancient Civilizations: Historical Science Fantasy (Lamentations and Magic Book 1)
by Russell Cowdrey

This is a Historical Science Fiction / Fantasy story that incorporates archaeology, aliens, and elves.

History is but a shadow of the truth.

In the heart of 1880s Egypt, Louisa Sophia, a daring thief with a shadowed past, crosses paths with Dr. Ben McGehee, an idealistic archaeologist driven by his obsession with lost civilizations. Their goals couldn’t be more different, but to solve the mystery of a lost temple said to hold the key to unimaginable power and wealth, fate forces them into an uneasy alliance.

Unknown powers conspire to end their quest, opposing them at every turn. Pursued across scorching deserts, forgotten tombs, and beyond the known world, their journey will take them to the universe's farthest reaches—where magic is much more than a myth.

Caught in the middle of a war and hunted for their unique knowledge, the desperate Earthlings confront a planet where alien races coexist alongside dwarves, elves, and humans descended from many of Earth’s ancient civilizations. With time running out, the interstellar castaways must race to unlock the secrets of a long-vanished alien race or face certain death in the coming Lamentations.

Can they survive long enough to find a way home?

Rebel Slave (Rebel Slave Saga Book 1)
by Richard Davis

Broken by war. Betrayed by a corrupt queen. Imprisoned in a frozen Hell from which no man has ever escaped before.

Charles Raptor is a soldier. Professional. Loyal. Deadly. But after eighteen years of fighting, he has one wish—to retire to a life of peace with a new wife in the country of his birth.

But war isn’t finished with Charles Raptor.

Falsely convicted of a crime he did not commit. Torn from his wife and family. Imprisoned in a mine, a thousand miles from freedom, run by a sadistic overseer, a cruel dwarf who hates all men with a passion.

None of this, by itself, could break him. But to see his wife in danger, her life hanging by a thread, while he remains locked in a cage…

To rescue his wife—to redeem his name—to reclaim his freedom, can Charles become the Rebel Slave that will give birth to a legend?

Legends of Atlameria: Harbinger of Worlds End
by J.R. Cason

There exists a fine line between truth and legend, in the heart of Atlameria.

Following an encounter in a deadly forest, two unlikely souls must join as one—or perish alone. Outcast shape-changer, called Ursakar by his people; Thorn struggles to understand the mysteries of his shadowed past while bearing the burden of an even more uncertain future. Meanwhile, the huntress tasked with the execution of his kind, Keira is forced to question the nature of her mission and whether those of her ruling order are as noble as they appear. Past and present soon collide with the discovery of a relic both ancient and prophetic in design.

Drums of war resound from the north, yet the two find themselves beset by a far greater threat near at hand—the same darkness that prompted the downfall of those who dwelt amongst these lands long ago. Against an enemy all but forgotten to the sands of time, even the unlikeliest of allies will prove better than none. A harbinger of the end approaches, but only those with the eyes to see can forestall its inevitability.

Valengetrix: Ghost of Aratania
by J.R. Cason

In the savage realm of Auropia, lurks a ghost in the form of a man. Valengetrix, exiled from his mysterious homeland, seeks redemption in the eyes of his people as he sets out to retrieve lost relics of the once renowned empire of Aratania. Accompanied by a sentient blade, forged from the soul of an ancient warrior of his race, Valengetrix begins to understand that the price for returning home must be paid in blood and treasure.

Along his travels, the young Aratanian soon learns that though he shares no affinity to the gods of this realm, he is instead guided by his desire to live up to those who came before him. With the aid of his ancestral blade, and the various peoples of this world he encounters along the way, the name of Valengetrix becomes a name widely revered by his allies, and feared by his many adversaries.

Exotic lands, dreadful foes and untold secrets abound in the world of Auropia. Explore them all in this short story series set nearly two millennia before the events in the Legends of Atlameria: Harbinger of World's End novel.

Excerpt from "Blood in the Snow"

The burly, pillar of a man by the name of Kaleva, towered head and shoulders above the Aratanian, though he himself stood taller than most men. A broad, two-handed hammer he wore upon his back, and snow coated his fiery beard in white as he turned to observe his guest's arrival. The look on his face indicated he had his doubts on whether the Aratanian would show, considering his apparent lack of accustomedness to the cold and the knowledge that he'd spent the night in the warm embrace of the lovely barmaid from the local tavern. Turns out the stranger was serious after all.

“Morning to you,” said the Fyrstian with a powerful voice befitting his hulking frame. “Sure you're up for this, Aratanian? Gets a lot colder than this where we're going.”

Val nodded in return before taking a deep breath of the frigid northern air and looking about. “I've been everywhere from the impassible mountains of Aratania to the snake-riddled jungles of Oskhari and the burning deserts of Mar-Es-Hai in between. I think I'll manage.”

“Ha, I like your attitude stranger. However, I suggest you prepare yourself before we leave. There are creatures here in the north, known to take more than just a man's life.”

Valengetrix: Lion of Auropia
by J.R. Cason

Exile, fortune-hunter, champion. Valengetrix thunders across the lands of Auropia in the pursuit of fame and glory, seeking answers to questions most dare to imagine. With the aid of an ancestral spirit bound within an ancient blade; his story is written in the blood of his enemies and emblazoned upon the hearts of his allies.

In this serial adventure sequel to Valengetrix: Ghost of Aratania, explore the wilds of Auropia from the mountain forests of Tekkar to the uncharted depths of the Netherchasm and beyond. Dangers abound, where lost civilizations become the haunt of perilous foes, guarding untold riches. Bloodied sword meets diabolical sorcery, and the shining kingdoms of Auropia are caught in its wake.

To survive, one must become more than just a man, but a lion amongst men.

Excerpt from "The Good King's War (Part 1)"

Valengetrix: Titan of the Isle
by J.R. Cason

The kingdom of Leongard—shining symbol of peace and prosperity for a thousand years—is under siege and lies upon the brink of ruin. War is set to plunge the world into a firestorm of chaos and blood. The newly resurrected empire of Aratania marches at the behest of their cunning and power-hungry emperor, seeking to consolidate the free kingdoms of Auropia under its iron boot. Behind the throne, however, lies a hidden and malevolent force.

One man stands resolute in the face of utter destruction. Valengetrix, warrior commander of the armies of Leongard, must endure the trials of war on land and over sea, from the horrors of necromantic sorcery, to the might of the emperor's fleet. Marooned upon a treacherous isle with the princess whose kingdom he swore to defend, together they must endeavor to survive the elements, the monstrous creatures that inhabit the island, and the pervasive threat of a sinister and bloodthirsty cult.

From the highest peaks of the lush green mountains to the dark depths below the ruins of a long dead city, they embark upon a quest that will test their limits and push them both to the very edge of their endurance. Sword and sorcery meets spear and fang in a harrowing tale of adventure and survival upon a ravenous isle.

Against the primal terrors lurking beneath the jungle canopy and the shadows that creep over eldritch stones, only the stout of heart and iron of will can hope to overcome such trials—only a titan amongst men.

Titan of the Isle is part three in the continued saga of Valengetrix, exiled warrior of Aratania.

Valengetrix: Slayer of Nameless Shadow
by J.R. Cason

The empire of Aratania continues its shadow of tyranny across the western realm of Auropia.

Following an attack on the peaceful city of Caelshara, warrior exile and former commander to the kingdom of Leongard, Valengetrix becomes embroiled once more in the conflict raging like wildfire over the world. Charged with the retrieval of a timeless artifact that could turn the tide of war in their favor, Val sets out from the southern lands of Atlameria with his sentient blade, and an expedition force to tread the uncharted wilds of that ancient and mysterious realm.

Joined by familiar and unexpected allies, their quest will pit them against the dark heart of an unspeakable forest, and the haunted expanse of a battlefield lost in the throes of perpetual war. There, the object of their quest lies behind a tower of eldritch stone, shrouded in secrecy for ten thousand years.

Against the terrors of the night and the all-consuming darkness that looms over Atlameria, a slayer of shadow emerges.

Merging Sword & Sorcery adventure with Lovecraftian horror, Valengetrix: Slayer of Nameless Shadow is part four in the continued saga of Valengetrix, exiled warrior of Aratania.

Chosen: The New Order (The Grim King Saga Book 1)
by Nick McPherson

Worlds collide as three boys find themselves sought after for abilities they didn't know they had, abilities that may yet quell the darkness that is awakening across the realm of Endland. That is, of course, if they can survive the interdimensional portal to get there.

Dubbed as Chosen, the three friends must quickly come to grips with their new reality as squabbling wizards, arrogant kings, amusing exiles, and mythical monsters vie for control of the young Chosen and their unique gifts.

Should they fall into the wrong hands, not only will Endland be ensnared in the shadow of the Grim King, but so too will the rest of the interdimensional space beyond, including Earth and the families they left behind.

If you liked LOTR, Percy Jackson, or The Wheel of Time, then you will love Chosen!

Buy Now and start the adventure!

Magic's Price: A Short Story
by Chad Olson

The dragon Deneth has been imprisoned on an island in the middle of nowhere for a hundred years, but his world is about to change. Just as he discovers the island is about to crumble into the sea and take him with it, a child, promising to free him, shows up in the wreckage of a destroyed ship. The child might be able to save him, but the cost is high. Is Deneth willing to pay Magic’s Price?

The Kings of the Corona
Justin M. Tarquin

Mauregal wants to marry his girlfriend, run his brewery, and enjoy his friends in sixth-century Britain; but the valley of Palavel is ruled by a series of capricious tyrants whose every whim is enforced by the mysterious Corona. Then a knight and his squire visit with news of a king named Arthur of a different sort, and things begin to change--but the power of the Corona must still be reckoned with. This is a young-adult Arthurian fantasy mystery tale, with a sprinkling of libertarian and Christian themes.

One October Night: 31 Illustrations and Their Stories Paperback – December 15, 2023
by Sam Robb (Author), Cedar Sanderson (Illustrator)

One story every night, born from a drawing. Fantasy, science fiction, mystery, this collection has it all. Come for the night and see what you find, because it's never boring here in October.

Stories by Sam Robb, following the drawings by Cedar Sanderson.

Sheepskin, Volume 1: From the Records of Dr. John T. Parce
by John Parce

Dr. Parce is missing.

A desperate investigator is publishing the documents Dr. Parce left behind. The first record details the psychologist’s treatment of the mysterious Patient #307.

The patient, calling himself “Snapper,” reveals his past to Dr. Parce. Snapper claims to hail from an alternate world populated by animals. The interviews, essays, and drawings given by Snapper weave an extraordinary coming-of-age tale about oppressed sheep, corporate pigs, and the search for a primitive power lurking deep inside the earth. Snapper’s bizarre world is rife with loss, love, and an ancient strength he must find in himself if his people are to survive.

As Dr. Parce is drawn in by Snapper’s fantastical story, his skepticism wears thin. How far did he allow himself to be entangled in this patient’s delusions? The investigator may be left wondering which one of them has truly lost their grip on reality.

The Blackfire Chronicles: Volume I
(The Blackfire Chronicles Series Book 1)
by Mark Sowers

From the depths of a gargantuan pit in a barren desert rises an enormous stone box. Slaves toil in the broiling heat, digging out the mysterious object which has no door, no windows, no features of any kind. Revan has spent nearly his entire life here. He has only vague and indistinct memories of a time before the toil, digging and torment. Arval, a newly arrived digger, befriends Revan and tells him of the world beyond, of its cities, its foods and its wonders. Yet unseen and unknown to Revan, above the rim of the pit and far to the south, looms the Blackfire – a gigantic rotating wheel of black flames that obscures and dominates the entirety of the southern sky while red and gold lightning flash threateningly and ominously in its fringes. This is an epic tale of two young men who seek to escape their sadistic captors, the brutal and vile Nojii. What will they discover should they finally escape, and where will fate lead them? Will secrets and power, long hidden and lost, be rediscovered?

The Blackfire Chronicles: Volume 2 (The Blackfire Chronicles Series)
by Mark Sowers (Author)

For thousands of turnings the Blackfire has towered over the southern horizon, obscuring everything beyond its massive spinning arms of inky flame. But a crack has appeared in its heretofore impenetrable façade. Perhaps it is possible to pass through it, and maybe there is something on the other side. Revan journeys to the coastal city of Enrat to meet a queen and ask for her help, while Arval faces hardships and loss he never considered.

The Blackfire Chronicles: Volume Three
(The Blackfire Chronicles Series Book 3)
by Mark Sowers

The Blackfire has been breached, and there is a land beyond. It’s a dark and twisted place full of misery and atrocity. A very old evil, imprisoned behind the Blackfire, is seeking a way to destroy the barrier and resume it’s unconcluded war. But the kingdoms who would oppose the invasion are descending into internal chaos and war against each other, unaware of the threat looming behind the huge spinning wheel of black flame. Revan and Arval continue their journeys of discovery and are amazed at what they find.

Dawn and Ed of the Dead: Book 1 in the Adventures of Mauser and Keeg
by David Vandervort

Let me tell you a story about my friend, the great wizard Mauser and a funny thing that happened shortly after he retired to a place where we thought there was no magic.

Mauser was once a great wizard. Keeg was his best friend, a small, nearly invisible man-like person with butterfly wings and a sacred duty to protect his clan.

After many years of warring against dark magic, the wizard and his friend found a world without magic where they could live out their days in peace and safety. A place where they wouldn't have to fight anymore.

They took up residence in a small tourist town on the beach. They learned about such modern pastimes as golf, surfing the Internet, watching television and murder. And they learned that this wonderful new world might have a tiny bit more evil magic than they originally thought.

It's not the retirement they planned on.

The Demon Ring of Lilitu:
A Christopher Lyte Weird Mystery
by P. L. Kenny

D is for Darkh

...and death...and demons. A mysterious medium enthralls high society. A vicious blackmailer leaves a trail of ruined lives behind. An ancient evil holds a beautiful heiress under its spell. Can Christopher Lyte end the terror of the demon's ring?

Even Legends Bleed
by Zaklog the Great

When a kingdom at war calls back an ancient hero to fight for their cause, their enemies must stop him at all costs.

When you get to the end, you should probably read it again to fully understand it.

A Case of the Lycans
by Michael Fursdon

The central city of Cathedral is tumultuous at the best of times. These are not the best of times for the troublesome big city. Murderers masquerading as werewolves terrorized Cathedral. Corrupt law enforcement masquerading as justice seekers handicaps the city. False falling crimes statistics masquerading as actual facts haunts Cathedral. Bad intentions masquerading as good intentions intensifies the woes of the mega metropolis.

It is difficult to be a police detective in the twisted city of Cathedral at the best of times. Again, these are not the best of times. Cathedral homicide detectives, Lt. Eddie Knighton and Detective Emily Oftenmarch, known as the mud tusslers, diligently work to solve the ongoing homicides in the city of Cathedral while encountering the wrongdoings of killers dressed as werewolves. Those killers cloaked as werewolves leave a trail of unsolved murders. It becomes the pair of detectives' duty to sort werewolf themed homicidal maniacs from everyday homicidal maniacs.

To make the mud tusslers' job more difficult, private law enforcement companies focused on profitability disguise themselves as institutions for serving and protecting the public. Cathedral police policy disguised as departmental improvements impedes their progress. Malicious misdeeds camouflaged as madness complicates their investigations. Criminals are not as they appear to be, crimes are not what they seem to be, and the crimes of the evil are shrouded by the crimes of the wicked.

What a tangled web the citizens and employees of Cathedral weave when they practice to deceive. Emily and Eddie battle to untangle the devious deceptions of lycans, liars, and lunatics. The more they sleuth the more the dastardly duplicity in Cathedral becomes complicated. Crime begets crime, skullduggery begets skullduggery, and the masquerading murders continue to befuddle the police. Sin never ceases in a city that never sleeps. The sum of all this deception and macabre crime is enough to drive a detective in the urban supercenter to insanity. Or are they insane?

Where will the werewolves strike next? What is their motive? Wait, was that a werewolf over there?

Terror at Lake Eucha
by Jean Marie Bauhaus

Something lingers in the woods of Lake Eucha... something that refuses to be forgotten.

A year following her brother's disappearance, Melanie Fisher is determined to get answers. Her quest takes her to the site of an abandoned amusement park, where she finds a lost video camera containing evidence that her brother was losing his mind.

She begins to question her own sanity when memories surface of childhood visits to the lakeside amusement park that occurred long after the park was destroyed by fire. An online search tells her she's not the only one with such impossible memories.

Common sense--and her concerned boyfriend--tell her to leave it to the authorities. But Melanie's own instincts tell her that giving in to the madness and opening herself up to the forces drawing her back to Lake Eucha may be the only way to get the answers she seeks, along with any hope of saving her brother.

Fan of atmospheric horror will love this unsettling tale inspired by H.P Lovecraft, Marble Hornets and creepypasta.

Previously published as Eucha Falls.

The Hag
by Jean Marie Bauhaus

Michael Latimer is living the good life. He’s head of his university’s English department, he has a great marriage to a beautiful wife, an assistant who makes him look good at work… What more could he ask for? But when one night he finds himself immobile in his own bed as terrifying visions taunt and torture him, his life begins to crumble--along with his sanity.

Rational man that he is, Michael gladly seizes on a diagnosis of sleep paralysis--a sensible, scientific-sounding name for the ghastly night visits that plague him. But as he continues to grapple with his condition, his research takes him down paranormal rabbit holes that make him question everything he knows about the nature of the world, and evil… and Kathy, his wife.

Kathy is worried about her husband. He’s been having trouble sleeping, and ever since it started, he’s become more cold and withdrawn, even hostile. She hopes spring break at her parents’ remote cabin in the Ozarks will let him get the rest he needs to return to his easy-going, lovable self.

But when his coldness toward her only intensifies once they’re at the cabin, she can’t resist the impulse to check his phone, convinced he’s having an affair. What she finds instead is far more disturbing, and is only the beginning of Kathy’s night of sheer terror.

The Witch in the Cellar
by Jean Marie Bauhaus

"There's a witch buried in the cellar."

So begins this tale about a local legend, a curse, and a creepy storm cellar.

A boy and his family move into a double-wide trailer on a plot of land in rural Oklahoma on which they plan to build their dream home, where a loan storm cellar is all that's left of the house that once stood there. What happened to the house--and all who've tried to build there since--is the stuff of legend. But when things start happening that are hard to explain, is the neighbor boy playing creepy pranks to support his story? Or is something more sinister at work? Something evil--and deadly.

Previously published as Weather Witch.

The Heredity of Magic: A Haunted Law Firm Novel (The Haunted Law Firm)
by Robert Arrington

If a Neanderthal baby boy were to be brought up from infancy in a modern American home, how would he fare? What if he has abilities that make him exceptional? Would he fit in? Be ridiculed? Celebrated? Become the victim of discrimination? If he is an exceptional athlete, will he be envied? Disdained? Some possible answers to these questions are explored in this novel. Doug Martin is the clone of a 50,000 year-old man born of Neanderthal and modern human parents, reared as the only child of Darren and Lara Martin. Now 18 years old, he is a standout high school athlete, who has, in addition to athletic talent, paranormal abilities unknown to most and that even he does not understand. But those who know of his talents include shadowy government agents who would like to exploit them. When his genetic heritage is exposed, these agents, desiring to harness his powers to their ends, work through the Firm’s enemy Monica Gilbert to influence the state athletic association to remove Doug’s athletic eligibility. Doug and his family seek legal representation from the Haunted Law Firm, where young partners Marc Washington and Rob Ashworth are determined to defend him. He has the support of his lawyers, his family, and his girlfriend, Eva. Will that be enough, or will a little magic be required?

Hope's Echo
by C. M. Craig

Laucian, a knight of hope, has been avoiding people. But a message from an old friend has reached him. It is time to return.

Time to travel to Aeterna, the Eternal City.

Time to once again fulfill his oath.

Time to restore Hope to the hopeless.

On the streets of Aeterna, young Rowan has been struggling to pay his debt, and to pay it right. 'No stealing. Good, honest work, just like Da told him. Little does Rowan know that the forces of despair are closing on him. Can he hold on to hope until Hope's Knight arrives?

Waves of a Tempest (Fires of an Empire Saga Book 2)
by Jessica Barberi

The Emperor of Perinthia rules with an iron fist. Young boys are torn from their families at just ten years old, forced into military conscription. Soldiers are forbidden from marrying, while only the Emperor's loyal officers and nobility are permitted wives. Beliefs outside the greatness of the throne have been brutally crushed - temples burned, devotees killed or enslaved. Yet a glimmer of hope persists in secret.

Roshin grew up an orphan on the docks of the southern port city of Ancalah. Taken in by a sister of the faith of Hulen Ahir, she was trained in the healing arts, as well as the forbidden truths of the old religion. Traveling the country as a healer, Roshin has witnessed the Empire's oppressive degradation of the social order. But the reality hits home when she and her companions are seized and sold into bondage.

With her world consumed by darkness, Roshin clings to the faith's prophecy - that light will come on the back of a dragon, when a destined rider rises again to crush the Empire's tyranny. And now, it seems that rider has arrived.

Fire From Ashes (Fires of an Empire Saga Book 1) is in the sale as a Fan Favorite.

Dullahan: Samhradh
by WPM & Michael Gallo

Book 1 of 2: Dullahan

The year is 999, Samhradh. War has ravaged Ireland for many years. A young girl named Niamh has found a man with a talking head who can’t remember their past. They are Dullahan and Pig. She has sent them on a mission to find her father and bring him home. On their mission they will face many obstacles, and as they search for Niamh’s father, they also search for the mysteries of their pasts.

This book is 109,763 words, and it contains 14 interior black and white images.

Dullahan: Fomhar
by WPM & Michael Gallo

Book 2 of 2: Dullahan

The year is 999, Fomhar.

The war between Ultan and Brian Boru storms on, consuming all in its path. Dullahan and Pig lost their battle against the Moths of the Black Sun in Samhradh. Terra’s victory was great, yet she isn’t finished with Dullahan. Their loss drove them to the cusp of total annihilation. Pig does all he can to keep Dullahan moving, but Dullahan is a shadow of himself. Will it be enough? Their only path forward is to journey to Connaught and plunge into the middle of the war.

Now Dullahan hunts for one of the Moths to uncover the secrets of his past.

This book is 131,563 words and has 16 interior black and white pictures.

The Altar of My Fate (The Rosteval Saga Book 1)
by Michael R. Schultheiss

Book 1 of 5: The Rosteval Saga

A WARRIOR’S EPIC QUEST FOR ADVENTURE, GLORY, AND THE SPOILS OF WAR

Trained to the warrior’s path, Rosteval yearns for glory and craves adventure in unknown lands.

Leading the war-band he created, he sets off on a quest to brave a formidable desert and the swords and arrows of a growing number of enemy tribes.

He expected the mounting dangers… but he didn’t expect Ghaitta, the beautiful slave-girl with a secret… and the power and peril of an ancient altar, an artifact of the vanished Shaper race.

As his enemies multiply, Rosteval is forced to confront an immortal adversary and the looming specter of defeat. Can Rosteval and Ghaitta avert disaster, and claim the fateful power of the ancient Shaper altar?

What reviewers are saying:

★★★★★“The author was able to really capture the spirit of the ancient warrior with a dash of fantasy lore. The result is a true epic, a classic in my opinion.” ~INFAMOUS REVIEWER

★★★★★“Adventure abounds in this wonderfully flawed character. You won't get neat little wrapped up packages here.” ~Amazon Reviewer

“Game of Thrones meets Conan the Barbarian in this epic tale of adventure.” ~Reedsy Discovery

“An epic narrative describing an incredibly vast world and steeped in exceptional character development.” ~Literary Titan

◆Now an Amazon #1 Best-Seller — Action & Adventure Fantasy

◆Winner of the Firebird Book Award (Epic Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery)

Desolate: A Shades of Black Story
(Shades of Black Origins Book 4)
by Jonathan Shuerger (Author), Louie Roybal (Illustrator)

Book 4 of 6: Shades of Black Origins

Hell hath no fury like a mother betrayed.

The Signovencian Church paints Sevara of the Blooded as a Hellwitch responsible for the burning of dozens of churches across Samothrace. Congregations whisper hushed prayers that her demonic gaze might pass over and spare them the ravages of her malicious coven, the Blooded of Ruin.

She was not always so.

According to the forbidden writings of Father Joseph, excommunicate shepherd of the Blooded, a tribeswoman of the Hellscape fled her master to save her infant son from ritualistic sacrifice. She finds sanctuary on the other side of Bel Farak in a small parish and hides there.

Now, to prove she is no spy of Hell, Sevara volunteers to enter the war on the side of the Kingdom as a warrior nun of the Anointed. While fighting to survive the monsters, demons and savages from the life she abandoned, she has no idea of the political wheels turning behind the scenes, and the danger that her supposed allies present to her and her son.

Desolate is the tragic origin story of the Destroyer’s champion, Sevara of the Blooded, and a prequel to Shades of Black II: Afterlight.

When Heroes Rise
by Trever Bierschbach

Experience tales of sacrifice, bravery, and honor throughout the ages of the mystical world of Thelos. From primitive elven clans to savage wasteland wanderers, When Heroes Rise will take you on new adventures across a world unlike any you’ve seen before. You’ll explore this world through the eyes of those who struggle every day to survive it, and protect those they love. Heroes from all walks of life, and some who are not even people, will show how far one can go for loyalty, love, and honor. Their pain and sacrifice lay the groundwork for future tales yet untold, but coming soon. This collection of shorts features stories from the early life of Snowdove, an elven woman who will face adversity and trauma before leaving her people to find her place in the world. You will witness pure love in the only story set on Earth, as an old man bargains with death for the chance to say goodbye. And five tales of Thelos’ distant future after the world is destroyed by the folly of man, and people must scrape out a life in the Wasteland left behind.

Return to Aramon - A New Moon
by Ezra Ferguson

A BROTHER DOES NOT LIE.

An aging hero, all but forgotten by his countrymen... A lone Teller, bearing truth and darkness in equal measure... A rash young son of nobility, dreaming of adventure from high atop his tower wall. When a shadow uncoils over Aramon, each must rise to face his nightmares, or fall before the surging tide of apocalypse.

Award-winning machinima artist Ezra Ferguson returns to the world of epic narrative with a tale over twenty years in the making.

Return to Aramon is a sweeping, heroic fantasy written in the tradition of the classic epics. Seeking that which is good, that which is true, and that which is beautiful, Return to Aramon: A New Moon explores the depths of love, loyalty, sacrifice, and courage among the heroes of a bygone age, faced with terrors too dark to imagine. With a deep reverence of language in all its beauty, Return to Aramon seeks to honor the foundations and pillars of high fantasy while speaking in the distinct voice of a generation who saw the end of an age.

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From the back cover:

Voldigar left the past behind, to dream of field and family…

SORCERY WAS NO MORE, for The Brotherhood of Aramon destroyed it. The terror of the Red Cloak to those who worked in shadow and communed with demons was absolute, but within a decade, these deeds were only legend. The traditions of the Tellers and Chanters were no longer welcome among a decadent people, and their memory washed away as rain over the hinterlands. Heroes became teachers. Hunters became plowmen, and they traded their swords for books…

Voldigar left the past behind, to dream of field and family. Long delayed, he hung his cloak upon the hook a final time and left the Brotherhood to other men. Yet the ghosts of his past and the grip of his convictions will not let him dream in peace. When a sudden nightmare sweeps over the realm, the aging warrior is thrust again into the teeth of a demonic incursion that threatens his budding life and the suffering woman he loves.

Return to Aramon is a heroic fantasy in the tradition of the masterworks that created a genre. Join Voldigar and a host of legends old and new in a world-spanning epic that explores the deeper questions of courage and sacrifice, of truth and love, and of purpose and prophecy. Return to Aramon: A New Moon is the first installment in an age-old saga made new for those who seek a deeper fantasy.

Holding the Line: Book One of The Long Watch
by Roy M. Griffis

"𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨!"

"𝘼𝙬𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙮!"

𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝟏𝟖-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫.

His mother had died so long ago, he could barely remember her. Now he lives with his alcoholic janitor father in the basement of the 150-year-old New Territorial Military Institute. Growing up at the prestigious, low-profile military academy, Danny had watched as the Territorial discretely provided a college education for the sons and daughters of politicians and royal families across the world, as well as the children of the rich and dysfunctional.

Beginning his freshman year at the Territorial on a “child of an employee” scholarship, Danny has a simple plan: graduate, leave behind his widowed drunk of a dad, and get the hell out of Wyoming.

That was before his home exploded. Before he met the sickly, spooky Tatiana who could See. Before the whispers in the night.

And that was before things got really weird.

"𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐲 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝. 𝐈𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐤𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩. 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥, 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭. 𝐈'𝐦 𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐥!"

"𝑨 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒙 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆!"

"𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑮𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒔’ 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒌 𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔."

The Thing From HR: A Cthulhu, Amalgamated Memoir (The Cthulhu, Amalgamated Memoirs Book 1)
by Roy M. Griffis

"I was laughing audibly as I read it"

What Roy Griffis has done is apply a completely new and fresh perspective to the Cthulhu mythos. The Thing From HR is as snarky, humorous, darkly twisted view of the old ones. I struggle to say what genre this book fits into. Yes, there is the insanity generating horror you’d expect, but this novel is much more. Picture The Office meets Cthulhu, meets Scooby Doo. I was laughing, audibly, as I read it. It is witty, daring, and worthy of your time. - Blaine Pardoe, award-winning New York Times bestselling author

"A Cthulhian romp that’s equal parts Terry Pratchett and Mel Brooks… and it just might be the funniest novel I’ve ever read." – Upstream Reviews

"I laughed far too much...you'll enjoy dark humor, dry wit, slapstick moments, and elements of romantic comedy." - Amazon 5-star review

Can a Bad Thing be a Good Guy?

Narg was content working as a Damnation Services-10 in HR. Sure, he was related to one of the Elder Gods, but a little nepotism never hurt any Thing. His life was just wailing and gibbering, right up until his Uncle needed a small favor from his nephew.

All Narg had to do was go down among the humans...and pretend to be one of them.

These are not your Grandfather's tales of Eldritch Horror: this is the untold story of the ghastly, unappreciated (and entirely expendable) minor monstrosities that support the Inscrutable Plans Of Dark Gods And Elder Things Beyond The Knowledge Of Men.

