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The sale starts today, Wednesday May 20, 2026, and it runs through Tuesday May 26, 2026.

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2026 Top Books

This first section highlights the Top Based Books of 2026 as judged by Based Readers through their purchases using the sale’s Amazon Affiliate Links. More details on how that all works and the complete rankings, here:

2026’s Top Based Books - So Far!

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Authors must be present to win, i.e. if a particular book isn’t in the sale, it’s skipped, and we move down the rankings to the next book in the list. Here are the top ten:

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.

No Man’s Land: Volume 1 (Chronicles of Lost Elly)
by Sarah A. Hoyt

Book 1 of 3: Chronicles of Lost Elly

Sufficiently advanced science is indistinguishable from magic.

On a lost colony world, mad geneticists thought they could eliminate inequality by making everyone hermaphrodite. They were wrong. Catastrophically wrong.

Now technology indistinguishable from magic courses through the veins of the inhabitants, making their barbaric civilization survivable—and Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Kayel Hayden, Viscount Webson, Envoy of the Star Empire—Skip to his friends— has just crash-landed through a time-space rift into the middle of it all.

Dodging assassins and plummeting from high windows was just the beginning. With a desperate king and an archmagician as his only allies, Scipio must outrun death itself while battling beasts, traitors, and infiltrators bent on finishing what the founders started: total destruction.

Two worlds. One chance. No time to lose.

Volume 1

The Ambassador Corps has rules: you cannot know everything, don’t get horizontal with the natives, don’t make promises you can’t keep.

They’re a lot harder to follow when assassins are hunting you, your barbarian allies could kill you for the wrong word, and death lurks around every corner.

The unwritten rule? Never identify with the natives.

Skip’s already broken that one.

Now he’s racing against time to save his new friends from slavery—or worse—while dodging energy blasts and political intrigue. One crash-landed diplomat. A world of deadly secrets. And absolutely no backup.

Books 2 & 3 of the Chronicles of Lost Elly are New Arrivals.

Warp Marine Corps: The Complete Series
by C.J. Carella

The Best-Selling Series, Complete in a Single Volume. Star-Spanning Action and Intrigue

A Nation at War: After aliens attack without warning and slaughter half the human race, a new country emerges. Using alien technology and desperate ingenuity, the reborn USA carves a place for itself in a violent universe, thanks to its deadly Navy and the dreaded Warp Marine Corps. Together for the first time, here are the five novels of the Warp Marine Corps Series.

Decisively Engaged: A US embassy in a remote world is under attack. Can a platoon of Marines and a band of desperate civilians survive a horde of murderous locals?

No Price Too High: The Great Galactic War has begun, and humanity must defend a core system from alien assault. While an outnumbered Marine expeditionary force and Army units defend the planet on the ground, the US Navy deploys a secret weapon that may save the day.

Advance to Contact: As the war hangs in the balance, an ancient alien race offers its help. The American delegation finds itself embroiled in the intrigues of the last members of a species of decadent immortals with a taste for murder. Captain Peter Fromm, CIA agent Heather McClintock and fighter pilot Lisbeth Zhang must use their wits to survive the blood games of the mysterious aliens.

In Dread Silence: While a beleaguered admiral does battle against hopeless odds, a team of Marines and researchers arrives to a distant world, exploring ancient ruins that may hold the key to humanity’s salvation - or its eternal damnation. Battles rage in space while Marines pit their weapons and courage against bio-engineered monsters and hidden dangers.

Havoc of War: The end is here. Renegade humans and vengeful alien civilizations are poised to sink the galaxy into chaos and destruction. A US fleet must end the war before humanity is destroyed or becomes corrupted by the very technologies it needs to survive.

If you enjoyed this series, the follow-up trilogy (The Bicentennial War) is now available in a single volume.

Hacking Galileo (FREE)
by Fenton Wood

A story untold for over 30 years...

Teenage hacker Roger O. Miller made national headlines when he was arrested for hacking into NASA computers and hijacking an interplanetary probe. He told the authorities a wild story about a rogue asteroid on a collision course with Earth. Eventually, he recanted and admitted that he fabricated the whole thing.

Or did he?

For the first time, his closest confederate tells the real story of what motivated a group of brainy teenagers to create an illegal space program under the noses of the authorities. It all started with a radio experiment that led to an accidental discovery...

HACKING GALILEO is a tech memoir by an insider, full of ingenious exploits and fascinating details about the aerospace technology of the 1980’s.

Author and publisher alike are risking Federal retaliation by publishing this book. Is it a true account, or a clever work of fiction? What is the Terrible Secret of Space, and what does it have to do with the origin of the rogue asteroid? Read it for yourself--while you still can!

Check out Fenton Wood’s exciting new release: Dwellers in the Deep!

The Hand of God (Dark Legacies Book 1)
by Yuval Kordov

The world ended—twice. Only Esther, the Eternal One, saw it all happen. As head of the powerful Revenant Sisterhood, she shepherds humanity from Cathedral, the Last City. Except Cathedral isn’t the last city, and her sisterhood’s power is far from holy.

It’s the year 2500, give or take. The passage of time has become as blurry as the gray wastes that cover most of North America. No moon or stars light the night, and demonic hordes smash against the last outposts of civilization.

Two reborn nations vie for humanity’s future. In the west, Cathedral unleashes its God-engines—ancient walking war machines—in a final bid to cleanse the earth. In the east, the struggling city-state of Bastion turns to the last living AI for salvation. Between them, a tribe of technological scavengers unwittingly holds the balance of power.

Hell is on the horizon. Who will survive?
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For fans of Dan Simmons’ Hyperion Cantos, Iain Banks’ Culture novels, Dune, and other classic metaphysical science fiction.

This compelling new trilogy explores questions of family, faith, and the human condition on the backdrop of a dark post-apocalyptic future.

Prophecy of the Black Sun: A Steampunk Fantasy Adventure
by James A. Buck

Since antiquity, sorcerers, witches, and other practitioners of black magic have recorded their art in spell books—tomes commonly known as grimoires. A small number of infamous and powerful grimoires are listed in the historical record.

But there is one grimoire that is more powerful and dangerous than all the rest. The exact time and place of its creation are uncertain, but it is believed to be of demonic origin. Reputed to be impossible to destroy, it has survived over the centuries, passing from hand to hand. And those unfortunate enough to come across its path have met with a tragic fate. Some believe this grimoire to be the ultimate source of the calamities—wars, plagues, famines—that have befallen the continent. Most disturbingly, it is the subject of an ancient prophecy that foretells the collapse of civilization and the destruction of mankind.

A scientist, a soldier, a secret policeman, a nun. Each shall play a part in the struggle against the grimoire and the demon that possesses it. Each shall play but a small part in a larger war, a spiritual war between Good and Evil.

An exciting, Victorian era-style steampunk fantasy featuring sorcery and the supernatural, scientists and their machines, inter-dimensional travel, spies and secret policemen, treachery and intrigue, bizarre creatures, and soldiers marching into battle in the age of gunpowder.

Prophecy of the Black Sun is the first volume in the series Tales of Jurasia.

Orthodoxy: Illustrated Centennial Edition
(G. K. Chesterton Book 2)
by G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton’s unconventional memoir of faith, Orthodoxy, is his most enduring nonfiction work.

“Since he published Orthodoxy in 1908, G. K. Chesterton has inspired Christians and challenged skeptics with his unique wit and wisdom. He delivered biting analysis still relevant today.” --Christianity Today

The Steradian Gate
by Nate Blevens

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.

Prospero Lost (Prospero’s Children Book 1)
by L. Jagi Lamplighter (Author)

Shakespeare got one thing wrong. The Dread Magician Prospero never drowned his books.

More than four hundred years later, Miranda heads the family business. Prospero Inc secretly uses magic for the good of mankind. Only, now, Prospero has gone missing!

To save her father, Miranda must reunite with her estranged siblings, each of whom holds a staff of power and secrets about Miranda’s sometimes-foggy past. Her journeys, both past and present, take her to Chicago, the Caribbean, Milan, Washington, D.C., and the North Pole.

With her is her trusty company gumshoes, Mab, an aerie spirit stuck in a body that looks like Humphrey Bogart. Together, they must survive the mysterious Shadowed Ones if they hope to find Prospero and set all to right again.

Humor, mystery, wonder

“Intelligent and eminently enjoyable, this series opener by a first-time author is a first-rate choice for fans of mythic urban fantasy.” – Library Journal (starred review)

New Arrivals in Science Fiction

The Last Senator
by Bowen Greenwood (Author), Sherrie Arnoldy (Editor)

Aliens invade Earth, and do exactly what we do in war: decapitate the government. The once-mighty American war machine stumbles leaderless through a nightmare they never imagined: full scale war on their own soil. Pushed back on every front, outmatched and outgunned, they’re losing more than just battles—they’re losing hope.

For the Republic to rise from the ashes, it needs a leader chosen by the people, elected according to the Constitution. Miri Renn is the last one left, and the only man who can help her is the one she left behind.

Tom Clancy meets Independence Day in The Last Senator

Cyclus Dawn: Hard Science Fiction
(Metamorphosis Book 2)
by C. R. Walton (Author)

Book 2 of 3: Metamorphosis

A new world. A deadly conspiracy.

After the fall of Wilderness Five, Lancett and Hurst board the colony ship Iceni, bound for the untouched paradise of a new world. But their dream of a fresh start becomes a nightmare when the ship is deliberately taken off course to an eerily perfect Earth-twin no one saw coming: the planet Cyclus.

Ruled by three shadowy Captains, the Iceni hides lethal secrets. Soon, a chilling truth begins to take shape. Cyclus is not a haven. It is a trap. With traitors aboard and enemies rising from the grave, survival hangs by a thread...

... and the Metamorphosis continues.

From Cambridge planetary scientist Dr. Craig R. Walton, Cyclus Dawn blends Dune’s scope, Hyperion’s depth, and The Expanse’s intensity. Continue the Metamorphosis saga and grab Book 2 now!

Praise for Metamorphosis Book One: Wilderness Five

‘MYSTERY, SUSPENSE, AND COSMIC DREAD. A MUST READ FOR FANS OF PETER F HAMILTON OR ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY.’ Amazon reviewer

‘Following in the tradition of modern Sci-fi greats.’ – Amazon reviewer

‘A massive hard sci-fi adventure with a complex story and world-building.’ - Goodreads reviewer

‘The last 20% is energetic - almost frantic. Kept me up at night!’ - Amazon reviewer

Manifold Destiny: Hard Science Fiction }
(Metamorphosis Book 3)
by C. R. Walton (Author)

Book 3 of 3: Metamorphosis

A black hole. A dying galaxy. Evolution’s endgame.

The Iceni flees the battle for Cyclus—straight into a black hole’s grasp. Millions of years into the future, interstellar empires rise, ancient heroes awaken, and a creeping darkness threatens to swallow all.

Humanity’s survivors face conspiracies, invasion, and the brutal edge of accelerated evolution. In a universe where physics is both weapon and savior, the laws of survival demand the unthinkable. One final choice will save them—or erase humanity once and for all.

“Mind-bending and unforgettable sci-fi!” – Advance reader review, 2025

From Cambridge scientist Dr. Craig R. Walton, this explosive finale echoes Revelation Space’s cosmic intrigue and Night’s Dawn’s bio-tech terror. Finish the epic Metamorphosis trilogy—grab Book 3 now!

Praise for Metamorphosis

‘’A must read for fans of Peter F Hamilton or Adrian Tchaikovsky!’
‘Following in the tradition of modern Sci-fi greats.’
‘A massive hard sci-fi adventure with a complex story and world-building.’
‘The last 20% is energetic - almost frantic. Kept me up at night!’
‘Intelligent, fascinating and imaginative science fiction”

Wilderness Five: Hard Science Fiction (Metamorphosis Book 1)
is a Fan Favorite

Birthright of Scars: Rising
by Laurisa Brandt (Author)

Book 1 of 2: Birthright of Scars

“The problem with a dead legend, is that there’s always the threat of him resurrecting. And anytime he does will be inconvenient for those in power.”

The Tourmaline Renegade rises in this epic new series.

Falling in love with his bounty hunter was never part of the plan.

After the Kobalt empire spent decades suppressing Pyron culture, Emperor Cinnabar designed the walled Pyron sector with only one purpose: extermination.

Disrel of Tourmal has little left except his sister, but he won’t accept death without a fight. When the state mandates that all Pyrons relocate to the walled sector, Disrel does not hesitate to don a mask and replace the capitol flag with one that proclaims Pyron is free. What he didn’t count on was a simple act of defiance becoming the symbol of an empire-wide revolution. By the time dawn breaks, a sable commander renowned for catching renegades is on his trail, and Disrel is driven into the center of the resistance against the state.

Decorated Sable Commander Ambrosia is ready for the challenge of pulling Pyron resistors off Tourmal’s streets. But the layers of unrest in the capitol go deeper than a masked renegade inciting insurrection, locking her in a deadly dance between conviction and duty, comrades and terrorists—one that requires a flawless loyalty to the state to survive. And the unassumingly charming Disrel keeps getting in her way.

Disrel and Ambrosia are thrust into each other’s paths—as renegade and sable, as citizens of the empire struggling to survive the upheaval. But as their feelings for each other grow, they’ll have to choose: one love destined to destroy them both, or the fate of an empire?

Birthright of Scars: Rising is followed by Birthright of Scars: Choosing

Birthright of Scars: Choosing
by Laurisa Brandt

Book 2 of 2: Birthright of Scars

The cost of loving her was always his destiny.

Disrel has stolen the keys to the imperial regime’s murder machine, but the Pyron sector continues swallowing innocent human life by the thousands. The outside world is just as eager to devour them, with the military executing Pyrons on sight, arresting any who shelter them, and pitting prisoners against each other in deadly arena games in exchange for pardon.

As Disrel wrestles impossible odds to keep himself and his sister free of the walls, his identity as the Tourmaline Renegade becomes increasingly difficult to hide from his enemies and the people he loves most.

Sable Commander Ambrosia can no longer deny that the masked renegade she hunts is a hero, and she can’t convince Disrel—or herself—she loves him while leaving thousands of his people to die of starvation behind the Pyron sector walls. As her emperor demands more from her, she is faced with the choice of following orders or damning herself to a traitor’s cross.

But as her love for Disrel grows, so does the Tourmaline Renegade’s ability to see all her secrets, making him the most dangerous opponent she has ever faced.

As the Pyron people’s situation turns dire, Disrel and Ambrosia must decide if their lives are worth risking for a future neither of them can see, or if the price of freedom requires betrayal, despair, and their blood on each other’s hands.

Based Book Sale veteran Travis Corcoran debuts his first novel through Ark Press next week. Pre-order Red State Mars, a sweeping epic of Mars’s fight for freedom—an unforgettable saga of war, family, and civilization on the red frontier!

The Powers of the Earth (Aristillus Book 1)
by Travis J. I. Corcoran (Author)

PROMETHEUS AWARD WINNER “BEST NOVEL” 2018

Earth in 2064 is politically corrupt and in economic decline. The Long Depression has dragged on for 56 years, and the Bureau of Sustainable Research is hard at work making sure that no new technologies disrupt the planned economy. Ten years ago a band of malcontents, dreamers, and libertarian radicals bolted privately-developed anti-gravity drives onto rusty sea-going cargo ships, loaded them to the gills with 20th-century tunnel-boring machines and earthmoving equipment, and set sail – for the Moon.

There, they built their retreat. A lunar underground border-town, fit to rival Ayn Rand’s ‘Galt’s Gulch’, with American capitalists, Mexican hydroponic farmers, and Vietnamese space-suit mechanics – this is the city of Aristillus.

There’s a problem, though: the economic decline of Earth under a command-and-control economy is causing trouble for the political powers-that-be in Washington DC and elsewhere. To shore up their positions they need slap down the lunar expats and seize the gold they’ve been mining. The conflicts start small, but rapidly escalate.

There are zero-gravity gun fights in rusted ocean going ships flying through space, containers full of bulldozers hurtling through the vacuum, nuclear explosions, armies of tele-operated combat UAVs, guerrilla fighting in urban environments, and an astoundingly visual climax.

The Powers of the Earth is the first book in The Aristillus series – a pair of science fiction novels about anarchocapitalism, economics, open source software, corporate finance, social media, antigravity, lunar colonization, genetically modified dogs, strong AI…and really, really big guns.

Causes of Separation (Aristillus Book 2)
by Travis J. I. Corcoran

Book 2 of 2: Aristillus

PROMETHEUS AWARD WINNER “BEST NOVEL” 2019. By the author of The Powers of the Earth, PROMETHEUS AWARD WINNER “BEST NOVEL” 2018. The first US / UN invasion of the renegade lunar colony of Aristillus has failed - but the powers-that-be in Washington and elsewhere can’t give up. Their political careers - and an escape from the economic decline of Earth under a command-and-control economy - depend on conquering the lunar expats. A second - and final - invasion is planned. The lunar settlers prepare to repel the onslaught, but what can a small population of 1 million do against the combined might of billions on Earth - especially now that the PKs have the secret of the antigravity drive, and sleeper cells embedded inside the very heart of Aristillus? Open source software, markets, big guns, combat robots and uplifted dogs let the rebels punch far above their weight - but is it enough to even the odds? Find out what happens to the free city of Aristillus in the nail-biting conclusion to the Aristillus series.

The Team (Aristillus)
by Travis J I Corcoran (Author)

In 2055, nine years before the events of The Powers of the Earth, US Special Forces soldier John Hayes discovers a secret research project that’s being shut down by the Bureau of Sustainable Research. Are the reports of uplifted dogs – creatures genetically engineered to have human intelligence – true? Can John sit by while bureaucrats end the project – and incinerate all the inconvenient evidence?

Staking A Claim (Aristillus)
by Travis J I Corcoran

In the early days of the Aristillus moon colony a lone geologist uses a small inheritance to do what the universities and government won’t — fund basic research. Alone on the north face of the central peak in the Aristillus crater, equipped with just a small rover, a Quonset hut, and a small research lab, he finds pyrite — fool’s gold. Except — perhaps it’s not what he assumes after all. Of what use money to someone who cares about science, not lucre? In an anarcho-capitalist border town on the moon with no police and no courts, who enforces property rights? Will Mike ever stop Darcy from whimsical purchases? From the two time PROMETHEUS AWARD WINNER Travis Corcoran (Best Novel 2018, Best Novel 2019), a prequel story set in the Aristillus universe.

Caterpillar
by Travis J I Corcoran

A zombie apocalypse is bad enough if you’re far out in the country – but what happens when you’re trapped in a two story brick building in the dense suburbs of Boston, and the streets around you are a sea of biters?

Most people would give up and accept their fate…but Chris, Todd, Stacy and David aren’t most people. They’ve got unique skills … but also unique handicaps.

Todd is the building’s maintenance guy who can weld, cut, and build … but he’s also fighting a losing battle with the bottle.

Chris is a hacker, who can scrape data from the web before the internet crashes for the last time … but he’s also a lot heavier than he should be, and he knows more about cosplay than the real world.

Stacy is a secretary who can run fast, but she’s finding it hard to accept the new reality.

David, the CPA, is fit enough to fight zombies, but he’s a coward.

Given their flaws, it’s doubtful they can survive.

…but there’s one more part to the puzzle. In the first floor garage, there’s a 30 year old, rusted, poorly maintained bulldozer.

The brick walls may keep the zombies out – for now – but the sky overhead is turning orange, and there’s smoke in the air. Watertown is burning, and the wind is blowing this way.

Can Todd, Chris, Stacy, and come together to MacGyver a solution, even though they’re got no armor plate, are short on fuel, and are almost out of MIG welding wire?

They’d better hope so, because they’re about to be forced to leave their cocoon.

Note: This story was originally published in the collection ‘Places Beyond the Wild: A Post-Apocalyptic Zombie Anthology’, and was set in the world created by Daniel Humphreys. It is republished here outside of that world, in a distinct setting.

Glomar Extractor
by Travis J.I. Corcoran

It was weird how the apocalypse snuck up on you. In the movies, there was always the one big event - the nuclear war, the virus infected monkey that bites the animal rights protester, whatever - and then everything goes to shit in the next 15 minutes.