The Cthulhu, Amalgamated series is a comic romp full of action and mystery, including, of course, Sanity-Shattering Horror––and that’s just the paperwork. Even H.P. could not conceive of the Corporate Terrors that await The Thing from HR.

"The Thing From HR is largely a bawdy, irreverent, horror-comedy, with all that entails. Lovecraft purists might object to that; but I would guess most readers will find it hilarious" - review by Berthold Gambrel

"Enjoyable Lovecraftian Romp –– There's mystery, suspense, a touch of romance and body parts galore. You won't regret getting this book. Highly recommended!"- Amazon 5-star review

"A wild and funny romp with horror and humor."- Amazon 5-star review

The Auditors of Doom: a Cthulhu, Amalgamated memoir (The Cthulhu, Amalgamated Memoirs Book 2)
by Roy M. Griffis

"The comedy is funny, the characters are well fleshed-out, and the adventure is a fun ride. Even the afterword hides a spine-chilling final touch. Griffis’ books are a sure bet from beginning to end." – Upstream Reviews on The Auditors of Doom, Book Two of the Cthulhu, Amalgamated memoirs.

THE MISADVENTURE CONTINUES!

After his travels Down Among the Humans, our unsung every-Thing Shoggoth is back in the office, where first he has to elude the gooey clutches of the Auditors of Doom. After one of Narg’s wayward HR client warns him that something terrible is happening back on his home planet, our hero decides to investigate the rumour for Itself. Thus begins a journey to a land far stranger than the Earth Narg knew: a place called Texas!

"A Cthulhian romp that’s equal parts Terry Pratchett and Mel Brooks… and it just might be the funniest novel I’ve ever read."
"The Thing From HR is largely a bawdy, irreverent, horror-comedy, with all that entails...most readers will find it hilarious."
“What Roy Griffis has done is apply a completely new and fresh perspective to the Cthulhu mythos. The Thing From HR is a snarky, humorous, darkly twisted view of the old ones. I was laughing audibly as I read it. It is witty, daring, and worthy of your time."
– Various Reviewers onThe Thing from HR, Book One of the Cthulhu, Amalgamated memoirs.

“I laughed far too much...you'll enjoy dark humor, dry wit, slapstick moments, and elements of romantic comedy”
“One of the most cleverly amazing books I have read this year.”
“A wild and funny romp with horror and humour.”
Amazon reviewers on The Thing from HR, Book One of the Cthulhu, Amalgamated memoirs.

The Breakroom of a Thousand Nightmares: a Cthulhu, Amalgamated memoir (The Cthulhu, Amalgamated Memoirs Book 3)
by Roy M. Griffis

"Horror comedy is a tough nut to crack, and Lovecraftian comedy tougher, but Griffis had me genuinely belly laughing for three books now. If you’re tired of the constant mainstream slop being shoved into your face, splurge this summer and grab the trilogy. You’ll have good vibes from beyond the stars."
- Upstream Reviews on The Breakroom of a Thousand Nightmares, Book Three of the Cthulhu, Amalgamated memoirs.

Just back from another thrilling adventure down among the Hairless Apes, our every-Thing hero Narg faces the most terrifying corporate challenge yet: a promotion! Reporting directly to The Blithering Excrescence From Beyond The Stars (aka, his Uncle Beefbits), he and Murph find themselves getting down with the Humans again. But what do G-men, CERN, and small grey aliens have to do with the Amalgamation? Discover the truth in The Breakroom of a Thousand Nightmares, Book Three of the Escapade Fantastique that is the Cthulhu, Amalgamated memoirs.

"A Cthulhian romp that’s equal parts Terry Pratchett and Mel Brooks… and it just might be the funniest novel I’ve ever read."
"The Thing From HR is largely a bawdy, irreverent, horror-comedy, with all that entails...most readers will find it hilarious."
“What Roy Griffis has done is apply a completely new and fresh perspective to the Cthulhu mythos. The Thing From HR is a snarky, humorous, darkly twisted view of the old ones. I was laughing audibly as I read it. It is witty, daring, and worthy of your time."
– Various Reviewers onThe Thing from HR, Book One of the Cthulhu, Amalgamated memoirs.

“I laughed far too much...you'll enjoy dark humor, dry wit, slapstick moments, and elements of romantic comedy”
“One of the most cleverly amazing books I have read this year.”
“A wild and funny romp with horror and humour.”
Amazon reviewers on The Thing from HR, Book One of the Cthulhu, Amalgamated memoirs.

"The comedy is funny, the characters are well fleshed-out, and the adventure is a fun ride. Even the afterword hides a spine-chilling final touch. Griffis’ books are a sure bet from beginning to end."
- Upstream Reviews on The Auditors of Doom, Book Two of the Cthulhu, Amalgamated memoirs.

“If you're looking for a horror-comedy with a nice slice of history on the side, you can't do better than The Auditors of Doom."
“His blend of humor and ghastly imagination makes this an excellent read.”
- Amazon reviewers on The Auditors of Doom, Book Two of the Cthulhu, Amalgamated memoirs.

The Supply Closet of Eternal Terror: a Cthulhu, Amalgamated memoir (The Cthulhu, Amalgamated Memoirs Book 4)
by Roy M. Griffis

What's a nice Shoggoth like him doing in a dump like Earth...and looking for H.P. Lovecraft?

Slither with us into yet another thrilling volume of the secret, forbidden memoirs of our every-Thing hero, Narg the Shoggoth!

Now comfortably retired from the clutches of the Amalgamation, Narg is at last in his dream job, a professor of Human Studies at his alma mater, good ole Miskatonic University. Shackled to his terrifyingly dear Bugg, his unnatural existence should be as perfect as any Thing could hope for inThe Land Where Hope Perishes Of Sustenance.

That is, until a hostile takeover occurs inside Cthulhu, Amalgamated. His Uncle is consumed by the opposition, and Narg's family is next up on the menu. Forcibly recalled to his old position by the dread Strider Among the Stars, the only way our hero can protect his Bugg is to accept a more-than-normally impossible mission: Return to the Realm of the Squishies and remove all knowledge of His Hideous Race Of Beings Who Slaver At The Edges Of Reality from the world of the Hairless Apes.

But this time...he's doing it alone!

"A Cthulhian romp that’s equal parts Terry Pratchett and Mel Brooks… and it just might be the funniest novel I’ve ever read."
"The Thing From HRis largely a bawdy, irreverent, horror-comedy, with all that entails...most readers will find it hilarious."
“What Roy Griffis has done is apply a completely new and fresh perspective to the Cthulhu mythos. The Thing From HRis a snarky, humorous, darkly twisted view of the old ones. I was laughing audibly as I read it. It is witty, daring, and worthy of your time."
– Various Reviewers onThe Thing from HR,Book One of the Cthulhu, Amalgamated memoirs.

“I laughed far too much...you'll enjoy dark humor, dry wit, slapstick moments, and elements of romantic comedy”
“One of the most cleverly amazing books I have read this year.”
“A wild and funny romp with horror and humour.”
Amazon reviewers on The Thing from HR,Book One of the Cthulhu, Amalgamated memoirs.

New Arrivals in Science Fiction

Quantum Mortis 4-Pack ($3.99)
by Vox Day

The independent planet of Rhysalan provides Sanctuary to 1,462 governments-in-exile. It is the responsibility of the Xenocriminology and Alien Relations department of the Military Crimes Investigation Division to keep a firm leash on the hundreds of thousands of xenos residing on-planet.

In addition to a missile-armed aerovar, his trusty Sphinx CPB-18, and MCID’s extremely liberal policies concerning collateral damage and civilian casualties, Chief Tower is assisted by his extreme xenophobia as well as a military-grade augmented machine intelligence that believes it has found God. So when the disintegrated remnants of the heir apparent of an alien royal house are discovered on the streets of Trans Paradis, the question is not so much whether the killers will eventually be found, but if it is the criminals or the crime investigators who will contribute more to the final body count.

Star Core: Wild Space
by M.S. Olney

Among the stars, the rules are different.

In a war-ravaged solar system where Earth clings to the remnants of its fractured colonies, the only thing more dangerous than venturing into the unknown is what lies within it.

The elite Star Core have been tasked with an impossible mission: to infiltrate the uncharted territories beyond the Kuiper Belt—known as Wild Space—and neutralize a threat that could plunge the entire system into chaos. But Wild Space is no ordinary frontier. It’s a lawless expanse filled with rogue warlords, ruthless pirates, and remnants of humanity’s darkest secrets.

The Star Core’s mission will push them to their limits, testing their courage, loyalty, and their very humanity.

When the team uncovers the shocking truth about a legendary war criminal thought long dead, the stakes are raised higher than they ever imagined. With the fate of humanity hanging in the balance, the Core must navigate a deadly game of cat and mouse, where every decision could mean the difference between survival and oblivion.

Filled with heart-pounding action, relentless suspense, and deep space intrigue, Star Core: Into Wild Space is a thrilling ride that will leave you breathless. In the farthest reaches of space, where the lines between friend and foe blur, how far will they go to protect the future of mankind?

Prepare for a journey like no other, into the heart of darkness, and beyond.

Seize What's Held Dear (Fall of the Censor Book 3)
by Karl K. Gallagher

Book 3 of 6: Fall of the Censor

A dozen cities nuked. Millions dead. The Fierans are burning for revenge.

Marcus Landry is eager to fight the Censorate, but desperate to protect the innocents oppressed by Censorate rule . . . including his beloved, trapped behind enemy lines.

Orders of Magnitude
by Yuval Kordov

The Moon was once colonized. Now it lies silent—mostly.

When a mysterious radio signal echoes from the abandoned colony of Serenitatis, the Vatican dispatches an elite squad of space marines to investigate. Paladin-Captain Samuel Cohen’s mission is simple: locate survivors, uncover the signal’s source, and get out. But beneath the sterile domes, something ancient stirs—an adversary that challenges not only the mission but the very foundations of his faith.

A gripping new novella that explores the resilience of the human—and holy—spirit in the darkness of the void. For fans of Event Horizon and Richard Paul Russo’s Ship of Fools.

The Product
by Marina Fontaine

The Product. It's addictive, seductive, mind-altering, life-changing. Dangerous. Deadly, even. Your friendly local government wants to protect you from all dangerous things, so those dealing the Product are persecuted to the fullest extent of the law - public beatings, brutal mishandling, and ultimately permanent psychological reprogramming or death.

If you're a dealer and they see you, you run. Capture is not an option.

Kevin got caught. His girlfriend Lily knows it. Now her only goal is to help him escape, and to do that, she must enter the underworld formed around the Product. They might say no. They might even kill her. And even if the rescue succeeds, Lily needs to choose: stay in her safe, Government-protected life or join Kevin as a hunted fugitive or in the dangerous freedom of the Outers.

But first, they have to make it through the day.

Chasing Freedom
by Marina Fontaine

The tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. -- Thomas Jefferson

It started with love.

The love of a young man for his Julie; the love of a mother for her doomed daughter; the love and sacrifice of an orphaned brother for his kid sister. No force in the world, even that of a totalitarian nanny-state, can erase the power of love.

It became a movement.

With the youthful and charismatic energy of lovers Randy and Julie at the core, dissident freedom-loving groups come together. From outright rebels to smugglers, from gay-rights groups to Christian congregations, they all recognized a common purpose: the reignition of freedom.

It ended in blood -- and hope.

Julie's rebels identify key weaknesses in the government structure that can be exploited, given time, skill, and luck. But the government has lost patience with the dissidents, brutally cracking down on freedom-fighters and ordinary citizens alike in its efforts to exert full control. With the government growing ever closer to uncovering the secrets of the alliance, will Julie and Randy be able to hold off annihilation long enough to emerge victorious?

The Tower of the Bear (Yankee Republic Book 3)
by Fenton Wood

From the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, to the forbidden lands west of the Mississippi, to the shores of a prehistoric inland sea ... a young radio engineer enlists the aid of scientists, kings, ancient gods, and mythological beasts, in a search for a super-metal from another universe!

A blend of radio science, alt-history, tall tale, and myth, YANKEE REPUBLIC is an epic like no other.

Pirates of the Electromagnetic Waves (Yankee Republic Book 1) and Five Million Watts (Yankee Republic Book 2) are also Fan Favorites and listed in the New Arrivals.

Decisively Engaged (Warp Marine Corps Book 1)
by C.J. Carella

(WARNING: Contains violence, strong language and adult content)

They picked a fight with the wrong species.

A NATION AT WAR: The United Stars of America. Born in the conflagration of unprovoked alien attack, the newest entrant to galactic politics took the few crumbs of hypertech gifted to it and ran with them, soon expanding over dozens of star systems and establishing a wide trade network, protected by its powerful Navy and the dreaded Warp Marines.

A FIGHT TO THE DEATH: A single Marine platoon, tasked with protecting an embassy on a hostile alien planet. An embassy – and the human enclave around it – that soon finds itself surrounded by armed mobs. Can the Marines and a ragtag band of civilian and Navy personnel survive long enough to be rescued?

To The Strongest (The Bicentennial War Book 1)
by C.J. Carella

The Warp Marines Are Back!

When an ancient foe returns to threaten the known galaxy, the United Stars of America’s Navy and Marines must rise to the occasion and fight the alien invaders to the death. Epic space and land battles against a species of deadly space nomads will determine the fate of humanity.

Jason Giraud: All he wanted was to become a Warp Marine but the Corps wasn’t hiring. When a bizarre accident grants him strange new abilities, however, Jason earns a place in the mysterious and secretive Wraith Marine Regiment. His life will never be the same.

Heather McClintock: She’s back with the CIA, protecting America from foreign enemies. Will her analytic – and telepathic – skills be enough to win the day?

Russell Edison: Retirement did not suit him. Russell returns to his beloved Corps, this time as a Critical Skills Operator instead of a regular infantryman. He soon discovers that Special Ops are even more dangerous than ground-pounder duties.

To The Strongest is the first book of a new series that follows the events of the best-selling Warp Marine Corps series that began with Decisively Engaged.

Lethal Cargo: A Space Opera Adventure (A Cauldron of Stars Book 1)
by Felix R. Savage

Hardened space pirates try to kidnap a young girl... ...but a hero materializes from the stars and ruins their plan. His only mistake is letting them live. Legendary space trucker and freighter captain Mike Starrunner travels from planet to planet with his interstellar crew. But now they‘re in big trouble - they know too much about a criminal group called the Travelers. These murderous miscreants leave a trail of death wherever they go, and they want Mike’s head. When his efforts to shake them fail, Mike and the crew’s survival is at stake. They’re outnumbered, outgunned, and outmaneuvered, and an ugly end seems certain. Desperate, they try a final impossible tactic as the Travelers close in for their revenge. Will the reckless gambit save them, or will Mike and his crew pay the ultimate price? Lovers of Iain M. Banks, Alastair Reynolds, and James S.A. Corey will flip for this genre-melding adventure. Find out why readers say this epic space opera has “insane adventures of improbable heroes!” Don’t wait to get your copy - click the BUY button now!

The Arid Lands by Kate Kelly

The Tyrhennians struggle to survive in the dried out basin of an ancient ocean. Inez knows no other world than this endless cycle of heat and brine, but listens to the stories of a distant land of great cities and endless seas.

She never believed them, until the day her brother is injured by a strange craft crossing the desolate plains. So she discovers that the stories are true. But as she tries to find her brother in a strange city she realises that she is not the only person from the salt plains here. Others from the Arid Lands have infiltrated the city - and they have a plan.

Tea House of the Hidden Moon
by Keith Korman

Life is often life’s worst enemy.

Something happened in tiny Van Horn, Texas, a company town for an aerospace conglomerate – something terrible yet oddly mundane. Men and women wander away, and the town suddenly sits empty.

A crime wave sweeps across America, marked by a graffito: Felice the Rat, a grinning punk rodent. A new drug, Delicto, rages through every class, and addicts will kill or die for it. Then people start falling ill and dying, first in ones and twos and then entire towns.

Against this backdrop, bereaved father Bhakti Singh and lady cop Rachel Gibson team up to chase one kidnapped girl, Janet Chen, across the chaotic and ravaged country, finding allies along the way. They are opposed by Mr. P., a mythic and immortal spirit in human skin who seeks Janet and other special children for his own evil purpose. Meanwhile, redemption and healing await just out of reach for a world that has lost all faith.

Past and future, magic and science all come together in this prophetic novel that questions the very nature and meaning of life on this earth, this galaxy, and the universe.

The Hound of Greyvor (The Silver Sights Saga Book 2)
by W J Long III

Since Minerva Prime, peace, quiet, and adolescence have driven a wedge between Claude and Vision. As tempers flare in their modest home, a new danger emerges behind the Sabien veil; Levine Drarri, a disgraced servant of the Imperium, arrives on their doorstep, seeking the aid of Silver Sights.

In his wake comes chaos, tragedy, and the boundless fury of a Sabien Crown. Now, the weight of Drarri’s sudden arrival threatens to shatter the already fractured bond between father and daughter, while in the shadows, the weapons of the Imperium bear down on all they have built.

The Buchanan Brothers and the Hand Of Brass
by D. W. Dixon

In a race against time, detective brothers Luke and John Buchanan must unravel a deadly conspiracy threatening to tear their city apart. As steam boilers explode one by one, they face obstacles from all sides: suspicious government agents, a cabal of powerful barons, and a mysterious figure with extraordinary powers. Historic events like the Grand Prix and the launch of the world's first rocket risk being overshadowed by disaster. Can they get to the bottom of the sabotage before Grisham crumbles under the weight of this crisis? Brace yourself for a high-stakes thriller where freedom, lives, and the fate of the city hang in the balance.

Terminal
by M. Anthony Harris

Ezra’s seventeen, homeschooled, Chinese American, and very much in love.

He’s been pining over Crystal for ages now, and what should have been the best day of his life, the day that he learned she loves him back, turns into the worst when he learns he has superpowers, because powers always kill their host.

After a horrific accident Ezra’s carted off to be studied, poked, prodded and experimented on until either his powers take him or one of the other superpowered residents accidentally kills him.

Now Ezra has to learn the most important lesson of them all, how to live with dying.

The Name of Magic (The Heavenly Mages Book 1)
by M. Anthony Harris

The Heavenly Mages protected the Zan Empire for centuries...Until they disappeared nearly two thousand years ago.

All Zhao Ling wants is to get her father released from debtors prison and make her family whole again.
When she’s offered a full scholarship to attend the Imperial Academy of Magic, Zhao Ling jumps at the opportunity to turn around her family’s fortunes.
While training to be an Imperial Mage, Zhao Ling starts hearing a voice. A voice which belongs to the most powerful of the vanished Heavenly Mages. A voice who claims to be the source of magic for her world.
A voice, whose miraculous connection to her, gets Zhao Ling caught in a web of conspiracy which threatens to unleash an ancient evil that could tear apart her nation.

Bloodletting (Alister Cain Book 1)
by M. Anthony Harris

Exsanguination. It’s a word Alister Cain is all too familiar with, and one he dreads.
When a case where the victim was found drained of blood falls on his desk, the Occult Crimes Consultant finds himself in the sights of a violent UFO cult with ties to an ancient deity.

The cult is desperate to find their way back into its good graces, and with supernatural assassins in tow, they’ll kill any who get in the way of their dark ritual.

Agents of Rivelt: A Science Fiction Novel in Short Stories
by Sharon Rose

An escaped, telepathic slave. A bounty hunter with a secret. How will they evade death long enough to free other thought-readers?

Slave traders are abducting thought-readers from their haven world, then selling them on Syndicate space stations. There, telepaths have two choices: Steal secrets for their owners or face execution for the crime of existing.

Every mission to infiltrate the space stations is a close encounter with death. To Tracy, a former slave turned undercover agent, and Vigard, her bounty-hunter partner, freedom is a cause worth fighting for. Even dying for.

This epic battle against entrenched slavery is now available in a novelized version, which includes all eleven previously published short stories.

If you like rich characters, telepathy, and intrigue, set against a tapestry of alien worlds, then you’ll love Agents of Rivelt.

The Ziva Payvan Collection
by EJ Fisch

CONTAINS:
Dakiti: Ziva Payvan Book 1
Nexus: Ziva Payvan Book 2
Ronan: Ziva Payvan Book 3

The distant world of Haphez is located on the edge of populated space. The planet’s native superhuman race is feared and respected by neighboring civilizations. Their military and police forces are unmatched.

Haphezian operative Ziva Payvan has spent most of her life being fashioned into a deadly weapon. Trained to fight and not feel, she focuses only on the mission at hand and never dwells in the past…a past that houses many secrets. But when those secrets start forcing their way back into her life, she begins to find herself in the unique position of needing to save lives rather than take them.

As Ziva and her ops team work in the shadows and struggle to survive, they find themselves pitted against the most personal and most deadly of enemies, enemies who threaten not only their own lives but the lives of everyone around them.

All Men Dream of Earthwomen and Other Aeons
by John C. Wright

Come behold Aeons Near and Far

"I have traveled in vision from futures near at hand to those immeasurably remote and returned with tales of mystery and wonder, sorrow and hope, humanity and what comes after, and further yet, to the time beyond the end of time, and perhaps glimpsed eternity.

I convoke the witness of my dreams of things to come, and reveal them as curios and treasures. Behold future wars and children's power armor, see the planetkiller seeking immortal vengeance against planetkillers, learn whom the choosers of the slain will choose for love, or when the dolphins will inherit the earth, or why all men dream of earthwomen."

Enjoy these haunting tales of futures near and far by Science Fiction master John C. Wright.

Take the Shilling: A Military Science Fiction Novel (The Confederated Worlds Book 1)
by Raymund Eich

"Military science fiction [concentrating] on the psychology and politics of societies in conflict." —Analog, on the Confederated Worlds series

The Confederated Worlds implanted in his brain the skills to make him a soldier.

He had to learn for himself how to survive interstellar war.

Tomas Neumann seeks escape from his backwater planet and overbearing mother, and a mentor to replace his long-dead father.

“Taking the shilling”—enlisting in the Confederated Worlds military—promises both.

But the soldier’s skills implanted in his brain can’t prepare him for combat against fellow humans. Especially ones supposed to welcome him and his fellow soldiers as liberators. The war on New Liberty threatens to destroy him. Not just in body. Also in spirit.

Grieving for lost comrades, demoralized by harrowing combat, Tomas must learn what he needs to survive.

Because soon, with the fates of thousands of his fellow soldiers in the balance, he will face his war’s ultimate challenge.

Take the Shilling is the first book in The Confederated Worlds series.

Silk Unspun (Exopreneurs) Book 1 is a Fan Favorite.

Foul Brood (Exopreneurs Book 2)
by D.S. Blake

Some bugs you just have to kill!

It’s a lesson Jake Ambler has learned the hard way, on Teila and then again on Euphrates. He’s grateful to be assigned to Alvum, where the peace-loving Trigonans (hyper-intelligent beehives) are eager to trade their precious honey for relatively cheap technology.

It all goes well until the Myrmidons who share Alvum poke their heads up: The Trigonans kill them on sight, and the increasing provocations may lead to a war that the Trigonans, for all their sophistication, cannot win.

But are the Myrmidons bugs you just have to kill?

And what if you have to start a war to save a planet?

Jake wrestles with these questions and more, even as his past catches up with him, and forces from Earth try to engage him in their own struggles, all while discovering a nemesis he never knew he had.

Jake will have to risk every relationship he’s managed to build to try to save Alvum.

Foul Brood is a roller-coaster ride through the psyches of alien minds, and the tunnels of alien mines, where one man must save a planet from itself—and from forces outside of its control!

An Inconvenient Presidency: The Time-Traveling Misadventures of President Al Gore (Presidents of the Uncanny States of America)
by Eric M. Hamilton

“It’s almost too funny!”

On January 20, 2001, Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. became the 43rd President of the United States for the second time...

Newly elected President Al Gore is given a mysterious device that allows his mind to travel back in time and relive his presidency. He needs it, too! There is always some disaster forcing him to start over. Soon, the time-traveling President begins to suspect there’s more going on with this device than he first suspected.

Read the hilarious story of the President that never was, and discover why history turned out different.

“I started reading and couldn't stop! What a clever story!”

My Name is War
(Earth Prime Universe Book 1)
by Evan DeShais

I know I did not cause the failure of Dillon Dimensional Gate and the deaths of two people.

My boss does not want to hear it, and fires me while placing the Gates's failure solely on me.

I have a path forward to clear my name. All I need do is travel untold dimensional worlds and return with my mind intact, a feat only I have done, once.

die Raumschiffwaffe (Thulians Book 1)
by Felix Kinnersley

aliens… saucers… ancient talismans… secret underground bases…
Intrigue follows an archaeologist working for the Reich's Paranormal Division. After locating and retrieving several ancient artifacts, he begins to see that something isn't quite right.
What are these ancient "items of power" being used to create? And how does it relate to the "roots of the Master race"?
With the end of the war approaching, he must uncover the secret organization within the power circle before it's too late.
Intrigue, Love, Betrayal, Nazis, Atlantis, Aliens, Stonehenge, UFOs, Ark of the Covenant, Secret Underground Bases, Golden Fleece, Spear of Destiny, Ancient Artifacts, & Myth.
Definitely the sort of stuff you'll never find in your history books.

PNW Affliction 9: AntiVirus
by Chance Paladin (Author), Gem Gem (Illustrator)

An anti-virus program does its best to defend its computer days from an unstoppable cyber attack days before the collapse. Failure could mean a total collapse of the Pacific Northwest electrical grid. Pacific Northwest Affliction 9: AntiVirus PNW Affliction book #9: AntiVirus.

The Last Prayer: A Silo Story
by Lyndon Perry

Inspired by Hugh Howey's world of Wool, "The Last Prayer" features... ...A Different Silo, A Different Threat. In the post-apocalypse, society continues in underground silos, kept safe from the toxic world above by a simple hatch door and a strict set of rules. For generations, an oligarchy of priests and politicians preserved their standing while the common workers lived in ignorance. When a young girl starts speaking of heaven as if it were just outside, the rigid caste system begins to crack. Sides are quickly drawn. The only thing preventing a violent upheaval is an old priest's confession and the child's last prayer. But will such simple faith be enough to save them all?

French Press Sludge: A short story collection
by Mark Sowers

French Press Sludge - like the residue left at the bottom of a cup, these are stories author Mark Sowers wrote between working on his full-length novels. Sometimes a tale only needs a few thousand words to be told completely, sometimes it takes tens of thousands. These are the leftovers, the ideas that didn't demand a full-length novel, but that in many ways are just as impactful. From the social commentary of Halftime, to the absurd tragi-comedy of Stoner Ghosts, to the anger, despair and destitution of Apocalypse Pancakes and Never in Blue Genes, this collection of stories follows a disparate and entertaining cast of characters as they navigate through worlds dystopian, apocalyptic, true-to-life, and post-life.

Kuro-Sil: The Book of Humans, Reptuuls, and God
by Michael Small

I am the Chronicler, hear my story:

In the year 5027, humanity will be enslaved by an alien race called the Reptuuls.

But what if I told you a young boy befriended their oppressors?

Orren Hawkins is a boy with a dream: to make friends with the Reptuuls, no matter the cost. It won't be easy due to the Reptuuls hatred of humanity. But by the grace of a long forgotten God, Orren has found two great and unusual friends, and they must learn to work together to rescue enslaved humans, as part of their destiny to unite man and Reptuul under God.

There's just one problem: Orren is himself a drulak, a slave of Reptuuls. Can he still accomplish his dream?

Will you dare read the true story of a forbidden friendship no government wants exposed? Then welcome, one and all, to the legend of the Kuro-Sil!

"This book was so different from anything I’ve read and I enjoyed it. Small did such a great job with this storyline and plot." - Yvette Garcia, Goodreads, 4 stars

"I found the whole concept of this book fascinating." "It’s a brilliant debut from the author." - Tami Wylie, Goodreads, 5 stars

The Singularity Job (Nightingale Book 1)
by Sean Rowland

A decade ago, the artificial minds, machine soldiers, living weapons, and avatars of the Collection attacked. Intent on conquest, they pushed the various factions and governments to the brink of destruction. At last, Colonel David Cryer of the Republic Marines worked to unite the governments, and their militaries, against the Collection, stopping the mad AIs’ advances. For his reward, someone tried to kill Cryer. He was forced into hiding.

Seven years later, Cryer is pulled from his life in the shadows. An avatar has appeared on an unaffiliated world in Conflict Space, a neutral area left untouched by the galaxy’s government. The Republic wants it. Aboard the experimental ship Nightingale, Cryer and his new crew have to outrace a tyrannical empire, blood-thirsty mauraders, and even the Republic itself to find this lost piece of Collection technology before the galaxy falls into all-out war once again. Can the crew of Nightingale survive? More importantly, can get paid?

New Dawn
by Percy Sinclair

Earth tried to colonize Mars. They failed. But now the colony ship has come home, crewed by unknown entities far more powerful than dystopian Earth. Frantic to survive the invasion, Earth puts aside its internal quarrels and forms a coalition to investigate. But when the truth is revealed, everyone must make desperate choices. Caught in the web of lies and confusion, two scientists, one intelligence operative, and one pilot must choose who they will believe and where their true loyalties lie. Making the wrong choice could be fatal, both for the individual and for Earth-bound civilization.

A Desolation of Peacekeepers
by Joshua Hiles

“A Desolation of Peacemakers” is the story of the Bay of Capricornus. An unexceptional cluster of stars and planets nominally ruled by the Free World's Association. Not that the Association does much. Victor Lex, a subsistence farmer from a planet called Lost Hope, knows of it only by rumor and legend. His world is nomadic traders, savage hill-tribes, and the drug-peddling slavers who control the only spaceport. But Victor's world, all the worlds, are about to be reminded why they banded together in the first place. An old enemy is stirring between the stars and in his quest to save his people Victor Lex will learn ancient secrets, make new friends, and be inducted into an order of scholar-diplomats with amazing powers of perception and persuasion. But there's at least one other problem, on top of the marauding cultists who seek to end any trace of human free will in the name of Rexdrak, he's meant to have a partner. It seems the companion order of warrior-bodyguards is extinct. Meaning perception and persuasion is all Victor's got to save the worlds. Setting out with his mentor he will accrue a rag-tag group of scoundrels, disgraced royalty, and soldiers to his side as they strive to defeat the evil of Rexdrak and his world-shattering battleship the Dracostella. With the assistance of Captain Callisto Valor and her co-pilot, surrogate father, and muscle Quegmael, they will rescue the ruler of a destroyed world and escape the clutches of Rexdrak's cult to find themselves in a desperate last-ditch defense of everything human.