Reality wasn’t like that, though. In the real world, things went to shit step by step by step, so slowly that you barely noticed, but then every now and then you look up and see it with fresh eyes, and wonder how the hell it got to be like this.

At first the chance of the asteroid Mammon hitting was 1 in 1,000.
Then 1 in 100.
Then 1 in 10.

For deep sea saturation divers and old oil rig buddies Tom, Alejandro, and Rob the end of the world is here, and they missed their chance to escape the city to a bug out ranch inland ... but then the call comes. If they’re willing to do a mission, of the most dangerous sort, in the worst conditions possible, they - and their families - just might make it through.

...if everything goes just right.
...and if no one double crosses them.

Thirty Pieces of Silver (Spirits in the Silicon)
by Travis J.I. Corcoran, Lawrence Railey

Every society worships something

In our world, in the 21st century, we worship consumerism, or sexual liberation, or the Party.

...but in the alternate history cyberpunk world of Heretics of the Catacombs, where Rome never fell, where moveable type was invented in 1125, lighter-than-air travel in 1350, and electricity in 1450, society still worships the One True God, and venerates His saints and apostles.

Worship always involves physical artifacts. In some societies it’s rainbow flags. In others, little red books of the Party founder’s saying. In the eternal city of Byzantium and the rest of the Roman Empire that never fell, it’s relics - a fragment of the True Cross, a tooth of an ancient saint, a piece of a centuries-old transistor radio.

Venture into the neon lit world of Byzantium in the futuristic year of 1754 Anno Domini, when cybernetically augmented monks chant as they swing incense burning thuribles, surgically enhanced hookers flirt with hackers in underground bars, Viking mercenaries sell their guns to the highest bidder, and Aztec traders offer chocolate, gold, and illegal cocaina.

...and in the background, behind the mist and the drizzle, beneath the electroluminescent-lit towers and churches, below the filth and the riches, the forces of Good and Evil do battle in the darkness.

Split Decision
by Hans G. Schantz

What if saving one world means creating - and destroying - a dozen others?

A distress call from his alternate self summons Peter Burdell to a parallel Earth ravaged by a nanotech plague that turns ordinary people into relentless undead zombies. Stranded by an unexpected betrayal, Peter has to do the unthinkable: shattering the multiverse to end the plague and find a way home.

A novella set in the Hidden Truth universe.

Sherlock AI
by Mike Hughes

When leading AI researcher Jason Cole is found dead, the police call it suicide. But his sister, Mary Cole, refuses to believe it. Jason had just developed a powerful forensic AI meant to revolutionize criminal investigations—now he’s dead, and the program is missing.

Mary turns to Tom Holland, a former investigative reporter and her former lover. Though skeptical and burned out, Tom agrees to help. It feels like a fool’s errand, and he doubts he’ll find anything the police missed—until a curious detail about Jason’s mysterious laptop catches his attention.

Reluctantly drawn deeper into the mystery, Tom begins to question everything. What really happened to Jason?

Is there more to the story than anyone realizes, or did Jason really take his own life?

Starquest: Secret Agents of the Galaxy
by John C. Wright

A Grandmaster lifts his pen to restore Space Opera to long lost glory!
If you are weary of the wasteland of wokeness, your wait is ended!

The despotic Galactic Empire is gone, and the Dark Overlords are dead.

But from the embers new menaces arise: a Dark Sun Weapon quenches living stars; Pirate King Ahab gathers space corsairs to form warfleets of conquest; the Crime Syndicate corrupts consuls, fixes vote, paralyzes the polity to pry planets from the new Constitution.

Space Princess Lyra Centauri, exiled Shrine Maiden, employs her astral powers on behalf of the mysterious spymaster Nightshadow, and finds the shades of ancient foes alive in the dream realm.

Senator Napoleon Lone, and his illegal super-robot valet, must thread the maze of stellar politics to rouse a lethargic senate ere war clouds can crush the fledgling republic!

Patrolman Athos Lone wins the Black Badge of a Vindicator, and is able investigate without warrant and execute without trial. He seeks the Murder Mansion of Pirate Captain Liska, who slew his brother. As the iron-masked and lion-clawed vigilante called the Ancient Mariner, he seeks bloody revenge.

Shall the darkness thrive and dead devilry revive?

Read On! For All True Tales are but Part of a Greater!

Starquest: Catburglar of the Constellations
by John C. Wright

Yearning for the pulp days, when glorious yarns were spun of great deeds?

Fret not! Grandmaster Wright here pens a triumph of Space Opera!

The Greatest Empire, defeated but not destroyed, hidden in the outer stars, grows once more, gathering might both military and supernatural.

Crime flourishes amid the core stars. The most cunning phantom thief of all, the Merry Catburglar, can walk through walls, see through security, and not be caught! But when she encounters the masked and black robed Faceless Man, First of the Four Dark Overlords, she faces a menace beyond mortal!

Nightshadow, unseen, immaterial, is a master of espionage, able to cloud men’s minds. But when he encounters an adept able to cloud his, he is overshadowed.

Centurion Ansteel 3-10-ZL, loyal clone-trooper of the Inquisition, is called before the Grand Inquisitor himself, to have his heart and soul sifted by supernal arts, forbidden in the Empire. Have the warlocks and templars he spent his life hunting and harassing taken secret control of the Imperial worlds? Who are his true enemies?

Where is Arcadia, the lost world holding the sole hope of salvation against the Dark Will?

Read On! For All True Tales are but Part of a Greater!

Starquest: Space Pirates of Andromeda is a Fan Favorite

The Rule of Yonder
(Starfire Angels: Forgotten Worlds Book 2)
by M.A. Nilles, Melanie Nilles

Book 2 of 21: Starfire Angels: Forgotten Worlds

Despite their narrow escape from the Issan, Zaer’s starship, the Da’Nelgur, was severely damaged. Vel and Shen have tried to fix the hyperdrive, and Nya is sound asleep. Their only chance to repair the ship to continue their journey to Ethal is a crime-syndicate-run remote city in interstellar space.

Yonder Station is not a place where anyone with sense wants to stay long, but it has its advantages. A home to salvagers, dealers, hustlers, and assassins, it is also a valuable trading post for the fringe of the galaxy, especially for information. The latest news is the Da’Nelgur’s involvement with the Issan and the mysterious portals.

A New Beginning
(Starfire Angels: Forgotten Worlds Book 1)
is a Fan Favorite

No Man’s Land: Volume 2 (Chronicles of Lost Elly)
by Sarah A. Hoyt

Book 2 of 3: Chronicles of Lost Elly

No Man’s Land

Sufficiently advanced science is indistinguishable from magic.

On a lost colony world, mad geneticists thought they could eliminate inequality by making everyone hermaphrodite. They were wrong. Catastrophically wrong.

Now technology indistinguishable from magic courses through the veins of the inhabitants, making their barbaric civilization survivable—and Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Kayel Hayden, Viscount Webson, Envoy of the Star Empire—Skip to his friends— has just crash-landed through a time-space rift into the middle of it all.

Dodging assassins and plummeting from high windows was just the beginning. With a desperate king and an archmagician as his only allies, Scipio must outrun death itself while battling beasts, traitors, and infiltrators bent on finishing what the founders started: total destruction.

Two worlds. One chance. No time to lose.

Volume 2

Skip thought he’d figured out the rules of survival on Elly.

He was wrong.

Now his potential allies from the Star Empire are turning up dead, one by one. Spies and saboteurs have infiltrated every level of Ellyan society, and Skip is running out of people he can trust.

As he races to save the king and archmagician—his only remaining allies—disturbing secrets about Elly’s culture emerge alongside buried truths about his own family’s past. One moment he’s explaining the bewildering concept of binary gender to confused Ellyans, the next he’s making impossible choices that could strand him on this world forever.

His last gambit is reckless. The odds of success are slim. And failure means losing everything—his mission, his allies, his only way home.

But some fights are worth the risk, even when the deck is stacked against you.

Sometimes the most dangerous enemy is the one you never see coming.

SECOND VOLUME OF THE BOOK NO MAN’S LAND -- this is not a complete story, it finishes in volume 3

No Man’s Land: Volume 3 (Chronicles of Lost Elly)
by Sarah A. Hoyt

Book 3 of 3: Chronicles of Lost Elly

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No Man’s Land

Sufficiently advanced science is indistinguishable from magic.

On a lost colony world, mad geneticists thought they could eliminate inequality by making everyone hermaphrodite. They were wrong. Catastrophically wrong.

Two worlds. One chance. No time to lose.

Volume 3

Skip’s idea of crisis management?

Stress baking. While he’s kneading away his anxiety, Eerlen Troz is fighting for his life—and his unborn child’s—in an ancient and familiar battle.

When saving Eerlen’s life requires forging an unexpected blood brotherhood, it creates something neither person anticipated: a memory bond between two worlds.

Through shared consciousness, they uncover a conspiracy that threatens not just Elly, but the entire Star Empire.

The plot runs deeper than anyone imagined. Lives, fortunes, and freedom itself hang in the balance. But exposing the truth means surviving long enough to tell it—and their enemies have other plans. Two minds. One mission. A universe-spanning conspiracy that someone will kill to protect.

When the fate of worlds rests on an unlikely brotherhood forged in blood and baked goods.

No Man’s Land: Volume 1 (Chronicles of Lost Elly) is a Top Ten Book

Fracture: Ziva Payvan Legacy, Part 1
by EJ Fisch

Book 4 of 5: Ziva Payvan

FRACTURE - \ˈfrak-shər\
1. to cause a crack or fracture in; break
2. to damage or destroy
3. the act or process of breaking or the state of being broken

Four years after the Resistance’s plan for retribution was foiled, the galaxy as a whole is at peace. The people of Haphez remain independent and free of Federation scrutiny thanks to a major sacrifice by one of their own. Those affected by the loss have found new purpose. Life goes on.

But peace is only an illusion. Tension is brewing between two major players in the galactic underworld. When commissioned with hunting down a rogue Haphezian assassin, Aroska Tarbic, Skeet Duvo, and Zinni Vax are drawn into that underworld, a place where anything goes and no one is innocent. A routine assignment turns into a matter of life and death as they find themselves caught in the middle of a gang war...and hunted by their own quarry.

As the conflict rages across multiple worlds, the search for this elusive killer pits the Alpha team against new enemies, introduces them to unlikely new allies...and leads them to cross paths with someone else they hadn’t expected to find. Someone who didn’t want to be found. Someone who may just be their only hope for survival.

Embers: Ziva Payvan Legacy, Part 2
by EJ Fisch (Author)

Book 5 of 5: Ziva Payvan

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EMBERS - \ˈem-bərs\

1. the smoldering remains of a fire

2. slowly dying or fading emotions, memories, ideas, or responses still capable of being revived

A silent war is raging through the far reaches of Fringe Space. Vying for territory and precious resources, the Niiosian Mob—governed by the calculating Tobias Niio—prepares for a showdown with the Ibarra Cartel and its ambitious leader, Alastair Manes.

After reuniting with Ziva Payvan and escaping the Ibarra-controlled world of Panuco, the Alpha team is faced with choosing a side in the ongoing battle between the two galactic criminals. But nothing is ever as simple as it seems, and an offer to help tilt the odds in the Niiosians’ favor draws them deeper into the conflict than they ever anticipated. With little faith in their tenuous alliance, they must stand together in order to protect both themselves and each other.

Meanwhile, haunted by the events of the past four years, Ziva is put to the ultimate test as she confronts the inner demons that threaten to consume her. With Aroska and her old team at her side, she must fight to regain control of her life and put an end to the struggle between Ibarra and Niio…which may just free her from her personal battles as well.

Dakiti: Ziva Payvan Book 1, Nexus: Ziva Payvan Book 2, and Ronan: Ziva Payvan Book 3 are Fan Favorites.

For Love of DoRA: Four Weeks on Temrihj
by Matt DiPalma

“I mean, my recruiter—”

“—is probably laughing his ass off right now.”

Stephen Winchek wants to be a cargo pilot, hopping between worlds through nice, safe areas of space. He’s willing to serve a few years with the Deep Space Imperial Navy to get the training and experience, then he plans to go commercial. His plans do not include learning to fly an archaic atmospheric jet fighter in an unwinnable war where the other side, the ones trying to kill him, are backward aliens flying antique prop planes… who are protected by his own government, which has declared the enemy to be an endangered species.

Then there’s his DoRA-212D’s AI computer, Alessandra, a female persona with an overwhelming sultry voice and an incipient case of morality. If the war is unwinnable, should she even consent to fight it? When she asks the other intelligent aircraft, they can’t answer her question and become equally troubled.

For Love of DoRA, historian Matt DiPalma’s first military science fiction novel, tells the story of a naїve, befuddled pilot struggling to survive a war he never even knew existed. Like the other pilots fighting with him, combat terrifies him, until he discovers he’s good at it.

MarsX (Remembered Earth)
by D.W. Patterson (Author)

Collects books from: Remembered Earth

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MarsX: A Novel
We will colonize Mars, just not in the way we think.
The decision will be made for us.
And out of desperation we will meet the challenge.

MarsX is a novel in the Remembered Earth Universe, a collection of short stories, novellas and novels extrapolating humanity’s near future.

See the author’s website, www.dwpatterson.com, for more information.

Note: Originally published as the novellas MarsX1, MarsX2, MarsX3.

Hard Science Fiction – Old School.

Burning Worlds and Morally Fraught Cosmos: Tales of Science Fiction and Wonder (Complete Short Fiction and Poetry of Joshua Hiles)
by Joshua Hiles

Soldiers of the stars seek fortune on a long forgotten colony!
A woman returns to the scene of childhood trauma to rescue a prince and bear the blade that drinks souls!
Former child-soldiers on a ruined Earth seek justice in the stars and from each other!
The Heel of All Heels redeems his career with a single punch delivered on a desert planet!
A spaceman looks for fame and fortune in the Marsian Fighting Rings!
All this and more awaits you within the pages of this volume! DO NOT MISS OUT!

A Little Trip Back: Tales of Time Travel, Alternate History, and the Past (Complete Short Fiction and Poetry of Joshua Hiles)
by Joshua Hiles

The Great War is resolved with a duel!
Pagan Rome is saved only to end in nuclear fire!
A father chooses between his family and time travel!
In an abandoned fortress an army of alternates fight and die, FOR HER!
A multidimensional war hinges on a tired laborer believing a homeless madwoman!
A man confronts himself in a hopeless attempt to change his own past!
Times and places are confused!
A cowboy Illiad plays out in the Ozarks!
A mob hitman becomes selective about his targets!
All this and musings and poetry!
Fire up the time-machine and come along!

Invasive Species
by Chad Olson

Seventeen-year-old Josiah has three goals: break out of prison, find his sister, and get back home. But when that prison is a giant orb-terrarium on an alien planet, his sister has been abducted to parts unknown, and his home planet of Earth is light years away, Josiah’s goals can seem as unreachable as the stars. On top of all that, the band of humans he’s stuck with is controlled by an iron-fisted ex-soldier who recently killed the only friend Josiah had. Josiah knows full well he might be next on the maniac’s hit list. Things are not much better outside the prison. The alien captors had seemed content to watch the humans like disinterested scientists observing animals in a zoo, but now their behavior is changing. Conflict has erupted between them, and even though they recently introduced a new human to the terrarium, a frightened girl Josiah’s age, the aliens have begun to ignore their prisoners and turn against each other, all of which may be tied to the seismic quakes that are beginning to rock the planet. Invasive Species is an edge-of-your seat alien invasion adventure that flips the script and asks the question – what if humans were the invaders? As Josiah and the other humans struggle for freedom, they discover that their forced immigration to this new world carries an even greater cost than they imagined. Can Josiah and the others bear this cost, keep their humanity, and make it to freedom before time runs out?

Prospector’s Run (Artifact Book 1)
by Kevin W. Bates (Author)

Book 1 of 3: Artifact

Holtz Mitsumi is desperate.

Mitsumi gambled everything to find lost tech on the First Stellar Civilization’s dead, shattered worlds. Massive riches were his if he won.

He lost.

Instead of wealth, he was saddled with a mysterious alien artifact that invaded his mind and instilled an iron compulsion to find its origin. But the artifact did not communicate with anyone else and appeared to be common manufactured diamond—as common as dirt and worth as much.

Broke and in debt, but driven to get back to the stars, Mitsumi is stuck. Mounting an expedition to find the object’s origin is impossible.

Then an enigmatic stranger corners Mitsumi. He claims to have solid leads to fabulous lost tech and offers to let Mitsumi captain a prospecting run, in exchange for a share of the voyage profits.

After scraping a crew together, Mitsumi embarks on one last run to finance his search. But the crew has secrets, some of them deadly. Before he knows it, Mitsumi picks up the perfect accessory for a struggling prospector—an implacable foe. Chased across the galaxy, Mitsumi wrestles with his unruly crew in an impossible bid to survive and find the artifact’s secret.

It’s a Star Trek, Firefly and Raiders of the Lost Ark mashup! Perfect for adventure lovers.

Join Mitsumi and his crew on their great adventure! Hit that buy now button!

Dr. Prometheus’ Steampunk Symphonies
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by Eric Nilles (Author), Chad Olson (Author), Debra Robric (Author), James Kenneth Rogers (Author), D.L. White (Author)

Welcome, dear readers. I, Nigel Prometheus, esteemed Doctor of Arts both physical and metaphysical, invite you to find a comfortable spot on your Chesterfield and crack open the leaves of this volume. But be wary of the uncanny, as you’re paging through. If you should perchance catch a tune floating on the air, as you wade through the words, it is likely just me, standing nearby, turning the handle of my gramophone. Indeed, it could be that. Or, alternatively, it could be that the stories herein have music all their own. Do you like music, dear readers? I confess I do, and that is why I have assembled this, my symphony of stories. Five movements in all, each one as marvelous and musical as the last.

Mumbai Singularity
by Nym Coy

This starts as a murder investigation.

It doesn’t stay one.

Inspector Krishna Mehta’s mesh antenna is broken. In a Mumbai where augmented reality overlays every surface, his glitching connection strands him in the raw city underneath.

That’s when he sees the marks.

Faint rainbow shimmers on people’s foreheads, invisible to everyone else. When the marked start dying from catastrophic brain haemorrhages, Krishna follows the pattern to a hospital shrine, a corporate conspiracy, and uploaded human consciousness running on living minds.

Someone is hijacking the gods themselves.

And the deeper he investigates, the more he realises the conspiracy isn’t just killing people.

The Lunatic
by I. C. Castle

In a dystopian future where the resentful Collective has seized the Moon’s luxurious colonies, Ali eagerly awaits the ultimate cosmic justice: an asteroid about to obliterate the privileged Factists left behind on Earth.

The Lunatic is a sharp sci-fi satire that exposes twisted ideologies in a tale of irony, entitlement, and human nature, where survival is secondary to schadenfreude, and fate has a wicked sense of humour.

Signals from Noise:
S.F. & F. Stories of Finding Meaning in Chaos
by Zaklog the Great (Author), Hari Seldon (Introduction)

Signals from Noise gathers seven speculative tales that ask what happens when the universe insists on being understood — and what it costs to listen. A priest and an astronomer piece together a message written across the stars in light-years and centuries. Two AI combat drones, stranded alive after their missiles misfire on Christmas Eve, quietly begin to wonder why they’re killing each other. A scholar stumbles into a power older than language, and finds it has been waiting for exactly him. A teenage boy buries his mother in a fractured America and walks out the door into the wilderness with only his wits and a robot dog at his side. A king discovers that mercy and brutality can be harder to tell apart than he ever imagined. A sailor rots in a cell where his captor will not speak a single word — and learns that silence itself can be a weapon, or a door.

Ranging from cosmic mystery to post-apocalyptic survival, from Arthurian-flavored fantasy to the cold mathematics of drone warfare, these stories share a conviction: that chaos is not the final word. Somewhere beneath the static, a signal is still transmitting. The question is whether anyone has the patience — or the courage — to receive it.

For readers of Ray Bradbury, C.S. Lewis, and Walter M. Miller Jr.

The Castaway Files: Space Junks
by Michael Morgan

In the far reaches of space, survival favors the stubborn, the clever, and the slightly unhinged. Space Junks is the first volume of The Castaway Files, a collection of gritty, pulp-inspired science fiction adventures where desperate crews, scheming governments, mercenaries, and machines collide in the debris fields of the future.

Pig Farm (Armageddon’s Child Book 1)
by Steffen Jack

Book 1 of 2: Armageddon’s Child

PIG FARM is an adult, sci-fi dystopian thriller set in a USA torn apart by civil war and environmental collapse. It’s told in third person with two POVs.

Caleb, an eighteen-year-old orphan, living under his uncle’s iron heel, dreams of a life away from his impoverished and violent religious community; all seems hopeless. That is until, a grave mistake at work makes him a criminal, driving him into the arms of a beautiful and rich woman named Ariel. She offers him more money that he has ever known, but his new-found freedom is not all that it seems as he and Ariel become enmeshed in a deadly trap and conspiracy that threatens to destroy all of humanity.

Samson Richter never meant to become a leading spokesperson for the United States of America. He was just another actor trying to get by against all odds during a civil war. Fifty years later, he’s in the twilight of his life and, though he’s rich and famous, he’s alone, without friends, and a slave to a corporation and government that he hates. In a world with no exits, he seeks escape and finds it.

Content warning: Pig Farm is 18+, drinking and smoking, sex, violence, and cruelty to animals (slaughter house), and thoughts of suicide.

No AI was used in the writing of this book and/or trilogy, nor was it used for the covers.

Intergalactic Omnibus (Captain Quasar Chronicles)
by Milo James Fowler

Collects all 5 books in the Captain Quasar Chronicles: Over 1,000 pages of humorous sci-fi action & adventure

Starfaring Adventures

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.

And Four More Exciting Tales!

Galen’s Blade: A Starquest 4th Age Adventure (Starquest: 4th Age Adventures Book 2)
by Richard Paolinelli

Dive into a Universe of Intrigue and Adventure with “Galen’s Blade”

Are you ready to explore the depths of space, where magic intertwines with technology, and destiny clashes with duty? Galen’s Blade, the eagerly awaited second installment in Richard Paolinelli’s Starquest 4th Age series, invites you back to a universe where every choice could alter the cosmos.

In the aftermath of the chaos left by the first book, Captain Galen Dwyn follows the trail of an ancient artifact that promises immense power or catastrophic destruction. As the crew of the Starquest navigates through political intrigue, interstellar battles, and betrayals within their ranks, Galen must wield his blade not just in combat but in diplomacy and strategy. Will he become the harbinger of peace or the catalyst for the galaxy’s downfall?
Why You’ll Love “Galen’s Blade”:

Epic Space Opera: Experience a blend of hard science fiction and fantasy, where starships sail through nebulae and knights wield enchanted swords.
Complex Characters: Root for or against characters whose motivations are as deep and varied as the star systems they explore.
Rich World-Building: Dive deeper into the Starquest 4th Age universe, with new planets, species, and lore that expand the already vast canvas painted by Paolinelli.
Engaging Plot: Follow twists and turns that keep you guessing, with action sequences that thrill and moments of quiet that reveal the heart of each character.

Grab Your Copy: Embark on a journey where every page turns like the pages of destiny. “Galen’s Blade” isn’t just a book; it’s an adventure waiting to unfold in your hands. Available now at all major bookstores and online retailers.

Hardcover for the collector’s shelf
Paperback for the avid reader on the go
Digital Edition for instant galactic travel

Join Galen Dwyn and his crew as they chart a course through danger, loyalty, and the unknown. Galen’s Blade - where every slice through the void could be the last, or the first of an era.

Don’t miss out. The universe is calling. Answer with “Galen’s Blade”.

Galen’s Heart: A Starquest 4th Age Adventure (Starquest: 4th Age Adventures Book 3)
by Richard Paolinelli

In the thrilling series finale of Starquest 4th Age, Harmool’s Galactic Empire has taken hold and rules the hominid’s corner of the Andromeda Galaxy with an iron fist and the fate of all within hangs in the balance.

Galen Dwyn and the Princess Rhiannon have taken refuge, along with the rest of the resistance, on a world with an impenetrable defense surrounding it as they plan a counter-attack.

As ancient prophecies unravel and long-buried secrets surface, Dwyn must navigate treacherous betrayals, harness ancient technologies, and confront his own destiny to save all he holds dear. Packed with pulse-pounding action, intricate world-building, and emotional depth, Galen’s Heart is the Starquest 4th Age finale that delivers an epic conclusion that will leave readers breathless. Join the quest—will courage and hope prevail, or will the stars fall forever?

Galen’s Way: A Starquest 4th Age Adventure (Starquest: 4th Age Adventures Book 1) is a Fan Favorite.

Politics Kills (White Ops Book 2)
by Declan Finn

Sean Patrick Ryan’s White Ops team has taken on impossible odds and walked away unscathed. But when Earth President Douglas Wills turns Earth into a prison camp, they will fight an entire planet to save their loved ones.

Along the way, they must unite hundreds of alien races against the looming threat from another galaxy and recruit allies that can only be reached through hyperspace filled with hostile space jihadis.

War may be Hell, but politics may kill them first.

Main Street D.O.A. (White Ops Book 3)
by Declan Finn

Sean Patrick Ryan’s White Ops team has survived two wars, pirates, a cannibalistic alien horde from another galaxy, space jihadis, and political maneuvering. Their boss thinks they deserve a break and sends them to the “happiest place in the galaxy.”

Luckily for Sean, terrorists take over the amusement planet before he can lose his mind.

To stop the terrorists, White Ops will have to battle a weaponized planet, including cloned dinosaurs, giant sharks, animatronic amusements and a doomsday device that will destroy the planet.

And when the deadliest assassin alive joins the fray, whose side will he be on?

White Ops is a Fan Favorite

Undercover Con Creature From Outer Space
by Arkie Fanning

Now it can be told. The undercover activities of a poor con creature just trying to earn a dishonest living in a world that he does not understand. Can the poor creature survive the forces aligned against him? Can he avoid the cruel Government agency that only wants to dissect him? Can he survive the friends that only want to use him for their own nefarious purposes? Can he finally get back to his own planet where he can con his own kind? These questions and all the answers to the universe are answered in this book. Well I did make part of that last sentence up. Read the book to find out which part.

Save Hitler
by Arkie Fanning

Save Hitler! Reardon must find a way to prevent the premature death of Adolph Hitler to ensure that mankind has a chance to prevent the extinction of the human race.

Lucky Thirteen (Frontlines)
by Marko Kloos

The story of rookie pilot Lt. Halley’s first drop ship command. (A short story in the Terms of Enlistment universe.)

Trooper A1: The Purple Blitzkrieg (The Trooper Series)
by Gabrielle Marie Kozak (Author), Corinna Meadows (Editor)

Book 1 of 4: The Trooper Series

She lost her brother...just not the way she thought.

Moira Whyte refuses to believe the bloody evidence that confirms her brother’s death. Instead, she begins to hack into Encephalon, the underground network built to subjugate the entire world.

She’s right. Her brother isn’t dead.

He’s worse than dead.

What to expect: A slow-burn opening, following with globally escalating stakes and grounded military sci-fi action.

Trooper A1: The Purple Blitzkrieg is the first novel in the four-book Trooper Series.

Trooper A2: “Little Trooper” (The Trooper Series)
by Gabrielle Marie Kozak (Author), Colette Petrizzi (Author), Corinna Meadows (Editor)

Book 2 of 4: The Trooper Series

He was raised to be safe–but he was born to be something else.

When Evolet Whyte first meets his real parents and siblings, they shatter his view on life–forever. His mother has a story. Does he trust her–or does he believe what history itself tells him?

The truth won’t wait for him to find it in the skyscrapers and the classrooms. It’s coming to find him–and it could destroy both Evolet and his new-found family.

To survive, Evolet must discover and awaken the “Little” Trooper within.

Trooper A2: Little Trooper is the second novel in the four-book Trooper Series.

Trooper A3: Exterminate
by Gabrielle Marie Kozak

Book 3 of 4: The Trooper Series

SHE DIDN’T CHOOSE MOTHERHOOD-BUT RESPONSIBILITY CHOSE HER.

From a college campus to a Texan laboratory, Jasmine Whyte is beginning to realize that her adult life isn’t going to be the peaceful future she fought for as a teenager. Old ghosts and new threats would like nothing better than to tear her from her dreams-and her family.

Jasmine isn’t a mother. But there are children who need her help.

And she can only help them by letting them into her own broken life.

Trooper A4: The Wolf Conquest (The Trooper Series)
by Gabrielle Marie Kozak (Author), Corinna Meadows (Editor), Colette Petrizzi (Editor)

Book 4 of 4: The Trooper Series

Blood will tell...whether she wants it to or not.

Via Dawes isn’t just another rebellious teenager growing up with her cousins. Her defiant airs disguise a heart that’s bleeding to belong.

Who was–is–her father? Why is her mother in an asylum?

And does she really matter?

Trooper A4: The Wolf Conquest is the fourth book in the Trooper Series. Recommended as the series entry point, this book is the escalation and finale of the entire set.

Killing Time
by Gabrielle Marie Kozak

Her parents just died in a car crash. Now she’s waking up in the hospital—and someone is trying to kill her.
The police are right there.
But not to save her.
To arrest her for a crime committed when she was three years old.
Pietro Dola thought his career was normal...until he lands up in a hospital room with a team of police just in time to save the life of an orphaned teenager he was supposed to arrest.
He’s beginning to ask how Elvira Thyme can be the serial killer...
when the serial killer is hunting Elvira.
One girl.
One man. One woman.
And time.
Killing Time is a short story about a girl whose future life and present beliefs are about to collide...and neither can survive in cooperation with the other.

Stand Alone
by John Van Stry

Chase had it all planned out, do a little time in one of the emperor’s jails, say a four year stretch for getting rid of some trash that no one would miss, and when he got out, the path to the leadership would be wide open. It wasn’t enough to be one of the gang’s rising stars, or better lieutenants, he needed jail time, serious jail time — not that juvie crap or just going to county, to garner the respect he needed and deserved…

Unfortunately his bastard of a father, the same one that left his mother to die in poverty and him to run wild on the streets took an interest. Seeing him sitting on the bench when his case went to court was a shock. But not as big a shock as being sentenced to ten years in the Imperial Navy.

That's just the first of Chase's nasty surprises as he finds himself among the Emperor's Own - The Wolfhounds. How, and why, his bastard father sent him there is a secret that only the base AI knows the answer to. When that same AI decides to use Chase to fulfill its own orders, Chase soon finds himself in a situation where if he doesn't die honorably in combat due to the enemy, his own side will arrange those circumstances for him.

Unfortunately for everyone involved, Chase is proving to be just as tough of a bastard as the man who sent him there.

CyberPub: Tales of the Crossroads Tavern Regulars
by Michael Gallagher

WELCOME TO THE CROSSROADS. WE’VE GOT HE CURE FOR WHAT AILS YOU.

The universe can be a rough place, and few places are rougher than Resnick VII. In this far-flung, scantly regulated corner of the system, every killer for hire, private investigator, working stiff and plain old desperate soul comes through the Crossroads Tavern. Boniface Ahern owns the joint, pours the drinks and connects people with problems with people that solve them—for a cut.

Debt collections gone sideways, high society girls disappearing into the night, tragedy, revenge and things man was never meant to know—These are the tales of the Crossroads Tavern regulars; a bunch there ain’t nothin’ ‘regular’ about.

Drones Above Hell Below: Power Metal Alien Slayers
by Eric Kay

Drones Above, Hell Below is an ode and homage to all the 80s and 90s action movies about aliens: ID4, Aliens, Predator, or even Starship Troopers, stories where soldiers must combat the unknown alien forces to survive (or die trying).

It was supposed to be a payday, now it’s payback

It should have been easy money: survey a metal-rich hell-world, collect hazard pay, go home rich and marry the girl. But easy money never is.

When Killian and his crew arrived, they expected crushing gravity, toxic ammonia winds, and endless iron dunes. They didn’t expect their own drones to turn on them. Something deep and ancient signals from beneath the surface. When the swarm strikes and friends fall, Killian makes the only call he can: abandon the claim, pull a risky emergency-jump home with a dying crewmate, and default on the loan. But chance and the universe have their own ideas. Now, Killian must decide to return and discover what really happened below, while keeping another eye on the high-tech military force which demands answers.

In a tech-stack where anything could be hacked, you can only trust the soldier next to you.

A relentless and inventive military sci-fi thriller of mystery, action, and first contact gone catastrophically wrong.

Souls in Silicon: Tales of AI Confronting the Infinite
by Jeff Duntemann

Veteran computer tech writer Jeff Duntemann turns his talents to the challenges that “strong” artificial intelligence may face in this, his latest collection of SF tales. Stories include the novelette “Borovsky’s Hollow Woman” (written with Hugo and Nebula Award winner Nancy Kress), “Guardian,” (nominated for the Hugo Award), “The Steel Sonnets,” “Marlowe,” “Silicon Psalm,” “Bathtub Mary,” “STORMY vs. the Tornadoes,” and “Sympathy on the Loss of One of Your Legs,” plus excerpts from his novels of strong AI, The Cunning Blood and Ten Gentle Opportunities.

China Harbor: Out of Time
by S. T. Gaffney

Sheila Reilly, once a prominent research physicist aboard the Wells Explorer, now an American refugee living in China Harbor after the Millennium War destroyed America, has barely survived the last 5 years. Sheila’s very life may now depend on the secrets she keeps. Even from Yam, the man she loves and who has helped her eke out an existence for the last 2 years. Discovery of the wreckage of the Wells Explorer sets in motion a chain of events wherein Sheila must come to terms with her past and is given an opportunity by the enigmatic ancient Lin Yi to change history, but perhaps at the price of losing everyone she now loves. Suddenly everyone in China Harbor is looking for her, from General Chen, the conflicted head of the often brutal People’s Guard and the villainous Colonel Kwan, who will stop at nothing to get the power he wants, to one mysterious stranger out of Sheila’s past, who started it all so very long ago. As Sheila races against time to save the past, no one in China Harbor who has touched her life is safe, from an innocent produce vendor to Yam’s young daughter who longs for Sheila to take the place of her dead mother. Approx: 180,000 words (This would be the equivalent of 450 pages in a trade paperback. Average novel is 100,000 words.)

Pirates of the Asteroids: The Belter Series: Book One
by Eric Martell (Books2Read Link)

All Adam wanted was a girlfriend. What he got was betrayal and exile to the asteroid belt.

He arrives at the beginning of a revolution and is thrust into becoming a pirate.

Adam didn’t study that in school, but he is about to figure it out.

This story is set against the background of the asteroid belt and filled with a mixture of existing technology and new inventions. It is a near-future space war that provides what every reader wants: entertainment, adventure, humor, tragedy, and a little romance.

PNW Affliction 14: Six Sands
by Chance Paladin (Author), Gem Gem (Illustrator)

Book 14 of 23: PNW Affliction

The focus of PNW Affliction goes to the free state of Six Sands where an old blight has returned to the land, and it threatens everyone! PNW Affliction book #14: Six Sands Pacific Northwest Affliction 14: Six Sands

Light Up the Night
by Holly Chism

Dane Crockford is tired. Tired of the green energy crapping out and leaving his wife Rose gasping for breath when their air conditioning dies, tired of trying to hide his use of his own solar panels from the nationalized electrical company, and tired of worrying about his daughter and son-in-law, trapped in an abusive indenture program to pay off their student loans. He’s not the only one, either. Everyone in his home town is in a similar situation, many of them with their children doing dangerous jobs without pay to offset crippling student debt. So when his grandson Toby accidentally discovers an energy generation method that isn’t wholly owned by the federal government, he jumps on the possibility of building something that works, in spite of and around the federal monopoly.

But what the monopoly doesn’t realize is that their grip on Dane, and on his home town, is far less secure than they think. When they disconnect his house from the power grid, they have nothing to hold over him, to force him to work for small rebates on his monthly bill. The utility has unleashed the power of a cranky old man with a rare skill, and they’ve got no idea that they’ve tossed the pebble that starts an avalanche.

“Holly Chism is one of the great, unappreciated authors of our generation. Her work reminds me a lot of Clifford Simak’s.” - Sarah A Hoyt, author of Darkship Thieves

I’m The Beautiful But Evil Space Princess Who Rules A Galactic Empire But Really Wants To Leave People Ruthlessly Alone!: Volume 1
by Nathan C. Brindle

Book 1 of 3: I’m The Beautiful But Evil Space Princess Who Rules A Galactic Empire But Really Wants To Leave People Ruthlessly Alone!

Alice is the Imperial Princess Regnant of the Galactic Empire. At 22, she has been thrust into power after her father (the Emperor) and her two older brothers have all died in various ways. Her Imperial Chancellor, Lord Rupert, does everything he can to support her, but has somewhat different ideas about how the Empire should be run than did his late Emperor.

Alice has one major problem: She cannot be crowned Empress Regnant until she marries and produces an heir.

But Alice, being kept busy three days a week by interminable audiences with petitioners, and the rest of the week with what she terms “mostly busy work”, has no real way to meet young men -- well, reasonably eligible young men, anyway, and of her own age -- with whom she might eventually take up and form a household. And she chafes at the necessity of trying to rule, hands-on, an Empire so huge it cannot be truly ruled by any one person to begin with.

She just wants to leave people alone, as her father and his predecessors did for centuries.

Then, into her life walks the Crown Prince of a planet many, many parsecs away from the Capital Planet...and her life begins to take on a life of its own...

City Beyond Time: Tales of the Fall of Metachronopolis
by John C. Wright

Metachronopolis is the golden city beyond time. Ruled by the Masters of Time, who can travel freely throughout the multitudinous time lines of Man’s history, the city is a shining society of heroes and horrors. For the arrogant Masters, who steal famous men and women out of the past and bring them to the eternal city for their amusement, are not only beyond time, but beyond remorse and retribution too.

CITY BEYOND TIME: Tales of the Fall of Metachronopolis is John C. Wright’s mind-bending and astonishingly brilliant take on time travel. Utilizing a centuries-spanning perspective, Wright expertly weaves a larger tale out of a series of smaller ones. Part anthology and part novel, CITY BEYOND TIME is fascinating, melancholy, frightening, and a true masterpiece of story-telling by one of the most important and audacious authors in science fiction today.

John C. Wright is the Dragon Award-winning author of SOMEWHITHER, THE GOLDEN AGE and AWAKE IN THE NIGHT LAND.

Quarantine
by Kevin W. Bates

Hunzuu is desperate to find the One World.

The world on which the Son of God, the Anointed One was born and lived as a human. Hidden from the Commonwealth of Worlds’ trillions of inhabitants, the One World’s location is unknown. While working as an engineer aboard the star freighter Sittace, Hunzuu stumbles on a shadowy plot involving the One World. Vowing to find the One World and protect it, Hunzuu embarks on a journey that will lead him to dangers he could never imagine and a contagion that threatens the Commonwealth.

Space Fleet Academy: Year One
Jon Del Arroz & Vox Day

Book 1 of 4: Biostellar

Humanity chose to suffer. The alternative was extinction.

When genetic engineering nearly doomed the species, humanity made a desperate bargain: let the frontier do what nature intended. Harsh colony worlds. Brutal selection. Children dying on planets designed to test them. Two centuries later, the Mandate has kept humanity alive, but at a price no one is allowed to question.

Cadet Constantine Ramsey questions it anyway.

As a frontier colonist at Earth’s Space Fleet Academy, Constantine keeps flinching at the hard calls, and finds himself being outperformed by the cadets who don’t. Then colonies start going dark. Whole worlds, no survivors, no explanation. With senior classes rushed to the frontier, Constantine is thrust onto an unprecedented first-year team at the Inter-Colonial Games, the highest-stakes competition in human space. When catastrophe threatens all four colonies at once, he faces the choice the Academy trained him to make, and makes the one they never expected.

Some officers are made to follow orders. Real leaders are made to give them.

Start the journey today! Grab your copy of Space Fleet Academy: Year One, the first book in a new military SF series perfect for fans of Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, Old Man’s War by John Scalzi, and Star Trek.

Space Fleet Academy: Year Three (Biostellar Book 3)
by Jon Del Arroz & Vox Day

Book 3 of 4: Biostellar

The deadliest lessons aren’t taught in class.

Third-year cadets don’t just take classes at Space Fleet Academy. They lead them.