The Disk Mirror Solution (Galaxia Mortem Book 1)
by Danielle Ste. Just

Welcome to 2422, a world of implanted technology, exotic exoplanets, and the apex predator we ourselves created.

One moment, Armintor Vess is about to get her first cranial implant.

The next moment, her entire world falls apart.

The technology-fueled plague that ravages her homeworld forces Armintor to seek refuge on a technophobe planet ruled by autocrats. But when a chance for a better future materializes, she stumbles upon a secret that jeopardizes everything she's worked for.

Redcholate Parise is living and loving life in the galaxy’s tech hub, buying and selling intel in VR. When a mysterious client hires her for a rare real-flesh job, all she focuses on is the massive payout. As the lines between reality and illusion blur, Redcholate’s body and mind are overtaken by a sinister truth she never wanted to learn.

Both women feel alone in the universe, but little do they know they’ve been linked from the start. Will Redcholate’s sass and Armintor’s obsession be a match for the only predator left that hunts humankind?

Coming to Power: An Epic Science-Fantasy Multiverse Adventure
(The Arc Legacy Book 1)
by T. J. Marquis

There’s another Earth, just a few steps away from ours, and it’s under siege by a dark, hungry god. It’s a planet where ancient enchantments still rule, where human society is built on the ruins of something greater. It’s calling for a hero.

An angelic guardian finds Jon on the run for killing his best friend’s murderer in defense. The spirit gives him a way out - travel to this other Earth and fight.

It brings him into the battle, praising him for being the first to answer the call in ages. Blessed with magic he could never have imagined, Jon begins his quest for the bloody shadow.

But the mad god knows he’s coming, and he’s got a legion of monsters ready and waiting.

Small Town Problems: A Sci-Fi Novella
by Chris Ritchey (Author), Leonardo Scalia (Illustrator), Rachel Keith (Editor)

Comfortable in his simple rural life, widower Robert Potter never put much stock in Old Jim’s moonshine-fueled conspiracy theories. But after he finds Har'elday, the lone survivor of a crashed spaceship, he begins to wonder if the Loch Ness Monster has relocated to Eufaula Lake. Much to Robert’s dismay, the wandering eye of the federal government is casting a questioning gaze on his small farm town as well.

Caught between relentless federal agents and the found family harboring him, Har’elday’s freedom depends on the ingenuity of his new friends.

A Sci-Fi novella, Small Town Problems is the first book in a two-part series that explores the impact a lone survivor from an advanced alien civilization can have on a sleepy farm town in the middle of Oklahoma. Robert Potter gifts us with his insights as we traverse this world-shattering event through his eyes.

A close group of friends help Har'elday adjust to his new life as he finds solace in the comfort of a hard day's work on the farm. But, how long can such peace last?

In what has been called a throwback to the golden age of science fiction, you can expect to find the heartwarming feeling of a found family, the awkwardness of a budding romance, and genuine and funny characters. We also explore the toll of loss and hardships that are compounded by the advances of a threat looming on the horizon.

Phoenix (The Carter Files)
by Lori Janeski (Author)

Book 1 of 2: The Carter Files

Humanity has colonized the solar system, but crime still doesn’t pay. David Carter is one of the most decorated agents in the Interplanetary Police Forces, but for the last two years, he’s turned reckless, throwing himself into his work—or into the path of a criminal’s bolt pistol. As a specialist in deception analysis and interrogation, Veronique de Tournay has been right where she wants to be: a profiler in the major cases bureau, Division 7.

Unfortunately, the director has reassigned her to Special Agent Carter, and neither of them are happy about it. After they stop a devastating attack on Mars, meant to kill thousands and cripple interplanetary travel, Carter and de Tournay discover evidence of other subversive attacks in the system. With time running out, the reluctant partners may be the only ones standing in the way of a conspiracy that stretches all the way from Luna to the Saturn Space Station.

Raven (The Carter Files)
by Lori Janeski (Author)

Book 2 of 2: The Carter Files

Revenge is a dish best served in space.

Dozens of children across the Interplanetary Commonwealth have disappeared from their homes. There are no motives, no ransom demands, no bodies, and nothing to connect the victims to each other – except the kidnapper’s signature, a single raven feather left at each scene.

With no progress on the case, it has been reassigned to Special Agent David Carter and his new team of Division 7 agents. Together with his wife, retired agent and profiler Veronique Carter, they must race against the clock--and obstacles within their own agency--to find the missing children before it’s too late.

But the closer they get to the culprit, the more it appears his real target might be them.

Artifical Dreams Anthology: miniMAG Issue110 (miniMAGpress Anthology)
by Alex Prestia (Author), J. Neira (Author), Gávez Caballero (Author), Benjamin Ebert (Author), Rick Barooah (Author), & 5 more

Book 1 of 3: miniMAGpress Anthology

A collection of deepfakes, fakedeeps, and creeps. A (soft) sci-fi anthology including 9 short stories and 3 poems, mostly about AI and wishing you weren't a robot.

This is the first physical release of miniMAG a previously, exclusively digital literary magazine.

A Perfect Flock
by Mike Bogue

Tuck Jameson vows to stop his brother Clay from joining The Body, a religious cult that uses nanotechnology to turn its members into Christian automatons.

But Clay disappears—and in three days, his nanotechnology conversion will be complete. Desperate to find Clay, Tuck enlists the aid of former high school mentor Adam Shimura, now a black ops agent with potentially mixed motives.

Brother Moody, the cult’s Chief Elder, mobilizes his acolytes against Tuck. Worse, a shocking prophecy ups the ante, making Tuck realize the stakes involve not only him and Clay, but all of America—and perhaps, the world.

The Steradian Gate
by Nathaniel Blevens

Peace through Compliance. The motto of the regime delivers a succinct message—Do as we say or be destroyed socially, financially, or via execution.

Ethan Burke had been trying to figure out adulting when he inherited a mysterious artifact and accompanying journal from his late uncle. While researching the artifact, he meets Summer McKeown, whose been doing some research of her own to find her missing brother. When Ethan first offers to help, he has no idea their destinies are intertwined.

They discover his artifact is a key that opens a gateway between the five dimensions, The Steradian Gate. Now they’re trapped in Lunaria, a dimension a hundred years behind technologically that’s being cleansed by the regime who’ve discovered Ethan holds one of the five Steradian Keys; keys foretold to supply immense power to those who wield them all.

An alliance is struck with the Lunarian Resistance—Ethan and Summer help locate a city lost to time that’s rumored to hold one of the five keys in exchange for rescuing her brother from the regime’s grasp before he’s turned or killed.

The stakes are high as they must rescue her brother, find a way home and keep each other alive while stopping the regime from enslaving the populations of five dimensions.

Journey through The Steradian Gate, joining Ethan, Summer and the Resistance as they fight to save the people of Lunaria in the first of a new Science Fiction Adventure series focused on Family, Friendship and Freedom.

Thrill Kings: The Gray Walls: Short, Interdimensional Sci-Fi
by Rik Ty

You’re an interdimensional rescue worker.

A Bleed Zone has erupted on the west coast of the United States, creating a hot spot where realities are colliding, and any form of calamity could be surfacing.
But this Bleed Zone is not outside. It's not in a field, or a ravine, or at land's end.
It’s in a building, an office tower, on the fourth floor.

Your partner, Krork, is heading upstairs. He’s going to take haze readings and see how far up the Bleed Zone extends. Then he’ll work his way back down to you.

You take the fourth floor alone. You enter and find no one in sight. But you hear something, faint, and decidedly strange.

Thrill Kings: Madre Diem: Reality Torn And Screaming
by Rik Ty

Cynthia Rhodes shuts down interdimensional Bleed Zones. She is part of a team. A normal day for her would be outrageous for us, and this mission is strange even for her.

Every “Bleed Zone” mission is a leap into the unknown; there’s no telling what you will be up against. This one is doubly strange, in that, right from the start, Cynthia Rhodes finds herself completely isolated from the rest of her team.

Her databox is only giving her readings for the five mile circle around her. Her team isn’t within its confines. Nothing registers outside the five mile mark. According to her device, nothing else exists.

Strange.

Then, in the distance, Cynthia hears people screaming. Many people screaming.

The mission won’t wait. She will have to do what she can —

alone.

Madre Diem is a short novella filled with intense action, wild imaginings, and a surprising amount of soul. This is a new sub-genre within sci-fi, and you’re now on the cutting edge of it.

Enter the Bleed Zone. See what Thrill Kings is all about.

Thrill Kings: The Size Of Minneapolis Upright:
Excellent Short Interdimensional Sci-Fi
by Rik Ty

You’re an interdimensional rescue worker.

A Bleed Zone has erupted in the middle of the United States, on a beautiful day, in the center of a cornfield.

There’s a very obvious creature visiting our world in the middle of the greenery. It’s ridiculously huge, but it’s peaceful. At the moment, it seems content to wander slowly in the sun and nibble corn.

There are only four members to your team. You don’t have the bandwidth to send the inter-D home quickly. It’s going to take a while. The creature isn’t likely to understand that you're trying to send it home, and it’s likely to rampage once you start.

Your job is to clear the nearby houses before the team starts working seriously.

One family sends you to their neighbor, a widow with lots of kids and no working truck. You head over, but you can’t find anyone at the house—just the heartbreaking corpse of a friendly looking dog.

What happened?

And what was that noise upstairs?

A short, intense story followed by plenty of bonus features.

(Please note: This story is published here singly, but it is also part of the collection “Thrill Kings: Bleed Zones Volume 1”.)

Thrill Kings stories can be read in any order.

More Thrill Kings set-pieces FREE!

The 365 Infantry Quarterly: Spring 2024 (365 Infantry: The Quarterly Book 1)
by Jacob Calta (Author), Kevin Jacob (Illustrator)

The 365 INFANTRY Quarterly: Spring 2024 - The daring Substack magazine starts playing like the pulps in special digest editions released in all four seasons of the year. The five stories released every three months will be treated to exclusive introductions and bonus content. This issue includes "Haven & The Wastelands: A Timeline," pulled from the pre-production files and detailing the history of the wolven world from Armageddon to the late 25th century! Our stories include:

THE WAR: The Metal Factor - Capt. “Grim” Herrera embarks on a mission to locate the Black Country base in the far east, while Lt. Gibson Blanc and his pack of bikers get to the bottom of a mass raid on scrap depots across the Wastelands.
THE HUNT: Obscurae Mentis Vitalis - Eric tries to cure the hunters of their irrational psychosis via experimental hypnotic therapy, taking the troubled wolves to the darkest corners of their mind!
THE URBAN AVENGER: The Professor's Lesson - When the dashing, antediluvian crimefighter Smith rolls in from the north at a crucial moment, the hippie-punk Lita decides to enlist the white wolf in her crusade against her maniacal state-sponsored pursuer!
THE SPEEDFREAK FILES: Drunk on Dust Devils - Officer Nic “Speedfreak” Ridgefield (after some sobering up by colleague and bandmate Rory “Madskins” Armstrong) relays a bizarre affair involving artificial tornadoes and the mad scientists behind them!
TALES FROM THE FRONT LINES: Spycraft, 2475 A.D. - Agent Roger Steele tells all about reconnaissance life during an undercover mission to infiltrate Haven’s Tower Network, and the twists and turns it takes when a tech-savvy hound offers a chance to get closer to A.C.E.S.

The 365 Infantry Quarterly: Summer 2024 (365 Infantry: The Quarterly Book 2)
by Jacob Calta (Author), Kevin Jacob (Illustrator)

The 365 INFANTRY Quarterly: Summer 2024 - The Bravest Hounds of the 25th Century are back and better than ever! Our latest digest edition of the promises SIX electrifying stories starring the high-octane freedom fighters you know and love in some of their most audacious adventures yet, including the 100TH SHORT STORY written in this prolific series! From the iron-clad 365th lead by the iron-handed General Knox to the warrior huntress Valentina, from the freewheeling hippie-punk Lita to the heavy metal heroics of Nic "Speedfreak" Ridgefield, there's something for everyone who digs wild pulp sci-fi and action like no other. Readers will also be treated to an exclusive article about the real-world war machines the Force faces in The War Machines of 365 Infantry, and the fresh comic-book punch of Kevin John Jacob's stellar art!

THE WAR: Captain “Grim” Herrera & Adventurer Jack T. Wellman discover a bizarre military site while Gibson and Evelyn "Teddy" Blanc lead the Force in a battle against unruly raiders and their perplexing machines in "WORLDS UNDER FIRE!"

THE HUNT: It appears as though Valentina and Her Hunters are at peace, having survived their peculiar therapy with Eric. This rejuvenation is put to the test when the pack has to stop a gang war in "NERO’S BASTARDS!"

THE URBAN AVENGER: The time has come for “Hazel” to be revealed! The Urban Avenger Lita and the caped crusader Professor Smith hunt the hound down through an alien corner of Haven in "UNDERGROUND HOUNDS!"

THE SPEEDFREAK FILES: Metröpolis is becoming a twin-axe attack! When Nic, Harry and Rory find Navajo blueshound Brett Tsé, they have to shake a cannibalistic loan shark off his tail in "TWO TO TANGO, FOUR TO SHRED!"

TALES FROM THE FRONT LINES: In PART 1 of a three-part serial, relive "THE DAY KNOX DIED!" Before leading the 365th into battle, discover the dark gray’s dark past as a Haven cop who learns the deadly truth about his beloved city.

STORY 100:It'san all-hands-on-deck escapade to stop a runaway tank, a mission that may finally kill the indominable Lieutenant Gibson Blanc! Throw in a a Metröpolis reunion concert, and special appearances from our wide cast of hellraising heroes, and it all adds up to"THE 10-TON RUNAWAY!"

The 365 Infantry Quarterly: Autumn 2024 (365 Infantry: The Quarterly Book 3)
by Jacob Calta (Author), Kevin Jacob (Illustrator)

The 365 INFANTRY Quarterly: Autumn 2024 - Welcome back the baddest hound this side of the Bomb in another exciting installment of adventures. From the wild wastes of the desert to the cramped streets of dystopian megacity Haven. From the iron-clad 365th lead by the iron-handed General Knox to the warrior huntress Valentina, from the freewheeling hippie-punk Lita to the heavy metal heroics of Nic "Speedfreak" Ridgefield, there's something for everyone who digs wild pulp sci-fi and action like no other! Features five exciting new stories and a special article detailing 10 electrifying facts about the series!

THE WAR: Killshot - Grim Herrera faces an unexpected, but familiar foe in the Eastern deserts while his protégé back home, Corporal Johnny Metcalfe, hunts a killer of soldiers, but discovers something far more troubling in the desert's dead forests.
THE HUNT: Warrior's Gauntlet - Following up on a lead, Valentina & Her Pack discover mysterious tech and a familiar face in the caves of Níyol. The hound hails from Val's own visions, and sends them back to the depths of their minds for two wild ordeals.
THE URBAN AVENGER: Red Devil's Night - Before Lita gets her crack team of freedom fighters together to better tackle Haven's menaces, her and gal-pal Ash decide to have one last hellraising good time with her tenacious little Beetle to mixed results!
THE SPEEDFREAK FILES: A Girl & A Gun - Nic Ridgefield shakes things up by relaying a tale not of his own, but of his right-hand guitar god "Richter" Garret. A wild tale of arsonists, guitar guns, letting your girlfriend drive & going to work drunk.
THE DAY KNOX DIED: Part 2 - In the next chapter of our TALES FROM THE FRONT LINE serial, Officer Adam Knox is on riot duty, joining the wolven firewall built at Haven's city hall, Empire Square. Even his darkest nightmares can't prepare the future leader of the Force for the Hell of today...

The 365 Infantry Quarterly: Winter 2024 (365 Infantry: The Quarterly Book 4)
by Jacob Calta (Author), Kevin Jacob (Illustrator)

The 365 INFANTRY Quarterly: Winter 2024 - Bigger threats, wild reveals, and classic swagger abound in the latest quintet of high-octane excitement from the world of 365 INFANTRY! Supported by a special bonus article detailing some of the design and style choices behind the incredible rides, the powerful weapons, and the best in Wasteland and Haven fashion, this issue rounds out the year and delivers the goods in classic pulp fashion!

THE WAR: Madhound Theory (NEW NOVELETTE) - Capt. “Grim” Herrera & Jack Wellman must infiltrate the Black Country Base! Knox must reunite the desert under the Force's righteous cause! Gibson & The Force must destroy those conspiring against it, or else!
THE HUNT: Anima de Profundi - Standing before Val & The Pack is the half-wolf, half-machine creature they've been searching for. The end goal of their tortures. But even this great breakthrough in their quest for the Colosseum is not as it seems...
THE URBAN AVENGER: The Good German - It's Lita's first night operating the Avenger's Creed! She puts some of her best to the test when her official resistance contact, Agent Roger Steele, needs some help obtaining top-secret blueprints downtown!
THE SPEEDFREAK FILES: Primeval Minds - Nic, Harry, & Rory are stuck with one hell of an assignment: actual, genuine investigation. The crime: a series of ritualistic murders. The perpetrator: totally unknown. The key to it all: their own guitarist Brett!
THE DAY KNOX DIED: Part 3 - In the final chapter of our TALES FROM THE FRONT LINE serial, Adam Knox lives. All it cost him was his arm. Now the recipient of a new prosthetic & honors galore, a surprising meeting with an elite Haven politician may be his last chance to know the truth of his senior partner's death!

The 365 Infantry Quarterly: Spring 2025 (365 Infantry: The Quarterly Book 5)
by Jacob Calta (Author), Kevin Jacob (Illustrator)

The 365 INFANTRY Quarterly: Spring 2025 - New year, new adventures! That's the promise of this fine purveyor of electric entertainment as the toughest hounds of the 25th century return for more exciting tales of cybernetic suspense and action-packed escapades. Will the Force finally ride into Haven to slaughter the almighty A.C.E.S.? Will Valentina ever have her revenge against the foul Colosseum who drove her and scores more insane? The road to these answers starts NOW! Also included are brand-new "Quick Shot" character profiles and a bonus article discussing the special call-signs and police codes used by the Force and Hell Patrol!

THE WAR: Bury The Spur!- Rogue elements of The Black Country remain active in the desert, & General Knox is not taking them lying down. Leading the charge in a massive maneuver, a rendezvous with this devious adversary turns into a startling revelation!
THE HUNT: Fire Tests The Gold -By Eric’s hand, more is revealed about Jovian’s inner-workings & work is done to maintain the gladiator’s benign persona. His first test comes when the Pack joins the hunt for a killer, with Val caught in the crosshairs!
THE URBAN AVENGER: The Purgers of Progress - Someone’s killing Haven’s civilian scientists & Professor Smith knows just the hound to help root out the killer. Lita & Smith follow the trail of destruction & find themselves faced with an insidious truth in THE PURGERS OF PROGRESS!
THE SPEEDFREAK FILES: Screaming Thru The Screen - What do you get when you cross a creative gray wolf, an empty warehouse, a full camera crew & a set-destroying car chase? You get the first music video from the Wasteland’s hottest rock band, Metröpolis!
TALES FROM THE FRONT LINES: Acid Arrows- In a new season of tall tales and desert legends, frontiersman James Baron Marshall finds himself settling a score with a familiar breed of foe. In the days of wolven civilization beginning anew and the twilight of atomic beasts, there is but one hound who can pierce these devils’ hearts.

Wilderness Five: Hard Science Fiction (Metamorphosis Book 1)
by C. R. Walton

Technology accelerates human evolution ...

Yet extinction draws near ...

After manifold technology accelerates evolution, humanity has colonised the stars. Lifespans stretch to hundreds of years. Worlds bloom with strange new life.

Bryn, an Invigilator with a dark past, is tasked with keeping watch over the utopia. Summoned to stop a galaxy-devouring threat, he must discern friend from foe on the most distant human colony in existence: Wilderness Five.

"Intelligent, fascinating and imaginative science fiction!” – Therese Schwartz, Amazon 5-star review, 2025

From Cambridge planetary scientist Dr. Craig R. Walton, Wilderness Five starts like The Expanse and echoes Tchaikovsky’s bold visions. Book 1 in an epic trilogy.

New Arrivals in Nonfiction

Smart and Sexy: The evolutionary origins and biological underpinnings of cognitive differences between the sexes
by Roderick Kaine

Intelligence differences between men and women, which are both real and substantially meaningful, are due primarily to hormonal influences on brain development and pseudo-dominance of the X chromosome working in combination. This book provides the evidence for this assertion, explores why we evolved this way, and discusses the various real-world consequences of this biological fact.

Roderick Kaine
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Some books open vistas of thought. Smart and SeXy may challenge all of your conceptions of gender, but it will not do so in the trivial way that mainstream media does, but instead will encourage you to look inside the theory to see what resonates.

For many of us, Smart and SeXy goes right on the shelf as a reference because it consolidates over 300 citations to peer-reviewed science journals describing the most recent research in genetics, sociology and human behavior. These links are invaluable, as are the factual data compiled using them; Kaine frequently cites a dozen studies on a page, and ties together the different statistics and facts to show a more complete picture of the issue than is offered anywhere else.

The thesis of the book is that males, who have only one copy of the X chromosome, experience greater cognitive benefits as a result of the intelligence-related genes that are not suppressed by a second X chromosome which has conflicting traits which can pre-empt intelligence-related genes.

What makes this book powerful is that, while it is clearly well-versed in the science, it is not exclusively science and extends its domain to what was once called critical thinking or logical analysis, which is an ability to deduce from contrasts and conflicts what is possibly true... All of the thinking here is tiered in steps to a conclusion, and Kaine compiles some of the more interesting theories he has found in his reading and incorporates them into his own thinking, choosing the best option for each step of the ladder.

As befits a book whose thesis rests mostly on genetics and breeding patterns, Smart and SeXy begins with a review of human genetics and an explanation of gene expression, especially of intelligence-based genes. It then progresses to explain how duplicate genes can pre-empt one another, and how this can lead to fewer beneficial traits; at that point, it moves into assessments of male intelligence and explanation for differences in behavior between the sexes in addition to intelligence and personality differences. From there, it launches into the political theory half of the book, which starts by exploring the nature of feminism, the institutions that support it, and the effects it has. After that, Kane races toward his thesis: feminism is literally killing us off by destroying natural and healthy breeding patterns that favor intelligence, leading to a death spiral and crash as Idiocracy paves the way for ethnic replacement.

Description by Brett Stevens. Amerika.

The Pulp Mindset: A NewPub Survival Guide
by J.D. Cowan (Author), L. Jagi Lamplighter (Editor)

Out with the Old, in with the NewPub

Nobody reads anymore. In an age where audiences consume more art than ever before, books have remained irrelevant to the ever-changing West. Nothing seems to change this unavoidable reality. The industry is over.

Or is it?

A new frontier has opened where anything goes! We live in a pulp landscape now, a place where the past and present comes together to create a better future. In this book you will learn just what this NewPub world is, how to adapt to it, and change the way you think about everything.

The Rules Have Changed!

You can do anything! The Pulp Mindset will help you adapt to this crazy climate and become the best artist you can be. Read on and join the revolution!

The Death Cults: The Drive For Human Extinction
by Francis Porretto

Western Civilization is under siege by an array of forces whose details vary but whose central thrust is opposed to human life: its origination. its perpetuation, and its expansion. All of them reject the premise that human life is sacred. These are the Death Cults. Know them for what they are, and for what they mean to do.

Through The Veil: Experiencing God In Person
by Doctor Luke

Hi, this is Luke! God revealed himself to me in a vision. It changed my life. Here is the original account, offered plainly as it happened, what led up to it, and how it opened up a new profound understanding of who God is.

Arizonan Sojourn, South Carolinian Dreams: And Other Adventures
by Tyler Cook

The allure of the West is real: from a snow-rimmed Grand Canyon to spicy breakfast burritos, Tyler James Cook regales readers with tales of his Arizonan exploits.

This handsome volume also includes essays on Cook's travels throughout the Southeast, especially in his beloved South Carolina.

Southeast meets Southwest in this humorous collection of travel writings.

Live Abundantly!: 50 Business Lessons from the Bible
by Tabor F.

Do centuries old lessons of the Bible have a place in our twenty-first Century economy? Can ancient "truths" guide business to greater profits today? Can the same Bible that guided primitive goat herders also guide a mega corporation executive? Yes! Yes! and Yes! The Bible belongs to the gritty world of business. Hiring and firing, competitors and partners, greedy governments and needy neighbors---all that and more is in those ancient and ageless pages.Six days a week we are instructed to work to provide for the needs of family and society. God cares about our work so much He provided us with a written manual to guide us through difficult times. The Bible teaches man to live with abundance. With humor and compassion, Fran reflects on fifty of the Biblical business lessons she discovered while seeking help. Whether a business owner, a manager, or just starting to find your niche in the working world, these Biblical insights will help you re-discover the world’s most practical business guide, The Holy Bible.

Shhhh! it's a Secret. How to Compete Against Walmart and the Internet
by Fran Tabor

Ever hear "It's safer to be an employee than it is to be selfemployed or start your own business"? That bit of misleading advice is tackled head on in chapter 2 of this book. Only those in the driver's seat of any business, from mega corporation to the smallest Mom & Pop, know if a business is secure. The first secret about about business survival: You must value being forced to face reality, even when reality hurts. The second secret is to know what makes you valuable, to know why your neighbor is better off because of your business. Every lesson in this book is inspired by those two simple pieces of common sense -- but please, read the whole book.

The author shares the insights that enabled her to grow her small town Mom & Pop shop from $20,000 per year in 1978 to over a million per year for the last 20 years.

Fan Favorites in Drama, Mystery, and Westerns

The Mousetrap Murders
by Abraham Lopez

A man wakes up in his car, unaware of how he got there...

Shaken by his loss of memory, he drives home, not knowing that in twenty-four hours he will be in jail, arrested for the kidnapping and murder of a missing college student. Though a mountain of evidence points to his guilt, this man, Julian Gutierrez, maintains his innocence. He is sentenced to Death Row, set to be executed for a crime he knows he did not commit, yet having no way of escaping his deadly and unjust fate.

That is, until the day a postcard arrives.

It claims to be from a witness that knows he is innocent. It is now up to Julian's sister and her husband to find out the truth before his time runs out. What they uncover is a mystery bigger than any of them could possibly imagine.

And in the shadows is a foe, calling himself The Fulcrum, waiting for the day that someone comes knocking, knocking at the door of the mousetrap he has constructed.

Going Gone
by Abraham Lopez

What is a single life worth? In our modern world, where wars are on the cusp of igniting at a moment’s notice, new diseases ravage entire populations, and hidden atrocities erase the lives of thousands, what can the death of a single person mean?

It can mean the tenuous line between peace and destruction.

Kurt Ramis knows this, as he watches the aftermath of an assassination on his television set. His years in the CIA have prepared him for such a dreadful day.

“Rasul” knows this, as he follows his young guide down the streets of New York City, with a gift for his adopted country.

The soldiers and sentries of Camelot’s Corridor, deep under the sands of Texas know this, as they prepare the secret bunker for the President’s arrival.

Providence
by Richard Sezov

Two coasts, two tragedies.

A car accident in the east sends the lives of multiple unrelated people in different directions, some of them on collision courses.

A school shooting in the west takes some lives and saves others.

What are we to make of all this?

Is life just a series of meaningless, unrelated events, or is reality following a plan?

A teacher, plumber, librarian, student, deadbeat, and others learn the answer to this and more during the course of a single, roller coaster of a day.

James R. Hannibal, award-winning and bestselling author of The Paris Betrayal says “Richard Sezov holds nothing back in this thoughtful and intense look at God’s sovereignty. He paints an intricate portrait of a dozen lives, steadily blending each stroke to show the Master Painter at work bringing good out of their suffering and sin.”

Doors: An Onteora County Romance
by Francis Porretto

Paul Larsen’s B&B in Ogunquit, Maine is running him off his feet. Desperate for someone to share the load, he hires pretty, appealing Carol Holm as his assistant manager. Carol is desperate to be gone from Onteora County, New York, where she’s made some dangerous enemies. As time passes she becomes Paul’s lover, and later his wife.

But things are changing in Ogunquit, and not for the better. Some of Maine’s fauna are becoming more dangerous than the bears, the moose, and the enemies Carol was desperate to escape. Some of them wear badges. Though it alarms Carol, Paul elects to face them down. The consequences are life-changing for them both.

Lost Causes
by Richard Nichols

IF YOU LIKE JAMES BOND, JASON BOURNE OR JACK BAUER, THEN YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE JOHN BUCHAN!

John Buchan is a relic from a bygone age, a man constantly at odds with the modern world; a man who finds sanctuary in the only role that brings him peace of mind – as an assassin for a top-secret British government agency called the Mill. Specializing in what they call ‘ungentlemanly warfare’, its operatives are instructed to kill their targets wherever they find them, irrespective of boundaries, laws, jurisdictions or circumstances. Day-to-day, Buchan lives a simple, anonymous life in the Belgian countryside, restlessly roaming the battlefields of the Western Front in an attempt to kill time. All the while he waits patiently for the message that will signal the start of his next mission. It’s a message that will arrive, the way it always does, hidden within the solutions of the Daily Telegraph’s cryptic crossword puzzle. And when it does arrive, it’s like he’s been reborn, because in Buchan’s world being on a mission is the only time when things really make sense; the only time he feels truly alive. He barely remembers the time before he was recruited by the Mill.

His name wasn’t John Buchan then. In those days he was known as Charlie Hook, a happy-go-lucky, rugby-playing, ex-Rhodesian Light Infantry trooper turned Gurkha officer with an eye for the girls. But Charlie Hook is long dead, and so too are his memories of the events that led to him becoming a professional killing machine. Buchan is getting older now. Retirement beckons, but the man he calls Control has one last mission for him. It involves a ruthless army of some of the world’s worst terrorists, an equally ruthless drug lord, an enormous hurricane and seemingly unsurmountable odds. But it also offers Buchan a last, desperate chance to take revenge on those that took his young life – and love – away from him all those years ago, and he plans to go out with a bang.

Set against a backdrop of unprecedented worldwide socio-political upheaval, Lost Causes is an old-style thriller that moves from the modern-day Ypres Salient and London to the badlands of Northern Ireland and the exotic but deadly jungles of southern Mexico. Mixing the kind of plot found in an Ian Fleming novel with the unashamed masculinity of an Alistair Maclean or Wilbur Smith hero and the tough, muscular prose of Mickey Spillane, Lost Causes is a startlingly intelligent and original work that interweaves dramatic action, sudden violence, stunning plot twists and subtle humour to entertain and inform in equal measure. It will especially appeal to anyone bored by the stale unambitious writing, and inane, politically-correct sensitivities of so many modern novels; as well as anyone looking to understand the sinister and dangerous forces that have plagued our lives for decades and which now threaten to destroy our civilization altogether.

Richard Nichols studied philosophy and psychology at Edinburgh University. He was a businessman for several years before turning his hand to writing. He enjoys watching rugby and visiting battlefields. He hates crossword puzzles.

Hell and Gone (The Retreads Book 1)
by Henry Brown

#1 Amazon bestseller in Men's Adventure, War Fiction and Pulp Thrillers! (November 2016)

This rag-tag gang of has-beens has never worked together before, but Dwight "Rocco" Cavarra has less than a week to train them and lead them on the hairiest operation of their lives.

It's not bad enough that they have to plow through an African civil war, infiltrate a fortified terrorist encampment and steal a black market tactical nuke from a mob of fanatic sociopaths - there are Israeli wild cards in play: two death-dealing Mossad agents who don't necessarily share Cavarra's agenda.

When the mission is compromised before it has even started, Rocco and his Retreads are caught between bloodthirsty local warlords and the genocidal government in a fight to the death. And this battle might be just the first in the next world war. Hell and Gone is a character-driven pulp action thriller that will take you on a wild ride.

The Gentleman Farmers
by Loretta Malakie

Maggie Kingsbury, single middle-aged alcoholic lawyer, joins her in-laws Molly and Kevin on a homestead in the mountains of North Carolina, where their trustafarian college frenemies Brock and Sandra have just bought their third home.

Molly commissions Brock to renovate an old Appalachian tobacco barn on their property.

But when maverick hillbilly throwback Uncle Billy shows up to live in their field in a camper van, power struggles ensue.

Meanwhile, Kevin has become dangerously obsessed with breeding heritage livestock.

When Maggie’s beloved niece Juliet asks her to take on a mysterious client, Maggie becomes implicated in a national political furor.

Shadow Hand Blues: A Cold Case Murder Mystery (A Deke Jones Romp)
by Michael Kayser

In 1954 budding blues virtuoso Waymon “Tornado” Fuller is executed for the murder of a North Carolina woman. In 1994 nomadic hot-rodder, moonlighting private investigator and blues aficionado Deke Jones stumbles upon Fuller’s guitar, triggering a mudslide of buried truths. Fuller’s innocence is one revelation. Another is “Shadow Hand Blues”–the last song he recorded, which Jones has never heard of.

An impromptu search for the studio where the recording session took place leads Jones to a small hippie town seemingly still enjoying the Summer of Love, where the psychodelic atmosphere turns from surreal to hostile when he begins asking questions.

Vintage Fender Telecaster in one hand, steering wheel of his radical Cyclone Spoiler II in the other, Deke Jones launches a one-man crusade to exonerate the infamous musician and find the obscure recording. The blood trails are 40 years cold, but neither corrupt good ol’ boy cops, sex industry sadists, nor fanatical pyramid-schemers can throw Deacon Jones off this case.

This investigative pilgrimage propels Jones right into the bloodstained fingers of a clandestine power elite Tornado Fuller called the Shadow Hand.

Fast Cars and Rock & Roll: The Ultimate Gearhead Novel (A Deke Jones Romp)
by Michael Kayser

Deke Jones finally has a car ready to compete in the Conquistador—a short but grueling campaign covering racetracks all over the Southwest United States. He can’t wait to challenge the rich boys with their expensive toys, but complications begin stacking up on him before the first flag drops.

First, he is invited to join Stormin’ Norman’s new rock band for a whirlwind tour. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play with a musical genius and he can’t let it pass…but it’s scheduled for the very week he needs for last minute wrenching so his car can make the Conquistador’s tech inspection.

Next, he gets tangled up with beautiful bad girl Lena Castillo, just when he was patching things up with a local débutante he lost touch with after high school. Lena has a deadly superpower: the ability to turn any man stupid—and Deke Jones is no exception.

Jones also crosses paths with five-time Conquistador champ Bob Tilford, and there’s bad blood between them from the starting gun. It was going to be challenging enough racing against Tilford with his big-time sponsors, high-dollar mechanic and world-class GT car, but Tilford also has tremendous influence over race officials he doesn’t hesitate to use in his grudge against Deke Jones. To keep it all interesting, Deke’s co-driver bails on him at the last minute, with no time to scrounge up a replacement.

Get your motor runnin’. Deke Jones is gonna close this summer out with a bang, one way or another.

Westward, Tally Ho!
by Milo James Fowler

How are your survival skills?
It's the late 19th century, and you're a young English aristocrat lost in the American Southwest. A lynch mob is after you for horse theft. Irritable natives are on your trail. And the woman with you is not the type you'd bring home to your mother. Would you survive long enough to find safety? Or would you curl into a fetal position and cry?

This is where Clarence Oliver Edwards finds himself in Westward, Tally Ho! Bored with his privileged life in England and weary of the relatives who share his family estate, Clarence follows his recently dismissed butler, Guthrie, on a non-stop adventure from the busy streets of Boston to the dusty trails of Santa Fe. What begins as Guthrie's search for his long-lost daughter becomes a shocking introduction to the American West for Clarence. His idea of proper etiquette is stretched to the limit as he's bombarded with characters of all types: tough gunslingers, seductive saloon girls, crafty frontier traders, an eccentric Zuni Indian chief, and a wild hermit.

Through it all, Clarence realizes the value of loyalty and the cost of redemption. But most importantly, he discovers a degree of inner strength he never knew he possessed. Will Guthrie find his daughter? Will Clarence survive unscathed? Take a wild ride through the Old West and find out!

The Curly Wolf
by M.R. Kayser

The settlers in the Redbud Valley are peaceable, God-fearing folk who try to follow the golden rule, but they’ve been pushed too far by the mayor of Blue Stone, who wants their land and seemingly has the law on his side.

Just as the nesters are banding together to resist the land grab, Blue Stone’s newest deputy rides through their valley.

Before they realize the sleepy-eyed youngster called Arizona is a veteran gunfighter hired to bulldoze them off their claims, he has already broken bread with them, danced with their daughters…and stolen the heart of one.

Young Theresa Gutierrez believes Arizona is more than a curly wolf with quick trigger fingers and a stone-cold heart, but her parents and neighbors have good reason to believe otherwise.

What everyone agrees upon is that, in the brewing range war, the Arizona Kid is liable to be right smack in the midst of the killing.

Murders at the Manor
(Inspector Broekstein Mysteries Book 1)
by Milo James Fowler

Murders Most Foul

"What would you say if I were to tell you I believed...that in the heart of every man and woman alive, there lies the potential for ultimate evil?"

So begins a mystery of murder, jealousy, and revenge, as old friendships are tested and new alliances form.

When a wealthy heir invites half a dozen people to his recently inherited estate, all hell breaks loose, and it will be up to the quirky, lovelorn Inspector Willem Broekstein to find out whodunnit. But of course all is not as it seems, and Broekstein will need his wits about him if he's to keep from losing his head—or his heart—along the way.

Man of the House: A story about becoming a better man by becoming a better father
by Kalkin Trivedi

By his mid-teens, Jason Olson expected to go to college, find a good job, start a family, and enjoy with them the kind of lifestyle he grew up with as the son of a successful Oncologist. Then one evening, a casual announcement after dinner abruptly changed his prospects.

Now some years later, he still managed to start a family, but he’s a lot less confident in himself now than he would have been if life had gone according to plan. He feels like he’s lost his bearings by which to navigate life.

Then a family crisis requires that Jason help out with his spit-fire of a niece. Can a man with so little control over his own life handle the extra responsibility without it messing up his life any more than it already is?

Learn along with Jason how to…

be a hands-on dad instead of a passive dad
handle disciplinary matters yourself, without any yelling, nagging, hitting, or passing the buck to mom
talk to kids (and adults too, actually) about problems in a calm, business-like manner, acting neither like a wimp nor a bully
avoid doing what most parents unwittingly do that escalates conflict
train kids to respond to just two words, to put an immediate halt to misbehavior
avoid anger, frustration, and embarrassment at home or in public
discourage bad habits and prevent the formation of new ones
help kids learn how to manage impulses and resolve negative emotions
respect your children and promote their good self-esteem
watch out for bad influences and sinister characters
cultivate good relationships with your kids, and avoid the mistakes that lead many well-intended dads to heartbreaks
encourage performance and personal growth
reclaim your place as an integral part of the family

The Complete Father Brown Mysteries ($.99 Mystery Classics)
by G. K. Chesterton

This beautifully-produced digital edition contains twenty-four short stories and novellas featuring G. K. Chesterton's legendary detective, Father Brown.

This edition contains a linked table of contents that helps you navigate easily among the stories.

This edition has been spell-corrected and formatted especially for the Kindle. It contains easy-to-read chapter headings and accurate line breaks and pagination.

The Father Brown Mysteries digital edition contains the following stories by G. K. Chesterton:

The Blue Cross
The Secret Garden
The Queer Feet
The Flying Stars
The Invisible Man
The Honor of Israel Gow
The Wrong Shape
The Sins of Prince Saradine
The Hammer of God
The Eye of Apollo
The Sign of the Broken Sword
The Three Tools of Death
The Absence of Mr. Glass
The Paradise of Thieves
The Duel of Dr. Hirsch
The Man in the Passage
The Mistake of the Machine
The Head of Caesar
The Purple Wig
The Perishing of the Pendragons
The God of the Gongs
The Salad of Colonel Cray
The Strange Crime of John Boulnois
The Fairy Tale of Father Brown

Double Murders are Twice as Bad: Vic Boyo, Doofus Detective #1
by Milo James Fowler

Two murders. One detective. Half a brain.

1931, New York City: Detective Vic Boyo may not be the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but that doesn't stop him from solving cases as only he can. With a little luck and a whole lot of gumption, Boyo sets out to find the murderer of a local cop. Problem is, Boyo's more interested in a gorgeous femme fatale accused of killing her husband. She's destined for the electric chair, but Boyo's got a hunch she might be innocent.

And nobody gets in the way of Boyo's hunches, not even Vic Boyo himself.

Coyote Cal - Tales from the Weird West
by Milo James Fowler

There's Trouble on the Range

In these thrilling tales from yesteryear, Coyote Cal and his trusty sidekick Big Yap encounter a wizard able to change his shape at will, a scheming witch, a confused zombie, la chupacabra grande, bloodthirsty vampyres, and other sordid fiends. Our heroes will have to rely on their wits, skills, and loads of hot lead to ensure justice prevails.

This volume collects all 9 weird western stories in the Coyote Cal Adventure Series, including:

"Fool's Gold" - Coyote Cal and Big Yap encounter their most challenging adversary yet: a Portuguese wizard able to change his shape at will. Our heroes will have to rely on their wits, skills, and loads of hot lead if they hope to foil this shape-shifter's evil schemes before he ends them, once and for all.

"Coyote Cal's Guide to the Weird, Wild West" - Coyote Cal must match wits with Donna "the Witch" Jamison, a master of the dark arts intent on planting him in the ground. Cal has stood toe to toe with his fair share of villains in the past--but this time, he's up against something altogether different in the form of a metal-mouthed gunslinger named Sleepy Rider and his dead brother, Easy.

"El Diablo de Paseo Grande" - Something's attacking the livestock outside the little town of Paseo Grande, and our heroes are hot on the monster's trail. But Coyote Cal, Big Yap, and Donna "the Witch" Jamison may have bitten off more than they can chew this time, and only one of them will be able to save the day -- or die trying.

"Harbinger of Arroyo Seco" - Like many heroes, Coyote Cal was once a boy... There's a storm brewing over the town of Arroyo Seco, and a sheriff with his uncanny eye on the future sees nothing but trouble for our hero-in-the-making. In love with an older woman and hunted by a gang of outlaws seeking retribution, young Calvin must walk a fine line between protecting the one he loves and becoming a ruthless killer.

Short Stories - Weird Western / Horror / Humor

Buckingham Runner
by Frederick Gero Heimbach

I’m sixteen and I’m living in a prison. It’s called Buckingham Palace. I’m Alfred, Prince of Wales.

My parents are dead. My grandma–the Queen–has lost her mind. My only friend is an alcoholic corgi named Wormwood. I’m being raised by bureaucrats. Who hate me.

The tabloids call me ROYAL BRAT. That’s for getting kicked out of Eton. For setting fire to the chapel. And stabbing the headmaster in the foot with a syringe.

I’m doing a runner. Someone’s got to help me!

Maybe those kids can. Yeah, them. In the Westminster School uniforms. The clever clogs, raising their hands, answering the teacher’s questions. The athlete, the genius, the girlboss, the babe. Each with a brilliant future. At Oxford. Or Cambridge.

Would they throw that away for my sake? Would they risk getting sacked from London’s top school to help a poor tosser like me? When guards are watching my every move, listening in on every conversation? Me, with a bloody GPS tracker in my hip?

I’m a hot mess. They’ve got it all together. I’m a prisoner. They can go anywhere. I’ll never escape–unless they take pity on me.

They better. I’m this close to striking the match that burns Buckingham Palace to the ground.

Best: Baneberry Hall Book 1
by Frederick Gero Heimbach

As he would be first to admit, Mason Best is a genius. He lied—oops, charmed—his way into Baneberry Hall, the nation’s top prep school, didn’t he? Angel Ferguson, the intimidating student body president, wants him at her side. The headmaster, the trustees, the top jocks: everyone wants a piece of him.

Mason wins at every game he tries—but being best is exhausting. Fortunately, Mason has a tower hideout he shares only with his friends:

Miles Coffin: eccentric boy billionaire, addicted to candy cigarettes
Sapphire Moon: glamour girl, born performer
Eve Shepherd: matriarch of the hideout, with whom Mason is definitely not falling in love

Mason Best: political player – loyal friend. Can Mason be both kinds of person? Can he stay loyal when his political patrons demand he betray the people he loves, one by one?

Mason’s a smart kid. He’ll find a way to make it work. Of course he will. He’s sure of it.

Stay Safe
by Michael Lacoy

STAY SAFE is Michael Lacoy’s best work yet, a scathing dark comedy about two very different Americas.

Cole Perrot—a frustrated college administrator who spends most of his time on social media—ferociously loathes his next-door neighbor, Tyce Creamer, an internet celebrity and the very embodiment of “toxic masculinity.” Unfortunately for Cole, his wife Oona feels differently about Tyce, as do Cole’s teenage son and young daughter. Sensing a threat to his progressive values, not to mention his hold over his family, Cole secretly declares war on his “redneck” neighbor. What follows is a series of events that are by turns shocking, hilarious, absurd, and perfectly of our present moment.

Set amid a global flu pandemic, the novel chronicles the unraveling of both a man and a country in a time of heightened fear and deep social division. Mixing comedy, tragedy, and blistering satire, Stay Safe amuses and terrifies in equal measure.

The Mystical Adventures of Stavros Papadakis
by Michael Lacoy

"Dying was the best thing that ever happened to him."

An exciting literary debut, The Mystical Adventures of Stavros Papadakis is the story of one man’s quest for meaning and redemption following a near-death experience. Stavros Papadakis, a successful yet epically dysfunctional Boston defense attorney, returns to his former home on Christmas day to visit his son. There, the unimaginable happens: heart attack, coma, and a trip to heaven and hell—or so Stavros claims. Back on earth, as he comes to understand that he was a terrible husband and an even worse father, Stavros determines to change his life and make amends. But there’s a problem: neither his ex-wife nor his son want anything to do with him. Meanwhile, Stavros’s charismatic law partner, the country’s most celebrated trial lawyer, demands that Stavros tell no one about his afterlife journey—it would be bad for business.

Set during the run-up to the 2016 election, and loosely structured around a sensational date-rape trial, the novel explores the contentiousness of contemporary life and the persistence of age-old themes: love, family, friendship, and the mystery of existential truth. By turns funny and poignant, quirky and hard-hitting, The Mystical Adventures of Stavros Papadakis is a powerful, provocative tale for our times.

The Mayor of Christ Mountain
by Zaklog the Great (Author), Codex (Illustrator)

When a young, married father leaves his sheltered, progressive life in Maine for North Carolina, he enters a brave new world of race relations he never knew existed. Edmund Dantent had it all: a rewarding new tech job and happy family home in a pleasant tree-lined neighborhood. He never expected his American dream to die in a seemingly freak act of violence. And as horror builds on horror, the stunned father wakes up to a up to a nightmare of injustice.

In a world where the law serves the guilty and rewards the corrupt, he must choose between action and despair. But can Edmund's path lead to more than just avenging the innocent?

Fan Favorites in Fantasy

The Fall of Tartaria [Print Replica]
by Michael Finney

The Fall of Tartaria by Michael Finney is a short story that takes place in an alternative reality to bring the Tartarian Empire to life on the page in word and image.

Ominous warnings are emerging from various factions within the empire but will they remain unheeded?

Also available in a short film!

Relic of the Aztecs [Print Replica]
by Michael Finney

In a world where two civilizations collide, the Aztec Empire is in turmoil as they face invasion from an advanced people. Their Emperor, Tzontettica Yaotl, has heard rumors about an artifact that may be their only chance to turn the tide of the impending battle, but its location is uncertain and it might be lost among the abandoned ruins of Coliniacahuitlco.

Facing insurmountable odds and potential annihilation, one man is chosen by the Emperor to embark on a dangerous mission. Can the chosen explorer return with the relic in time and preserve the empire?

Readers are transported into a vibrant world of alternative fictional history. This captivating tale weaves together elements of tradition and imagination, exploring themes of identity, community, and the power of the human spirit in the face of adversity.

Fairy Door
by V. A. Boston

It only took one word: Deal.

After years of neglect from her father, Eibhlin has had enough.

But when a purse of infinite gold, a fairy, and a trade shatter what little relationship she has with her father, she resolves to set things right.

Aided by a magic compass and a talking instrument, she now seeks three magic keys and their magic doors to find the fairy once again and recover what was lost.

She broke their relationship.

Now, she’ll brave the Fae to fix it. If she can get there.

From the fantasy tradition of The Chronicles of Prydain and The Hobbit comes a tale of love and redemption perfect for fans of all ages.

Asterius (Timelessness)
by Susana Imaginário

My Name is Asterius, yet I have never seen the stars.

You all know me as the Minotaur.

This is my story.

The Minotaur himself relates to a mysterious listener the events that led to his death in the Labyrinth as he reflects upon the meaning of good versus evil, right versus wrong and monsters versus heroes.

Sacred Times Part I (The Chronicles of Heraldria Book 1)
by Marcus S Jones

2025 Reissue!

The Bizarchives' elder of fantasy, Marcus S Jones debuts the first volume of his magnum opus: SACRED TIMES - PART I Book One of The Chronicles of Heraldria

Should a man defy the gods?
Dare a man challenge a god?

Marius, watchman of Meramar and veteran soldier, finds himself entangled in an ancient prophecy when he is sent on a quest to retrieve sacred artefacts required for the prophecy's fulfilment.

Thrown together with a contemptuous lord and a naïve young priest, they journey across a landscape disrupted by the call of destiny. Their companionship is tested as the mysterious designs of men and demi-gods alike, are revealed.

The opening gambits of undeclared antagonists are played out as the countdown to a conflict that threatens to shatter the world of Heraldria begins...

Sword's Edge (Sword's Edge Chronicles Book 1)
by L.S. King

Ripped from her home—
—thrown into a treacherous world.

Fifteen year old Tam is caught in a web of schemes to eliminate her family.

Tragedy strikes—
Tam's world shatters.

Devastated by loss, but with determination burning in her heart, she embarks on a perilous quest, aided by a mysterious alien relic. Will this brave girl triumph or will the relentless killers on her trail bring her downfall?

This captivating story blends peril, intrigue, and adventure into a book you won't be able to put down.

The Rooster Rider
by Sean Valdrow (Author), Gail Louviere (Illustrator)

On the borderlands of Wales, the newly knighted Sir Thomas of Barley Mill Cross, astride his mighty warhorse Rooster, recklessly challenges an evil Witch. Through her black arts, the Witch gets the better of Sir Thomas and Rooster. In the aftermath of the encounter, Rooster is an actual rooster, and Thomas is left size of a child’s doll. Torn from their own world and cast down among the small creatures of forest and farm, they are drawn into a savage conflict...the vicious weasel clans are conquering all the small creatures.

The small creatures need a hero. Desperately.

Thomas and Rooster’s only wish is to be restored, the witch magic broken, to return to their old lives. But Thomas is a knight who will live or die by his Oath, and he will not turn his back on those in need. Finding his way among the small creatures, knight and steed make friends willing to die by their side in battle, and make enemies willing to sacrifice themselves to send Thomas and Rooster to their doom.

In the chaos of war, Thomas and Rooster must find a way to stop the weasel clans and their wicked allies in time to have the spells binding them undone. This must happen before the witch is executed for her crimes. But will they make it? Or will they be forever cursed in their altered states, to follow the Oath along a path unlike any a knight has ever travelled?

Gods & Proxies
by M.R. Kayser

WHEN THE GODS GO TO WAR, YOU HAD BETTER BE SURE THE ONE YOU SERVE WILL PREVAIL…

The invisible god, El Elyon, has promised the young nation of Yacov their own homeland. Trouble is, the land is full of giants, backed up by a pantheon of gods who would rather see Yacov slaughtered to a man.

And they are just men. The Yacovites are desert nomads without even enough swords for all their militia.

Salmon and Othniel are two of the young soldiers who must face the gigantic warriors in battle, starting at the fortress city of Bet-Yariq, with formidable walls that only giants empowered by gods could build.

Brave men’s hearts melt with fear. The very planet reels to and fro as if ready to tear itself apart. But though El Elyon is outnumbered by the enemy gods, and his warriors are far outclassed, he has assured them that he himself will lead them into war, and together they will beat all the odds.

Kingdom of Ash and Soot (The Order of the Crystal Daggers Book 1)
by C. S. Johnson

Everyone Lies.

PRAGUE, 1870.

For the last ten years, nineteen-year-old Eleanora Svobodová has worked as a servant in her stepmother's household. Along with her older brother, she dreams of the day they will be free to live life on their own terms.

But everything changes when their estranged grandmother comes to Prague on behalf of Queen Victoria. Throughout Bohemia, a string of murders and secret whispers hint at a larger coup. As the leader of the Order of the Crystal Daggers, an ancient order of spies and soldiers that protect kingdoms and their rulers, Lady Penelope is determined to discover the perpetrators. Now, Eleanora must make the choice between a life of intrigue and saving the lives of others.

Can Eleanora find a way do the right thing and still find freedom?

FROM THE BOOK:

“I want to be free.” The words came rushing out of me before I could think through their implications and consequences.

“There are two things you need to know about yourself if you want to be free—what you stand for, and what you stand against.” Lady Penelope held up her hands, brandishing a pair of daggers that had been hidden in her skirts. “This world lives enslaved to its destruction, and so long as you are living, as long as you are fighting, you will be free.”

I gazed at the daggers, transfixed. Each blade was clothed in a leather scabbard, but the silver and obsidian of the daggers’ hilts winked at me, as though it was calling for me.

FROM THE AUTHOR:

With a fun blend of historical fiction, true love, castle intrigue, and family dysfunction, The Order of the Crystal Daggers is my latest adventure series!

WHAT REVIEWERS ARE SAYING:

5 STARS! ~ Reader's Favorite

This story was fantastic! Definitely one of my favorite reads of this year! ~ Laura A. Grace, Unicorn Quester Book Review

Uncommoner: A Grimfarce
by Milo James Fowler

Unlikely heroes unite!
When the eccentric Baron Rauxtund is kidnapped from Havenwaye Manor by a cabal of traitorous knights, it will be up to a handful of peasants to save the day. But what can a young serf, an old village priest, and a few loyal yet quarrelsome subjects do against such overwhelming odds? And who is this masked Strange One who rises to the occasion while kicking below the belt?

WARNING: This is not your cute fairy godmother's adventure story. It is a tale of uncommon heroes and horrid villains, of virtues and vices, of courage against powerful evil schemes. Gird up your funny bone, for intense giggles, groans, and gasps in equal measure await!

Soul Smuggler
by Milo James Fowler

Who is Mercer? Coyote. Soul Smuggler.

A body-hopping, phantasmal anti-hero. A disenfranchised spirit doomed to inherit the earth, cursed by both Heaven and Hell. An enemy of God, but no friend of the devil.

Soul Smuggler collects 9 Mercer tales:
"The Coyote" - In the future, Mercer's services are requested by a powerful man seeking to keep his stepdaughter quiet about certain indiscretions.
"Soul Smuggler" - An orphan boy seeks Mercer's help in reuniting with his dead mother.
"The Second Option" - Father Thomas, assassin from the clandestine Terra Sacra order, sets out to destroy Mercer once and for all.
"Abomination of Desolation" - A boy with horrifying powers is at the top of the Church's extermination list, replacing Mercer for the time being. Father Thomas makes Mercer a deal he can't refuse if he helps rid the earth of the young abomination.
"The Coyote's Word" - When Mercer says he'll take a soul across the border, he's true to his word. But navigating the afterlife is no easy feat, even for the Soul Smuggler.
"Back for Blood" - A ravenous monster is on the loose in the city, and a young nun seeks out Mercer's help. It may take a monster to get rid of a monster, but Mercer has never dealt with anything like this before.
"A Coyote's Revenge" - Armageddon is coming, and the devil wants his due: those suicidal souls Mercer has been escorting to the Pearly Gates.
"Mercer's Ghost" - In this weird western, a young man on the frontier in search of fame and fortune instead finds himself swindled and left destitute. But help arrives in the form of a phantasmal, body-hopping gunslinger who seems to have ulterior motives.
"Coyote for Breakfast" - In this post-apocalyptic tale, a young girl grieving after a recent loss seeks out Mercer's help, but both she and the Soul Smuggler get more than they bargained for.

Short Stories - Dark Fantasy / Horror

One Bright Star to Guide Them
by John C. Wright

Tommy Robertson was once a king.

As a child, he and his three friends found their way to a magical elfin world and saved it from the Winter King.

Now a grown man successful in the world, Tommy has all but forgotten his childish adventures. He hasn't even spoken to those friends in years.

Then a silver key and a black cat show up on his front porch, and Tommy starts to remember. Just because he grew up and left Faerie behind doesn't mean that Faerie is finished with him.

Tommy is called to be the hero of England, and for that, he wants his friends at his side. But the real world has weighed them down and they are no longer the children he remembers. And evil things from childhood stories grow older and darker and more frightening with the passing of the years.

One Bright Star to Guide Them begins where other fairy tales end.

Can Tommy remember the courageous boy he once was, and set aside grown-up things to be a child again to save England? Or will the weight of the world prove to be too much for him and his friends?

The Zero Blessing (The Zero Enigma Book 1)
by Christopher G. Nuttall

Caitlyn Aguirre should have been a magician.

Her family certainly expected her to be a magician.

But by the time she reached her twelfth birthday, Caitlyn hadn’t even managed to cast a single spell!

In desperation, her parents send her – and her magical sisters – to Jude’s Sorcerous Academy, her last best chance to discover her powers.

But as she struggles to survive her classes without a single spell to her name, Caitlyn starts to uncover an ancient mystery that may prove the key to her true powers …

… If she lives long enough to find it.

Schooled in Magic
by Christopher G. Nuttall

The first book in the bestselling Schooled in Magic saga, a fantastic combination of Harry Potter and Lest Darkness Fall, reissued for a new audience.

In another world, very different from ours and yet populated by people very much like us, a powerful necromancer casts a spell to bring him a Child of Destiny, with the intention of sacrificing the child for power. To his surprise, his spells brings him Emily, a lonely young girl from our world with a deep knowledge of history, a talent for magic, and a willingness to apply concepts from her old world to her new home. He prepares to sacrifice her anyway, only to watch helplessly as she is rescued at the last minute by another sorcerer and taken away.

For Emily, the shock of being kidnapped and nearly murdered is rapidly replaced by the awareness of being trapped in a world of magic; a world of powerful sorcerers and monarchs, and a magic school that can teach her the art but also a world of downtrodden magic-less commoners, unable to better themselves. As she comes to terms with her new life, and starts introducing concepts and innovations from her world, she starts to build a name for herself …

… And discovers, too late, that the sorcerer who snatched her from her world is still after her.

Gemini Warrior
by JD Cowan & Thomas Plutarch

Matthew and Jason are just two nobodies in a city of heroes and villains. But when they are given bracelets that endow them with powers, and then get thrown into a whole new world beyond all reason, they are soon in over their heads! Now they must team up with aliens, battle magical creatures, and get back home before the bombs inside them go off! All that, and they still have to defeat the magical being who sent them there in the first place!

The rest of the Gemini Man series are New Arrivals and also on sale.

Ys The Fallen
by S.C. Vincent

She has a curse. He has scales.

The Kingdom of Ys has been cursed by the Devil, a mighty dragon who seeks celestial conquest. As Princess Dana, one of the last acolytes of a forgotten church, scours the Dracon Lands hoping to find help for her people, she stumbles upon a giant egg. A handsome man named Ru, who has supernatural abilities, breaks free from the shell.

They set forth on a journey to free Ys of the curses by slaying the Devil, all the while facing Dana’s evil sister and her insidious machinations. But before the apocalyptic battle begins, they first face their own inner turmoil. Ru confronts his relation to the dragon and his contradictory tendency towards good. Dana treads the line between love and lust as she struggles to remain moral in a fallen world.

Can the curses be broken? Or will their relationship be broken first? The bells of Ys must ring.

The fight for salvation begins now!