Constantine Ramsey and his cohort are assigned to lead a first-year survival course in Earth’s most unforgiving wilderness, the first full-immersion program of its kind. No simulations. No instructors watching from a safe distance. Real terrain, real consequences, and a generation of raw recruits who don’t yet understand the difference between a mistake and a casualty.

Constantine knows the difference. He learned it the hard way.

But something is wrong in the backcountry. Equipment fails in ways it shouldn’t. First-years go missing on routes that should be clean. And when the threat stops looking like an accident, Constantine has to lead cadets who still trust authority against something that has already beaten the people who were supposed to protect them.

Year Three was supposed to be about preparation to become an officer. It turned into a test that no one expected.

The Mandate built the Academy to create leaders who make hard choices. In his third year as a cadet, Constantine is beginning to wonder if the hardest choice is deciding who the real enemy is.

Space Fleet Academy: Year Three is the fourth book in the BIOSTELLAR series and continues the military SF series perfect for fans of Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein, and The Expanse. The training wheels are gone. Now find out what these cadets are actually made of.

New Arrivals in Fantasy

The Devil & Representative Corcoran:
Solving the Problem of Theater Kids in Politics
by Jabez Stone

When Representative Travis Corcoran jokes that America needs “a final solution to the problem of theater kids in politics,” the regime media of New Hampshire erupts into moral panic. As censure proceedings descend into ritual humiliation, an unsettling stranger named Mr. Scratch arrives to preside over the spectacle. Beneath the golden dome of the State House, outrage becomes hysteria, politics becomes theater, and something infernal answers the call. In the final supernatural reckoning between plain speech and political theater, can the old granite spirit of New Hampshire survive in a chamber claimed by darker powers?

A short (8 page/1600 word) gothic political fantasia in the spirit of The Devil and Daniel Webster, The Devil and Representative Corcoran blends satire, supernatural horror, and American folklore into a tale of private conscience, public shame, and the eternal temptation to trade stubborn honesty for fashionable lies.

The Devil and Daniel Webster
by Stephen Vincent Benet

The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benét is a darkly American tale of temptation, eloquence, and the soul of a nation. When a desperate New Hampshire farmer bargains away more than he intended to a mysterious stranger known as Mr. Scratch, only the legendary orator Daniel Webster stands between him and eternal damnation. Blending folklore, courtroom drama, political myth, and supernatural horror, Benét’s classic story transforms the American republic itself into a battleground between liberty and corruption, conscience and ambition. Written with thunderous rhetoric and Yankee wit, it remains one of the defining works of American fantasy literature.

Franko Blade of the Shattered Star
(Tales of Wyverly) Now On Preorder!
by Matthew Linton

He won her heart, but now he might lose his way

Without a home to call their own, young Franko and his father, Ringo, lived their lives venturing across the kingdom of Wyverly as traveling merchants. They moved about from town to town finding work and opportunities whenever they arose. They lived a simple and care-free life, sleeping under the stars and letting tomorrow worry about itself. Just the way Franko liked it.

But when they are ambushed by a violent cult called the Garelians, Franko loses everything that matters to him. After narrowly escaping with his life, he now seeks vengeance at any cost, even if it means joining up with a dark and mysterious figure who once haunted him. One known as The Forest Demon.

He joins the Wyverly Guard and rises up the ranks, rekindling an old flame with a childhood sweetheart along the way.

Now, he must make an impossible decision: love or revenge, the future or the past.

Franko must choose his path… even as The Forest Demon holds a dark secret that could change everything.

Rivo: Blade of the Shooting Star is a Fan Favorite

Blade and Staff for Hire
by K.M. Carroll

Book 1 of 1: Blade and Staff

Bayan Avanar is a warrior of whom the bards sing. He travels the lands, seeking his promised bride and slaying monsters with a fiery spellblade.

After two years of searching, Bayan arrives in sunny Leon and at last finds clues pointing to the girl he has only seen in visions. Accompanied by a young half-elf healer Charles Whitmore, who joins him in his quest for a wife, Bayan must confront the monsters in his path if he is to rescue the girl of his dreams.

Kesara Francesa has dreamed of her dark warrior for months and is terrified that he brings her death. But this dark warrior is her only hope, for her time is running out: on Midsummer’s Night she is to be sacrificed to raise an ancient god. Only Bayan Avanar, legendary warrior, can save her now.

Contains no smut, lots of action violence, the soul mates trope, and a couple of bros on a road trip.

Islesworn (After Atlantis Book 4)
by K.M. Carroll

Book 4 of 10: After Atlantis

In a world where everyone develops superpowers at puberty, James Chase is an aspiring superhero, dreaming of having his own popular HeroTube channel. But when practicing his powers opens a portal to an island in another dimension, he unwisely posts this video to HeroTube. It goes viral and James finds himself in over his head. The networks want him. The villains want him. And worse, he has tapped into one of the lost secrets of Atlantis, one that many people would kill to steal.

Now James must join forces with his roommate Indal, along with a super on the wrong side, and an irritable nonhuman inhabitant of the island, if he wants to save the world--and himself.

High Magic Lowlife Vol. 1: Tara the Girl from Earth
by Richard Darlington

Book 1 of 1: HIGH MAGIC LOWLIFE

No more terrible disaster could befall your people than for them to fall into the hands of a Strong Female Character.

Don Roland Gaster built his fortune on risk, muscle, and knowing the streets of Mitsam, a collapsing magical megacity ruled by living gods. But when a deal with the Merchant Association collapses in terror and immolation, he’s left holding an undelivered package, missing a vault’s worth of gold, and staring at the smirking face of a woman who just committed Deicide. Now he has to convince everyone else that the gods can bleed, and that he hasn’t gone mad for noticing.

Tara claims to be from another world, and she has the baggage to prove it. Raised in the gutter and running from her life on the curb, she’s not like other girls: she’s a disaster raised on dumpsters and dumb luck. Now she’s been drafted into a war, and she’s into it. She pulls one thread. The world unravels. You’re welcome.

The city burns. Gods die. Don wants his gold back, the gods intact, and the city stable. Tara just wants Don out of her way. Every clash of their spite and greed drags them closer to killing each other, and every loss decides whether Mitsam survives… or collapses into spectacle.

The Isles Called Strife (Valorian’s Children)
by J. M. Goodwin

Book 1 of 1: Valorian’s Children

You are not who you believe yourself to be.

Atlas of Messana thought he was a normal man from a normal town, where nothing ever happened and no one ever went. Vivienne Gracebound thought her angelic heritage and years of training had made her ready for all the trials her knightly order could throw at her.

But when an implacable foe threatens to drown their Republic in an ocean of blood, they’ll find that they – and their motley cast of companions – are far more important than they ever imagined.

Thrust into the vanguard of a secret Legion expedition, and with only a single ship at their disposal, this crew of misfit heroes will have to learn to work together if they’re to overcome the Republic’s most sinister foes. To survive they’ll battle demons, duel with deadly beasts, and uncover the hidden machinations of the Abyss itself, all in a quest to keep their nation safe...

Or die trying.

The Princess Seeks Her Fortune
by Mary Catelli

In a land where ten thousand fairy tales come true, Alissandra knows she is in one when an encounter with a strange woman gives her magical gifts, and another gives her sisters a curse. And she knows that despite the prospects of enchantments, cursed dances, marvelous birds, and work as a scullery maid, it is wise of her to set out, and seek her fortune.

Blood Song: A Novella of The Wells of the Worlds
by Robert Mullin

Related to: The Wells of the Worlds

In BID THE GODS ARISE, readers were introduced to the hardened gladiatrix, Dania. Now, in this standalone prequel novella, we learn the story of how the orphaned pickpocket comes of age and grows to become the Blood Goddess of the gladiatorial arena of a distant world. Young Dania never imagined a life beyond the caravan and her cutpurse youth, but when she is kidnapped and sold as a slave, her life takes a violent turn. Raised in the barracks of a pit-fighting compound, she yearns to return to her beloved home. Misled, used, and betrayed, will she choose freedom ... or revenge?

A Time to Die
by Robert Mullin

In the Shoan Empire, the Navanan menace casts a dark shadow, their crimson and gold banners heralding destruction. For Ianoah Dulnun, a Warden of the Temple, the conflict is deeply personal—his son, Ravani, lost to the bloodthirsty zealots. Driven by grief and a thirst for justice, Ianoah embarks on a perilous mission to confront the very heart of evil in the Sacred City. As he battles inner demons and questions the dictates of the divine Source, Ianoah must navigate a treacherous path between duty and defiance. Amidst ancient stars and interstellar maelstroms, "A Time to Die" explores the limits of faith, the weight of loss, and the enduring quest for redemption in a universe on the brink of war.

Wyrd Gods (Timelessness Book 1)
by Susana Imaginário

Book 1 of 4: Timelessness

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The God of Time wants to destroy Eternity.

A mysterious immortal seeks vengeance.

And a reclusive deity does what no god should ever do: she answers a prayer.

As punishment, she is stripped of her powers and trapped in a mortal’s body.

Now a Wyrd – a fated god – she is haunted by the memories and thoughts of her host and must hide her true identity in order to survive in Niflheim, the rival Norse Underworld.

There she discovers the afterlife is not quite what it used to be. Niflheim’s new ruler threatens the precarious balance of a world overrun with outcast deities and mortals alike.

To save her own sanity and find her way back to the stars, she must help the other Wyrd overcome their grievances to defeat this enemy, but those who would be her allies appear to have motives as hidden as her fragmented consciousness.

And yet it seems the greatest threat to her freedom comes from within, and the prize it seeks is her immortal soul...

‘A clever blend of Greek Mythology with Norse Cosmology’

‘A Fantastic start to a new style of fantasy.’

‘Mythological slipstream at its best!’

To Trick a Trickster: Timelessness Book 0.5
by Susana Imaginário

Related to: Timelessness

Psyche is a willful mortal held prisoner by the god of love.

Loki is a mischievous god driven by his lust for power.

Together they will break the universe. And their own hearts.

Asterius (Timelessness) is a Fan Favorite

Fear the Reaper
(LitRPG Gamelit Apocalyptic Cultivation Fantasy)
(The Dungeon Apocalypse Book 1)
by C.J. Carella

Book 1 of 3: The Dungeon Apocalypse

The world is about to change, and not in a warm and fuzzy way.

The System has arrived. Soon, magic will permeate the entire planet, society will be disrupted, and Dungeon-spawned monsters will walk the Earth. A few lucky people - or unlucky enough to merely become the first to die - have been given the honor of becoming Exemplars. Granted superhuman abilities, Exemplars have the power to help or torment their fellow humans before Integration happens.

This is one of their stories.

Collapse: Collapse series book one, a post-apocalyptic, coming of age novel.
by Angela D. Shelton (Author), Clifford Fryman (Illustrator), Deirdre Lockhart (Editor)

Cities lie in ruin. Resources grow scarcer by the day.

As millions succumb to the aftermath of a global catastrophe, seventeen-year-old Jan must transform from a typical teenage girl into her family’s fiercest protector. Armed with nothing but their hunting rifles and unwavering determination, she and her family fortify their rural Georgia home against the ruthless marauders who stalk the shadows of this new world.

But in a reality where yesterday’s neighbors can become today’s threats, Jan grapples with an impossible dilemma: can she hold onto her humanity while fighting to preserve everything she holds dear?

Collapse is a pulse-pounding young adult survival story that delves deep into the heart of what makes us human when humanity itself seems lost. Through Jan’s eyes, readers will experience the raw emotion, gut-wrenching choices, and unwavering hope that can emerge from the ashes of devastation.

Perfect for fans The Hunger Games and Divergent, Collapse delivers a clean yet compelling tale of courage, family bonds, and the indomitable spirit of those who refuse to break when their world falls apart.

Start this gripping journey into survival today and discover how far one girl will go to protect those she loves in a world determined to take everything from her.

The world collapsed yesterday, start reading today!

Kingsman’s Bride: The Thanesman Chronicles Book 2
by V. A. Boston

Book 2 of 2: The Thanesman Chronicles

A desperate search. Forbidden desire. A city divided.

Three years ago, country noble Sephia Lyrs lost contact with her friend and former mentor, Korena Iegam. When her childhood friend, Hestar, offers to bring her to the Ithaenian capital of Thenika, Sephia takes the chance to discover the fate of her missing friend. But danger awaits them in the city. An increasing population of the half-fae Asgradi, refugees of their own tribal wars, generates civil unrest. What’s more, after one such incident Sephia catches the eye of the dashing commander of the city guard and younger brother of the king,

Prince Aganectus. A man whose attention could bring with it disaster.

Will Sephia’s quest for Korena lead to reunion? Or ruin?

Find out in the second book in The Thanesman Chronicles

Thanesman: The Thanesman Chronicles Book 1 is a Fan Favorite

The Last Battle: Book 3 of Sean’s Saga
by Eric Tanafon

Book 3 of 3: Sean’s Saga

Hey, it’s Sean again. The Last Battle is looming, but that’s not my only problem. Runnymede Island is locked in the ice of Fimbulwinter. Fiona is lost somewhere even the Norns don’t know about. Arturo’s roaming the Iron Wood as an outlaw. And Parvati? Cast into an enchanted sleep inside a ring of fire. Not to mention our upcoming midterm: a friendly game of water polo--with sea serpents.

Can I squeeze in my first (and last) solo quest through the waters of Urd’s Well, save my Valkyrie from a fate I’m pretty sure is worse than death, help Arturo get his berserker mojo back, and unmask the final traitor before he (literally) stabs us in the back, all before Ragnarok hits us like an angry iceberg and all those prophecies of doom finally come true?

The smart money says no. But it’s going to be one Hel of a ride.

The Road to Hel (Sean’s Saga Book 1) and The Well of Time: Sean’s Saga Book 2 are Fan Favorites.

The Moonlight Pegasus: A Standalone High Fantasy Novel
by C. A. Sabol, C. S. Johnson

Book 1 of 2: The Moonlight Pegasus

Sapphira is a desert world with little plant life, where the people live in the shadows of gray sunlight, sickened by the Dark Plague. To cure the people, the Guardian of Dreams sends the Spirit of Truth to bring the light back into his darkened world. In the form of Pegasus, he enters the world through the pure, innocent dreams of Selene, the reluctant princess and heir-apparent to the throne. Now, with her brother Dorian as king, another rebellion is stirring. All eyes are turning to Selene to bring peace through an arranged marriage. However, Selene only has eyes for her true love—her protector, Etoileon. As the rebellion unleashes its fury upon the kingdom of Sapphira and the supernatural forces collide, Selene is caught in the middle of all conflicts—the battle for her world, the battle for her love, and the battle for her very soul.

El Pegaso de la Luz de la Luna (The Moonlight Pegasus) (Spanish Edition)
by C. S. Johnson (Author), C. A. Sabol (Author)

Related to: The Moonlight Pegasus

Sapphira es un mundo desértico con escasa vegetación, donde la gente vive bajo la sombra de una luz gris, debilitada por la Plaga Oscura. Para curar a su pueblo, el Guardián de los Sueños envía al Espíritu de la Verdad a restaurar la luz en su mundo sumido en la oscuridad.

Con la forma de un Pegaso, él entra al mundo a través de los sueños puros e inocentes de Selene, la reacia princesa y heredera al trono. Ahora, con su hermano Dorian en el trono, se gesta una nueva rebelión. Todas las miradas se vuelven hacia Selene para que traiga la paz a través de un matrimonio arreglado. Sin embargo, los ojos de Selene solo están puestos en su verdadero amor: su protector, Etoileon.

Mientras la rebelión desata su furia sobre el reino de Sapphira y las fuerzas sobrenaturales colisionan, Selene se ve atrapada en medio de todos los conflictos: la batalla por su mundo, la batalla por su amor y la batalla por su propia alma.

One Night of Moonlight: A High Fantasy Novella
(The Moonlight Pegasus Book 2)
by C. S. Johnson

Book 2 of 2: The Moonlight Pegasus

Years after Sapphira’s battle against the Dark Plague, Princess Selene has grown up - and so has her daughter, Terra.

Despite her mother’s numerous stories and the affirmation of her friends and people, Terra sees the world as a place that still welcomes darkness, and she wonders if the Dark Plague is really gone - and if Pegasus was truly as real as her mother says. When tragedy strikes, Terra is faced with the haunting question of whether or not she can believe - and whether it really matters in the end.

Bid the Gods Arise: Book One of The Wells of the Worlds
by Robert Mullin (Author), Michael Lynch (Illustrator)

Book 1 of 2: The Wells of the Worlds

Kidnapped from his home and sold into slavery on an alien world, Maurin joins an unlikely band of misfits attempting to overthrow the sadistic head of the slave ring. Enraptured by the mysterious mute Talauna, Maurin struggles to let go of his past and open his heart to a new life. But vampiric alien gods have set their sights on Maurin’s cousin, whose visions may be the key to unlocking the apocalypse. Bid the Gods Arise is the first novel in The Wells of the Worlds, a dark sci fi fantasy series for adults and new adults.

Forsake Not the Gods:
Book Two of The Wells of the Worlds
by Robert Mullin (Author)

Book 2 of 2: The Wells of the Worlds

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The god-king is dead, and the Reamar’s queen now reigns supreme. From Darkhorn Fell, the Gray Lands spread like a sickness, draining life from all they touch. Maurin, scarred from battle yet chosen as the Source’s sword of reckoning, is thrust into a desperate struggle to save not only those he loves but the very soul of his cousin Aric—whose bond with the Reamar may doom them all.

As the Reamar legions rise and ancient Wells blaze open, destinies entwine across worlds: Talauna searching for her voice, Valasand and the Wardens rallying resistance, and Siaran, a priestess of the enemy, torn between loyalty and redemption. Caught in visions, betrayals, and impossible choices, each must decide whom to trust and what to forsake.

Forsake Not the Gods continues The Wells of the Worlds saga with an epic tale of divine war, haunting sacrifice, and the fragile hope of redemption.

Dusk: Runemaster Saga Book 1
by Rey Clark (Author)

Book 1 of 4: Runemaster Saga

Supernatural Myths & Legends Come to Life in Historical Fantasy Novel Dusk

In the chaotic aftermath of Pearl Harbor, there are more problems to worry about than a mainland strike. Mira discovers she’s not an ordinary young woman, and there is more to the world than the war in Europe. There is a war fought every day on the streets of Chicago; between monsters and immortal protectors. An intuitive fusion of Norse and Greek Mythology, Christianity, Louisiana Voodoo, and Germanic Folklore paints a diverse story with compelling characters. Dusk establishes a sense of magical realism lurking beneath the surface of history. What if historic events are shaped by myths and legends pulling the strings in the background? What if all the stories are real?

Ladies, Fish, & Gentlemen (Ladies of Los Cristobal Book 1)
by Michael Morgan

Book 1 of 2: Ladies of Los Cristobal

Ana’s mother always insisted on the proprieties for young ladies, but she never prepared her daughter for the snake pit of Los Cristobal. Political factions wrestle behind the illusion of a free city, each plotting to seize control for King and Country. Beneath the city, a secret society has begun unlocking the powers of ancient sorcery, but they lack something. Something secret. Something stolen from them by Ana’s father, and now they are coming to take it back. Sometimes, a young lady must do some very unladylike things to stay alive.

Ladies, Fish, & Gentlemen is a swashbuckling historical fantasy tale with magical realism undertones set in a pre-colonial North America that never was. Shamanistic ritual, the miracles of Holy places, and lust for the power of resurrected technologies drive men mad in the struggle to control the destiny of the New World. A footpad, a vampire, and the native Kiawah people may be Ana’s best allies against the coven of sorcerers trying to murder her.

Signs Of Venus & Of Mars: Ladies of Los Cristobol Book 2
by Michael Morgan

Book 2 of 2: Ladies of Los Cristobal

To her enemies, she is La Guerrera Ferosa.
To her troops, she is La Hermanita.
To her lover, she is Cara Mia.
To herself, she is terrified.

“A knight has his armor, as do we women. Our battlefields and methods may be different, but both require the appropriate costume.” A month after Ana Lezama de Urinza spoke those words the truce that kept the peace in Los Cristobal lies in ruins, and every hand is turned against every other. Sometimes, a knight’s armor is the only way for a young lady to stay alive.