The Sakura Element
by S.C. Vincent

When tradition means damnation, and the future is the past…

Alia Academia - school for the elite. Genetically modified Oka Latellay faces discrimination orchestrated by fellow student Allen Debois. Allen enforces a caste system by the Purveyors of Tradition, keeping modified people in the bottom rung of society. But Oka’s gumption inspires him to start a fencing tourney where everything is at stake. If she loses, her life in high society is over. But if she wins, so ends the bullying of all mods in the school.

Oka struggles with her fencing bouts and growing feelings for Allen as he reveals there is more to him than the cold cruelty he portrays. Simultaneously, Allen is torn between adoration for Oka and the Purveyors of Tradition influence. Choosing the former could risk his family’s wealth and good name.

Little do the two know how much their struggles intertwine when Allen’s friend begins to vie for Oka’s affections, and Allen finds himself blackmailed about his family’s past.

In a post-World War world where society functions on sleight of hand and discrimination, Oka and Allen must find the one thing that will save them. Love.

Ahab and Jezebel: A Match Made in Hell
by Joseph Bringman

Ahab sits on the throne but lacks the heart and stomach of a king. Jezebel exhibits kingly qualities galore but has no throne.

Most Israelites follow Ahab in submitting to his wife’s gods. But a tenacious remnant led by the prophet Elijah seeks to restore the supremacy of the Hebrew God. And that means toppling Jezebel along with her gods.

Although dynastic diplomacy forced Jezebel to marry Ahab, she has made do all these years… tirelessly working to remake Israel in her image. No one will oust her without a fight!

But then Ahab becomes infatuated with his latest concubine. She not only worships the Hebrew God but also witnessed her family being slaughtered by Jezebel’s goons. Is she really a devoted companion and sweeter than any man deserves? Or is she a Hebrew Anne Boleyn scheming to get Ahab to swap out his religion and his wife?

Suddenly Jezebel is seized with fears of having her life’s work undone, her faith outlawed… even being driven out of her own home by the other woman—just like what happened to her mother.

So what is Jezebel going to do? Win! No matter what it takes!

Full of intrigue, betrayal, and suspense—get your copy of Ahab and Jezebel: A Match Made in Hell today!

Taming of the Fire Sword
by Nikki Root

What is the greatest treasure in all the cosmos? Only those who know can tame the power of the fire sword. And Mic Rorren knows…

Galactic empires clash in a battle for the legendary fire sword, but retired General Mic Rorren wants nothing to do with it. That is, until a cursed Scorth witch forces him back into the fray.

As darkness threatens the galaxy he loves, Rorren finds himself facing corrupt governments, monsters, and a powerful enemy with a twisted secret. To further punish him, he's stuck playing nursemaid to the infuriating and dangerously beautiful witch.

But as he teaches her the ways of Scorth magic, Rorren begins to realize that she may be the key to victory. His stubbornness might just be enough to tame her wild powers. Her monumental secret might just destroy them all.

In this action-packed sci-fi romance, spaceships collide with magic and the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance. Buy now and ignite the power of the fire sword!

Sideways of the Earth: Stories About Pugnacious Footefake
by David Skinner

Pugnacious Footefake — bachelor, volunteer fireman, and seller of shoes — is beset by the unearthly and the magical.

One night the moon falls into his yard. Then he meets a frenetic mousefox while taking the census. Two children try to sell him a cup of gravity. An event with a fax machine prompts him to arrange a marriage. He finds himself on a snowy world, with a Princess trapped in ice. He receives an unusual package that keeps changing its mind. A roach starts a conversation with him.

And on a summer evening in a forested park, he is kidnapped by a pitiable nymph, who wants to grant him three wishes.

Giant’s Walk
by David Skinner

In 1858, young priest Zebediah Goodnow and the orphaned Joanna pursue a murderous Giant and soon find themselves among the Martians.

In 1957, astronaut Scott Winslow Hale takes his sick wife Helen to the shrine of the beatified Zebediah and, soon after, clashes with a stranger named Eddie.

In a tangle of Providential events, perseverance and peace are drawn from the toil of Faith.

And Who Shall I Say Is Calling?
by Misha Burnett (Author), David Skinner

Clive is a slave. For thirty years, ever since he was a boy, he has kept the books for Schuyler Distribution. And for all his life he has been subject to the God of his province: Atep, King of Shadows.

Clive is settled. Content. Faithful and devoted.

But now his master Erwin Schuyler has died and Schuyler’s dissolute son William has bankrupted the family business. Clive, as a corporate asset, must be auctioned off. He is sold to Charlotte Kelly Clothiers in far-off Riverton, in the province of the Goddess Estar, Lady of Dust.

Things are unsettled in Riverton. Clive is spiritually suspended between old God and new Goddess. He clashes with Julia, the slave he is replacing. A curious suitor arrives on Dame Kelly’s threshold. And a bitter and vengeful William Schuyler does not seem finished with Clive.

This unusual novella, set in an American South of the early 1900s, is a collaboration between Misha Burnett (An Atlas of Bad Roads) and David Skinner (Stellar Stories).

A Place Outside the Wild
by Daniel Humphreys

2017 DRAGON AWARD FINALIST
BEST APOCALYPTIC NOVEL

“This might be one of the best zombie books I’ve read.”
“You WILL NOT be disappointed!”
“(A) refreshing new twist to the traditional zombie apocalypse tale.”
“World War Z meets Rot and Ruin.”

Eight years after Z-Day, the surviving remnants of mankind face the unknown.

The fences and walls kept the ravenous undead at bay until they wasted away.

A once overwhelming foe has turned feeble and weak, and a world gone wild seems ripe for reclamation.

The scars of the long war run deep.

And hope is a dangerous thing when the real enemy might just be the survivors themselves.

Bovodar and the Bears
by Jack Mikkelson (Author), Mary MacArthur (Illustrator)

“And what would you do if two angry bears came pounding on your door, demanding that you hurry out to meet them?” That’s the dilemma for Bovodar Yarkery, who is confronted one day with a gathering of bears who wish to carry him off on their grand adventure. Across hazardous deserts, through caverns, and far up through the forests into the cold North, there stands Kalas Hall, home of an evil polar bear lord, King Valemod. The path is long, perilous, and uncertain, but if Bovodar & the Bears succeed in their mission, untold glory and riches can be theirs… but only if they can overcome the dangers that await them.

This is the complete story of Bovodar and the Bears. Readers can now read about the day Bovodar left his comfortable tree house and trace his journey all the way across the countryside to the journey’s end in the far northern land of Nixwild. Previously a serial, this release is the complete tale of Bovodar Yarkery’s first adventure away from home.

An illustrated version of this remarkably clever and imaginative YA fantasy is available for free on Arktoons.

33+ Classic Collection of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Novels. Stories. Illustrated: Tarzan of the Apes, A Princess of Mars, The Mucker, The Land that Time Forgot, The Lost Continent and others
by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Best-known for creating the characters Tarzan and John Carter, he also wrote the Pellucidar series, the Amtor series, and the Caspak trilogy.
Tarzan was immediately popular, and Burroughs capitalized on it in every way possible, including a syndicated Tarzan comic strip, movies, and merchandise. Tarzan remains one of the most successful fictional characters to this day and is a cultural icon. Burroughs's California ranch is now the center of the Tarzana neighborhood in Los Angeles, named after the character.
In Barsoom Series:
A PRINCESS OF MARS
THE GODS OF MARS
WARLORD OF MARS
THUVIA, MAID OF MARS
THE CHESSMEN OF MARS
THE MASTER MIND OF MARS
In Tarzan series:
TARZAN OF THE APES
THE RETURN OF TARZAN
THE BEASTS OF TARZAN
THE SON OF TARZAN
TARZAN AND THE JEWELS OF OPAR
JUNGLE TALES OF TARZAN
TARZAN THE UNTAMED
TARZAN THE TERRIBLE
TARZAN AND THE GOLDEN LION
TARZAN AND THE ANT-MEN
TARZAN, LORD OF THE JUNGLE
The Pellucidar series:
AT THE EARTH'S CORE
PELLUCIDAR
Complete Caspak series:
THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT
THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT
OUT OF TIME'S ABYSS
Complete Mucker series:
THE MUCKER
RETURN OF THE MUCKER
THE OAKDALE AFFAIR
Other novels:
THE LOST CONTINENT
THE MONSTER MEN
THE CAVE GIRL
THE ETERNAL LOVER
THE OUTLAW OF TORN
THE EFFICIENCY EXPERT
THE GIRL FROM FARRIS'S
THE GIRL FROM HOLLYWOOD
THE MAD KING

A Hot Dose Of Hell
by Steve Stark

A deadly new drug has hit the streets of Scarmouth, one which turns users into bloodthirsty maniacs with superhuman tolerance for pain. Through insidious design a large quantity has fallen into the hands of squatters occupying the derelict Victoria hotel. Rhonda Caine's desperate search for her estranged sister will lead to this dreadful place. But she won't be alone. She's joined by a group of self-serving activists, out to promote a new charity grift off the back of her story.

Rhonda’s not the only one looking for something. Hired muscle, Fred and Pinkie have been tasked to recover that lost drug shipment. These men know what it's doing to people. What they don't know is just how many have been affected already, but within the bowels of that derelict hotel breeds a mindless, homicidal legion.

Scarmouth is known as the coastal town they forgot to burn down. It'll only take a few hot doses to finally set it alight.

Violent Ends
by Steve Stark

From Steve Stark, author of A Hot Dose of Hell, now comes a Thrillogy of Stark Terrors, three grisly, splatter-filled tales of serial killers, sadistic home invaders, vicious thugs and a whole nightclub full of hedonistic revellers in scenes of mortal peril and supernatural horror...

Stark will take you on a Terrorific tour of his brutal, bizarre world, from the seedy streets of Scarmouth town to the harsh rural landscape of Lynchton, with all routes set to terminate in some very Violent Ends.

Buckle up, and keep your arms and legs inside the vehicle at all times.
This one's a Hell of a ride!

"The Master of the action scene"
Richard Nichols, The Red-Pilled Fiction Factory

"Stark writes with graphic, detailed prose, showing the horror, fear and violence on the page as vividly as if it was on a cinema screen"
John Davies, author "Muscle"

"Stark is like King without a conscience. Barker but more badass."
Nick Horvath author "Sledge Vs the Labyrinth"

The Key to Reality
by F. Ted Atchley

An Elite Cybersecurity Analyst. A Desperate Rebellion’s Best Hope.

Brandon thought the assignment was just another standard security assessment. Wrong. As he peels back the layers of a deepening conspiracy, he discovers everything he thought he knew about his reality is a lie.

And he’s the only one who can save it.

Exiles from another reality see Brandon’s new knowledge as the key to victory over their tyrannical king and his immortal army. Pursued by both loyalists and rebels as he crosses the borders between realities, Brandon must protect his family, while figuring out who to trust.

Choosing well means rescuing his family, and saving both worlds, but choosing poorly will empower a malevolent evil to wipe out humanity.

Fractured Sky (The Grim King Saga)
by Nick McPherson (Author), Daniel Gull (Editor), Debra Kubiak (Editor), semnitz - (Illustrator)

Endland needs its heroes . . . too bad they're young, oblivious, and being taught by a senile old man.

Bryce Blooms and his friends begin their training as Chosen under the tutelage of Walding Zarlorn, a grandmaster of legend. And mastering their Chosen abilities must happen quickly; the boy’s arrival and subsequent reveal as Chosen has tossed the world of Endland into chaos. The king searches desperately to reclaim the boys and their power, the dwarven mines in the south collapse from unseen forces, orcs and barbarians are on the move, seeking to recover their glory of yesteryear, and the Grim work in the shadows against Walding to free their dark lord from his interdimensional prison.

Walding wishes for his pupils to learn before unleashing them on the troubles all around them, but their yearning to prove themselves (and get home to earth) sets off a chain of events that threatens to tear the very fabric of the Realm asunder.

The Grim King Saga continues in this young adult, male-centric fantasy adventure!

Inquisitor's Promise
by Michael P. Marpaung

Young Inquisitor Aeneas Aquilanus made two promises: one to his dying father, the other to his beloved Galatea.

To his father, Aeneas promised to finish his last mission to unify the Holy League and rally them against the apocalyptic threat of the Grey Globe. To Galatea, he promised the aspiring lady knight to become her lord and Inquisitor.

But politics in the 74th century can be violent and complicated. The Five Factions of the Holy League had long seen each other with suspicion. Can they put aside their differences to save Earth?

Even his promise to Galatea is not without problems for Aeneas as he has four additional girls who are in love with him. Each of these five girls are faction princesses, women who have close connections to each of the Five Faction’s leaders.

Love and politics are an explosive combination, but the Inquisitor shall remain true to his pledged word.

The Santara Commentaries, Book 1: The Padri
by Michael P. Marpaung

The Santara Archipelago is the homeland of the Yakobinians - the Sons of Yakob and the Chosen of El Shaddai, the God of the gods. After a long sojourn in the Northern Continent, the Yakobinians returned to Santara and reclaimed their land from their savage cousins, the Nodians. The Holy Kingdom of Santara was established and led by the successors of Borromeo, the Warrior Priest and the greatest of the sons of Yakob.

That was over a millennia ago.

The year is 1621 of the Yakobinian Calendar. For over five centuries, the Sons of Yakob chafed under the dominion of distant Tionghoa. The Governor Generals of the Tionghoa Southern Holdings maintain control of the archipelago from Khmer, the colonial capital. Their base of power lies in the west where imported Tionghoa populace had greatly intermingled with the natives throughout the generations.

In the east, puppet kings ruled under the suzerainty of Tionghoa. They paid fealty to the Dragon Emperor, but the Yakobins are a proud people. The Sultanate of Paloe, the most powerful of the eastern states conspired with the Kingdom of Dun-a-Din, ruled by the last of the Borromeans, to form the Padri. Their aim was simple: freedom.

But there’s more to this war than meets the eye.

Living in Times of Dragons (The Remnant King Book 1)
by John A Pretorius

"...as with everything in my life, all this began with dreams..."

American ex-pat, father and widower, Roger Rommel, did not believe in dragons. Unfortunately, they did not return the sentiment.

After returning from a self-imposed exile to his adopted country of South Africa, Roger is confronted by these legendary fire-breathing reptiles who risked exposing their hidden world simply to hunt him. Gifted with the ability to create and enter dreams, as well as to see the future, he tries to survive and protect his son from enemies he does not understand. But the past is alive, and he finds himself linked to a conflict thousands of years old.

The world he knew is now stranger, more fantastic and terrifying than he truly knew, especially when everyone is out to get you.

The Tangles of Old Sins (The Remnant King Book 2)
by John Pretorius

"The past isn’t dead
It is very much alive.
It holds the cards, the accounts,
and it knows when to pass judgement..."

Two years have passed with Roger in slow isolation from the world, carefully preparing for a mission into enemy territory that could shake alliances and wreck treaties, but also has the potential to aid the Earth and allies from an enemy no-one understands.

But his son is coming with him, as well as old enemies turned allies. But can he finish this journey when his very soul and being is targeted?

Praise for Living in Times of Dragons

"Raw, bizarre... the story roars ambitiously from the veldt of South Africa to the jungles of Central America- tapping into pathos that pushes human endurance, blowing open a gateway to a vast, fantastical milieu for full-fledged fandom."
- Lorehaven

"Pretorius gives us a really beautfil breed of dragon. The descriptions are fascinating and evocative. There are five "raves," each with its own physical characteristics and abilities... The development of the individual dragons' personalities and relationships is very enjoyable to observe.
- Geeks under Grace

"Pretorius writes with an interesting style and the book has some great flourishes including a map, some visuals and font play which I'm a fan of, so grab the paperback if you have a chance. Overall, if you're looking for a modern dragon fantasy - this is a solid addition to the genre that brings new thinking to the party-"
- Matt Adcock, Author of 'Complete Darkness'

That Axe Anciently Was Mine: Sword and Seventies: Vol. 1 (Sword & Seventies)
Erik Waag

What if the hero of a savage and ancient land returned from the deep mists of time?

Samuel Rider is a man out of time and place. A man with a destiny undreamed of.
Necromancers and demons, werewolves and the undead. The villains and monsters of legend lurk still in the night, unseen by most.

Samuel battles the strange, the deadly, and the unholy with a band of on-again-off-again allies in the Ancient Order of Chandlers.

Sword & Seventies – High adventure in the age of the birth of Heavy Metal!

Fangs of the Moon Opal: Sword & Seventies: Vol. 2
by Erik Waag

When Samuel Rider first gripped the haft of That Ancient Axe, premonitions of primeval power and glory struck him like a bolt from the Gods. He is a man with a destiny undreamed of.

Now, Samuel takes his first step – or leap – into a strange world hidden just under the surface of everyday life. A world where mystery, majesty, and danger lurk behind every corner. Always has.

Villains, too, have seen through the veil and employ sinister magics to plot evil. Cursed and alone, save for the witch Cassandra, Samuel fights a desperate battle for his very soul.

Deathbringer: The Spellswords Saga: Book One (The Spellsword Saga 1)
by Blake Carpenter (Author), Michael Gallagher (Editor)

Inga Alenir is a Swordbearer. She is the latest in a long line of women to inherit a magical weapon called Deathbringer. She's also dead, murdered on her wedding day by the ruthless and covetous noblewoman Yenda Avard, who steals the sword after killing Inga and her entire family.

And yet, some secrets won't stay buried. Deathbringer has a will and a consciousness of its own, and even has the power to raise Inga from the dead for a short time. It warns her that she has one week to find and retrieve the sword before death reclaims her—permanently. With each day bringing her doom and final demise ever closer, Inga will have to see just how far she's willing to go to achieve her vengeance.

DEATHBRINGER is a compositional mix between the violent, grisly hunt for revenge in the film THE NIGHTINGALE and the tale of Vasher and his talking sword Nightblood in Brandon Sanderson's WARBREAKER. Fans of dark fantasy, of tragic love stories and tales about seeking revenge against long odds will enjoy this debut novel by Blake Carpenter in the world of Agareth where a scorned, young widow fights back against the powerful elites that wronged her, and begins a journey that might turn the entire world against her.

Winner of Upstream Reviews' Best of 2023 Golden Raygun Award!

What Readers are Saying About Deathbringer—

"Those who like tales of revenge with protagonists who do not lose their humanity or become permanently obsessed by it will enjoy this book. Anyone who wants to see other cultures portrayed in new settings and new ways will find it entertaining as well. The novel should appeal to fantasy fans everywhere but particularly those interested in Slavic and Russian milieus, as the story has the air of Anastasia about it. Those who want a new twist on familiar tropes should find this story quite engaging."
—Caroline Furlong, Upstream Reviews (https://upstreamreviews.substack.com/)

"I fell in love with these characters... If you love a good revenge story, it's so good. I had a great time with this one!"
—The Nerdy Narrative (https://www.youtube.com/TheNerdyNarrative)

"I think this one is truly special... The world of Agareth is a vast and uncompromising one, being filled with dangers and factions striking out to meet their own ends, forging their way in a world which appears obsessed with progress. However, seeing our main protagonist, Inga, rise up to the challenge in spite of what’s placed in front of her makes it all the more compelling to read."
—The Lord Otter (https://downstreampulp.substack.com/)

"Carpenter has a deft, confident style that pulls the reader in and keeps them there, connecting with the characters and exploring their world. He has crafted an exquisitely written, perfectly-paced, throughly gripping tale. I am definitely looking forward to the next installment. Highly recommended."
—S. Kirk Pierzchala, author of Echoes Through a Distant Glass, Harshest Dawn and more

M., Goodreads Review: "It's technically amazing. Snappy, quick paced, action packed, and with memorable characters who are well written and well realized that feel like actual people. Also has a cool early 1900's Russian inspired semi-Steampunk setting which is super rare to see in Fantasy. 8/10."

K.D. McAllister, Amazon Review: "Blake absolutely stuck the landing with a highly satisfying conclusion to Inga's tragic mission and by books end I was fully invested in her, the supporting characters, the BLADE LORE, and teases of what is to come. You can just tell Blake has so much more he wants to tell us! Buy this so that he CAN! 4/5 stars"

Let Sleeping Gods Lie: A Lovecraftian Gods Horror Story (Cowboys & Cthulhu Book 1)
David J. West

Louis L’Amour Meets Lovecraft

Porter Rockwell, wanted for a murder he did not commit, is hiding out in Old California selling whiskey to thirsty forty-niners. When his friends dig up some monstrous bones and a peculiar book and offer to sell it for a helluva price, Porter can’t resist the mystery.

But when both his night bartender and the sellers are murdered at his saloon Porter has to find out what the mysterious artifacts are all about. With some Native American legends, Sasquatch, Lovecraftian horror, and murderous bandits thrown in, not even bullets and blades can stop Rockwell from leaving a swath of righteous carnage in his wake.

Let Sleeping Gods Lie is a weird western fantasy in the vein of classic pulp fiction and Louis L’Amour books. If you like frontier justice, larger-than-life characters, and witty humor, then you will LOVE the first installment of the Cowboys and Cthulhu series.

Buy Let Sleeping Gods Lie to get lost in a horrific weird western adventure today!

Home on the Strange : A Lovecraftian Gods Horror Story
(Cowboys & Cthulhu Book 2)
by David J. West

Louis L’Amour Meets Lovecraft Again!

Porter Rockwell is hunting for a missing girl near a haunted mountain but is forced into tagging along with unfriendly cavalry troopers. The cavalry doesn’t seem very intent on finding her alive or administering justice, wanting only vengeance on the suspected Indian renegades. When they get attacked by inexplicable means, it becomes every man for himself.

But Porter isn’t about to roll over and let madness take him. He has a job to do, and nobody can handle death the way he does. He’ll find the girl, administer justice, and get to the bottom of the haunted mountain’s terrible mystery, no matter who or what gets in his way.

Home on the Strange is a weird western horror in the vein of classic pulp and Lovecraftian fiction mixed with Louis L’Amour western adventures. If you like frontier justice, larger-than-life characters, and witty humor, then you will LOVE the next installment in the Cowboys & Cthulhu series.

Buy Home on the Strange and ride along with a weird western adventure today!

Bury Me Not : on the Loathsome Prairie (Cowboys & Cthulhu Book 4)
by David J. West

The snake infested love child of HP Lovecraft and Louis L’Amour.

Territorial marshal Porter Rockwell rides into a den of outlaws and hears tell of something horrific out in the haunted Henry Mountains, a place men don't come back from. The Paiute call the place of snakes The Serpent Temple, and with stories of giant snakes and vanishing men, Porter knows he must investigate the mystery even while desperadoes stalk the desert, waiting for a chance at revenge.
What causes men to go mad out there in the high, lonesome desert? Who or what is Yig?
Will Porter tie the knot with a rustler's beautiful sister?
Mysteries abound in the weird canyons of the desert where danger lurks like a rattler about to strike.

But the truth of what Porter discovers will be far more sinister than he could have ever imagined...
Bury Me Not on the Loathsome Prairie is a weird western fantasy in the vein of classic pulp fiction and Louis L’Amour books. If you like frontier justice, larger-than-life characters, and witty humor, then you will LOVE the next installment of the Cowboys and Cthulhu series.

Buy a copy of BURY ME NOT and enjoy this heroic western adventure today!

Blades of the Boneless: A Swords & Sorcery Story
(THE BRUTAL SWORD SAGA)
by James Alderdice, David J. West

There are worse things waiting...

Young maiden Perina escapes from a cruel dungeon and makes her way to King Gathelaus and reveals that he must defeat a mysterious foe that has become a tyrant ruling over a far-flung fiefdom. What strange powers does the tyrant hold to seem invulnerable and inhumane? How can he be defeated? How can Gathelaus beat an unbeatable foe?

Blades of the Boneless is a sword and sorcery adventure mixed with a hint of body horror.

Live the adventure in this exciting fantasy novella.

RAGE: A Heroic New World Fantasy
(THE BRUTAL SWORD SAGA Book 4)
by James Alderdice

Enslaved and forced to fight cruel gods is going to make the Sellsword feel one thing: RAGE.

The Sellsword Gathelaus, is shipwrecked off a mythic continent brimming with strange beasts and foul sorcery. Here he is forced into their gladiatorial games to quench the insatiable thirst of ravenous anti-gods and blood begins to flow…

But after he rescues a slave girl, he finds there might be more to this lost land than he first thought.

RAGE is an action-packed adventure in the vein of classic pulp fiction and epic fantasy. If you like gory battles, larger-than-life characters, fearsome monsters and witty humor, then you’ll love James Alderdice’s gritty tale.

Buy RAGE to get lost in a bloody sword and sorcery adventure today!

Becoming A Druid: Book 1: Protectors of Pretanni
by Mike Mollman

Grahme has wanted to be a druid for as long as he can remember. Talented but headstrong, he runs afoul of a despotic, mind-controlling mage during his initiation quest. Intrigue and distrust have turned the druids against him. Haggard and hunted, he must make impossible sacrifices or lose everything.

Protectors of Pretanni
Book One

Dawn of Chaos: (Sanctum of the Archmage,
Volume One)
by Tony Andarian

It wasn’t the demons that truly frightened her. It was the woman she would have to become to fight them.

Dawn of Chaos: Full Trilogy Edition (Includes Prologue to Chaos, Hell Gate, and Aftermath)

A new constitution prepares Carlissa for an era of enlightenment. The old order fades, and a promise of freedom stirs the air. In the space of one terrifying day, that promise is shattered in a bloodbath of fire and magic.

Thousands of years ago, an epic battle was fought between good and evil. The demon lords had opened a door to the realms of hell itself, and their horde threatened to overrun the earth. But the Kalarans, led by the hero Calindra, destroyed their hellgate and drove them from the world.

The Great War has long since been lost to myth and legend. The Church struggles for relevance as the people forget their covenant with the gods. A renaissance of freedom and learning stirs the air in the modern age of Carlissa, led by the royal family, and the wisdom of the Archmage.

All that comes to an end when a dome of shimmering magic appears in the capital city. The people fight desperately to survive in the chaos that follows, and wonder bitterly why the gods seem to have abandoned them. Their only hope lies with the magic of the Archmage — and his, with a free-spirited princess who never wanted to rule. She must find the strength to set aside her bard’s calling and take up a battle against impossible odds, or surrender her land and people to the Black Magus and his demons.

Dawn of Chaos finally brings the award-winning Sanctum of the Archmage role-playing games to the world of fantasy fiction. Get it today and don't miss this exciting first volume in the series!

Note to Readers. This is an omnibus volume that collects previously published books in the Dawn of Chaos series.

Gun Magus
by N.R. LaPoint

Low on luck, but not ammo

The last thing Kenneth Jericho needed was
a gunfight and car chase with human traffickers.
What started as a bad morning only got worse.

A flash of light sends Ken to a strange world
filled with magic, hideous monsters, beautiful women,
and seemingly unlimited ammo.

With pistol in hand,
Ken is thrown into a race against time
to stop a local ganglord’s reign of terror.
But is the thug the brains behind the violence,
or is someone – or something – else
pulling his strings?

For Steam And Country - A Steampunk Fantasy (The Adventures of Baron Von Monocle Book 1)
by Jon Del Arroz

The world's only airship is hers to command!

Can she save her kingdom from destruction?

Zaira Von Monocle is called upon to take command of the legendary airship, Liliana, to help stave off the evil Wyranth Empire's recent advances. The Wyranth's army creeps ever closer, ravaging towns and villages along Rislandia's border. To make matters worse, the enemy invaders have tapped into supernatural forces with incredible destructive power.

But Zaira is a simple farm girl, raised away from the excitement of her adventurer father's life of airships and gadgets. Before he disappeared, he tried to shelter her from the dangers of the world, and their family's ties to the worst of tyrants, the Iron Emperor of the Wyranth.

Zaira must grow up quickly and learn to become a leader before she loses the life her father tried to build for her.

Readers who love a swashbuckling airship adventure with high-stakes action will love the first book in this #1 Bestselling YA Steampunk series.

Buy For Steam And Country today!

Desolation: Dominion of the Damned: Book One
Jean Marie Bauhaus, Matt Bauhaus (Editor)

★★★★★ “Wonderful. I loved loved loved.” - Reader Review

Nursing student Hannah Jordan expected to spend spring break welcoming her new brother into the world. She didn't expect to deliver him herself in her family's backyard bunker as her mother lay dying from a bite wound. Newly orphaned with a baby to raise while her neighbors tear each other to pieces outside, Hannah only knows one thing for certain: all the survival training her daddy put her through didn't prepare her for this.

Months later, Hannah emerges from the safety of her shelter to find that zombies are the least of her problems. In the wake of the zombie plague, a race of vampires has emerged from the shadows and seized power over the remaining human population. Styling themselves as saviors, in reality they're slave masters, demanding payment for their so-called protection in labor and blood. Hunted, abducted and separated from her brother, Hannah is thrown into a prison camp where she quickly learns that the monsters inside the walls are far more dangerous than the zombies roaming outside.

But not all vampires are power-hungry psychopaths, and not all humans are benevolent victims. Who can Hannah trust? She finds allies, enemies, and even love in surprising places in her quest to find her brother, make their escape and survive this strange new world where zombies roam, vampires rule and humans are penned up like cattle.

Evolution: Dominion of the Damned: Book Two
by Jean Marie Bauhaus

“So what happens now?”

“Now? Now we go change the world.”

Alek Konstantin sounds so certain. But Hannah Jordan doesn’t share his certainty. No longer fully human, not quite fully vampire, Hannah hovers somewhere in between, the next level of evolution that could save humanity and vampire-kind alike -- or lead to their destruction, more assuredly than the zombie plague that started it all.

Within her veins lies both an antiserum against the plague and a cure for vampirism -- and there are those who would fight and kill both to attain the cure and to destroy it. Still getting used to her new abilities -- and his new limitations -- Hannah and Alek hatch a plan to infiltrate the vampire-run camp where their human friends have been imprisoned, and to synthesize and distribute as much of the vaccine as they can to level the playing field between the humans and their vampire captors.

As they gather allies and assess their enemies, it’s impossible for either of them to be sure which side anyone is on. Hannah only knows one thing for certain -- that her love for Alek, also altered by her blood, and for her infant brother Noah, means she’ll do whatever it takes to protect them, and to make the world habitable again, a safe place where she and Alek can raise Noah in peace -- if they manage to survive.

Revolution: Dominion of the Damned: Book Three
by Jean Marie Bauhaus

Exhausted, demoralized and displaced, only two goals give Hannah Jordan the strength to keep going: getting her husband back from the clutches of the Vampire High Council, and getting vengeance on the one who took him prisoner and slaughtered her friends.

Beaten, tortured and subjected to brutal experiments, the worst part of Alek Konstantin's new existence is not knowing whether his wife and adopted son are alive or dead. Knowing his life will last only as long as it takes Esme to bring her master another hybrid specimen to study, Alek manages to resist the vampires' interrogations... but for how long?

Even worse, time is running out for humanity. With a new synthetic blood supply, the vampires no longer have use for their human subjects. As Hannah and her team evade the vampires who are hunting them and battle their way through zombie-infested terrain to storm the castle where he's imprisoned, can Alek work from within to dismantle the Council, spread the cure for vampirism and give humanity a fighting chance?

Find out in this heart-pounding conclusion to Dominion of the Damned!

Restless Spirits (The Spirits Series Book 1)
by Jean Marie Bauhaus

If you like Odd Thomas or CBS's Ghosts...

Veronica Wilson's whole life is behind her. That's what she realizes as she stares down at her own body with its hideously broken neck and no memory of how it got that way. What was supposed to be a routine haunted house investigation quickly turned into anything but.

Cut off from the land of the living, imprisoned in a house with secrets far darker than she'd imagined, Ron's only hope is her sister, Chris, who has a gift for seeing the dead. If only she can get a message out. But something is keeping her from reaching her sister. Something dark and malevolent. Maybe the something that killed her.

Ron soon discovers she's not the house's only prisoner. Other spirits reveal themselves, some friendly, some not so much, all of them victims of the presence that stole their lives, holds them captive and keeps them in torment. Can she and the other ghosts work together to gain their freedom and move on to the other side? Somewhere buried in the house, is there a key to their release from the demon that binds them? Or are they forever doomed to remain trapped and restless?

Kindred Spirits (Restless Spirits) (Volume 2)
(The Spirits Series)
by Jean Marie Bauhaus

Odd Thomas meets Veronica Mars...

Chris Wilson sees dead people. Sees them, hears them, and helps them finish their business so they can find peace. But when a local crime reporter does a hit piece painting her as a charlatan on the nightly news, she finds her future as a ghost whisperer in jeopardy. Fortunately, her big sister, Ron, deceased but not departed, remains as fiercely protective of her kid sister as she ever was in life.

Determined to vindicate Chris, Ron aims to give Derek Brandt a haunting he’ll never forget. But Ron gets more than she bargained for when she discovers Derek is already haunted — by the ghost of his murdered brother. Jimmy Brandt is stuck in limbo, unable to communicate with his younger brother and unable to move on until his murder is solved. It’s up to Chris to convince the highly skeptical Derek that his brother needs him, and that she’s the real deal.

It’s not an easy prospect, considering Chris and Derek have a rocky history beyond his slanderous news story. But swallowing her pride and anger to get Derek past his hostility and suspicion might be the easy part, considering there are mysterious forces, both human and other, that don’t want this cold case warmed back up, and will kill to keep their secrets. Solving Jimmy’s murder might be the most dangerous request Chris has ever taken on. But if she and Derek survive, they might just find that old enemies can turn out to be kindred spirits.

Bound Spirits (Restless Spirits) (The Spirits Series Book 3)
by Jean Marie Bauhaus

The Wilson sisters’ father is getting remarried. Both sisters are ambivalent about the news, each for their own reasons. For Chris, it means making nice with an annoying new stepmother who’s too close to her own age for comfort, playing the dutiful daughter and stepping into the unwanted role of maid of honor. For the ghostly older sister Ron, it’s a painful reminder of her own culpability in their mother’s death and the rift it formed between her and her father — a rift that never got a chance to heal before her own untimely demise.

When a mysterious woman in white appears and begins wreaking havoc, threatening to put a stop to the wedding plans, Chris is almost relieved. But when her dad’s bride-to-be, Marsha, pins their mother’s spirit as the culprit, both sisters are determined to get to the bottom of this haunting and clear their mother’s name. It soon becomes clear that the entity they’re dealing with is far too sinister to be their mom, and also far too deadly — and for some reason, it seems to be fixated on Marsha.

As the sisters and their respective partners work together to solve this mystery, they uncover old secrets, as well as a whole other side of their future stepmom. Murder, tragic loss and mental illness are all brought to light, but so are forgiveness and redemption as they discover that a soul may become bound by tragedy, but there is no bond stronger than love.

Ulemet and the Jaguar God
by Lyndon Perry

Deformed and misshapen at birth, Ulemet is ugly in a way that attracts second looks, but seldom pity. Cursed by her Olmec village elders and taunted by her people, she flees into the rainforest never to return. Rejected and alone, the young girl's only solace is her small jade carving of Uaxaca, the jaguar animal spirit she wagers will guard her as she makes her way to Tenochtitlán, the golden city of hope.

Escaping danger after danger only to be captured by slavers, Ulemet is forced to play in the ulama, the sacrificial ball game that could result in her freedom or end in her death. Will her hopes in Uaxaca prove misplaced, or will the jaguar god, who's visited her dreams as a mysterious shaman, finally prove true?

The Dungeon Runner's Echoes: The Runners' Echoes Part 1
by C. M. Craig

When Evan starts playing Dungeon Runners, he isn't expecting to find real people trapped in this game. But that's what he finds. Tore, a young storm giant, has just been rejected by his master and is dying. Will Evan be able to save him? And even if he does, will the young runner then be able to find a way to save the giant's brothers from a corrupted giantess who has enslaved them? And what about his plans of becoming a professional video game player? Evan is not sure he signed up for all of this when he started his 'game'.

The Branch Runner's Echoes: The Runners' Echoes: Part 2
by C. M. Craig (Author)

Two years have passed since Evan started playing Dungeon Runners. He still needs to figure out how to get his giant friends home. Now, Evan's younger brother, Spencer, somehow finds his way to the Nexus, but almost no one can see or talk with him, including Evan himself!

Will Evan be able to find a way home for his brother and his friends when the dark champion of the Adonom and Shel, the wicked giantess who enslaved Evan's giant friends, have both set their eyes on Spencer? And what happens when the dangers of the Nexus start showing up in Evan's home? And what about poor Airic?

Evan's got himself in over his head again, and he's not sure he can find his way to the surface this time. He's going to need Eil's help to have any hope at all.

Transmutation Texas (Watcher of the Damned Book 1) FREE
by R.H. Snow

In a World gone Viral, a Hero shall Arise – join the Revolution with WATCHER of the DAMNED!

The Happening wreaked havoc as Humanity got a hard reset from a deadly gender-cidal Virus – and for TransMutated Survivors like The Watcher, life in Post-Apocalyptic Texas just got a whole lot bloodier and a whole lot lonelier. In a cyberpunk Wild West gone awry, The Watcher was a Rebel without a clue under the System: a brutal, high-tech Social Construct engineered to serve the Enlightened and oppress the Damned. But that’s all about to change, thanks to a cheeky chaos agent named Rose…

Now The Watcher must lead a Revolution to save Rose from the System He helped create, or Rose will die – and Humanity will die with her.

Fight the System – Join the Revolution – with WATCHER of the DAMNED!

Trail of Travail (Watcher of the Damned: Wanderer Book 1)
by R.H. Snow (Author)

WATCHER of the DAMNED is fighting for Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of a Happiness named Rose... now he's leading Rose's LoneStar Revolution through Hell & High Water with THE SYSTEM hot on their tail! Can our Heroes fight their way out, or will the Demons of the Dying Woods add them to the list of lost souls haunting the TRAIL of TRAVAIL?

~ WE WILL BE FREE ~

Fire From Ashes (Fires of an Empire Saga Book 1)
by Jessica Barberi

After a near death encounter, a young deserter named Ciran is left with a choice to once again redirect the events of his life. Haunted by the choices of his past he makes the decision to try and run from them, in hopes to find true freedom and liberation on the other side of a mountain.

He never believed the stories of dragons he was told as a child, that was until he found himself standing face to face with one. This chance encounter once again changes the course of his journey, and Crian finds that there is no escape from the past.

Join Ciran on his adventure as he learns what it means to be the author of your fate and true to your heart in a world that seeks to convince you that these things are outside of your reach.

Waves of a Tempest (Fires of an Empire Saga Book 2) is in the sale as a New Arrival.

Record of The Paladins: Book of Ivon and Ivoire
BP McCoppin

Ivon was raised in a cold, unforgiving world of duty and obedience. Forged in violence and ruthlessness, his unique skill of detecting lies is abused by The Colonel's lust for power. It's the only world Ivon's ever known. Nothing else makes sense.

Ivoire struggles with her own gift of sensing truth. Sent to a government funded academy for "talented" children, she's pulled from her family and thrust into the world of espionage and intrigue.

Two people, opposing gifts.

The Paladins learn of these two extraordinary people, but so does the demon army. Oliver, Melissa, Persephone, and Roland must find Ivon and Ivoire or forever lose them to darkness.

Dive into the world just beyond the edge of perception, a place where demons terrorize and crusaders wage war.

Shoot the Devil 2: Dark Matter
Declan Finn, James Pyles, L. Jagi Lamplighter, Michael Gallagher, N.R. LaPoint, Steve Johnson, Aaron Van Treeck, TJ Marquis, Frank Luke, Trevor Denning

Welcome back to a world filled with horrors beyond count. A world where madmen fly across galaxies chasing forbidden power and ancient evil seeks to infect and eradicate all life. A world filled with heroes ready and willing to fight the darkness. To raise the crucifix and the blaster rifle to send the evil straight back to hell.

How Black the Sky: A Heavy Metal Pulp Adventure (Hero’s Metal – Heavy Metal Pulp Adventures Book 1)
by T.J. Marquis

How Black the Sky

A young spellsword looking to prove his mettle stumbles on news of imminent doom. Falling in with legendary warriors from the Overland, Pierce heralds the coming attack from the hollow earth below.

His new friends are Gorgonbane. Once mercenaries, now heroes, they are the only thing standing between Overland and the horrid Monstrosities of the Underlord. His lust for power has reached its peak, but the coming invasion may not be exactly what it seems…

Pierce – a brash young man with rare blessings of strength and really bad news.

Axebourne – the fatherly berserker with infectious laughter.

Scythia – calm and motherly, her Circlet of Knowing reveals secrets.

Agrathor – a mighty spearman with an electric personality and a terrible skin condition.

Ess – Second only to the First Great Master of Convergent Reality Theory. Mysterious and alluring.The Hero’s Metal universe:

The world of Chasmgard is a place with endless secrets and a strange cosmology. A deep red sun crawls across a canvas of black, and nobody remembers why. Landlocked by a depthless Chasm, Overland and the Underlands have always vied for power and land. In How Black the Sky, we join a band of legendary warriors who may just be at the end of an age.

Out of the Deep: A Heavy Metal Pulp Adventure (Hero’s Metal – Heavy Metal Pulp Adventures Book 2)
by T.J. Marquis

Pierce and the heroes of Gorgonbane defeated the subterranean conqueror Kash one year ago. Since then, monster infestations have increased a hundredfold.

It’s good for business, but bad for the citizens of the reluctantly joined nations.

When a strange new entity crashes a dangerous extermination mission, everything falls into chaos.

Revelations about the world and whispers of a new form of magic litter the path from doom to an unexpected beacon of hope.

What is the Underlord Kash’s prophesied threat?

Can Gorgonbane save the continent from destruction?

And who will Pierce have a crush on next?

Find out in Out of the Deep – Hero’s Metal, book two.

Fear the Four Towers: Hero’s Metal: Book III (Hero’s Metal – Dark Fantasy Adventure 3)
by TJ Marquis

The Four Towers called, and Gorgonbane has answered.

With the murderous falselight repelled for now, and the devastating ultra-buipolad reduced to cinders by the Sun, it falls to our mighty heroes to brave the ancient accursed Towers.

What are they for? Who, or what, built them? Can whatever magics they hold contain the seemingly endless flood of corruption that is the falselight mass?

Agrathor, Pierce, Scythia, and their teams must find a way into the Towers, and beat the ever-ambitious Ess, and the coldly calculating Asel, to the invaluable secrets within, all while Axebourne pledges to hold the line.

But all is not as it seems within the Towers, as space, time, and even the purpose of the world are ripped away from apparent realities…

In Darkness Cast (Shades of Black Book 1)
Book 1 of 2: Shades of Black
by Jonathan Shuerger and Louie Roybal

A soldier prays for a mentor to train him to be a hero... what he gets is the dark sorcerer who killed thousands of them.

Gideon Halcyon is a young man who wants nothing more than to save his people from the hordes of Hell. Demons and cultists run roughshod over his home, slaughtering and sacrificing to a trifecta of fallen angels on the cusp of destroying the kingdoms of Man. Gideon is helpless in the face of extinction itself...

...until he meets Ashkelon.

Coming from the Void beyond the world, Ashkelon alone survives the world he left in ruins. Cynical and ruthless, the last lord of the Everlasting Dark seethes with millennia of hatred, and his cursed sword Acherlith shrieks with the last screams of a thousand failed heroes.

Ashkelon makes Gideon an offer – to train him to be a hero of the Light beyond the failures sealed within his blade, a peerless warrior to exceed even the exacting standards of the Dark. Reluctantly, Gideon accepts and is thrust into a world of infinite cruelty under Ashkelon’s black fist where the slightest misstep will see him just another scream in the murderer's black blade.

As Hell consumes the hopes of Man, a hero is forged in darkness. Read it today.

The Dragon Hand (The Dragon King Trilogy Book 1)
by Yakov Merkin, John Zeleznik (Illustrator), Cornelia Yoder (Illustrator), Ben Zwycky (Editor)

An ancient evil is returning to threaten the world—at least, that’s what one of voices in Serivak’s head is telling him.

As the only dragon in the kingdom and technically a prisoner of war, Serivak’s position as the King’s Hand via his friendship with the young king is precarious enough before the voice of one of his ancestors warned of the new threat. With the help of two young foreigners, Serivak endeavors to avert disaster—but as evidence of a conspiracy grows, his political enemies close to home may be even more dangerous.

After Dark: Teen Superhero Adventures on the Eerie Side of Pittsburgh (East End Irregulars Book 1)
by Michael DiBaggio

Ever since he was a kid, Sebastian wanted to be a superhero. Now, as the water-controlling psychic vigilante Torrent, he prowls the streets of Pittsburgh, doing his best to right wrongs and keep his double life a secret.

But life in the mask is tougher than he imagined, and even dual superpowers aren’t always enough to save the day. Besides facing street thugs, monsters, and madmen, he’s got to master his hormones and keep his conscience. With a little help from his thrill-seeker best friend and his literally hot pyrokinetic girlfriend, he just might manage it.

After Dark is an episodic novel set in a world of heroic adventure and paranormal menace, intended for adults and intelligent youngsters. It is part of the Ascension Epoch, a shared universe and alternate history based on classic science fiction and adventure literature.

The Dismal Tide (East End Irregulars Book 2)
by Michael DiBaggio

The East End Irregulars are taking a bite out of the Pittsburgh underworld.

Teen vigilantes Torrent and the Mysterious X have already walloped werecats and beaten the mad gasser of Panther Hollow.

Now they’re finally getting the attention they deserve: from the press, the police, and the worst lowlifes the city has to offer. With Corona’s pyrokinetic firepower added to the team, they’re ready to take on all challengers.

Or are they?

Before the Irregulars can claim their title as the Burgh’s undisputed champions, they must run a gauntlet of foes including the Flying Skeletons, the satanic Mr. Gentry, and the assembled might of the Global Parahuman Revolutionary Army. And the city’s other superheroes may have something to say about it, too.

The sequel to 2014’s Young Adult superhero adventure After Dark, The Dismal Tide is the second novel in the East End Irregulars series.

Copper Knights and Granite Men (Challenger Confidential Book 1)
by Michael DiBaggio & Shell Presto

A brazen band of robbers raids the New York Metropolitan Museum.

Their target?

The Prince’s Emblazoned, an elaborate suit of armor rumored to be of surpassing occult significance.

To ensure their escape, the thieves release an unprecedented weapon: a mist that turns men to stone.

Crazy Moon
by Frank B. Luke

Welcome to Lou's Bar & Grill where the house special looks like a bargain but will cost more than you think. Lou and his staff have everything a person could want, and they know the best way to present it to you. After being stood up, werewolf fanatic Laney McMurphy went to Lou's to forget her sorrows. To her surprise, Lou offered her a place in the local pack. To progress within the pack's ranks, she'll have to give in to her wild side. And most importantly, she'll have to indulge her wrath. Each victory means a step up in rank. What she knows about wolves will help. What she doesn't know just might get her killed.

Centrism Games
by Rachel Fulton Brown and the Dragon Common Room

Chivalry is dead. These knights want Fame. And Fama’s a witch.

Follow a band of very different Knights on their quest to become the most balanced, the most tolerant, the most compromising of everyone on the modern political spectrum.

Each knight dares to liberalize and conserve, but who will win the ultimate prize and stay safely in the centre?

A cautionary tale in heroic couplets modeled on Alexander Pope’s scathing 18th-century Dunciad.

Reviews:

Dr. Rachel Fulton Brown and her merry band of poets have compiled here a fun, pointed collection of verse through the very active Dragon Common Room Telegram chat. The whole point–as I gather it–is that rather than mucking about in the culture wars, we should be out _creating_ culture on our own.

_Centrism Games_ does just that. It’s wonderful to see these modern knights prove that the pen is, indeed, mightier than the sword.

This poem savagely rips the hearts out of political centrists and moral relativists, and makes them eat it.

Polite Christians and social Conservatives (so-called) will be offended at the prose in ‘Centrism Games’, justly so. Readers both Right and Left will be asking themselves “what would I be willing to do for glory in this world?”, and at each page realize the inglorious catastrophe of the politically correct, postmodern, subjective and relativistic dogmas that praise tolerance and liberty whilst hell is set loose all around us. Readers will be challenged to overcome their revulsion at the themes and language to see the great moral lesson of this modern-Dunciad: every ticket has a hidden price.

This is not a Boomer-friendly story.

Academic Magic
by Becky R. Jones

Zoe O'Brien has found her dream job at a small liberal arts college teaching the history of Medieval witchcraft and magic. Academic life is exactly what she expected it to be…until the squirrels stop by to talk with her and her department chair and best friend turn out to be mages.

Zoe discovers a world of magic and power she never knew existed. She and other faculty mages race to stop a coven from raising a demon on the winter solstice while simultaneously grading piles of final exams and reading the tortured prose of undergraduate term papers. Can Zoe master her new-found powers in time?

Practical Exercise
by George Phillies

Adara Triskittenion has been admitted to the school of her dreams, Dorrance Academy, the premier magical research university of the Commonality of the Timeless. Her objective: Become a faculty member and stay forever. Her family, House Triskittenion, the Hall of the Three Kittens, still has claims on her time. For most of the year she has books to read, courses to ace, but first that trivial test of combat magic skill, the Practical Exercise.

Readers are perhaps familiar with fictional magical academies allegedly modeled after English Public (meaning private, boarding) Schools. Dorrance Academy is not one of these places. Dorrance resembles an American research university, except that the 'science' majors are fields of sorcery.

A minor authorial aside: As it happens, your author is also a research scientist, a retired physics professor. Once upon a time, many decades ago. I was a student at America’s Dorrance Academy, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I have woven into the tale a fair piece of advice on how to succeed at such a school. If you are headed off to such a place, please keep my advice in mind. You may correctly assume that some of the modest vignettes are lightly disguised real occurrences, including 'construction line' and 'personal self-aggrandizement'.

Eclipse: The Girl Who Saved the World (Eclipse -- the Girl Who Saved the World Book 1)
by George Phillies (Author), Brad Fraunfelter (Illustrator)

Book 1 of 4: Eclipse - the Girl Who Saved the World

Eclipse --
World's Greatest Tween Superhero
World's Most Terrifying Tween Supervillain
Opinions differ.

She's caring, daring, deadly
...and here to save the world
whether it likes it or not.

Meet Eclipse.

She's twelve. She’s hardworking, bright, self-reliant, good with tools, vigorously physically fit, tough as nails, still young enough to disguise herself as a boy. She’s also a persona: She flies, reads minds, and is not afraid of necessary violence.

She had a bit of a problem with her mom. Her mom threw her out of the house. Then Mom blew up the house and disappeared.

Now she’s procured the Holy Namestone, the Key to Paradise. And everyone in the world will be happy to kill her to get their hands on it.

Meet Trisha.

She’s not quite a year older than Eclipse. She’s friendly, considerate, really good in school, athletic, does more than her share around the house. She’s also a persona. She has superspeed…an hour of housework in a minute. She flies, including from here to the next galaxy in an hour.

She also has a bit of a problem with her parents. They always treat her with complete contempt, totally grounded her, and won’t say why.

Her brother and sister are personas, too. Year-younger sister Janie is a budding world chess and go champion. She also reads minds, sees distant events, and can kill with a glance. Her twin brother Brian is incredibly good with tools, builds fantastic models from scratch, has a nearly unbreakable force field, and summons plasma beams that cut battleships in half.

Eclipse is Volume 1 of the This Shining Sea series. Volume 2, Airy Castles All Ablaze, will be a major rewrite of my much older novel This Shining Sea. There will be a Volume 3, Stand Against the Light, and a Volume 4, Of Breaking Waves, because Eclipse still needs to save Spindrift from having died.

Fan Favorites in Science Fiction

Pirates of the Electromagnetic Waves
(Yankee Republic Book 1) (FREE!)
by Fenton Wood

A young radio engineer travels across an alt-history America, encountering primeval gods, mythical beasts, and tall tales come to life, in a quest to build a radio transmitter that can reach the stars.

It all starts in the mountain town of Porterville. Twelve-year-old Philo starts a pirate radio station with his friends, and learns that the world is a stranger place than he ever imagined. The Ancient Marauder, the Bright and Terrible Birds, the Mishipeshu, and other creatures of myth and legend populate this enchanting mixture of science and fantasy.

YANKEE REPUBLIC is an old-school adventure series with traditional values and down-to-earth heroes. Escape from the pessimism and propaganda of modern fiction, and take a journey through a mythic America that might have been.

Five Million Watts (Yankee Republic Book 2)
by Fenton Wood

When Philo Hergenschmidt takes a job at the most powerful radio station in the world, he has no idea what he's getting himself into.

A mysterious old man who is either a charlatan or a god ... a famous writer haunted by apocalyptic visions ... a genius inventor who wants to communicate with aetheric life forms ... all of these stories are woven into the greatest tall tale ever told!

The Tower of the Bear (Yankee Republic Book 3) is also $0.99 and is listed as a new arrival.

Fallen
by P. Abbott

Brendan Murphy nearly died fighting for his country. Now he’s trying to stop a war.

Five years ago, alien ship appeared in low orbit all around the world and stayed there, waiting. A highly advanced alien race known as the Sabia lingered with little contact with humanity, and the worlds’ governments have been eager for answers – and access- for years.

When combat veteran Brendan Murphy is wounded stopping an attack on a Sabia diplomat, he finds himself whisked aboard one of their ships and given medical aid. This rare opportunity finds him walking a tenuous line between burgeoning friendships and secret agenda that will test his loyalties and sanity in ways he can’t begin to imagine.

After Moses
by Michael F. Kane
Buy direct from the author, here!

His gruff exterior hides a man who wants to do the right thing. But running from trouble won’t work when the planets need a hero.

Arizona Colony, Mars. Matthew Cole doesn’t want anyone else aboard his ship. But the notorious solo freelancer is persuaded against his better judgment to guard a dangerous prison transport along with an exo-suit-clad former rival. Outmaneuvered when the crook’s cronies spring the inmate with heavy firepower, the poncho-wearing captain vows to scour the solar system to restore his rep and claim his paycheck

Reluctantly banding together with his seven-foot partner in her powered armor, Matthew has his hands full leading an unwanted ragtag crew. But the headache of dealing with people again is nothing next to the prickling between his shoulders as he continues to run afoul of greedy politicians and criminal syndicates.

Is this space cowboy’s moral compass sending him to a fatal crash landing?

I’m probably going to take some heat for this, but I’ll say it anyway: After Moses is better than Firefly, better than Star Trek, and if you question if that’s even possible, this is for you.
Trevor Denning, Upstream Reviews

God Emperor Trump (Trump Imperium Book 1)
by Brian Heming

His name is James. James Trump.

In the fifth year of his reign, Trump Barronius the Third is crowned God Emperor. Amidst the celebration, a wave of assassinations of the Trump Imperium's luminaries flies under the radar. Can Agent James Trump track down the evil mastermind behind it all--the insidious Woke-Masmoke--before he brings down the entire Pax Trumpa? Find out in this spy thriller meets future history!

The Return of Woke-Masmoke (Trump Imperium Book 2)
by Brian Heming

Two years have passed. The mysterious and beautiful Karamaneh has vanished, without a trace. The evil supergenius, Dr. Woke-Masmoke, has returned to the heart of the Trump Imperium, with a plan to overthrow God Emperor Trump and put a Woke Emperor on the throne of mankind.

Can Agent 0007 James Trump track down this evil madman before the based world is ground beneath the foot of Woke madness? Find out in this spy thriller meets future history!

Murder on the Stellar Schooner: Illustrated Detective Scifi
by Brian Heming

A spaceman's head is blown off as he repairs the outer hull of the spaceship. A beautiful dame suspects foul play, and hires a detective.

Can our hero track down the murderer before getting his lights punched out?

11 full color illustrations. Old school pulp fiction meets hard science fiction.

A review from Royal Road:
Overall 5 stars

Space noir! Reviewed at: In the dens of dragons

by Tim Craire 11/18/2024, 10:25 PM

Very nice so far, after just two installments. A film-noir-style private eye tries to solve a murder on a spaceship, surrounded by dames and wiseguys, etc. etc. The prose style is appropriately over the top.

Although WE KNOW WHAT A SLIDE RULE IS :) or maybe the younger waves don't, these days.

The Stars Entwined: An Epic Military Space Opera (The Aryshan War Book 1)
by Jon Del Arroz

A deadly game between stars.

In a universe where thoughts can betray you, Earth's best spy faces his most dangerous mission yet.

Lieutenant Sean Barrows is thrust into the heart of an interstellar conspiracy. His mission: infiltrate an Aryshan warship and uncover the secrets of an alien empire poised to annihilate humanity.

But the Aryshans are no ordinary adversaries. Bound by telepathic connections, they can sense deception with a mere thought. As Sean navigates this treacherous landscape, he finds himself drawn to Tamar, a fierce Aryshan commander whose loyalty to her people is absolute.

With Earth's destruction imminent and the Aryshans deploying a terrifying new invisible weapon, Sean's mission becomes a desperate race against time. Every step closer to Tamar is both an opportunity and a deadly risk—one false move, one stray thought, and his cover shatters.

As war erupts across the stars, Sean and Tamar find themselves on opposite sides of a conflict neither fully understands. The truth they uncover together could either save two civilizations—or condemn them both.

Perfect for fans of John Scalzi's "The Old Man's War" and J.N. Chaney's Star Blade! Begin this epic sci-fi adventure today!

Deuces Wild: Beginners’ Luck
by L.S. King

All Slap ever wanted was his ranch and family.
The gangster Lyssel destroyed all that, leaving only charred remains.

Tristan wanted nothing—
He had no expectations from life and trusted no one, surviving by his wits, his sole amusement taunting his enemies—like Lyssel.

When the bereaved cowboy and space rogue meet, they discover they are hunted by this common enemy. Forced to work with each other against the gangster and his mob, the duo must try to escape the planet.

But can two total opposites put their differences aside long enough to stay alive?

Get it now!

Virtual Rebel: A Sci-Fi Action Adventure
(The Haven Trilogy Book 1)
by J.Z. Pitts

"J.Z. Pitts explodes onto the science fiction scene and hits the ground running."
- Joseph Cruz, Author of The Red Tomorrow science fiction series.

"Ava's adventurous spirit quickly earned a way into my heart and I was rooting for her to succeed in her quest." - Reedsy Discovery.

Tyrannical aliens. A rebel father. Deadly virtual worlds. One girl's choice could alter humanity's fate.

My name is Ava McNealy, and I'm addicted to The Haven, an immersive virtual reality program. Who cares if tyrannical aliens rule the Earth when there are endless digital worlds to explore, monsters to fight, and team-ups with friends.

But when my father is arrested as a rebel, everything changes. Desperate to save him from execution, I embark on a perilous journey through treacherous levels and uncharted realms within The Haven, where everything is not as it seems.

Will my audacious quest be successful? Can I unravel the secrets of The Haven in time? The fate of my father, and perhaps the course of history itself, hangs in the balance.

Children of the Black (The Silver Sights Saga Book 1)
by W J Long III

Humanity has survived.

On the far end of the universe, with Earth little more than a faded memory, they thrive on worlds where once they were enslaved. In the millennia since, these persistent beings built new societies, but when the two greatest nations among them met for the first time, there was war. The all-consuming conflict bent the wills and morals of both powers beyond recognition, leading to levels of experimentation and cruelty once thought impossible. Yet, in a universe drowned in blood, an opportunity for peace is seized.

In the uncertain aftermath of the truce, a broken soldier haunted by the horrors of the war and the lost psionic girl he once risked his life to save scratch out a life in the dusty streets of Minerva City. Meanwhile, from worlds beyond, shadows from their past descend to offer a different path.

The Hound of Greyvor (The Silver Sights Saga Book 2) is a new arrival!

Escaping Fate (Paradox Book 1)
by Henry Brown

Pete Bedauern began his life as a latchkey kid in a run-down trailer park with a single mom, living on stale hot dog buns and bleak prospects. Those were the cards Fate had dealt him, and Pete was on his way to becoming an angry young man. Then Pete’s estranged uncle burst on the scene to punch Fate in the mouth.

Uncle Si is scarred inside and out; he’s a hard drinker; painfully blunt; a little mysterious and maybe even scary, but takes an interest in his nephew that Pete’s father never took. Most of Uncle Si’s life is a secret, but through the part of it he shares, Pete undergoes a master course on life, love, and full-contact sports.

As it turns out, Uncle Si not only has tons of money, multiple businesses, and a fleet of fast cars, he also owns a time machine.