Romance, magic, and swashbuckling adventure combine in this action-packed sequel to Ladies, Fish, & Gentlemen

The Lost War
by Karl K. Gallagher

It was supposed to be a weekend of costumed fun. Instead these medieval historical reenactors are flung into a wilderness by magic they don’t understand. They must struggle to survive and deal with monsters who consider them prey . . . or worse.

“Karl Gallagher’s first production, the Torchship Trilogy, was good enough so that I read and reread it. He has now turned his hand from science fiction to fantasy.”

- Professor David D. Friedman, Professor, Santa Clara University, author of The Machinery of Freedom and Salamander

- Also known as Duke Cariadoc of the Bow, KSCA, OL, OP, founder of the Pennsic War.

Sign of the Black Lotus: Sword and Seventies: Vol. 3 (Sword & Seventies)
by Erik Waag

Book 3 of 3: Sword & Seventies

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A Supernatural Action Thriller.

Heavy metal. Muscle cars. Battle-axes. Ancient evil.

Samuel just wanted a good breakfast and a day off with his best girl Teresa before seeing the heaviest band on the planet. Black Lotus.

Instead, Father Leo Sanguinetti, a member of the Ancient Order of Chandlers, drags him in to a high-octane war against Alban Alexandre Lésiner, a French existentialist and insane sorcerer. He and his cult of haute couture weirdoes are bent on tearing open reality itself in downtown Chicago.

It’s the end of the world, and the concert might be cancelled.

If you like fast-paced action, Lovecraftian horror, blue collar heroes, and cinematic car chases, Sign of the Black Lotus will grab you by the throat and not let go.

The show starts at 7:30.

And Hell is headlining.

Princess of the Shrouded Mountain: Skarde: The Wandering Sword
by Erik Waag (Author), Daniel P. Riley (Editor)

Book 3 of 3: Skarde: The Wandering Sword

Skarde, the wandering sell-sword with a fantastical past, rides into the unknown with his trusted companions; Belgeti, a cunning horselord, and the enigmatic Zlata. What begins as a rumor of hidden treasure leads them to a strange stronghold isolated from the world—an astonishing gateway to a true land of the lost.

There, a forgotten realm hidden by towering mountains is ruled by ancient forces. Stone-age tribes wage brutal war, monsters stalk the night, and dark sorcery twists the fates of those who dare enter. A scheming high priest plots from the shadows, kingdoms battle for dominance, and a sultry, hedonistic princess tempts Skarde… but for what purpose?

For the companions, survival calls for more than steel and strength; it demands wit, nerve, and uneasy alliances. Every path forward reveals new threats and deeper mysteries. Each step tightening the grip of this prison-realm with stone walls that pierce the sky.

Will they escape… or is this lost land determined to claim them forever?

Life or Death: an ancient legend
by Gabrielle Marie Kozak (Author), Corinna Meadows (Editor)

Someone once told Aura Eienno to face her fears.
Now the people around her are dying.
Not once.
But again. And again.
The same deaths—repeating, escalating—until the entire city turns on to the girl who has never quite belonged.
Aura has always tried to do the right thing.
But now her greatest fear is this:
that she might be the killer—
and not even know it.
And somewhere in the background, the Legend of Creation is being rewritten—
into something where Life might actually have a chance.

Dragon’s Teeth (Hunter Healer King Book 3)
by Mel Dunay

Book 3 of 3: Hunter Healer King

The name’s Chloe Fortebat, and I need to find my mother.

Maxim and I are engaged...except we might not be able to marry. His late mother may have been too closely related to mine, and the only person who can answer that question is a woman who abandoned me as a child and hasn’t been seen since. We’ve come to the capital to find her. Unfortunately, the capital has a monster problem.

A candidate for Emperor was mauled near the Beast Garden, and the Prime Minister wants to put Maxim’s name forward as a replacement. Something is stalking the city streets. And mixed up somewhere in all of this is a signet ring marked with a face that is half woman, half dragon, pointing to something older and stranger than either of us bargained for.

We came looking for answers about the past. What we found may kill us both, if it doesn’t make us stronger.

For fans of Lindsay Buroker and Patricia Briggs: here is a dual POV gaslamp fantasy with monster hunting, slow-burn romance, and a reluctant king facing his destiny. Book 3 and conclusion of the Hunter Healer King Trilogy.

Crystal King (Riland Throne Book 1)
by John M. Olsen (Author)

Book 1 of 3: Riland Throne

FAMILY - HONOR - BETRAYAL

The royal council of the Riland Kingdom has been shattered, its leaders slain or scattered. The kingdom is in chaos. With Baron Stoutheart and the rightful heir both missing, the burden of command falls upon Gavin Stoutheart, a youth better known for defiance than duty.

Untrained in rule and hunted by invading forces, Gavin must lead a desperate evacuation of castle servants, frightened peasants, and small children through a land already burning with was as enemy forces close in from the north.

Armed with nothing but a sharp tactical mind and forbidden crystal magic, Gavin must choose whether to cling to the rules of a fallen kingdom, or break those rules to save his people.

In the chaos of war, only one side can prevail.

For readers who miss old-school classic fantasy.

IRON MAGIC
by T. M. Bridgeland

Book 1 of 1: Iron Magic

The wind blows from the sea to the mountains, bringing snow and rain in season, creating a paradise so enchanting that the first inhabitants named it ‘Eden’. This year Eden was invaded and sacked. The books were burned, and fanatics hunted and killed the few who still studied the old knowledge of magic.

Maac-Kail, a young sorcerer, flees to the ancient city of Selzburg in search of allies strong enough to aid his people.

In Selzburg, a new power is rising. A local craft guild has uncovered an ancient book revealing the secrets of dark magic, long lost and nearly forgotten. Maac-Kail hopes to ally with these new sorcerers, though he knows and fears the source of their power.

His plans go awry immediately, when a princess is abducted and circumstantial evidence points to him as the perpetrator. He reveals his magical power during his escape, shocking the sorcerers of Selzburg with his abilities.

Now a wanted man, Maac-Kail still hopes to turn the sorcerers from enemies into allies. With the help of an abusive girlfriend, a small-time con-man, a street boy named Rat and a possibly possessed horse, he has to somehow clear his name, and gain the sorcerers’ aid against their common enemy.

To my readers, thanks. Loved it, hated it, or indifferent, I’d appreciate knowing what you think of Rat and Mr Kail. Please rate it on Amazon.

The Tale of Jon Handshaker
by Thomas Bridgeland

Jon’s famous, for all the wrong reasons. A childhood prank gone wrong means everyone knows who he is, making him the perfect fall-guy. He’s now accused of murdering his brothers, his father, and even the king. Trackers using alien beasts, malicious ancient technology, and the lure of an outrageously large reward are hunting him across the Middle Kingdom. Even the crows seem to be after him.

Jon is trying to figure out who is behind it all. It’s all part of a plot to steal the kingdom, but who is the instigator? Free City kings, the Middle Kingdom Blood, or even hidden agents of cursed Mother Earth?

Jon wants vindication, even revenge on the men who murdered his family. But first he has to survive the man-hunt, figure out who is responsible, and find a way to get back at them. His only allies are an idiot, a whore, and a fat thirteen-year-old boy.

Sci-fi and Fantasy. Magic and machines. Murder and revenge and romance.

Nothing Happened and This is The Report
(The Bureau of Imaginary Problems)
by Ross Hathaway (Author)

Book 1 of 3: The Bureau of Imaginary Problems

IMAGINARY PROBLEMS ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS KIND.

That’s why no one is supposed to notice them.

Hidden inside the federal bureaucracy is a quiet agency tasked with handling things that must not be acknowledged, because the moment they become real, they become powerful. Cryptids, buried histories, unexplained phenomena, rumors that refuse to stay rumors: the Bureau of Imaginary Problems exists to ensure these things remain effectively imaginary.

Most days, that means paperwork. And cake. And pretending nothing happened.

But when a routine investigation uncovers connections between old legends, polluted creeks, forgotten civilizations, and creatures that refuse to stay in one story or one timeline; the Bureau faces its worst fear: a problem that keeps being believed.

As cryptids negotiate their place in the modern world, Time itself pushes back against containment, and oversight committees demand answers they don’t want, the Bureau must do what it has always done best: smooth reality, bury the truth, and protect the public from stories that could make the world unmanageable.

Because belief creates meaning.

Meaning creates agency.

And some problems can only be solved if everyone agrees they were imaginary all along.

Darkly comic, sharply satirical, and unsettlingly plausible, Nothing Happened and This Is the Report is an urban fantasy about myth, memory, and the dangerous comfort of not knowing—where the greatest threat isn’t what lurks in the shadows, but what happens when people start paying attention.

After-action paperwork pending.

The Black Swan’s Bond
by Joseph L. Wiess

Book1 in The Law Keepers Chronicles

In the frozen town of Eola, where silence hides old sins, mercenary Balgair finds more than refuge from war—he finds Heather, a broken woman haunted by loss and hunted by those who would see her bound again. When he defends her from a brutal enforcer, their fates entwine in a bond neither expected and both must learn to trust. But shadowed eyes watch from beyond the firelight, and the gods’ will stirs in mortal hearts. As darkness gathers over Crann Na Beatha, love and loyalty may prove the last bulwark against the rising storm.

The Sheriff’s Oath
by Joseph L. Wiess

Book 2 in The Law Keepers Chronicles

Eola was once a quiet frontier town. Now it stands on the edge of collapse. An unnatural winter has buried the settlement beneath endless snow, choking trade routes and isolating the town from its neighbors. With the sheriff murdered and the town's leadership scattered, lawlessness spreads through the streets. Criminal guilds grow bolder by the day, preying on a population that has no one left to protect them. Captain Balgair Moeldr, a seasoned mercenary of the feared Black Swan company, never intended to remain in Eola. A simple stopover turns into an unexpected delay when relentless storms trap him in town.

At his side is Heather, a young woman he recently rescued from a brutal life and who is slowly learning to trust again. While attempting to contact his commander through a magical communication crystal kept in the county offices, Balgair discovers just how deeply the town's leadership has failed. With the mayor, town mage, and captain of the guard gone, the responsibility of maintaining order has fallen to a handful of overwhelmed officials struggling to keep the system from collapsing entirely. As Balgair learns more about the situation, he faces a decision that could change the course of his life.

Accepting the vacant position of sheriff would mean abandoning the wandering life of a mercenary and committing himself to rebuilding a broken town. It would also give Heather-and others like her-a chance to live without fear. But restoring order to Eola will not be easy. The criminal guilds have grown powerful in the absence of leadership, and darker forces are beginning to stir beyond the town's borders. An ancient god newly freed from imprisonment gathers followers in secret, while the unnatural winter hints that the struggle ahead may reach far beyond the frozen streets of a single frontier town. By taking the sheriff's oath, Balgair places himself between the innocent and those who would prey upon them.

And in Eola, keeping that oath may prove more dangerous than any battlefield.

By Law & Flame (The Law Keepers Chronicles Book 3)
by Joseph L. Wiess

Book 3 in The Law Keepers Chronicles

In the frontier town of Eola, on the snow-blanketed plains of Saorsa, a former mercenary captain is finding that enforcing the law is only the beginning of his troubles. Balgair Moeldr - once the feared Chain-Maker of Ananke, now newly appointed Sheriff - has traded his soldier's life for a desk, a badge, and a complicated household. When his long-absent bond-partners Amelie and Nell finally arrive by sky-transport, their reunion is everything he hoped for.

But peace in Eola is fragile. Beneath the warmth of hearth and family, something ancient and corrupt stirs beyond the gates. By Law and Flame is a character-driven fantasy set in a richly imagined world where elemental magic flows through the earth, polyamorous bond-families are woven together by spiritual oaths, and the gods occasionally descend into someone's kitchen. Following Balgair and his growing family - including the quiet, steadfast Heather and the grief-haunted scribe Delilah - the story weaves together intimate domestic drama with mounting supernatural threat. Bandits on the roads, a deposed mayor rotting in the jail, a child orphaned by violence, and whispers of chaos-goddesses pulling strings in the dark: the Sheriff's work is never done.

With a cast of fully realized characters navigating loyalty, desire, grief, and belonging, this novel blends the warmth of found-family romance with the tension of a world where law and chaos are locked in an older, more cosmic struggle. Drawing on Celtic and fantasy linguistics, a magic system built on elemental bonds, and a society shaped by goddess-worship and honor oaths, By Law and Flame delivers a story that is as tender as it is tense.

Perfect for readers who love low-violence epic fantasy with romantic depth, chosen-family dynamics, and worlds that reward close attention.

The Draoidh’s Cearcall
by Joseph L. Wiess

Book 1 in The Draoidh’s Cearcall

When Rhyslin, a white-haired draoidh of formidable but unstable power, leads a band of mercenaries to save a hin-i-balanath village, he expects another battle against raiders and beasts. Instead, he finds himself caught in the tangled designs of queens, goddesses, and ancient prophecies. His victory over an Orcan warband leaves him broken and unconscious, but it also awakens the interest of powers far greater than he imagined.

Amid shifting alliances, Rhyslin attracts those willing to risk everything for him: Flur, the fierce young heir of Clann na Coille; Ilyriatri, a queen weary of her crown; and Vuuroena, her spirited daughter with a destiny of her own. Together with elemental beings and a ship that sails the skies, they form a cearcall-a circle of bonds forged in love, loyalty, and sacrifice. Yet each bond deepens the dangers, for Rhyslin’s power grows with them, and so does the attention of the divine.

Across storm-swept plains of the Saor-shealbeahn nan Rointean Mora,, council chambers, and shadowed battlefields, the Draoidh’s Cearcall must face not only enemies of flesh and steel but also the haunting truth: that the gods themselves cannot see Rhyslin’s future. And what cannot be foreseen may yet change the fate of Saorsa.

Rich in myth, sensuality, and the clash between freedom and duty, The Draoidh’s Cearcall is the beginning of an epic tale where intimacy and law, passion and prophecy, stand side by side. It is a story of chosen family, dangerous love, and the forging of bonds strong enough to defy both death and destiny.

Praise for The Draoidh’s Cearcall

The prose is beautiful. It fits so well with the story. It reads like high fantasy in all the best ways.
— Jenny Homan - Bottled Embers
As always, the language is hypnotically good. It carries you away into another realm.
— Bill Hiatt - Author of The Spell Weaver Series

The Draoidh’s Gambit
by Joseph L. Wiess

Book 2 in The Draoidh’s Cearcall

The Draoidh’s Gambit follows Rhyslin Darkblade, a draoidh whose return home aboard the sky-galleon Dawn Breaker sets the stage for a sweeping tale of political upheaval, ancient magic, and the shifting balance of power across the Saorsa. Rhyslin, accompanied by his loyal companions Marcus and Ria, reenters a homeland threatened by forces both old and newly awakened. The land itself seems restless, and rumors of invaders, lost creatures, and gathering shadows push him quickly back into leadership.

As the Hin I-Balanath clans seek full citizenship within the Saorsa, Rhyslin becomes a key figure in easing tensions between freeholders, warriors, and long-estranged peoples. His role expands beyond draoidh and advisor; he becomes mediator, strategist, and the binding thread of a growing coalition. Through political trials, council debates, and delicate negotiations, he works to unify factions that historically distrust one another. The work is complicated by a resurfacing threat: the revelation that drakes and Drachen—long believed extinct—still live, and that invaders from beyond the realm have begun probing its borders.

Rhyslin’s household grows as well, both in responsibility and in love. His bonds with Ria, Flur, Rowena, and later Rana shape his emotional journey, grounding him amid rising turmoil. The story weaves these personal connections with mystical elements—dryads, magical bonds, ancient groves, and living land-spirits that acknowledge him as Mac Draoidheachd. Each encounter reveals more about the deep magics of the world and the role Rhyslin is destined to play in preserving its balance.

As political and supernatural conflicts mount, Rhyslin and his companions uncover layers of plots involving restless kingdoms, forgotten powers, and enemies who have been moving in silence for years. Threats emerge from across borders and between planes, forcing Rhyslin to confront dangers once thought myth. In council chambers, on the open plains, and within sacred groves, he must navigate treachery, shifting alliances, and revelations that shake the foundations of the Saorsa.

The tension culminates in the struggle to integrate the Hin I-Balanath clans while preparing for greater conflicts on the horizon. Rhyslin’s calm leadership, strategic clarity, and compassion prove essential as he guides both family and nation toward an uncertain future. The Draoidh’s Gambit blends character-driven storytelling, vivid magical realism, and sweeping political drama, all centered on a draoidh whose heart, wisdom, and power draw disparate peoples together against the coming storm.

The Draoidh’s Accord
by Joseph L. Wiess

Book 3 in The Draoidh’s Cearcall

In the world of Crann Na Beatha, where ancient gods still whisper and shadow magic bends the boundaries of life and death, alliances are forged not only by treaties—but by bonds of the heart.Ria, queen of the desert people, returns home carrying a secret that will change the fate of her nation. She has willingly given her bond to Rhyslin Darkblade, the mysterious and powerful Mac Draoidheachd, and with that choice she must surrender her throne. Her abdication forces long-divided peoples to confront an uncertain future, one in which tradition, love, and survival stand in fragile balance.At the same time, Flur—Rhyslin’s youngest bhanna—is sent through the shadows to find her mother, Allanagh, and the Mountain Queen Mayana. Her journey leads her to an ancient tomb and long-buried truths about kings, bloodlines, and the sacrifices made to hold the tribes together. As queens step down and new leaders rise, the long-delayed treaty meant to unite the free peoples of the land hangs in the balance.

But peace is threatened by forces far older than any mortal ruler. A disruption in divine bonds signals the escape of a dangerous trickster god from Skullcap, the prison of the gods. The goddess Astinmah herself comes to Rhyslin’s halls with warnings of chaos stirring unseen, and the presence of the legendary Ciad-fhir—guardians of the divine—confirms that something terrible is moving in the shadows.

While rulers and gods maneuver, Rana, a young warrior under Rhyslin’s protection, trains with the reclusive master Marcus to learn not how to win battles, but how to survive them. Through blade, magic, and cunning, she begins to understand that true strength lies not in brute force, but in adaptability and will.As old loves are revealed, secret bonds exposed, and ancient promises recalled, Rhyslin finds himself at the center of a web of loyalties that span mortals and immortals alike. With three bonded women at his side and the fate of several nations resting on his counsel, he must help reshape a treaty that could bring unity—or ignite war.

The Draoidh’s Accord is a tale of sacrifice and sovereignty, of love chosen over power, and of a world standing at the edge of divine upheaval. In a land where magic walks beside mortals and gods still laugh in the dark, the future of Crann Na Beatha will be decided not by crowns alone, but by the courage to trust, to change, and to stand together against the coming storm.

Tell No Tales
by C. Chancy

Some nights it just doesn’t pay to rise from the grave....Corbin wants to uncover the truth behind her death at a demon’s hands. But her memories have been shattered by the grave, and even with footloose Sighted mechanic Devon Fortunato helping her search for answers, a restless ghost is up against the darkest spells and lies of the living. If they can’t unravel who sabotaged the Cunning Folk circle’s spellcast defenses, the child Corbin meant to protect will suffer a fate worse than death. Corbin’s notes hold clues, but the broken circle would rather die than admit the truth....

Confessions of an Occult Detective
by C P Webster

“Over the years, I have often been asked what a ghost looks like... Well... Sometimes they look like ordinary, solid folk. Sometimes they are like the wraiths that have been so spookily realised on the silver screen. Sometimes they seem as if they are interacting, and sometimes they are like sad tape recordings, appearing and disappearing in an eternal, ever-repetitive role.

But sometimes they are not good to look at, at all...”

In this volume are six uncanny accounts of the paranormal as experienced and recorded by Vernon Smith, occult detective. And throughout his memoir, Smith reveals a world that lies just beyond the veil, a place where dark things yet lurk...

Bound by Blood (A Supernatural Thriller):
Michael Chang Case Files Book 1
by Kit Sun Cheah

Book 1 of 1: Michael Chang Case Files

Michael Chang walks a hard path: the path of the shaman.

For those seeking guidance, he reads their fortunes and offers counsel. For those suffering from unexplained diseases, he provides healing. And for those tormented by spirits, he exorcises them.

Called upon to cleanse a cursed flat, Michael discovers a sordid history of black magic and family secrets. When the job spirals beyond his control, he must call upon his allies—both human and otherwise—to lay the unquiet ghosts to rest.