Paradox is one good-hearted-but-alienated boy’s odyssey into manhood, and Escaping Fate is the opening leg of that journey. Before it’s complete, Pete will learn the guarded secrets of history, take on a pan-continuum conspiracy, contend for a world championship, crack the code for success with women…and even save the world.

Well, one world, maybe…

Rebooting Fate (Paradox Book 2)
by Henry Brown

An Amazon Bestseller and Top New Release! (December 2023)

Pete was rescued from the dimension-hopping death squad that "erased" his biological family. Now he's in a makeshift cross-continuum witness protection program. Uncle Si gives him a new home in a peaceful neighborhood, a new life in the blissful postwar era, a new, affluent family that cares about him, and a new identity: Ike Jaeger, on an alternate path to a future that was impossible from Pete Bedauern's native time period and circumstances.

But even at these idyllic time-space coordinates, there are challenges. Acquiring a girlfriend is a lot easier than keeping a girlfriend, for instance. A strong arm for throwing footballs is not as important as the leadership required to be a great quarterback. No matter how pleasant the environment, there will always be bullies. You have to lose some fights while learning to be a winner. And one little coding error in a warp interface's software can transport you to a future even worse than the leftist hellhole you escaped from.

Paradox is much more than a time-traveling rags-to-riches adventure--it's an odyssey into manhood for a hard-luck boy who is reborn with the chance to re-write his own destiny. In Rebooting Fate, that boy becomes a young man blazing a trail toward ambitions he never dared entertain before.

Defying Fate (Paradox Book 3)
by Henry Brown

An Amazon Bestseller! (February 2024)

Ike Jaeger is off to college, earning a degree he may put to use colonizing Planet Valhalla, or designing a warp generator that will revolutionize time-space jumps. But he's not going to let classes, studying, or homework distract him from what's most important: football, hot rods, and girls.

Handpicked by Coach Stauchel, Ike steps into the limelight as the starting quarterback for the Yosemite Pumas. With the weight of the team's aspirations on his shoulders, leading them to victory outweighs maintaining a low profile.

Scholarly pursuits may fail to interfere with gridiron glory, but unforeseen misadventures just might: a wrong turn into a postapocalyptic future, an ill-fated obsession with fighting in World War Two, and encounters with an array of vivacious vixens. Will the clairvoyant African prophetess in 1960 Sierra Leone capture his heart? What about the glamorous Hollywood hopeful in 1942, or the vampish Marxist professor teaching his political science class at Yosemite Polytechnic?

Ike escaped his own dystopian destiny, but Fate is a vindictive mistress, hell-bent on dragging him back into her cruel clutches. Will she gain revenge with a blind-side cheap shot by a hulking defensive lineman, by using communist occupational forces to blow his antique fighter plane out of the sky, or by exposing Ike as a time-traveling fugitive from an alternate reality to cross-continuum assassins?

Paradox is much more than a time-traveling rags-to-riches adventure. It's the epic adventure of a boy who perhaps was never supposed to be presented a chance to strive for greatness...but was anyway. In Defying Fate, that boy is now an adult--but the journey to manhood is far from over.

Chloe's Kingdom: The Koin Vault Heist
by Gregory Michael

Six Motivated Thieves. One Deadly Heist.

Chloe Espinoza is a wild-haired petty thief aboard the Kingdom, a drifting city spaceship. Once rich but now poor, Chloe is determined to break free from the Honeycombs and return to her life in the Gardens. Only one problem: she hardly has enough koin for a burrito, making a lavish apartment seem as distant as the stars. All that might change, however, when Chloe is offered a heist that could make her unimaginably rich. But she can’t break into the impenetrable Koin Vault alone…

A young mastermind who can’t let go of her past.

A mathematical genius in desperate need of koin.

A privileged kid from the Gardens with a debt to pay.

A bartender who’s serving revenge.

A mischievous raccoon with a bottomless appetite.

A battered soul who’s been wronged by the council.

Gone are the days of stealing snacks. Chloe’s crew is aiming for the ultimate prize: the Koin Vault. Their plan? To rob the Treasury and bring down the corrupt council. But in a game where the stakes are jail or death, every move could be their last.

A thrilling Young Adult Science Fiction Heist novel set in the unforgiving void of outer space, perfect for fans of 'Six of Crows' by Leigh Bardugo and 'Artemis' by Andy Weir.

The Heights of Perdition: A Science Fiction Romance Series (The Divine Space Pirates Book 1)
by C. S. Johnson (Author), Jennifer Sell (Editor)

Falling in love was out of the question ... until it was the answer.

There is nothing Aeris St. Cloud wants more than to win her father's love and the acceptance of her family unit by joining the Military Academy at New Hope. But after she is captured by the fearsome space pirate, Captain Chainsword, Aerie is certain falling in love with her nation's arch enemy is the last possible way to earn their coveted esteem.

Driven by vengeance, Exton Shepherd never set out to save anyone. As he circles the war-torn world in his pirated starship, the Perdition, he only sees his father's ghost lurking around every corner and the looming darkness on the horizon. When Aerie unexpectedly tumbles into his life, he finds he cannot trust her, anymore than he can ignore her. But just like the raging war down on Earth, it's tempting to think he can ...

When the war ascends to the heights of the Perdition, Aerie's loyalty, and Exton's heart, are put to the test. But will love be enough to save them -- and others -- from certain destruction?

FROM THE AUTHOR:

The Heights of Perdition is the first book in the Divine Space Pirates trilogy, a futuristic romance series where family, faith, and freedom take center stage.

WHAT REVIEWERS ARE SAYING:

Questions raised about government, religion, and human nature were peppered throughout the narrative, elevating The Heights of Perdition from a mere space fantasy to something much more thought-provoking. ~ Author Jess Jesinghaus

4th Place in Best RF Christian Sci-Fi & Fantasy for 2018

AGROTHARN the Interstellar Semi-Barbarian!
(Chronicles of AGROTHARN Book 1)
by Milo James Fowler

“I will bring your demise!”

Long ago, before the days of recorded history, during the Hyperbolean Age of a much younger Earth, AGROTHARN the Interstellar Semi-Barbarian roamed the ancient volcanic lands in search of fame and fortune. These are his somewhat heroic tales, sure to enthrall the most adventurous of readers!

When AGROTHARN learns that his long-lost witch-mother is still alive, he sets off on a perilous journey with his loyal triceratops to find her. Along the way, they meet a conniving trickster, a vengeful T-Rex, and a bunch of bloodthirsty aliens from a distant planet. Nonstop adventures take AGROTHARN deep into space and back through time as he unravels new truths about the reality he’s always taken for granted. What he discovers will forever change his life, setting him on a new path to rewrite the past and forge a glorious future for one and all!

BackTracker
by Milo James Fowler

Meet Harold Muldoon, the time-traveling detective.

Twenty years ago, a monk with a kodachi cut off his head. Now his wife Irena is desperately trying to find him. So is Gavin Lennox, power-hungry owner of The Pearl, the hottest night spot in all of NewCity. Cyrus Horton, an eccentric inventor, has also joined in the search. But what they're really looking for is the BackTracker, a time travel device that has caused divergent realities to spiral out of control.

In one of them, Muldoon is still alive.

He was a private investigator, the best at what he did. He solved his cases 100% of the time. Hindsight is, after all, 20/20. And the BackTracker allowed him to change the past. But in the process, his travels through time have unraveled the universe, stretching, tearing the fabric of space-time and sending his own mind into oblivion. He can no longer distinguish between true and false memories; he no longer knows who he was.

BackTracker is about a hero dealing with the consequences of his actions. It's about second chances. And it's about what makes us human despite technology's power to shape society. But at its core, it's a story about a man and woman who won't allow anything to keep them apart – not space-time, not even death.

Three Rivers Plague (Continuum Book 1)
Zachary Forbes, Joshua Forbes

The unleashing of a biological weapon across the United States forces the government to begin rounding up high-profile individuals, in hopes of preserving American society. Famous rockstar Thomas Wylde, fresh off the catastrophe at his latest concert, is taken to a shelter in the sky. That is, until a member of his band falls victim to the weapon's infection, convincing him to escape into the post-apocalyptic city of Pittsburgh, now plagued by undead horrors, cults, cocaine junkies, and even the mafia. Their only hope is to find a cure to this disease before the transformation occurs. But not everyone is convinced of this new bioweapons' origins -- like Boston police detective Dick Kennedy.

It's up to Thomas and his band of survivors to discover the truth, not only about this new world, but about his government, his friends, and himself, all the while trying to carve out a slab of life for everyone and everything he cares about.

This book is a 9-episode story, with each episode divided into digestible chapters. Set in post-apocalyptic 1980s America, Three Rivers Plague is a collection of elements from all sorts of genre fiction, including sci-fi, horror, romance, dystopian, and even detective thriller. There’s something here for everyone to sink their teeth into!

Foot In The Grave (Continuum Book 2)
Zachary Forbes, Joshua Forbes

In a cold, undead, post apocalyptic New York, former rockstar Thomas Wylde grapples with finding purpose. He’s lost everything. Hunger and despair are as prevalent amongst his own people as they are in the zombified ‘hunches’ clawing their way through the gates. But Thomas soon finds out the hunches aren’t the only things looking for blood…

Across the Jersey border, an ex-FBI investigator takes desperate measures to locate a missing child. When their paths cross, all hell breaks loose.

A Voyage to Arcturus
by David Lindsay

A Voyage to Arcturus is a remarkable work of science fiction that has inspired, mesmerised, and unnerved readers for decades. It is an epic voyage over one of the strangest and most beautifully imagined alien planets ever imagined, a profoundly affecting exploration of the philosophical centre of the cosmos, and a startlingly personal adventure into what makes us human and special.

A guy from Earth named Maskull wakes up alone and burned by the suns of the double star Arcturus on the planet Tormance after an odd intergalactic adventure. As he travels north, led by a drumbeat, he encounters a world and its people unlike any other, where gender is a victory won at great cost, where landscape and emotion are drawn into a cursed dance, where heroes are killed, reborn, and renamed, and where the cosmological lures of Shaping, who may be God, torment Maskull in his incredible journey. A terrible secret and an astonishing surprise are waiting for him at the end of his difficult and more mysterious quest.

David Lindsay (1878–1945) published his first book, A Voyage to Arcturus, which is now regarded as a masterpiece of science fiction.

“It is with no fear of serious contradiction that I call A Voyage to Arcturus the most imaginative in literature. No mainstream book can compare for sheer, headlong imagination with a science fiction book, because imagination is the stock-in-trade of science fiction. Mainstream books may be more realistic, possess a more tightly woven plot, or enjoy characters more true to life, but no one will seriously maintain the sensation of sheer awe and wonder which springs out of science fiction to have any superior in the mainstream.”
Comments and review by John C. Wright

Captain Bartholomew Quasar: Starfaring Adventures (Captain's Log Book 2)
by Milo James Fowler

Meet Captain Quasar, a cross between James T. Kirk and Dudley Do-Right -- except in Quasar's case, things seldom ever go right...

Join Captain Bartholomew Quasar and the crew of the Effervescent Magnitude in this hilarious collection of short stories as they confront bands of nefarious space pirates, cantankerous bandits, exotic aliens, devious powers of persuasion, mysterious ghosts from the past, deep space identity crises, a runaway hyperspeed train, an insidious computer virus, and a villain with the fastest thumbs in the quadrant.

Short Stories - Science Fiction / Action and Adventure / Humor

Justified (The Saga of the Nano Templar): A Military Science Fiction Conquest Tale
by Jon del Arroz

To save a world…
…he must rely on God.

After years of fighting for justice with his deadly nanotech, Templar Drin abandons his post, crash landing on a desert world controlled by a tyrannical alien empire. Its inhabitants are forced into slavery, broken where a once-proud race cultivated its lands.

For the first time in Drin's life, he has no backup, no support, none of his brothers.

He stands alone against evil.

Drin must face overwhelming odds to liberate millions of slaves from their captors and bring faith to a downtrodden world. But in his way stands the most dangerous weapon in the galaxy.

Can Drin use his Templar training to survive?

Fans of Star Wars and Warhammer 40K will love Justified, the new military science fiction epic from #1 Bestselling author, Jon Del Arroz. Read today!

The Anti-Dog Tank And Other Stories
by Kevin Trainor Jr.

Five stories about life in the America of the future: during a new Civil War, societal collapse, and a different kind of alien invasion.

The Halley Traveler: The Children of Mars, Book One (The Children of Mars Saga)
by Mike Mollman

Earth has fallen into chaos and Mars is a collection of bickering city states.

Chris Halley, an introverted teen, is left bereft of family in an uncaring world. He must navigate the murky world of Martian smugglers while seeking vengeance for his father’s murder.

Both are deadly propositions.

Book One: Children of Mars

The Martian Incident: A Science Fiction Thriller
by Ryan M. Patrick

A crashed UAV on Mars.

A top-secret recovery mission.

Danger at every corner.

When a mysterious aerial drone is shot down on Mars near the American colony of Columbia, NASA accident investigator John Cameron joins a joint DOD team to recover it. But, as a sandstorm moves in to blanket the area, the Americans are attacked by an overwhelming enemy force of EU soldiers in a surprise attack.

Forced into a deep cave system beneath the Martian surface, Cameron and the team uncover a breathtaking discovery, left untouched for millennia.

But what will happen when its original owners come back for it?

Will Cameron survive and be able to return to Earth?

Find out in The Martian Incident, a standalone sci-fi thriller with military elements, perfect for fans of Michael Crichton, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, and Andy Weir.

Silk Unspun (Exopreneurs)
by D.S. Blake (Author)

It should have been a routine negotiation, an easy task for even a novice bailiff to handle.

Jake Ambler, a disaffected youth searching for purpose in the cosmos, finds solace in the ranks of the disreputable "exopreneurs" – those who seek to profit from the exploitation of alien worlds. His assignment?

Bug Space, a region of the galaxy where colossal, intelligent insectoids reign supreme. But when Jake arrives on the insect-infested planet of Telia, he quickly discovers that nothing about his mission is routine. The Spider Queens of Teila, a domineering race of arachnids, wield power like nothing he's ever encountered. Their disdain for lesser life forms is only surpassed by their insatiable desire for supremacy among their own kind, especially the males.

And his fellow exopreneurs intend to cash in on it.

As Jake delves deeper into the tangled web of Teila's intrigue, he finds himself embroiled in an uprising that threatens to consume him and those he cares for most. Survival is a high-stakes gamble, and the only way out is to unravel Teila's greatest secret before Jake becomes yet another pawn in this galactic struggle for power.

Silk Unspun is a pulse-pounding science fiction odyssey that explores the boundaries of loyalty, survival, and the pursuit of forbidden knowledge in a universe where danger is as limitless as the cosmos.

Foul Brood (Exopreneurs Book 2) is a New Arrival

A Princess of Mars:
by Edgar Rice Burroughs

A Princess of Mars (1917) is a science fantasy novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first of his Barsoom series.

Full of swordplay and daring feats, the novel is considered a classic example of 20th century pulp fiction. It is also a seminal instance of the planetary romance, a subgenre of science fantasy that became highly popular in the decades following its publication. Its early chapters also contain elements of the Western.

The story is set on Mars, imagined as a dying planet with a harsh desert environment. This vision of Mars was based on the work of the astronomer Percival Lowell, whose ideas were widely popularized in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

A Greater Duty (Galaxy Ascendant Book 1)
by Yakov Merkin

The Galactic Alliance was not ready for war. When it is suddenly invaded by the cold and relentless Tyrannodon Armada, under the command of emotionless, amoral Executor Darkclaw, it is immediately sent reeling.

The invasion was a godsend for some, however, such as Grand Admiral Nayasar Khariah, who had wanted nothing more than revenge on the Alliance following an attack on her homeworld. The arrival of the Tyrannodons presents her with an opportunity, one that she seizes gleefully.

However, Executor Darkclaw, who has been prosecuting the invasion on orders of his master, the all-powerful energy being known only as the High Lord, has started having second thoughts once he unexpectedly starts feeling emotions he does not understand. Suddenly, he finds himself heretically questioning the only purpose he has ever known—irrevocably altering his view of the ongoing war.

Meanwhile, within the Galactic Alliance, Second Scion Dalcon Oresh, member of an order dedicated to preserving the it, struggles to stop the Alliance’s bleeding, the source of which may not be entirely external.

Darkclaw’s newfound friendship with Nayasar will be pushed to its breaking point, Nayasar’s relationships with her closest friends and loved ones will be strained as her quest for vengeance becomes more and more a personal obsession, and Dalcon must determine who he can truly trust.

All the while, the imminent existential threat of the High Lord looms over everything, and the key to stopping him, and saving not just the Alliance, but the entire galaxy, may only be found in the remains of a ancient, powerful race, and the creations they left behind…

Light Unto Another World: Volume 1
by Yakov Merkin

As a soldier, Uriel Makkis was prepared for many things. Being pulled through a portal into another world was not one of them.

He soon learns that he was brought to this world for a reason, as the heralded Sword of Light. However, something is amiss, as he first appeared in the middle of nowhere, rather than the capital as intended.

While he is meant to travel there straightaway to learn more, Uriel has no intention of doing as he’s told, not when there are people he can help right where he is.

Back home, he was just an average soldier; here, he can truly make a difference, and Uriel will not let the opportunity pass by.

But it won’t be easy. Uriel will have to rely on his faith, his newfound friends, and the skills and knowledge he brings from back home, as he throws himself headlong into a new conflict, becoming a beacon of light on this new world!

In this new isekai adventure, you can’t just leave the old world behind.

Two coasts, two tragedies.

A car accident in the east sends the lives of multiple unrelated people in different directions, some of them on collision courses.

A school shooting in the west takes some lives and saves others.

What are we to make of all this?

Is life just a series of meaningless, unrelated events, or is reality following a plan?

A teacher, plumber, librarian, student, deadbeat, and others learn the answer to this and more during the course of a single, roller coaster of a day.

Lag Delay: A Technothriller (Grace Parkowski Thrillers)
by Ryan M. Patrick

A NASA mission to Venus has a dark secret.

Grace Parkowski has her dream job.

Piloting remotely-controlled humanoid robots to explore Venus from an air-conditioned room in Los Angeles is the next best thing than actually being there on the hostile planet.

But things start to happen. A dragon attacks her on her first mission; the answer to its appearance opening up more questions than it closes. Strange errors show up in subsequent trips to Venus, and neither Grace nor her Space Force boyfriend can figure out what's going on. But, they do learn that the military and CIA are involved in a secret program called Bronze Knot that casts a shadow on the entire Venus effort.

When she pushes too far, Grace finds herself on the run from shadowy agents working at the fringes of the federal government. From sunny Los Angeles to arid Barstow to the launch mecca of Cape Canaveral, Grace fights to uncover the truth.

What is Bronze Knot, and why are people willing to kill to keep its secrets?

Find out in Lag Delay!

United $tates of Death
by Xander Schreiber

In a future of increasing government control and a declining standard of living, technology is promising a world of unlimited potential and destruction.

The Hardware and Software Administration controls the use and production of technology. Its agents and analysts ensure that software and hardware are safe and compliant.

That is until analyst Matthew Driggs finds himself framed in a terrorist hack directing an asteroid into Earth. The allegations put the reputation of himself and his church in jeopardy.

Black Amazon of Mars
by Leigh Brackett FREE

Black Amazon of Mars by Leigh Brackett science fiction and fantasy book and audiobook reviews

Grimly Eric John Stark slogged toward that ancient Martian city—with every step he cursed the talisman of Ban Cruach that flamed in his blood-stained belt.

Behind him screamed the hordes of Ciaran, hungering for that magic jewel—ahead lay the dread abode of the Ice Creatures—at his side stalked the whispering spectre of Ban Cruach, urging him on to a battle Stark knew he must lose!

Classic sci-fi from the writer of The Empire Strikes Back.

Review: I picked this up because Gary Gygax recommends Leigh Brackett in his Appendx N to the 1st edition AD&D Dungeon Master’s Guide Unfortunately, it is not the beginning of her Mars series, as I discovered, but nearer the end. Even without knowing the protagonist’s backstory, however, it’s a great pulp space opera story in what some authors call Old Mars – the Mars of the pulps, full of ancient cities consumed by endless deserts, canals bearing life-giving water, frozen cities under the polar ice caps, etc. I really liked this one – I’m going to read more! But this is the easiest Brackett book to find on Amazon, so it is where I started!

The Fugitive Heir: Matt & Michelle Book 1
by Henry Vogel

“My parents are not dead!”

Everyone thinks I’m in denial, and have been ever since my parents vanished seven years ago. Everyone thinks I should just shut up and accept the vast inheritance coming my way. Everyone thinks I should let it go and get on with my life.

Everyone is wrong. I know my parents are still alive—but if I reveal how I know, I’ll be drafted into Psi Corps.

My inheritance can fund my search for them. I didn’t count on deadly opposition from the board of the very company I’m about to inherit. There are powerful people involved who will go to any lengths to protect their dark secrets and silence me forever, but these people don’t know about my three wildcards: my rebuilt spaceship, my best friend (who is also my bodyguard), and the psychic powers I’ve kept secret my entire life.

My parents are alive, and I’m going to find them and save them—whatever it takes.

Scout’s Honor: A Sword & Planet Adventure
(Scout Series Book 1)
by Henry Vogel

After crash landing on a long-lost colony world, Terran Scout David Rice’s life got really tough.

Thrown from the space age to the steam age in the blink of an eye, David is drawn into a desperate battle to save the beautiful Princess Callan from treacherous air pirates and ruthless slavers. Trapped in a world of clashing swords, brutal savages, royal machinations, and desperate rescues, David’s greatest battle is against his growing feelings for the betrothed Princess. With her life and the fate of two kingdoms hanging in the balance, which will David choose: love or honor?

Told in a relentlessly fast-paced style, Scout’s Honor is an exciting homage to the classic tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs and Leigh Brackett, as well as the cliffhanger-driven energy of the early science fiction movie serials. If you long for honorable heroes and feisty heroines, treacherous villains and loyal companions, get Scout’s Honor and join David’s journey.

Recognition Run
by Henry Vogel

Jeanine is on the run from someone very powerful.

She doesn’t know who wants her dead, or why.

She only knows they have already killed her family, and if they catch her, she’s next.

Drake’s family was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Now, he drifts from spaceport to spaceport, searching for cargo and running from the grief he can never escape.

When Jeanine barrels into Drake’s life, he must push aside his grief and run with her.

But time is not their ally.

When they cannot run from their enemies, Jeanine’s and Drake’s only hope is to run toward those enemies.

Their only hope is to make The Recognition Run.

Stellar Stories Vol. 1: Science Fiction & Wonder
by David Skinner

Eight stories of rockets and robots, monsters and Martians, fistfights and beauties, wonders and awe…

A young man’s blind date is kidnapped by Martians and he is drawn into her secrets.

A brotherhood outside of time seeks to mend a Solar System devastated by lunatic machines.

Men from a Plutonian research base confront metaphysical weirdness on Charon.

Two runaway sisters resolve to rescue the implanted helper-sentience of a deceased warrior. And more!

Stellar Stories Vol. 2: Science Fiction & Wonder
by David Skinner

Nine stories of rockets and robots, monsters and Martians, fistfights and beauties, wonders and awe...

A daredevil from Jopitar plans an impossible act and seeks the aid of a girl who cannot burn. A young man sets his heart on the intimate companion of the artificial Man in the Moon. Outlaws in the Martian desert point Hamlin Becker and the sisters Day to a revelation. A girl who communes with the planet Pluto hires a boy who can spray-paint with his mind. And more!

Stellar Stories Vol. 3: Science Fiction & Wonder
by David Skinner

Eight stories of rockets and robots, monsters and Martians, fistfights and beauties, wonders and awe...

An astronaut and a lamia make deal: She'll stop eating children if he takes her to outer space. Hak Iri and his friends are drafted by an aethir pirate for a rescue mission to chaotic Ooranos. A man extracts his hero from a starship's virtual storage before that hero can be arrested. Someone on Mars has decided that Hamlin Becker is a thief. And more!

Exile War: The First Boxed Set
by Bowen Greenwood

Mutants. Genetically engineered telepaths. Star-crossed lovers. Interstellar war.

When pig-human hybrids and mind-controlling telepaths come roaring back from exile, war erupts in the Union of Human Space, where peaceful colony worlds have forgotten armed conflict altogether. Langston Wheeler, one of the Union's order of genetically engineered peacekeepers, plunges hip deep into the conflict while on a mission to the wealthy world known as Felicitas. Tia Dynn, Executive of the planet, fights on the front lines to save her people from mind-controlled slavery. Raysen Pilak, pilot and smuggler, rises to lead the armies of Human Space in their battle against the Exiles. And Cleo Sable, Langston's one-time love, faces a choice that can change the course of the war and of history.

The Exile War is a tale of heroism and sacrifice, violence and love. Epic high fantasy set in space, martial artistry and deep back story make this a space opera of interplanetary proportions.

This complete boxed set includes the prequel novella Distant Thunder, never before available from eBook retailers, and a brand-new glossary and appendix created just for this edition.

Franklin Pierce in Death of a Vice President
by Eric M. Hamilton

Madness, murder, and mystery permeates throughout this Edgar Allan Poe-inspired thriller!

It is early April 1853.

Franklin Pierce, the newly elected President of the United States, has suffered the greatest personal tragedy of his life, plunging him into a depression fueled madness.

The Vice President, William King, unexpectedly appears at the White House in the middle of the night having overheard details of an international assassination conspiracy that threatens both King and Pierce. Unfortunately, Vice President King is killed without any clue as to who could have done it.

Can President Franklin Pierce overcome his personal demons and discover who killed the Vice President before they kill him too?

Franklin Pierce in Death of a Vice President is a thrilling psychological horror, starring the president from the 1850’s you forgot in 4th Grade. It’s an exciting read, and you don’t have to be familiar with Franklin Pierce at all to enjoy the story (in fact, it may be a better story if you go in knowing almost nothing). This is perfect for the American history-buff and “normal people” alike!

Led by a Star
by Zaklog the Great (Author), Codex (Illustrator, Editor)

Two brothers, an astronomer and a Catholic priest fresh from seminary, confront a mystery in the stars.

Death Planet (Dinosaur Warfare Book 1)
by N.R. LaPoint

The Vidarian scourge has swept through many star systems,
killing and enslaving in an endless invasion.

When his home world is targeted, Ambrose Weaver flees with a crew of exiles.
Hunted down and forced to crash land on the mysterious planet Typhon,
they soon find their escape from sure death
has only led them to new troubles and prehistoric dangers.

The dinosaurs are only the beginning.

Can Ambrose and his crew brave primeval jungles
and survive a planet filled with horror?

The Operators: Monster Makers
by Sean Rowland

The Department of SuperHuman Activities observes and polices the superpowered community in the United States. Though cooperation and open dialogue, the DSHA ensures the safety of superhumans and the public in general. Only during emergencies that regular law enforcement aren't equipped or trained to handle do they send in their emergency response team, the Operators. Led by Major Peter Hicks, the Hunter, and composed of superhumans from all over America, the Operators handle threats that others can't.

When people are killed in a series of strange animal attacks, the Operators are called to New Mexico to investigate. There, they discover a factory where monsters are made by an underground society of scientists and terrorists bent on world domination. The Operators are hard pressed to stop these monster makers in a war where safety is an illusion and not everyone will come out alive. Still, facing threats like this is their job, and it's time to get to work.

Chronologues: Tales on the Theme of Time
by Eric Nilles (Author), Chad Olson (Author), Debra Robic (Author), James Kenneth Rogers (Author), D.L. White (Author)

“Time marches on...”

But in what direction? Whoever said that never clarified whether time had to always go forward, or backward, or in a straight line. In this collection, we invite you to delve into five tales that explore the beautiful, bendable, breakable nature of time itself.

“The Camera” by D.L. White
A haunting portrait of a young man who is stuck in his grief over the sudden loss of one of his best friends. A story of frozen moments in time, it is a supernatural snapshot of what happens when past regrets turn into an obsession.

“The Ladies Three” by Chad Olson
Want safe passage for your ship and crew? You can have it. The price the Ladies Three require is but an hour of one sailor’s time. An hour, and perhaps something more. But what happens when the sailor selected has plans of his own?

“The Annuity Squad” by James Kenneth Rogers
Divorced and down-on-his-luck, Ralph receives an unexpected windfall, and the promise of even more money in seven years’ time. Should he sign on the dotted line, or is it all too good to be true?

“The Theatrica Mechanica” by Eric Nilles
Discover a world of wizards, kingdoms and unusual beasts during a time of great upheaval. The peaceful and the wicked are destined to clash, a peace-loving king will discover he has been granted little time to prepare, and only by enlisting the most cunning members of his court does his kingdom have a chance to endure.

“What If?” by Debra Robic
Sylvia and Alan have lived long enough to be involuntarily housed in the State old folks’ home. Dispossessed and disempowered, they find a strange book that suggests the path out of this dystopian future might lie in changing the past — if they are brave enough.

The Long Black
(The Black Chronicles Book 1)
by J.M. Anjewierden

Morgan always assumed that if she could survive growing up in the mines of Planet Hillman – feared for its brutal conditions and gravity twice that of Earth – she could survive anything.

That was before she became a starship mechanic. Now she has to contend with hostile bosses, faulty equipment, and even taking care of her friend’s little girl. Once pirates show up, it’s a wonder she can get any work done at all.

Review: Any time you try a new author it is kind of like sailing into unknown waters, you hope for a great experience but are often disappointed by the author’s style, the story line is not what you had hoped for, the characters are not even slightly interesting and so on….. A book about a young girl striving to grow up on her own terms, in a universe that is hard on everyone with villains who strive to make it even harder.

Please take a chance on this author! I read both of the first two books in this series in one weekend an am pained to wait for the next installment. The characters are easy to like or dislike as is their role in the book, there are interesting twists and turns, great alliances, despicable villains, victorious highs and characters striving to grow and define the world they inhabit.

Black Holiday
(The Black Chronicles Book 2)
by J.M. Anjewierden

Morgan has finally made it, earning an officer’s slot on S.T.E.V.E., the ancient flagship of the Takiyama Merchant House. She’s survived so much to get here, and isn’t about to let lingering nightmares over those events stop her now. That said, even the toughest mechanics need down time. Grudgingly taking some shore leave, Morgan goes to visit the estate of her friend Emily, Baroness Novan. What she doesn’t know is that the first steps towards interstellar war have already been taken by the homeworld she escaped, and important leaders – including Emily – are targeted for Assassination.