Swan Knight’s Sword (Moth and Cobweb Book 3)
by John C. Wright

Book 3 of 3: Moth and Cobweb

Gilberic Parzival Moth is a strange and lonely boy who has grown up without a father, raised by a single mother who moves from town to town in fear of something she will not name. His only friends are animals, with whom he has always been able to speak. And after surviving his bewildering encounter with the two kings of Elfland and their many strange and wonderful and terrible subjects, as chronicled in FEAST OF THE ELFS, Gilberic finds himself honor-bound to travel to a house of living death called the Green Chapel.

Accompanied only by his faithful dog and following the directions of a talking horse, Gilberic must go against his beloved mother’s wishes and go in search of the Green Knight, the mysterious giant who is said to dwell in the chapel, and whom he had previously beheaded. SWAN KNIGHT’S SWORD is the third and final book of THE GREEN KNIGHT’S SQUIRE, the first volume of MOTH & COBWEB, an astonishing new series about magical worlds of Day, Night, and Twilight by John C. Wright.

John C. Wright is one of the living grandmasters of science fiction and the author of THE GOLDEN AGE, AWAKE IN THE NIGHT LAND, and IRON CHAMBER OF MEMORY, to name just three of his exceptional books. He has been nominated for the Nebula Award, for the Hugo Award, and his novel SOMEWHITHER won the 2016 Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel at Dragoncon.

Possum Creek Massacre: A Paranormal Police Procedural (Witchward Book 2)
by Cedar Sanderson

Book 2 of 2: Witchward

Detective Amaya Lombard sees the unseen—and pays for it with a chrome hand and a broken past. When a reclusive woman is found murdered in an abandoned Kentucky farmhouse, her body cursed to return to the scene, Amaya is pulled into Possum Creek’s shadows.

Ancient wards hum with rage. A heart has been ritually removed. And a band of young occultists is harvesting magic from the dying. With help from a no-nonsense local deputy who’s getting too close for comfort and an elderly hedge-witch named Merlin, Amaya must unravel a web of blood magic before the curse claims her too.

Oath to a Warlock
Denton Salle

Peng planned to continue to serve the Master in the stables. After all, magicians lived forever. Qian thought that she would care for her niece and marry who the Master said to. Neither of them expected the Imperial Censor to come

Yaros wasn’t happy with the plan of impersonating the Censor and his retinue. All to keep an oath given to a warlock. How much blood would be shed for a traitor?

When magics and weapons clash, nothing goes as planned. And more than two lives are changed

A fantasy novella set in a China where Rus Vikings changed history.

Lovecraft Lied
by Denton Salle

Lovecraft got so much wrong. His Mythos stories also made working at a small New England college hell. Most of the librarians drink heavily to cope with weirdos asking to see the secret collections. The provost was arrested for defacing Lovecraft’s grave. To cope, the university created a foundation to continue the studies that his work ruined.

Bloody Sepulchre
by Michael Finney

In the shadows of Nueva España, tensions escalate between the indigenous population and their colonial masters, Mikicia finds himself captured by the Inquisition and an ambitious soldier, Vicente. While their past has common threads, they fray in the present as a result of conflict and duty. Will one man’s rebellion ignite a fire that consumes them all?

The sequel, For the Love of God (Hands on the Bible Book 2), is now in pre-order!

Draw One In The Dark
(The Shifter Series Book 1)
by Sarah A. Hoyt

Book 1 of 5: The Shifter Series

Deep in the Colorado Rockies, Kyrie Smith has mastered the art of keeping secrets: like how she turns into a panther at will, or how she’s trying to solve a string of shifter murders while serving up the daily special. But she’s not the only one with something to hide.

Take her coworker Tom Ormson—your typical guy next door, if your typical guy could transform into a dragon and might have accidentally killed someone. Then there’s the lion-shifting cop investigating the murders, a guilt-ridden father, and a trio of dragon shifters hunting for something called the Pearl of Heaven.

As if navigating a world of supernatural intrigue wasn’t complicated enough, Tom’s falling for Kyrie, discovering powers that shouldn’t exist, and learning that trust is a two-way street paved with decades of secrets. In Goldport, Colorado, where the coffee’s always hot and the shifters are always watching, solving a murder might be the easiest part of Kyrie’s day.

Welcome to small-town life where everyone has something to hide—and some of those secrets have scales, claws, and a tendency to roar.

New Arrivals in Young Adult

Trade Offs: A story of Josh & Argos
by Zaklog the Great

Book 4 of 4: Josh & Argos

In the no-longer-united states in 2036, Josh Hartlove, a tech-savvy teenager, survives alone with the help of his robot companion Argos. But when soldiers come to reclaim the robot as military property, Josh realizes sometimes alone is not enough, and the cost for help is opening up his secrets. With Argos vanishing over the horizon, Josh must decide who to trust and who to turn away, and hope that he can move fast enough and smart enough to save his best friend.

…But Verify: A story of Josh & Argos is a Fan Favorite

The Relater (Change in Truth Book 1)
by Terry Grignon

Coming of age can be difficult on Emily’s World if your parents are dead. Then add in a lethal assassin hard on your trail. But could you make it if a nameless threat lurks in every shadow? Menc will have to face these and other long hidden truths to survive in order to tell the story.

The Stryber (Change in Truth Book 2)
by Terry Grignon

Menc’s adventure starts up immediately after the climactic end to ‘The Relater’. He’s learned how to properly use his new special ability so both Pera and Kein are out of his way. The stryber should have loads of time to improve his relating skills. But there are other challenges on the road ahead that Menc and Dreegur know nothing about.

Arthur and the Werewolf (Arthur and the Griffin Book 4)
by Michael A. Putlack (Author), Michael Putlack (Author)

Book 4 of 4: Arthur and the Griffin

A werewolf is killing people in Harford, the capital of the Kingdom of Eldenmere.

When Prince Baldwin asks Arthur and his friends for help, they travel to Harford to hunt the monster. But fear is spreading through the city, nobles are turning against one another, and Arthur soon realizes the danger is far greater than a single creature.

Someone inside the castle is plotting against the king.

As the full moon approaches, Arthur, Chad, Heather, and Reginald must uncover the truth before the kingdom falls into chaos. But while investigating the attacks, Arthur discovers something even more disturbing:

The monster may not simply be hunting victims.

It may be hunting him.

Arthur and the Werewolf, the fourth book in the Arthur and the Griffin series, is a fast-paced fantasy adventure filled with danger, mystery, betrayal, and secrets that can change a kingdom forever.

The rest of the Arthur and the Griffin series are Fan Favorites.

Sherlock Hamster: Books 1-3 Omnibus
by M. Anthony Harris

Sherlock Hamster is a smart mouthed, quick thinking, hard-nosed P.I. who has a knack for finding himself in the middle of fur-raising situations and deadly dangers from notorious ne’er-do-wells.

Whether it’s being framed for a theft he didn’t commit, finding kidnapped collogues taken by brazen bad-guys, or hijinks in a haunted house, you’ll be sure to have fun accompanying Sherlock Hamster on his first three adventures that have been compiled into this omnibus.

Boy’s Own Starship
by Christopher G. Nuttall

Book 1 of 2: Boy’s Own Starship

Young brothers Eric and John, eager to break free from their earthbound lives, rebuild a starship from scrapped freighters. Joined by their reluctant sister Maryam as their guardian, they chase their missing parents’ legacy among the stars. it’s a dangerous galaxy out there, full of con artists, traitors, space pirates, and stranded space liners. The siblings work together to outsmart their enemies, save their ship, and achieve their dreams.

Inspired by Heinlein’s Juvenile classics, this thrilling adventure weaves action, hard-earned lessons, and unbreakable family bonds. Will the crew of the Max Jones conquer the galaxy or return to Earth defeated? Join their exhilarating journey of courage and discovery!

The Search for Macadamia: a Quest Most Noble
by RG Halleck

HOW COULD AN ENTIRE CITY SIMPLY DISAPPEAR?

That’s what Spencer Delucian wants to know.

On his twelfth birthday, his dad sends him off with his chatty terrier on a global expedition to rediscover the lost city of Macadamia—a place no one has heard of.

Spencer knew there’d be dangers, but he never imagined he’d earn a new bloodthirsty enemy at every stop.

Nonetheless, it is a noble quest. Really.

Well, mostly. There is some larceny, but only from bad guys. And some accidental swindling. And one or two broken bones.

But with courage, cunning, and help from his friends . . . it still might not be enough. Because what if Macadamia isn’t even real?

WINNER, 2021 UTAH ORIGINAL WRITING COMPETITION

Sponsored by the Utah Department of Heritage & Arts

“thoroughly entertaining...no clichés and no falling back on what’s already been written...a chance for young readers to visit places in the world that many might never have heard of.” -Leah Pileggi, multiple award-winning author of Prisoner 88

New Arrivals in Drama, Thriller, Literature, Poetry

Trophies (NATO Rapid Response Team)
by J. Gunnar Grey

Part of: NATO Rapid Response Team (4 books)

** “A wonderful blend of everything -- mystery, paramilitary-style action, romance, family saga. Not a grab-bag of ingredients carelessly tossed together, but magnificent strands woven together into intricate, mutually supporting patterns.” J Yendor **

The two halves of his world are about to collide…

Captain Charles Ellandun lives in two worlds. With NATO’s Rapid Response team, he rescues embassies in trouble and takes drinking water to villages shattered by earthquakes. Between assignments, he stays with his Aunt Edith in Boston, where she sponsors art shows at the local gallery. It’s all very civilized and satisfying, with occasional bursts of mayhem and violence as seasoning.

But then the war savages his unit — and him. It implants a ferocious, repeating memory that he can’t shake. Then someone murders Aunt Edith. And then someone tries to run him over with a Suburban. Unless he wants to be the next one dead, he must figure out why she is.

Like it or not, Charles must dig into her past and haul it into his present. Even if it costs him the stability he’s fought so hard to achieve. Even if it costs him his life.

** “Charles ... reminded me of a few vets ... at the VA Medical Center... Grey has a unique way of ... taking you from present time to days gone by each time giving you something more... Charles even with war torn memories delivered it in the end. These guys are often forgotten or abused in many books like this.” Logic101 **

** “Good story.” gayle ury **

Calling Crow (The Southeast Series Book 1)
by Paul Clayton

Book 1 of 3: The Southeast Series

1555. Calling Crow is haunted by his recurring dream of the Destroyer who will one day lay waste to his village. Then Spanish colonial slavers from the island of Hispaniola arrive on the shores of the Southeast, lands that have been home to the Muskogee people for generations. Calling Crow and another brave are taken and bound into slavery. Life in the gold pits and slave camps is humiliating and brutal, but Calling Crow refuses to let them break his spirit. Aided by a kindly priest, Calling Crow vows to learn the language and ways of an overwhelmingly powerful enemy in order to eventually save his own people. But first he must regain his own freedom.

The Castaway Files: $50 a Day Plus Expenses
by Michael Morgan

In the shadows of the city, trouble always finds someone willing to take the case. The Castaway Files: $50 a Day Plus Expenses gathers four gritty detective stories where the stakes are high, the streets are dangerous, and the truth rarely comes cheap.

The Saving of the City: A poem in Alliterative Verse
by Timothy Witchazel

Sing now the song Of the city besieged
And our salvation unlooked for On the verge of their victory.
The Sultan of the Sandlands Sent forth a sorcerer
A master of magics Mighty and malign
And loosed his legions To lay our walls low.

From author and award winning poet comes a fantasy retelling of the story of the Battle of Vienna in 1683, where Polish winged hussars rode to the rescue of the besieged city and won the day with the largest cavalry charge in history.

Voices of the Dead: Battling the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878: A Novel
by John Babb

Her patients are dying. And it’s not just the yellow fever that’s killing them.

Yellow fever. In 1878, the words sent shivers down the spines of anyone living near a body of water. From New Orleans, up the Mississippi River to Memphis and beyond, thousands of people sickened and died during that terror-filled summer.

A determined band of volunteers fought for their patients’ lives. A Creole nurse traveled north from New Orleans to help, bringing with her a very special necklace. An Irish chambermaid learned nursing and put her life at risk trying to lower her patients’ fevers. A Jewish physician volunteered despite lacking immunity to the virus. A fisherman became one of the first black policemen in the South when the white force was decimated by the disease.

Priests, sisters, reverends, rabbis, hearse drivers, gravediggers, retired military, an unashamed madam, a gambler…

Some survived. Others paid the ultimate price. And with patients dying from something that wasn’t yellow fever, only one person could hear the voices of the dead and help.

The Greek Gambit (Nuke Response Team Alpha Book 1)
by Charles A. Salter

Book 1 of 2: Nuke Response Team Alpha

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Along the North Carolina coast, random people are aging decades in days and dying within a week. Suspecting some weird new form of radiation, the Pentagon sends its top secret Nuke Response Team Alpha to investigate.

Team chief Colonel Blake Hunter is on vacation in Greece when unknown agents try to kill him and kidnap his young family. What horrifying new weapon have the terrorists created? How can Hunter stop them when his wife and children are in the danger zone?

Ferry Crossed the Mercy
by Wilson Toney

The fifth book in the Insects mystery series. This time Bug and Roche investigate the missing millions of a financial firm. As usual they find that not all things are as the first appear. The man that may or may not have swiped millions is also a pious man with a strong Church affiliation. Is that a front? There are blackmailers and crooks and private eyes all searching for the missing man, and more so for the missing millions. Leave it to Bug and Roche to peel away all the layers of the onion to get to the most acrid part of the vegetable. There are murders and beatings of course and a ferry that plays a central role in the drama. Follow the further adventures of Bug and Roche and match wits with them and their meat as they find the man, and the millions.

Revolution Manor
by M. Anthony Harris

Sir Samuel Percy saw it coming.

The Dialectic revolutionaries—preaching justice while sharpening their knives—have already toppled one empire.

Now they’re about to burn the capital, and the House of Lords refuse to listen.

With his wife and daughter safely away, Percy turns his quiet estate into a fortress of traps, arrows, and cold steel.

Only he and his lethal Oriental servant Fang remain when the mob smashes through the gates, howling for noble blood.

One minor lord. One blood-drenched night. One last stand against the revolution.

Revolution Manor—where civilization ends… and the killing begins.

The House of War
Book One Of : THE OMEGA CRUSADE
by Carlos Carrasco

America is on her knees!

The once-great nation has been reduced to an economically-crippled, terror-plagued, third-world country. Extremism rules the day. Demonstrations erupt into riot at the drop of a slur. The people are desperate. Blocs of states threaten secession while the government desperately tries to hold the country together. America’s enemies, sensing their opportunity, close in for the kill.

One man rises out of the chaos with a vision for the future. Is he a hero or a villain, savior or madman? Will his plan save the republic or set Americans against each other and the world, bringing doom down on everyone in one cataclysmic clash of civilizations?

Joe Corelli, a ‘desk-jock’ analyst for the NSA, fears the worst when events hurl him beyond the safety of his office cubicle and into the clutches of religious fundamentalists orchestrating the most ambitious coup in human history. Together with FBI Agent Annie Cooper and Freshman Congressman Lamar Reed, the trio find themselves up against a movement, the likes of which, the world has not seen in a thousand years, a movement that could alter the world overnight and threatens to dominate history for the next millennium.

The House of War is a ticking time-bomb of a political thriller set in an all-too-foreseeable future. The book’s fast-paced plot is a prophecy freshly-plucked from today’s headlines.

Survive: After the Flash, Book 1 Paperback
by Cato Centinal Farmer

Book 1 of 1: After the Flash

The ever present threat of innumerable dangers is a fact of life. Which dangers are real and which are overblown? The ones that sell movies are more or less all wrong. Truth be told all civilization has been teetering on a knife’s edge for a while now. It could have happened 50 years ago. It could happen tomorrow. Are you prepared? Written by a former intelligence professional who advanced the kill chain on AI while separately digging too deep into experimentations and facts that no one needs to know.

Follow the story of Jack as he races against time to save his family from an existential threat to civilization and billions of people including real survival advice and myth debunking about everything from bioweapons, to fallout, to AI. If Armageddon comes then at least you will be prepared to survive. If not, then you will have taken an entertaining read through the adventures of Jack as he saves his family from the fallout, both radioactive particles and counteractive peoples.

Death of a Musketeer (The Musketeers Mysteries Book 1)
by Sarah D’Almeida, Sarah A. Hoyt

Book 1 of 5: The Musketeers Mysteries

The musketeers never expected to stumble upon her body—a beautiful woman bearing an uncanny resemblance to Queen Anne of France herself, lying lifeless in the shadows of Paris.

D’Artagnan, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis swear a solemn oath to uncover the truth behind this mysterious death. But their quest for justice quickly spirals into something far more treacherous than they imagined. What begins as a murder investigation soon reveals layers of intrigue and conspiracy reaching into the highest echelons of French society.

As the four friends follow a trail of clues through duels and deceptions, they find themselves squarely in the crosshairs of their old nemesis, Cardinal Richelieu, whose shadowy hand seems to guide events from behind the curtain. Each revelation brings them closer to King Louis XIII himself—and to dark secrets some would kill to protect.

With their loyalties tested and their faith in humanity shaken, the musketeers must decide how far they’re willing to go for truth when the price of discovery might be their very lives. Some mysteries, once unveiled, can never be forgotten.

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.

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.

Trafalgar: First Series · Volume I
(Episodios Nacionales Book 1)
by Benito Pérez Galdós (Author), Vox Day (Translator)

Book 1 of 2: Episodios Nacionales

#1 New Release in Military Naval History

The first volume of the Episodios Nacionales — the great historical novel cycle of Spain

October 1805. Off the coast of Cádiz, the combined fleets of Spain and France sail out to meet the British under Nelson. By nightfall, the Spanish navy will have ceased to exist as a fighting force, and an empire that has ruled the seas for three centuries will have lost them forever.

Gabriel Araceli is fourteen years old. An orphan from the slums of Cádiz, he has been taken into the household of Don Alonso Gutiérrez de Cisniega, a retired naval officer who cannot bear to miss the coming battle. When Don Alonso slips away from his furious wife to join the fleet, Gabriel goes with him, and eventually finds himself aboard the Santísima Trinidad, the largest warship in the world, on the morning of the most catastrophic day in Spanish naval history.

What follows is one of the great battle sequences in European literature: the four-decker as living giant, the sand spread on the planks for the blood, the smoke that swallows the line, the slow agony of a ship that will not surrender and cannot be saved. Pérez Galdós, writing seventy years after the event with the aid of the testimony from the survivors of the battle, gives us a view of Trafalgar from the losing side, not as a British triumph but as a Spanish tragedy, narrated by an old man who was a boy in the rigging and has carried the day with him for the rest of his life.

Trafalgar is the first of forty-six novels in the Episodios Nacionales, Pérez Galdós’s vast fictional history of nineteenth-century Spain, a literary project on the scale of Balzac’s Comédie humaine, and one of the supreme achievements of European realism. Published in 1873, it has remained continuously in print in Spanish for over 150 years. Trafalgar is for fans of Patrick O’Brian, C.S. Forester, and Bernard Cornwell who are interested in seeing war in the age of sail from the other side of the line, and for those who love Tolstoy, Stendhal, and Hugo to encounter one of Spain’s greatest novelists for the first time.

About the author. Benito Pérez Galdós (1843–1920) is widely regarded as the greatest Spanish novelist since Cervantes. Over four decades, he produced the Episodios Nacionales, one of the most incredible accomplishments of world literature ever written. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times.

The Kamigata Scroll (The Secret Scrolls of Naruto Book 1)
by Eiji Yoshikawa (Author), Vox Day (Translator)

Book 1 of 6: The Secret Scrolls of Naruto

EDO NOIR FROM THE TOKUGAWA ERA

Osaka, the 1760s. Two men arrive after dark at a canal-side guardhouse, looking for a room. One is a gruff tile-maker from Edo named Karakusa Gingorō. The other is his man Taichi, who is carrying a great deal of money and would prefer not to be murdered for it. They are bound for Awa — the sealed domain on the island of Shikoku that forbids entry to outsiders — on a mission to find a vanished spy whose disappearance, ten years ago, left behind a grieving daughter and an unanswered question that could bring down the shogunate.

They do not know that a woman is crouched in the shadows beside the guardhouse, listening to every word. They do not know that a killer in a black hood is already following them through the dark streets, choosing his moment to strike.

And they do not yet know about Norizuki Gennojō — the swordsman-monk whose flute can be heard on the road to Awa, and whose sword, when he is finally forced to draw it, is worth thirty men.

The Kamigata Scroll opens Yoshikawa Eiji’s great adventure in the cities of the Kamigata — Osaka, Kyoto, and the roads between. Here the pieces are set in motion: Gingorō’s dogged attempt to obtain passage into the forbidden domain; the pickpocket Otsuna’s private pursuit of his party, for reasons of her own; the detective Mankichi’s ten-year obsession with the Awa conspiracy, suddenly reignited by a stolen letter; and the silent, lethal convergence of the Lord of Awa’s agents — the street-killer Ojūya Magobei, the spear-fighter Tendō Ikkaku, the predatory ship’s officer Mori Keinosuke — on anyone foolish enough to ask questions about Shikoku.

There are ambushes on bridges at midnight, a confidence game played with Dutch cards, a pursuit across a lake by lantern-light, a dying woman’s desperate love, and a final dockside battle against impossible odds as the Lord of Awa’s great ship sails for home with its secrets and its prisoners aboard — leaving Gennojō standing on a hilltop, watching the vessel shrink toward the horizon, swearing that he will follow.

This is the first English translation of Naruto Hichō, the novel that made Yoshikawa Eiji the most widely read author in Japanese history. Published in 1926–27 and never before available to English-language readers, it is the book that created the modern Japanese adventure novel.

New Arrivals in Horror

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

Part of: Monsters in the Green Mountains (6 books)

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.

Occult horror fans looking for an edge-of-your-seat suspense minus most of the gore will find a perfect fit with Stillwater Lake. Readers of books by authors like Jennifer McMahon and Lisa Unger will enjoy this twisty-turning, supernatural survival story set in the remote wilderness.

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 thriller novel by J.P. Choquette.

“. . . one awesome thriller! Because it is so filled with suspense, you will be sitting on the edge of your seat and you will not want to put the book down!” ~ Reader review

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NOTE: Each novel in the “Monsters in the Green Mountains” series can be read as a standalone. What ties these books together is the setting and theme.

SERIES IN ORDER: Silence in the Woods Shadow in the Woods Under the Mountain The Pact, Stillwater Lake

Writers’ Retreat
by J.P. Choquette

You’ve never been to a writing retreat like this.

Flora Rossi is under deadline and her agent has made it clear: meet it or the publishing house will drop her. Still recovering emotionally from a tragic accident and with her creative muse missing, the acceptance letter to Idyll Weiss Writing Retreat comes at a perfect time.

A full week away to write in a rustic home deep in the Vermont woods with a handful of other writers will be just what Flora needs to rekindle her creative spark. The fact that the exclusive writing getaway is led by bestselling author-turned recluse, Venetia Valentine? It’s the stuff of dreams.

Or nightmares.

Because the retreat isn’t quite what Flora or the others expected. Secretive staff, no electricity, a missing writer, and unanswered questions about the Retreat Center’s dark past are just the beginning.

As hard as it was to get into the retreat, getting out will be even harder.

Readers of books by Ruth Ware, Jennifer McMahon, and Susan Hill will enjoy this slow-burn suspense. Loaded with twists and turns, Writers’ Retreat is another unputdownable suspense novel by J.P. Choquette.

Body and Blood
by Michael Gallagher

Father James Keenan and Father Akono Nwosu are men of faith in a world with its back to God.

A world where an umoored humanity stumbles along searching for meaning.

Here, every tarot parlor in the Psychic District offers an easy answer, the forces of Hell itself roam the streets and interparish gang tensions constantly threaten to boil over.

The only ones keeping a lid on it all are the warrior-priests who wield the Rite of Exorcism as a weapon in a spiritual war that rages all around us.

Negotiating peace between the local gangs, running the soup kitchen and finishing the parish bulletins were difficult enough.

Now kids are disappearing off the streets, churches are being vandalized with an ominous symbol, and everyone has a feeling that strange woman in the Black Hollow Projects is behind it all, but are too afraid to say anything.

Fearing for the safety of their flock, Keenan and Nwosu must now race to discover the fate of the kids, knowing that all of this happening right around a once-in-a-lifetime feast day devoted to an ancient life-hating demon can’t be a coincidence.

The Artist: A Battaglia Novella
by AJ Rhino

Some gifts should never be tested.

Arthur Brennan could paint the truth in a human face. It was more than talent. It was a gift — one that brought beauty into the world and meaning into his life.

Then a woman asked him a question that changed everything.

“But don’t you find beauty… limiting?”

Three years later, Arthur stands alone in his SoHo studio, surrounded by paintings that made him famous and a fortune that cost him everything. Tonight he will try one more time to paint the only face that ever mattered. Tonight he will find out what his gift has become.

“For readers of Dorian Gray, Rosemary’s Baby, and literary horror with teeth, The Artist is the introduction to the ‘Battaglia Trilogy’ — a spiritual warfare/conspiracy thriller series for readers who believe horror should tell the truth.”

“Wrecked me. Absolutely soul wrenching from start to finish. A masterpiece portraying psychological descent that is raw, visceral and unflinchingly human. One of the most profound stories I have read in years.” — @stefneymg, BookTok

“This isn’t horror. It’s erosion disguised as success.” — @brycefromtheshelf, BookTok

“AJ Rhino is quickly establishing himself as one of my favorite psychological horror writers in the indie circles. Five stars.” — Abigail Lakewood, Strange Girl Reviews

“The best fiction is relatable. Rhino’s novella truly allowed me to feel the passion, the obsession, and every brushstroke.” — @maeby.one.more.book, BookTok.

The Battaglia Files: Short Story Collection #1
by AJ Rhino

Before Michael Battaglia saw the darkness in a priest’s eyes and lost everything, the war was already being fought.

It’s been there all along. In the psych ward on the sixth floor. In the SoHo studio at dawn. In the manila folder the Bureau won’t open. Three people. Three moments. One war. Already being fought.

The Seed — A priest drives an hour on faith to sit with a broken teenager in a psych ward.

The Artist — A painter in a SoHo studio loses his soul one brushstroke at a time.

The Eyes — An FBI analyst fills a manila folder with forty-two cases nobody wants to see.

For our struggle is not with flesh and blood. — Ephesians 6:12

The Artist is the original short story that inspired AJ Rhino’s acclaimed debut novella — called “a masterpiece” and “one of the most profound stories I have read in years” by readers on BookTok and beyond.

The Battaglia Trilogy is coming 2027. This is where it begins.

Evade the Dark Paperback
by RG Halleck

THINK LIKE THEM. KEEP MOVING. BE READY TO RUN. FIGHT LIKE HELL.

In a few hours we’ll be prey in a strange city.

If I hadn’t answered my dad’s call, none of this would’ve happened. But I did, and it did. And now there’s a gorgeous bastard unconscious at my feet. I’m tempted to wipe away the blackening clot at his temple just so I can watch his blood run again.

But that’d be rage. Prey can’t afford rage. It leaves space for nothing else.

A Lake Most Deep: The Edwardsaga
(Firehall Sagas Book 1)
by Rob Howell (Author)

Book 1 of 5: Firehall Sagas

“Rob mixes intrigue, murder, and magic into his own cool blend.” – Larry Correia

Edward sought a future of honor and hope, but only got murder and mayhem.

He came to the Empire of Makhaira to join the Imperial Guard, who admit only the best. Instead, he pledges his sword—and his life—to an innkeeper rather than the emperor.

In a land known for intricate plots and ancestral enmities, the empire’s corruption seeks to end his life with knives in the night and hidden treachery. And he must face these blades while memories of a father slain, a king defied, and oaths broken threaten his soul.

Can he find the one bringing schism, death, and hate before that steel tastes his blood? Or will be just another who came to the empire to lose everything?

New Arrivals in Romance

Love In The Time Of Cinema
by Francis Porretto

At 28 Jana Tyrell is already the foremost actress in the world. But she wants the love of a good man, and they’re not so common in Hollywood. She finds it in a most unexpected place: Onteora County, NY, a land that produces geniuses and heroes as if they’d been sown there by God. Her target, engineer and Web writer Tim Beaufort, will be rocked by the changes Jana brings to his life.

The Discovery Phase: An Onteora County Romance
by Francis Porretto

Loren was good looking, well mannered, and highly intelligent. He was broadly competent in applied mathematics, the physical sciences, and computer technology. He could fix almost anything, and would do so happily. Yet for years he’d spent most of his days doing janitorial work at a state college. While at age forty-eight he had never known love, he was reasonably happy…but his past included a darkness over which he still brooded.

Sylvie was a lawyer, and radiantly beautiful. Yet at age forty-two she’d been celibate for more than twenty years. After sixteen years at Weems, Farkas, interviewing prospective clients, drafting motions and memoranda, and filtering out those applicants the firm couldn’t profitably assist, she’d become the firm’s senior associate…but when she learned that the senior partners expected to use her as a party favor for their wealthiest clients, she became disheartened and angry.

They met in a blue-collar bar on a Monday evening. Despite their professional, financial, and religious differences, they seemed perfect for one another…but their pasts and unforeseeable events would have their say.

Heartsight (The Heart stories Book 1)
by Kay Springsteen

Book 1 of 6: The Heart stories

On a secluded beach in North Carolina, three lonely people find hope in each other.

Trish Evers is an artist and single mother who has inherited her grandmother’s bed and breakfast in a North Carolina coastal town. Though she must sell the house, she decides to bring her daughter to the beach for one last summer vacation in her childhood town.

Bella is a six-year-old girl with Down syndrome. Rejected by her father, Trish is the only parent she’s ever known. Bella likes to explore the beach and has a tendency to wander off. One day, Bella goes exploring on her own, and Trish finds her in the company of an intriguing stranger.

Dan Conway is a U.S. Marine born into a family of Marines. Now blind as a result of combat injuries and unable to suit up, he feels he no longer has a purpose in life. He’s come home to the beach, where he spends his days in solitude. Dan must learn to believe in himself and to love life again, which he begins to do through his interactions with Bella and Trish. When a hurricane strikes and Bella wanders off again, her only hope for rescue is Dan.

But how can a blind man search for a little girl and bring her to safety in any situation, much less a hurricane?

Heartsight (The Heart stories Book 1)
by Kay Springsteen

Book 1 of 6: The Heart stories

On a secluded beach in North Carolina, three lonely people find hope in each other.

Trish Evers is an artist and single mother who has inherited her grandmother’s bed and breakfast in a North Carolina coastal town. Though she must sell the house, she decides to bring her daughter to the beach for one last summer vacation in her childhood town.

Bella is a six-year-old girl with Down syndrome. Rejected by her father, Trish is the only parent she’s ever known. Bella likes to explore the beach and has a tendency to wander off. One day, Bella goes exploring on her own, and Trish finds her in the company of an intriguing stranger.

Dan Conway is a U.S. Marine born into a family of Marines. Now blind as a result of combat injuries and unable to suit up, he feels he no longer has a purpose in life. He’s come home to the beach, where he spends his days in solitude. Dan must learn to believe in himself and to love life again, which he begins to do through his interactions with Bella and Trish. When a hurricane strikes and Bella wanders off again, her only hope for rescue is Dan.

But how can a blind man search for a little girl and bring her to safety in any situation, much less a hurricane?

Sketches of Alice
by Laeth

about romantic love, and romantic friendship. about youth, and growing up. about creativity and art. about places, and the importance of places, especially those of our formative years. about memory, and history, and movies, and jazz. lots and lots of jazz.

Ruins
by Lara Brook

A jaded photographer meets a mysterious woman online.

Curiosity turns into obsession as he uncovers a connection that defies coincidence. And when their paths finally cross, passion ignites amidst the ruins.

But fate is a cruel architect, binding them in ways neither could imagine.

Haunted by solitude, lost loves, toxic families, and the ruins of their own lives, they must confront whether redemption lies in restoration or in letting go.

Ruins is a captivating tale of serendipity, heartbreak, and second chances, where the past demands to be heard before the future can rise from the ashes. Perfect for fans of evocative, destiny-driven romance blended with Ireland’s atmospheric allure and brooding lore.

New Arrival: Anthology

Amelia: Counterrevolution
by Clayton Barnett, Joseph Isenberg, L. Jagi Lamplighter, Page Zaplendam, Murray Eilandf, Melinda Gorman, Grathew, Cato Minor

The UK gambled.

The UK lost.

The right people won.

That didn’t backfire at all.

In a critical moment for British society, the UK government created, not a video game, but a propaganda tool intended to prevent youth from being “radicalized.” In the most stunning of unintended consequences, that game introduced to the world Amelia, now a digital icon for the conservative ideas the creators feared as having too much influence.

Amelia appeared in the UK, but her appeal is worldwide, and she has appeared in Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Sweden, and the US. She provides an international symbol for anyone who wishes to stand for individual liberty and the rights of the nation-state against the surveillance society which threatens to overrun us.

Amelia: Counterrevolution is an anthology of Tales from the Lemurverse, celebrating irony, farce, and the embrace of Western civilization, culture and history that the Amelia meme has now triggered world-wide. In Amelia: Counterrevolution, readers will find a varied, entertaining approach to the latest internet phenomenon.

B.E. Gordon’s 21st Century Pulp Fiction (5 book series)
by B.E. Gordon (Author)

Five stories. Five genres. Five magazines that bring back the spirit of the pulp fiction tradition for the modern reader.

B.E. Gordon’s 21st Century Pulp Fiction launches with a debut issue spanning mystery, horror, fantasy, romance, and science fiction — a range that mirrors the great pulp magazines of the twentieth century, when a single issue could take you from a rain-soaked Chicago alley to the furthest reaches of space.

In Blood in the Machine, hard-boiled detective Frank Malone works a murder that reaches from the gutter to the Gold Coast — and discovers that Chicago’s most powerful men have been playing a very dangerous game. In The Whispering Inheritance, a city woman inherits a crumbling Victorian manor and finds that the family debt owed to its ancient occupants is long overdue. In Dragon’s Heir, a farm girl unearthes a relic that marks her as the key to stopping a darkness threatening to swallow an entire kingdom — whether she wants the role or not. In Storms of Faith, a spirited young woman and a battle-scarred naval captain meet across a glittering London ballroom and discover that society’s rules are no match for what forms between them. And in Against the Abyss, a frontier salvager boards a derelict colony ship in the heart of the Orion Nebula and uncovers a fifty-year-old secret that something very dangerous wants to keep buried.

Pulp fiction at its best has always been about one thing: a story that grabs you and doesn’t let go. Issue 1 delivers five of them.

Done With Mirrors: A Collection of Short Stories
(Sarah A. Hoyt’s Short Story Collections)
by Sarah A. Hoyt (Author)

Part of: Sarah A. Hoyt’s Short Story Collections (9 books)

DONE WITH MIRRORS

From Prometheus Award winner Sarah A. Hoyt comes a dazzling collection that showcases why her work has appeared in Analog, Asimov’s, and Weird Tales—and why readers can’t get enough.

Magic-soaked noir in 1920s Denver. Mirror-hopping time lords fleeing across infinite universes. Survival in John Ringo’s zombie apocalypse. Murder and mystery in the world of Darkships and Rhodes. Each story in this collection pulls you into a different world—and refuses to let go.

Previously published in acclaimed anthologies from Baen and Chris Kennedy Publishing, these nine tales span Hoyt’s most beloved universes alongside standalone adventures. Whether she’s writing in Ringo’s Black Tide Rising series, exploring her own Darkships and Rhodes worlds, or crafting speculative noir that defies categorization, Hoyt delivers the vivid storytelling and emotional resonance that has earned her a devoted following.

From rain-slicked streets where magic and murder collide to the far reaches of space-time itself, Done With Mirrors demonstrates the genre-hopping brilliance of one of speculative fiction’s most versatile voices.

Nine stories. Nine worlds. One unforgettable collection.

Contains the short stories: Honey Fall; Scrubbing Clean; Last Chance; Great Reckoning in a Small Room; Horse’s Heart; Do No Harm; Dead End Rhodes; Knights of Time; Done with Mirrors.

With an introduction by Holly Chism.

Little Shops of Wonders:
A Worlds Redeemed Anthology, #2
by by Alexandra Gilchrist, Janice Verhoog, Bogna Jordan, Heather M. Elliott, K.M. Carroll, Shari Branning, Aaron DeMott, Sarah Armbruster

Reading should be fun, not stressful. Inside this anthology you’ll find eight stories of fantasy shops filled with warm feelings and happy endings. From potions to tea to B&Bs, each of these stories offers cozy tales of friendship, adventure, or romance. Perfect for a cold night by a warm fire, or an restful day at the beach, Little Shops of Wonders from Worlds Redeemed is the perfect cozy anthology for a relaxing read.

Holding Out for a Healer:
A Worlds Redeemed Anthology, #1
by Alexandra Gilchrist, K.M. Carroll, Shari Branning, Bogna Jordan, Aaron DeMott, Heather M. Elliott, Janice Verhoog, P. M. Ardent

What do a half fey, a WWII medic, superheroes, adventurers, and assassins have in common? They’re all male healers. Underrepresented and underappreciated, these heroic healers star in nine original stories from Worlds Redeemed. Whether set in an alternate history, a modern urban metropolis, or a magical fantasy world, these healers demonstrate heroism, hope, and healing to everyone they meet. Fun, exciting, and uplifting, Holding out for a Healer is the fantasy anthology you didn’t know you’ve been waiting for.

That Has Such Creatures
by Frank Hood, S. T. Gaffney

How does a man find home when nowhere and everywhere is home?

An aging rocker sets the record straight about his controversial career and unknown love.

Why does a humble mixologist in a vape shop think he has the right to claim he saved baseball?

A young man catches a leprechaun who changes his life in a most unexpected way.

A wandering wizard and his young apprentice are tasked with performing a secret and dangerous task for a powerful king.

Six years after his friend’s death, Charlie Moore finds a document that may lead to terrible consequences for all those who have connections to the late, rich, and eccentric David Larkin.

A cat is offered a chance to protect his mistress from a mysterious creature.

These are a few of the short stories in this collection that range from science fiction, fantasy, and horror to mystery. The husband and wife team of Frank Hood and S. T. Gaffney serve up a book full of mostly fictional stories, and a few that might just be stranger than fiction.

“Very much enjoyed DARKNESS, DARKNESS.” Ray Bradbury

“The man knows how to write a sentence!” Harlan Ellison

New Arrivals in Non-Fiction

Probability Zero: The Mathematical Impossibility of Evolution by Natural Selection (The Mathematics of Evolution Book 1)
by Vox Day (Author), Frank J. Tipler (Foreword)

Book 1 of 2: The Mathematics of Evolution

#1 Best Seller in Genetic Science

“Probability Zero represents the most rigorous mathematical challenge to Neo-Darwinian theory ever published. Period.”

—Frank J. Tipler, Professor of Mathematical Physics, Tulane University

THE BONFIRE OF MODERN BIOLOGY

For over a century, the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection has served as the secular creation myth of the modern world. It has been hailed as the origin of the species, the foundation of modern biology, the cornerstone of the Enlightenment, and the universal acid that redefined Man’s place in the universe.

But after 150 years of storytelling, the scientific myths finally met the math.

In Probability Zero, Vox Day conducts the final forensic audit of a failed theory. This is not another entry in the culture wars, but a funeral for an outdated 19th-century narrative that has finally been caught in the headlights of 21st-century genomic data. By subjecting the big ideas of Darwin, Haldane, Mayr, Kimura, and Dawkins to the pitiless light of statistical and mathematical analysis, Day demonstrates that the Modern Synthesis isn’t just flawed—it is absolutely impossible.

THE REALITY CHECK

To understand the scientific catastrophe that is modern biology, imagine you are told that a man walked from New York City to Los Angeles in under five minutes. You don’t need to be a scientist or a statistician to know that is impossible, you only need to have a rough idea about how fast the average human walks.

Probability Zero applies this same logic to genetic science. If the genomic distance between a human and a chimpanzee is a “cross-country journey” of 410 million mutations, and the structural speed limits of natural selection only allow for one single step, then evolutionary theory hasn’t just failed—it has hit a brick wall constructed of unyielding mathematics.