Review: A great installment to the series. This book picks up after the events of the first. Morgan agrees to go on vacation with Lady Novan and Gertrude. Things don’t go according to plan and Morgan has to survive being kidnapped. A lot of action and adventure to keep you on the edge of your seat and wanting the next book in the series.

Running Black
(The Black Chronicles Book 3)
by J. M. Anjewierden

An explosion is only the beginning of her problems…

Morgan is finally back to work, having returned from her disastrous attempt at a vacation just in time to watch an accident cause a massive explosion on one of the other freighters.

With the damaged ship out of commission it is up to the crew of STEVE – Morgan included – to frantically get the cargo transferred and depart more than a month ahead of schedule.

But what Morgan doesn’t know is that the assassination attempts were only the beginning.

Missed maintenance isn’t the only, or worst, danger lurking out in the black.

Black Salvage
(The Black Chronicles Book 4)
by J. M. Anjewierden

Morgan and the crew of STEVE have captured the pirates’ command ship, but can they keep it?

After a harrowing battle on the mining station and in the Black they won an incredibly valuable prize – an armed starship that, once repaired, is capable of subspace jumps without a gate.

All Morgan and her skeleton crew need do is make the long journey home and they will be rewarded handsomely.

Unfortunately, not all the pirates are accounted for, and their nimble frigates are still out there somewhere, plotting to take back what Morgan rightfully commandeered…

Review: I need the next one! These are so good! I can’t put them down and when I’m not reading them I’m thinking about them. To put into perspective… I read, a LOT. So sometimes I forget the plot of series until I start reading a book and then I remember. I don’t have to with this series. I am impatient and check often for the next book in the series. The characters and story are not forgettable in any way and such a rich and textured story. Love this series.

Battles in the Black (The Black Chronicles Book 5)
by J. M. Anjewierden

Morgan had a simple plan: sell her captured pirate ship, hire mercenaries, and rescue her parents from her former homeworld. Nothing was going to stop her, not even the pirates trying to take her prize back. All they got for their trouble was two more ships added to Morgan’s forces, but the pirates were only the beginning. The very people she wants to liberate her parents from have invaded her new home, laying siege and cutting them off from the rest of the galaxy.

Desperate for ships and experienced spacers to crew them, Morgan, her crew, and her ships have been conscripted into the Navy of her adopted home, despite the exhaustion of the former and the damage to the latter. Morgan herself has been given the unwanted and laughable rank of Commodore. What for most would be a position of pride only represents the things standing in the way of Morgan’s plan. She has a new plan now; simpler, but also more dangerous.

Survive.

Homecoming In Black (The Black Chronicles Book 6)
by J. M. Anjewierden

Home. For most the word evokes feelings of safety, but for Morgan it is a reminder of what she’s suffered and lost.

Her chance to change that has finally come, to end the war raging between her homeworld and her adopted home.

All she need do is smuggle a dozen Marines onto one of the securest space stations in the galaxy, penetrate to its core, and capture the man responsible for everything, right from under the fanatics who revere him.

Easy, right?

Mech Bunny
by J. M. Anjewierden

Humans won the war against the Blues, thanks in large part to the neural link they stole from the aliens. Few people can use it properly, though, and anyone with the right kind of brain gets conscripted immediately -- even ordinary high school kids.
All Sophie wanted to do was be a dancer. She definitely hadn't planned on piloting a sixty-foot ANGEL mech with only a cranky rabbit mechanic to talk to, or fighting the genetically engineered foxes and wolves that had turned on the humans once the aliens were gone.
She’s lost count of the battlefields she’s seen, but this next one is the worst yet. Ordered to defend a crucial forward operating base on a volcanic planet, forces are stretched thin, so she’ll have only infantry and artillery support, no other ANGELs.
One girl, one rabbit, and one giant robot up against creatures designed to be relentless soldiers.
Creatures who have mechs of their own.
Great.

Life Support: Secret Operations
by Joseph L. Kellogg

Father Tanner treats the sick and injured on a dusty backwater planet.

Desperate for supplies, he takes a job to treat a visiting alien official, teaming up with Damien Rogers, an out-of-work smuggler, to get him there.

The problem?

They’re on the wrong side of enemy lines in the middle of a cold war.

Forced to hide their identities, Father Tanner and his team are stumped by the bizarre patient, whose condition steadily worsens.

To make matters worse, the alien crew catches onto the ruse, and the missionary is forced to turn to kidnapping.

Can they find the diagnosis before their only bargaining chip dies on the operating table?

Blood Pressure
by Joseph L. Kellogg

Exsanguinated. Not a word any cop wants showing up in his report. But when a drained body falls from a skyscraper across national borders, the case lands on the desk of Agent Reylic Antali at the Trans-Metro Police, and it’s up to him and his team to figure out who the killer is, and what they’re after.

In a city where four magical races coexist under an uneasy unity, tensions flare up as more bodies land in the morgue. The city seems on the verge of tearing itself apart as Reylic and his Old Magic Task Force race to find the culprit. But what they find may change the nature of magic as they know it…

Life Support: A House Divided
by Joseph L. Kellogg

Waylaid by space pirates, medical missionary Father Tanner is offered a deal: cure the pirate captain of his recent strange illness, or be left for dead. But when the priest examines his patient, he fears the strange psychosis may be no mere sickness. Tanner prepares to grapple with the Devil himself, as the squid-like alien shows all the signs of demonic possession.

As Tanner and the rest of his crew struggle to find the source of this mystery malady, his own captain, smuggler Damien Rogers, isn't content to wager his freedom on an exorcism he doesn't believe in. He decides to pursue his escape the old-fashioned way: fomenting a mutiny among the pirate crew. But the planet they take refuge on turns out to have more sinister dangers than just pirates. Friends are lost, allies are gained, and the truth is revealed in this action-packed sequel to Life Support: Secret Operations!

House of Refuge: A Seasteading Adventure Story
by Michael DiBaggio

Award-winning naval science fiction in a world that might have been

War has come to the Plata Raft, a 350-mile long community of anarchic seasteaders and hardscrabble mariners off the coast of South America. When an Argentine warship pursues a smuggler and his young daughter to South Atlantic House of Refuge #49, the only thing that stands between them and certain death is Justin Agnarsson, the floating sanctuary’s stationkeeper. Alone and virtually defenseless, Agnarsson faces an impossible choice between duty and survival. But when the brutality of war threatens to unravel the fabric of civilization, more than just lives are at stake.

A very satisfying short story, which I would rate to be up there with Vernor Vinge’s “The Ungoverned” -Amazon Reviewer

DiBaggio tells a gripping story set in a unique environment. It’s clear the amount of work he’s put into world-building -Amazon Reviewer

This impressive piece of fiction will leave you wanting to learn more about this alternate universe. -Amazon Reviewer

A prize-winner in the 2014 Libertarian Fiction Authors/Students for Liberty Short Fiction Contest, House of Refuge is a seasteading adventure of war and heroism. It is just one of many such tales set in the Ascension Epoch, an open-source shared universe based on the classic speculative fiction of yesteryear, like Rudyard Kipling’s “With the Night Mail.” This edition contains the original short story, plus exclusive bonus artwork and an appendix exploring some of the organizations, locations, and equipment featured in the story.

Some great short stories and novellas:

Population of Loss: Four Tales of the Martian War (Martian War Chronicles Book 1)
by Michael DiBaggio & Shell Presto

The Martian onslaught has crushed earth’s mightiest empires and reduced the great achievements of civilization to poisoned rubble, but mankind still endures.

From the ruins of England to the desolate American west, unexpected champions arise to confront a foe that has never yet known defeat, and the stakes are nothing less than the survival of the human race.

Population of Loss, the first volume in the Martian War Chronicles, contains four short stories of superheroes and paranormal menace set amid the carnage of the War of the Worlds.

Stories include:
In Hoc Signo: In earth’s darkest hour comes man’s greatest hero, the Signalman
The Lost Boy: A tale of Fey and Spirits and those left behind
The Devil to Pay: A cursed western vigilante takes his vengeance on the Martians
The Lights Go Out: As a new Dark Age descends, the Void Knights rise to ensure man’s survival

Salamander Six
by Michael DiBaggio

The island of St. Martin is the glittering jewel of the French Caribbean. When fire threatens its narrow streets and skyscraper-studded waterfronts, the daring airborne firemen of Marin-Pyronef answer the call. Their remotely piloted drones can suffocate flames before conventional fire engines could even roll out of the station, while their jumpcraft can drop rescuers onto the roofs of buildings that no ladder could reach. This is the vision that the company’s founder, veteran smoke jumper Florian Archambeault, has spent the last twenty years building into a model of firefighting excellence.

Now, in a single afternoon, seventy years of domination by St. Martin’s corrupt Colonial Administration comes crashing down. In haste to evacuate after a stunning military defeat, four people are trapped atop the administration headquarters by a raging fire. Locked in a safe room with their air supply running low, only one fire company has a chance to save them. This is the rescue that would make Marin-Pyronef’s reputation on the world stage, and finally vindicate what Florian has spent a lifetime trying to prove.

But there’s a problem.

Among those trapped is despised colonial commissioner Pascal Beaulieu, the man who ruined and exiled Florian two decades ago. Will Florian’s sense of duty trump his thirst for revenge? Can he afford to save the most hated man on the island?

Salamander Six is a standalone short story set in the Ascension Epoch shared universe.

Which Art In Hope
(Spooner Federation Saga Book 1)
by Francis Porretto

When the remnant of the anarchist Spooner Federation fled Earth before the genocidal wrath of the States, the fugitives had only the slimmest chance of finding a habitable world orbiting a benign star. Yet 544 years after embarking on their planetoid-ship, they found one that seemed too good to be true. They named it Hope.

Like all things that are too good to be true, Hope isn’t what it seemed.

For 1200 years, a secret Cabal has elevated powerful psi talents to the the management of Hope’s crust, at the eventual cost of their lives. The alternative was a choice between mass death by heavy-metal poisoning and mass death by starvation. But the pool of psi talents has dwindled till only two remain: Armand Morelon, heir apparent to the richest and most prestigious clan on Hope, and Victoria Peterson, a young woman of great beauty and intelligence immured in poverty and abuse. But one is utterly unwilling and the other is murderously insane. And the survival of Mankind hangs in the balance.

Freedom’s Scion
(Spooner Federation Saga Book 2)
by Francis Porretto

Sequel to Which Art In Hope.

As they pass from mortal life, Armand and Teresza Morelon, foremost of all the residents of the wholly ungoverned world of Hope, lay a charge upon their granddaughter Althea: to break the lightspeed barrier, travel to Earth, and determine why no radio emissions from the cradle of Mankind have reached Hope since the Spoonerite Hegira. It shapes the young polymath’s life from that moment onward.

Althea spends her young adulthood playing Hope’s equities market, amassing a fortune for her mission. At 30 she falls in love with Martin Forrestal, a genius of another kind. The two are soon married.

Jacksonville is in flux. Armand Morelon had facilitated a mass relocation from the Hopeless peninsula, where Hope’s undesirables had sheltered, to the Jacksonville region. Douglas Kramnik, patriarch of one of the relocated clans, seeks payback for the long-ago diminution of his clan to outcast status. First, he seeks to marry Althea to his son and clan scion Barton. When Morelon matriarch Charisse declines the offer, his resentments swell. They culminate in an attempt to thwart Barton’s betrothal to Althea’s cousin Nora, which elicits an intervention by Althea herself.

Charisse tries but fails to dissuade Althea from going to the stars. Her failure couples to her desire for power, and she begins to scheme. Her attempts to become a local baroness are revealed through a discovery by Patrice Kramnik Morelon of irregularities in the clan’s finances. It costs Charisse her position, but doesn’t end her quest for power.

After Althea and Martin have tested Freedom’s Horizon, a ground-to-orbit spaceplane, Martin presses her with his desire for children. It proves catastrophic: the child is stillborn. The birth leaves Althea in lasting agony. She and Martin are estranged for two years. They reunite after an intervention by Barton and Nora, but the tensions between them have not been dispersed.

Hope’s progress has emphasized biotechnology. Hallanson-Albermayer Corporation develops a medipod capable of healing its owner of virtually any ill. Althea and Martin become the first customers. Althea’s medipod provides her with cover for a telekinetic repair of her damaged nervous system. She’s guided by her “dead” grandfather Armand, who has taught her the use of her psi powers, as great as his own.

Althea and Martin establish an orbital lab on the Relic, the planetoid-ship that ferried the original Spoonerites to Hope. Groundside, Charisse abandons Clan Morelon and her husband Chuck without warning, and isn’t seen again for years. Althea soon discovers a way around the lightspeed limit, and a power source suitable for propelling a starship.

When Althea’s starship Liberty’s Torch is ready for its maiden voyage, she finds an unexpected ally in her desire to leave Martin safely behind: Barton Kramnik Morelon, who rose upon Charisse’s resignation to the Morelon patriarchy. Between them, they persuade Althea’s husband to remain on Hope for the three years of her journey to Eridanus cluster, signals from which hint at intelligent life.

At Eridanus, Althea is greeted by representatives of the Loioc, a humanoid race whose males have been deliberately rendered nonsentient, supposedly to put an end to violence among them. It’s their intention that Althea do the same to the men of Hope. Althea escapes their plot and destroys the space station the Loioc had used to suppress interstellar travel, but is infected with the nanites the Loioc women use to suppress the development of intelligence in men.

Althea returns to the Relic, hoping that her medipod has removed the nanites from her body, and discovers that in her absence, Hope has been visited by the supreme evil the Spoonerites fled Earth to escape: warfare.

To be continued in Freedom’s Fury, the concluding volume of the Spooner Federation trilogy.

Freedom’s Fury
(Spooner Federation Saga Book 3)
by Francis Porretto

Althea Morelon has returned from Eridanus cluster. The Loioc have infected her with a self-replicating nanite that destroys the sentience potential of male zygotes, filling her with a lust for vengeance.

But she has more to cope with than just her nanite infection.

Interclan warfare has broken out on Hope.

Though Althea must remain on the Relic until she’s certain she‘s free of the Loioc nanite, only she can save her kin from subjugation. And there’s more and worse to come.

The State is rising again.

Freedom’s Fury, the third volume of the Spooner Federation saga, completes the tale of struggle and survival begun in Which Art In Hope and continued in Freedom’s Scion.

Fire Ant
(The Navy of Humanity: Wasp Pilot Book 1)
by Jonathan P. Brazee FREE

2018 NEBULA AWARD FINALIST: BEST NOVELLA

Floribeth Salinas O’Shea Dalisay is an Off-Planet Worker, employed as an exploration pilot by the giant corporation, Hamdani Brothers. Sent on a routine mission to analyze one of the millions of systems in the galaxy, she stumbles across something that could threaten humanity’s very existence. She barely escapes with her life, but in the process, has to shut down her scout’s AI.

As with all OPWs, she has few rights, and instead of being lauded as a hero, the corporation thinks she is lying.

Her managers believe she found something valuable and shut down her AI in an attempt to hide that fact, hoping she can sell that information to the highest bidder.

Grounded, and with a huge debt now over her head, Beth has to convince the powers that be that a very real danger to humanity is lying in wait out there in deep space.

The Trilisk Ruins (Parker Interstellar Travels Book 1)
by Michael McCloskey FREE

Telisa Relachik studied to be a xenoarchaeologist in a future where humans have found alien artifacts but haven’t ever encountered live aliens.

Of all the aliens whose extinct civilizations are investigated, the Trilisks are the most advanced and the most mysterious.

Telisa refuses to join the government because of her opposition to its hard-handed policies restricting civilian investigation and trade of alien artifacts, despite the fact that her estranged father is a captain in the United Nations Space Force.

When a group of artifact smugglers recruits her, she can’t pass up the chance at getting her hands on objects that could advance her life’s work.

But she soon learns her expectations of excitement and riches come with serious drawbacks as she ends up fighting for her life on a mysterious alien planet.

Eta Cancri
by Russell May

Five hundred years into the future, humans have conquered the void of space and spread throughout the galaxy. But we’re about to discover that – in the cold, dark places between the stars – an ancient horror has been watching. And waiting.

On the distant edge of a far-flung planetary system, faith and science are about to go to war with monstrous evil.

Lars Stockwell is one of the last combat Cyborgs still in service. When a remote mining colony falls mysteriously silent, he and his team of black ops veterans are sent in with orders to terminate any threats to human life.

What they discover is worse than anything they could’ve imagined.

Along with a callow data analyst, a rogue Artificial Intelligence, and a spacefaring grifter, Lars and his men find themselves on the front lines of a war between humanity… and Hell incarnate.

if an ancient monster doesn’t devour both worlds first.

Solarvoid (Battle for Eta Canrci Book 2)
by Russell May

For centuries, the worldship Solarvoid has roamed the cosmos. The might of an entire civilization contained in a colossal craft, a titanic triumph of science, engineering and culture, traversing the eternal night of space. But now, an ancient and monstrous evil stalks the ship. A sinister cult performs bizarre rituals in the half-forgotten bowels of the Solarvoid. Intrigue, suspicion and murder haunt even the mightiest of Great Houses. War is coming. A war in which the courage and technology of humanity will be tested to the limit... against the forces of Hell itself.

Faith and Empire: Book One of The Holy Terran Empire
by Carlos Carrasco

One Faith. One Galactic Empire. And A Thousand Worlds Yet To Convert!

In the 51st century, man has spread throughout a great swath of the galaxy without having found any sign of alien life or another habitable world. Instead, mankind has splintered into a score of bio-engineered sub-species spread out across more than a thousand terraformed worlds. The Holy Terran Empire rules over three hundred of these man-made planets. Earth, the One, True World is the Empire’s Capital. The One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church of Rome governs the Empire, hand-in-hand, with the Imperial Family.

Not everyone is pleased with this arrangement.

Zephyrinus Zapatas, a dutiful citizen of the Empire and loyal son of the Church is more than happy with the Co-Dominion of Emperor and Pope. At sixteen, Zeph leaves home, seeking a life of service to the two crowns. He finds his opportunity in an invitation to join the Emperor’s Own, the elite Corps of Imperial Marines.

The Corps’ training is arduous; its moral code, exacting, but; Zeph welcomes the trials and the strictures. The Corps will demand sacrifices. In return, the Imperial Marines offer its recruits little more than a career fraught with peril to life and limb. Zeph accepts the life, however short it might be, because it comes with the chance of achieving his greatest ambition: reaching the rank of Knight Defender of the Faith and Empire.

His training, ambition and his faith will all be tested in the fires of battle against a cruel alliance of space pirates terrorizing scores of worlds.

The Holy Terran Empire is a new space opera series for anyone who can’t get enough sword & blaster action.

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American Stasi: The Domestic Surveillance Targeting You and Your Children FREE
by Michael Trust

You and your children are targeted, your lives limited by someone who works for the American Secret Police. Modeled after the East German Stasi, their operation assigned them to live in a house in your neighborhood, pretend to be just another resident, and use elite surveillance technologies to listen in everyone's houses, from backdoors in Alexas and smart TVs, to elite thru-wall microwave eavesdropping and imagery technology. They're assigned a block of citizens in the neighborhood to watch in their homes, from bathroom trips, to private conversations, to intimate moments between spouses.

This is the American Stasi. Created by global elites and modeled on the East German Stasi, it makes sure you and your children are controlled, and can't succeed wildly, run for office, become elite yourself, or see the corruption and crimilaity up there, where their corrupt actors are looting our government.

The elites cannot possibly allow regular Americans to ever see that. The American Stasi makes sure they don't. We don't explain the entire conspiracy. We show one part - the massive surveillance machine watching everyone. Once you see that with your own eyes, you'll realize the rest must exist. We use photography from Google Streetview to teach you surveillance detection. We begin in Russia, where you'll watch Russian domestic surveillance follow the Google car, in the Google car's own Streetview photos. We then go to Bulgaria and show you real Bulgarian surveillance, explaining why they do everything they do. Once you're trained in surveillance detection, we return to America, where you'll see more surveillance following the Google car than in Russia or Bulgaria. With that training you will soon see your own surveillance watching your community - and you.

Then, NSA's head of technology, Bill Binney describes the microwave radiation he detected which this operation is pouring through all neighborhoods - and how the cancer which killed his wife likely came from that. You'll see the website he and other whistleblowers created warning of these radiations, BiggerThanSnowden.com, which the government forcibly shut down. You're helpless, being thwarted, and exposed to cancer-causing radiation you can't see. This book will change that.

Equal parts Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, Ian Fleming's James Bond, and the Pentagon Papers, this book uses simple observation and deductive reasoning with open-source, independent data to reveal incontrovertible evidence of the biggest scandal the world will ever see - the massive global Secrete Police created by Western elites in the shadows, using supposedly fellow citizens all around us, to make sure no citizen like yourself can ever challenge them for power.

WHAT READERS SAY:

"Who knows your every secret? Who follows you around without your knowledge? Who is targeting your kids so they can identify potential high fliers to derail them? Who is the enemy within? Find out in American Stasi. Prepare to have your world shaken." - A reader from Britain

"American Stasi is a groundbreaking investigation into the cancerous growth infesting western nations: the domestic surveillance networks that operate above the law. This book will be read 100 years from now." - A reader from Findland

"Surveillance is everywhere! Watching and manipulating your actions. This book helps you understand who, where, and why." - A reader from Midwest America

"A monumental expose. Global and granular in scope. American Stasi contains the most crucial information patriots need to make sense of the omnipresent surveillance in their own personal lives." - A reader from Suburban America

"Everything you have been taught is a lie. Do you want the truth? Can you handle the truth? Read American Stasi and find out." - A reader from Asia

Designing Wargames - Introduction (Studies in Game Design Book 5)
by George Phillies

Designing Wargames introduces the play and design of classic hex-and-counter board wargames. Written as a textbook, Designing Wargames should appeal to board and computer game designers, board game players, and designers of serious war games for historical and military study.

Phillies opens with a discussion of the basic elements combined to create strategic games, including representation, theme, style, mechanisms, voice, shape, and content. To introduce non-players to board wargames, he describes in detail the play of four classic board wargames, namely Stalingrad, 1914, Panzerblitz, and Fall of Manjukuo. A path to designing a game, stressing the central importance of iterative development and playtesting, is advanced. Several fundamental mechanisms and their variations, including the zone of control and command and control rules, are examined in detail. A case study contrasts a half-dozen games on a single historic campaign, comparing how different designers have created radically different games that represent the same historic outcomes. A paragraph by paragraph analysis of the written rules of one game is given. Issues related to luck and technology are examined. An extensive set of homework problems, many in the form of development projects, support the material in the text.

Phillies' lectures on the material in the text may be seen on YouTube on the GeorgePhillies channel.

The Art of Suspense: A Survey of Narrative Patterns and Techniques
by James A. Buck

Suspense is a vital component of good storytelling, but it’s a component that’s increasingly rare in many of today’s stories. But what exactly is suspense? How is it defined, and how can you tell if it’s present in your manuscript? Are there specific techniques you can use to inject suspense into your story?

A good mixture of theory and practice, The Art of Suspense examines practical, easy-to-use narrative tools for creating suspense. The first part of the book covers narrative techniques such as reversal, dramatic irony, surprise, and preparation. The second part examines narrative patterns, using the analytical methodology of the Russian folklorist Vladimir Propp. Focusing on scenes where the protagonist comes into conflict with the antagonist, the author discusses eleven patterns that create suspense.

The patterns and techniques are amply illustrated with examples from film, television, and literature. Western examples include films of Alfred Hitchcock and Fritz Lang, novels of Agatha Christie and J.R.R. Tolkien, and episodes of Star Trek. Eastern examples include Chinese martial arts films, Korean period drama, and Japanese anime.

More a book of analysis than a prescriptive, how-to book, The Art of Suspense will benefit not just novelists and screenwriters, but also directors, editors, Beta readers, film commentators—anyone who is concerned with the craft of storytelling. The Art of Suspense will open your eyes to the narrative tools of storytelling, tools that have been hiding in plain sight in the stories that you read.

The Perennial Apocalypse: How the End of the World Shapes History
by John Reilly

Would you believe that this formula describes the structure of history?

(CIR + t1h + p/f/t2 + (!1/o/!2/0))/(S/s)

If you would, maybe you shouldn't. However, this formula is helpful in describing many of the meta-narratives of history found around the world. The Perennial Apocalypse is a cross-cultural and cross-temporal study of models of history considered as a class of story. The book tries to do for doomsday what The Hero with a Thousand Faces did for the myth of the hero.

Spengler's Future: An Outline of the Next Seven Centuries of Western History, as Suggested by Comparison with the Life Cycles of Four Other Civilizations
by John Reilly

This projection of the future into the 27th century uses a simple computer program and even simpler interpretations of the Oswald Spengler's Decline of the West and Arnold Toynbee's Study of History. No, this is not a serious exercise, but it does suggest what the future would look like if the modern age really is analogous to the Hellenistic Age. Important years include 2080, 2309, and 2603.

The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind
by Gustave Le Bon

Explore the Psychology of Mass Behavior
In The Crowd, Gustave Le Bon examines the psychology behind group behavior, offering timeless insights into how individuals behave differently when part of a collective. This groundbreaking work, first published in 1895, has influenced thinkers across disciplines, from sociology and psychology to politics and economics.

Key Insights from the Book:

The Power of the Crowd: Le Bon explores how crowds can shape beliefs and behaviors, often leading individuals to act in ways they wouldn’t alone.

The Loss of Individual Identity: Learn about the psychological phenomenon of individuals losing their sense of self when submerged in a collective.

Emotional Dynamics: Understand how emotions like fear, enthusiasm, and anger drive collective behavior.

Leadership and Influence: Discover how leaders manipulate crowd psychology to steer collective actions and decisions.

Why Read The Crowd?

Gain insights into the behavior of crowds and their influence on society.

Understand the psychological mechanisms behind movements, revolutions, and social change.

Learn how mass behavior shapes politics, marketing, and media in the modern world.

Whether you’re a student of sociology, a historian, or simply curious about human behavior, The Crowd provides a fascinating exploration of the dynamics that govern collective action.

Crystallizing Public Opinion
Edward L. Bernays

Edward Bernays, famed as The Father of Public Relations, pioneered the technique of working to change attitudes rather than just selling products. In this 1923 classic, he describes how public opinion is created and shaped, including the use of surveys and endorsements from opinion leaders, celebrities, and experts. These methods formed the principles that corporations and governments have employed for the past century to influence social attitudes.

Propaganda
by Edward L. Bernays

Propaganda incorporates the literature from social science and psychological manipulation into an examination of the techniques of public communication. Bernays wrote the book in response to the success of some of his earlier works such as Crystallizing Public Opinion (1923) and A Public Relations Counsel (1927). Propaganda explored the psychology behind manipulating masses and the ability to use symbolic action and propaganda to influence politics, effect social change, and lobby for gender and racial equality. This work propelled Bernays into media historians' view of him as the "father of public relations."

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(book list: Father Brown, Pirates of the Electromagnetic Waves, All Men Dream of Earthwomen, Iron Chamber of Memory, The Santara Commentaries, One Bright Star to Guide Them, Inquisitor's Promise, The Kings of the Corona)

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Based Book Sale

The 2025 Summer Based Book Sale

All Titles Free or $0.99; Running Through Tuesday June 24

Welcome to Summer!

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Read on to discover some great based books!

New Arrivals in Drama, Mystery, and Westerns

The Wise of HeartHans G. Schantz

Biology vs. “Gender”

Fully funded on Kickstarter, then cancelled and re-platformed on FundMyComic. Featured on Fox News, The Blaze, and Bounding Into Comics. Finally Available in Print. What’s The Wise of Heart all about?

He that troubleth his owne house, shall inherite the wind:and the foole shall be servant to the wise of heart. Proverbs 11:29

King Solomon's Mines (Allan Quatermain Series, Unabridged and Illustrated)by H. Rider Haggard

Shadow in the Woods (Monsters in the Green Mountains) by J.P. Choquette

Captain Bloodby Rafael Sabatini

Making a Better World by Michael Lacoy

Deep Penetrationby Elci Tate

The One-Minute Mysteries of Inspector Gerard: The Ultimate Flatfoot by Tyler James Cook (Author), Alexander Henderson (Preface)

The Deepest Cut (Clara Verona Cold War Thrillers Book 1) by Bowen Greenwood

The First Knight (Flavius Stilicho Book 1)by Dennis Garcia

This Burdened Clayby Thomas Norford

Jonah: A Novel of Men and the Sea (Wild Ocean Book 1)by Howard Butcher

Enders & Associates by Mark Sowers

Fractum Ostium: A Short Story Collectionby Mark Sowers

Last Laugh - Four Flights of Fancy (Four-Pack Fiction Book 2)by Lyndon Perry

No Winter Lasts Forever (The American Wrath Trilogy) by Jonathan Epps

New Arrivals in Young Adult

Sherlock Hamster And The Empress Emeralds Escapade by M. Anthony Harris

Sherlock Hamster and the Abduction Adventureby M. Anthony Harris

Sherlock Hamster And The Haunted House Hullabalooby M. Anthony Harris

The Road to Hel (Sean's Saga Book 1)by Eric Tanafon

The Well of Time: Sean's Saga Book 2 by Eric Tanafon

Robin Hood: Wolf's Headby Eric Tanafon

Dragon Scales: And Other Talesby Eric Tanafon

Dr. T’s Crystal Library Quest by John Francis

The Advisor and the Matriarch: A Life in Two Chapters by Nate Ellender

New Arrivals in Fantasy

Iron Chamber of Memoryby John C. Wright

Lovecraft's Cat: & Other Tales of Weird Fictionby C P Webster

The Sundered Crown Saga (1-3): (Books 1-3+ The Nightblade prequel novel)An Epic Fantasy Boxset!by M.S. Olney

Thanesman: The Thanesman Chronicles Book 1 by V. A. Boston

Mercury Fallsby Robert Kroese

The Brand of the Warlock (The Counterfeit Sorcerer Book 1) by Robert Kroese

Distopia (Land of Dis Book 1) by Robert Kroese

Spotlessby Marina Fontaine & Daniella Bova