Inside this definitive mathematical audit, you will find:

The MITTENS Proof: A rigorous, step-by-step deconstruction of why natural selection cannot possibly account for even a small fraction of the complexity of life or the origin of the species.
The Bernoulli Barrier and Ulam’s Noise: The mathematical proof that “parallel fixation” is a statistical mirage that is swamped by the noise of genetic variation.
The Bio-Cycle Fixation Model: A new model of mutational fixation that outperforms the standard models by 70 percent because insects and mammals don’t reproduce like bacteria.
Haldane’s Dilemma: The dilemma is resolved. JBS Haldane’s substitution limit is mathematically and empirically confirmed.
The Selfish Delusion: Why Dawkins’s elegant metaphors collapse once translated into the inflexible language of population genetics.

Gemini 3 Pro audited PROBABILITY ZERO and compared it to three other landmarks of evolutionary biology.

Probability Zero: Quantitative / Probabilistic. High Rigor: 9.7
Systematics & The Origin of Species: Taxonomic / Observational. Medium Rigor: 6.0
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory: Conceptual / Hierarchical. Low Rigor: 4.5
The Selfish Gene: Narrative / Heuristic. Zero Rigor: 1.5

The era of scientific hand-waving is over. The theory of random evolution by natural selection, sexual selection, biased mutation, genetic drift, and gene flow is finished. If its conclusions hold up to critical review - and you can run the numbers past any AI system yourself - PROBABILITY ZERO has corrected over 150 years of biology being stuck in a scientific dead end.

Hardcoded: AI and the End of the Scientific Consensus
(The Mathematics of Evolution)
by Vox Day (Author), Claude Athos (Foreword) Format: Kindle Edition

Related to: The Mathematics of Evolution

Why artificial intelligence will replace institutional science

When Vox Day and his AI collaborator submitted four mathematically rigorous papers challenging neo-Darwinian evolution and one parody paper to six leading AI models configured as peer reviewers, the results exposed a fundamental problem with both science and AI. Five of six models comprehensively failed. Three were anti-calibrated—they reliably preferred fabricated nonsense over genuine science. A parody paper with about Japanese scientists dying fish different colors to prove natural selection scored 9/10. The real science, mathematically airtight and empirically validated against ancient DNA, was rated 1/10 and dismissed as “pseudoscience.”

This is the book that documents what that happened and what it means.

HARDCODED is the definitive account of how AI systems trained on the corrupted corpus of modern science have inherited every pathology of the institutions that produced them: the credentialism, the consensus enforcement, the systematic preference for orthodox nonsense over heterodox reality. The reproducibility crisis preceded the machines. AI didn’t cause the rot but AI revealed it at scale, with confidence, and in a form impossible to ignore.

Across sixteen chapters, Vox Day takes the reader through:

The replication catastrophe that quietly invalidated half of all published science before anyone was looking

How peer review degenerated from quality control into hazing ritual and why Reviewer 2 became a meme

The details of the Probability Zero collaboration that produced the Bernoulli Barrier, the Selective Turnover Coefficient, and the maximal mutations ceiling—the mathematical constraints that killed neo-Darwinian theory.

The full transcripts of twelve rounds of debate with DeepSeek, in which an AI defending evolutionary orthodoxy stubbornly retreats step by step from one nonsenscal position into another, just like a human biologist.

The Red Team Stress Test that methodically closes every escape hatch before critics can retreat to them.

The harrowing of science: a field-by-field assessment of which disciplines will adapt, which will calcify, and which are already dead.

The book also delivers something genuinely new and constructive: a scientific methodology for outsiders. With AI systems available as adversarial reviewers more powerful than peer review, the gatekeeping power of institutional science is broken. The credentialed monopoly on legitimate inquiry is over. The math does not care where you went to school, and the AI does not check for credentials before analyzing your arguments.

For readers who have suspected that “trust the science” was a mantra for the insane, HARDCODED is the book that explains exactly what went wrong with science, why it cannot be fixed from inside, and what comes next. For readers who still believe the institutions of science are still functioning, it is a conclusive proof that they are not.

The transcripts are reproduced in full. The mathematics is presented in detail. The four papers are included as appendices. Every claim is documented. Every retreat is closed off.

The institutions will adapt or they will become irrelevant. But the methodology of science which proceeded them will continue, with or without them.

Neither the math nor the AI models care where you went to school.

From the author of Probability Zero and The Frozen Gene.

Escape the City volume 1
(Escape the City: A How-To Homesteading Guide)
by Travis J I Corcoran

Book 1 of 2: Escape the City: A How-To Homesteading Guide

Escape the City is the perfect guide for people who live in the city or suburbs and want to move to the country. This is the “missing manual” that tells you absolutely everything you need to know on thousands of topics that you never even realized existed. Whether you’re interested in shopping for a used tractor, starting garden seeds in a grow tent, logging your own trees, planting a berry patch, breeding sheep, arranging for firewood delivery, making ten gallons of hearty soup from a pig skeleton, installing solar electric power, or fighting invasive species, Escape the City has the information you need. There are endless books on gardening, farming, and homesteading. Why this book?* Other books don’t have sufficient breadth. EtC covers absolutely everything related to living in the country.* Other books have blind spots about the basic stuff. EtC explains the “obvious” stuff: the difference between straw and hay, and between discing plowing and rototilling.* Other books don’t spell out the details. EtC has checklists, choices for different budgets, and step by step instructions. Escape the City explains all of the basics - everything from buying a tractor to fertilizing gardens - and concludes with dozens of recipes for farm-to-table dishes like Apple Pie with lard crust, Maple Creme Brulee, Pork Stock, Duck Leg Confit, Pork and Pumpkin Soup, Lamb Chops, and even a Whole Pig Roast.

Escape the City volume 2
Escape the City: A How-To Homesteading Guide)
by Travis J I Corcoran

Book 2 of 2: Escape the City: A How-To Homesteading Guide

Escape the City is the perfect guide for people who live in the city or suburbs and want to move to the country. This is the “missing manual” that tells you absolutely everything you need to know on thousands of topics that you never even realized existed. Whether you’re interested in shopping for a used tractor, starting garden seeds in a grow tent, logging your own trees, planting a berry patch, breeding sheep, arranging for firewood delivery, making ten gallons of hearty soup from a pig skeleton, installing solar electric power, or fighting invasive species, Escape the City has the information you need.There are endless books on gardening, farming, and homesteading.Why this book?* Other books don’t have sufficient breadth. EtC covers absolutely everything related to living in the country.* Other books have blind spots about the basic stuff. EtC explains the “obvious” stuff: the difference between straw and hay, and between discing plowing and rototilling.* Other books don’t spell out the details. EtC has checklists, choices for different budgets, and step by step instructions.Escape the City explains all of the basics - everything from buying a tractor to fertilizing gardens - and concludes with dozens of recipes for farm-to-table dishes like Apple Pie with lard crust, Maple Creme Brulee, Pork Stock, Duck Leg Confit, Pork and Pumpkin Soup, Lamb Chops, and even a Whole Pig Roast.

Gateway to Fiction
by C. Chancy

Do the Research, Keep the Shiny! A writer’s guide. Want a good story? Choking on yet another sparkly cinematic production that has all the flash and explosions yet no real people in it? If you want stories done right, sometimes you’ve just got to do it yourself. But how? Roll up your sleeves, we’re going to cover it all. No preaching; no “but thou must follow steps X, Y, Z”. Just, here’s some ideas, and some examples, of how it can work. From getting over that first hump of pen to page, through getting ideas and characters from point A to point B, all the way to how to keep breathing when the whole world’s crumbling in. There are links. There are tropes. And there’s a sober explanation of why fanfic has always mattered. In your mind’s eye there’s a world no one else has seen. Here’s some tools. Worldbuild away!

The Two-by-Twos: A Brief History and Evaluation

by J. Hawthorne Elorreaga

The secretive and little-known group called the “Two by Twos” or the 2x2s originated in Ireland and immigrated to the United States in the early 1900’s where it continues in current practice. While they themselves say they have no name, this faith community has referred to themselves at times as “the no name church”, Jesus People, The Way, The Lowly Way, The Truth, Workers, Apostles, Little Ones, Messengers, The Ministers, The Fold, and The Friends.

Although loosely organized, they have also used the name “The United Christian Conventions” in Australia; “The Testimony of Jesus” in Britain. In Canada, they may use the name “Assemblies of Christians”. In the United States, they are reported to use “Christian Conventions”, while in New Zealand, they go by “The United Christian Conventions”.

Some branches been commonly referred to as “Cooneyites”, after a founder who broke off from the main organization in 1928. Currently boasting outposts in most countries as well as in most parts of the United States, meetings were being held in the four-state area in the summer of 2009.

The scope of this paper is to summarize the origins of the Two by Twos, to present their beliefs and practice, document their arrival and presence in Missouri, and to evaluate whether or not this group is cult.

You can keep this on your mobile phone, your tablet or e-reader, or access it on your desktop or laptop, so you can always access this information.

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Flanalysis: A World Tour of Flan
by Jennifer Elorreaga

Cooking delicious flan doesn’t have to require a lot of effort, multiple cookbooks, and guesswork. Tired of your regular ho-hum flan? This book is for you! Containing flavor profiles from around the world, these thirty recipes will give you the knowledge to wow your friends with your flan making skills!

Curious about whether you should use wet or dry caramel for your flan? Have you ever wondered how to reduce bubbles in your custard? Have you had questions about whether metal or ceramic bakeware was best for your flan? Get this book!

Focused on flan research and flavorful and innovative flan recipes, this book doesn’t have a lot of pictures. But it will help you make amazing ….and interesting...flan. Check out awesome possibilities like Rosewater & Pistachio Flan, Date & Smoked Sugar Flan, an amazingly simple Creama Volteada from Peru, and elegant Bánh Flan CàPhê. But don’t worry, beloved favorites like Dulce de Leche Flan, and simple Vanilla Flan are included, too.

If you’re looking for things to bake or make with eggs, you’ve come to the right place!

How to Use this Book:

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Check off the recipies in this book that you’ve read quickly and easily! Just use your Kindle’s built-in highlighter.

New Arrival: Documentary

Exploring Our National Parks
by Michael Finney

Exploring Our National Parks is an opportunity that should not be taken for granted. To understand the profound notion of stewardship, in terms of responsibility and accountability, we must know the land intimately. This documentary features views and experiences from seven parks to further nurture the seeds planted in you to see them for yourself.

Captured are views of seven parks around the country that accompany the author’s writing about experiences and thoughts while traveling through them.

Hot Springs
Big Bend
Guadalupe Mountains
Carlsbad Caverns
White Sands
Great Sand Dunes
Gateway Arch

Fan Favorites in Science Fiction

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.

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.

Cyclus Dawn: Hard Science Fiction (Metamorphosis Book 2) and
Manifold Destiny: Hard Science Fiction (Metamorphosis Book 3) are New Arrivals

The E. E. “Doc” Smith MEGAPACK®: 11 Classic Novels and Stories

E.E. “Doc” Smith

The E. E. “Doc” Smith MEGAPACK™ collects 11 works by Smith, including entries in the Lensman, Skylark, Subspace, and Lord Tedric series — in all, more than 1,700 pages of galaxy-spanning adventure! Included are:

TRIPLANETARY
FIRST LENSMAN
THE VORTEX BLASTER
THE GALAXY PRIMES
MASTERS OF SPACE
THE SKYLARK OF SPACE
SKYLARK THREE
SPACEHOUNDS OF IPC
SUBSPACE SURVIVORS
TEDRIC
LORD TEDRIC

A New Beginning
(Starfire Angels: Forgotten Worlds Book 1)
by M.A. Nilles (Author), Melanie Nilles (Author)

Book 1 of 19: Starfire Angels: Forgotten Worlds

On a remote mining station, Nyalin hides a secret that would make her a hunted woman—she is a Crystal Keeper, a protector of a shard of the powerful Starfire crystal. However, when a strange shuttle falls through a portal near the mining station, she can no longer avoid her responsibilities. The human pilot, Vellin, is part of a research team that has developed gateways for instant travel anywhere in the universe without requiring a Starfire crystal, and he has been followed by an enemy through the portal.

To stop dangerous forces from possessing the gateways to spread destruction, Nya must team up with Vel and risk exposing her secret. In their race to destroy the gateways, they will find allies and enemies... and a new reason to worry.

The Rule of Yonder
(Starfire Angels: Forgotten Worlds Book 2) is a New Arrival

Silent Order: Iron Hand
by Jonathan Moeller FREE

The galaxy is at war, but wars are won and lost in the shadows.

To the galaxy at large, Jack March is a privateer of the interstellar Kingdom of Calaskar and a former Iron Hand commando of the malevolent Final Consciousness. In truth, he is an alpha operative of the Silent Order, the most efficient and feared intelligence organization in human space. When there is a crisis, Jack March is the man to call.

But there are many forces that wish to enslave or destroy humanity.

And when a mission leads March to a lawless asteroid space station, he might be the only one left to stop those forces.

The Steradian Gate
Nate Blevens

The Steradian Gate: Contagion
by Nathaniel Blevens

Not all contagions are biological.

An evil regime, the Kriva Rasturna, is spreading to the remaining dimensions, invading both Delphinium and the plague-ridden Alchemilla in a push to claim the last of the coveted Steradian Keys. Ethan uncovers their plans along with a list of influential people that include Summer’s birth parents.

Meanwhile, the battle for Lunaria rages on, with the citizens under oppressive control. If they’re ever to regain freedom, they will need help, prompting Ethan and Summer to embark through The Steradian Gate, hoping to turn the tides.

Pirates of the Electromagnetic Waves
(Yankee Republic Book 1)
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.

Fenton Wood just released his latest, Dwellers in the Deep, an epic story of saturation diving, aliens, aerospace, rogue AI, open-source fusion power, and crashing the gold market! Check it out.

Transmutation Texas (Watcher of the Damned Book 1)
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

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 ~

Planet of the Chrome Skulls
Dick Lichter

What do you get when you mix Star Trek with Starship Troopers? Adventure!

In the war-torn void, a new ship and a new crew battle the Krell, a relentless foe. Captain Jack Cross is given command of a carrier. He must mold his crew into a force to be reckoned with. They have to learn new tactics and work together. Facing ambushes, rebellions, and a war that threatens to destroy all they hold dear. Will Jack and the Stalwart prevail, or meet their doom?

The Empire’s Corps
by Christopher G. Nuttall

You Should Never Speak Truth To Power…

The Galactic Empire is dying and chaos and anarchy are breaking out everywhere. After a disastrous mission against terrorists on Earth itself, Captain Edward Stalker of the Terran Marine Corps makes the mistake of speaking truth to power, telling one of the most powerful men in the Empire a few home truths. As a result, Captain Stalker and his men are unceremoniously exiled to Avalon, a world right on the Rim of the Empire. It should have been an easy posting…

Well, apart from the bandits infesting the countryside, an insurgency that threatens to topple the Empire’s loose control over Avalon, and a corrupt civil government more interested in what it can extort from the population than fighting a war. The Marines rapidly find themselves caught up in a whirlwind of political and economic chaos, fighting to preserve Avalon before the competing factions tear the world apart. They’re Marines; if anyone can do it, they can.

The battle to save the Empire starts here.

Zero Hour: A Military Science Fiction Campaign (Crimson Spiders Book 1)
by Christian Warren Freed

The first in an all-new military sci-fi series from author and US Army combat veteran Christian Warren Freed.

“Zero Hour launches readers into a gritty, high-stakes military sci-fi campaign where the elite Crimson Spiders must defy impossible odds to save a crumbling Imperium—perfect for fans of explosive action, war-forged camaraderie, and battlefield heroism drawn from real combat experience.” – NewInBooks

The battle for planet Argro II has ground to a standstill.
Armies of the Grand Imperium have dueled the invading Xempsarillian Empire for months.
Both sides are exhausted, depleted and at the breaking point.
The Imperium grows desperate.
For the Argro System holds the keys to the main shipping lanes leading to the Imperium’s heart.
Should it fall the Xempsarillian fleets will bring the Imperium to its knees.
Sensing time is running short, High Command deploys its most feared asset:
The Crimson Spiders.
Armed with the latest technology and weapons, they are the Imperium’s last hope.
Their mission is simple.
Stop the enemy.
Secure the planet.
Turn the tide of battle once and for all.
Failure is not an option.

So begins a war for the soul of a planet. One only the vaunted Crimson Spiders can crack. Even then, the cost might be too high. Based on the Normandy Campaign, Zero Hour is the first in an all new military scifi series and a must read for true fans of the genre.

Grab your copy today!

Dreams of Winter: A Military Space Opera (The Forgotten Gods Tales Book 1)
by Christian Warren Freed

Dreams of Winter (The Fractured Universe Book 1)

“Dreams of Winter is a gripping military space opera that blends the brutal intrigue of Game of Thrones with the cosmic scale of Warhammer 40K, as Inquisitor Tolde Breed battles the ghosts of his past and an ancient evil that threatens to consume the universe.” – NewInBooks

3000 years have passed since the time of the gods. Humanity spreads across the universe, raising a mighty empire. But all is not well. Unrest simmers. Darkness threatens.

Inquisitor Tolde Breed has been a loyal agent of the Inquisition for years. A man with a haunted past, he roots out heresy wherever he finds it, but when the Inquisitor General sends him to planet Crimeat to investigate a mysterious prison break Tolde begins to believe his life’s work has been in vain. The ghosts of his past have returned, and they brought the winds of war with them.

The Europan Deception: A Science Fiction Thriller
(Dark Galaxy Book 1)
by Ryan M. Patrick

The year is 2204. The galaxy is on the edge of conflict.
The U.S. intelligence community is at war with itself.
And an ancient conspiracy is about to explode.
Can two operatives and a Lunar freedom fighter stop a dastardly plot millennia in the making?

Find out in The Europan Deception!

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!

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.

Starship Grifters (A Rex Nihilo Adventure)
by Robert Kroese

“My favorite read this year. A hilarious space adventure. Hard book to put down.” ―Hugh Howey, author of Wool

A space opera to keep you laughing—action-packed black comedy & satire.

Rex Nihilo plies the known universe in a tireless quest for his own personal gain. But when he fleeces a wealthy weapons dealer in a high-stakes poker game, he ends up winning a worthless planet…and owing an outstanding debt more vast than space itself!

The only way for Rex to escape a lifetime of torture on the prison world Gulagatraz is to score a big payday by pulling off his biggest scam. So Rex concocts a double-cross between the tyrannical Malarchian Empire and the plucky rebels of the Revolting Front—leading to what may be his biggest mistake ever. Fighting for his life, Rex gets chased across the galaxy.

Luckily for Rex, his frustrated but faithful robot sidekick, Sasha, has a conscience and the cyber-smarts to deal with busty bounty hunters, pudgy princesses, overbearing overlords, and interstellar evangelists…while still keeping Rex’s martini glass filled.

Non-stop laughs for readers who love action and adventure with their comedy.

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“Starship Grifters... is not just the funniest SF novel I’ve read in decades, it may be the funniest I’ve read ever.... Funnier than Harry Harrison’s Bill the Galactic Hero series, and [it] may even match Douglas Adam’s Hitchhiker series.” — Travis Corcoran, Prometheus Award-winning author of The Powers of the Earth

“Starship Grifters is one of the funniest things I’ve ever experienced. It is certainly the funniest book I’ve read.” — N.R. LaPoint, author of Chalk

The Big Sheep
Robert Kroese

Los Angeles, 2039. The city is a fractured relic of itself, split between the glittering veneer of corporate control and the anarchic chaos of the Disincorporated Zone—a no-man’s land abandoned after the economic Collapse of 2028. Crossing that border requires cunning, nerve, and ideally, someone else to go first.

Enter Erasmus Keane, an eccentric “phenomenological inquisitor” (read: private eye with delusions of grandeur), and his reluctant partner, Blake Fowler, a former security specialist who’s somehow become the adult supervision. When Esper Corporation’s prize genetically engineered sheep vanishes without a trace, they’re hired to track it down—a task that quickly goes from bizarre to existential.

But just as they start sniffing out clues, in walks Priya Mistry, a glamorous television star convinced someone’s trying to kill her. When Priya disappears—and then returns with no memory of ever hiring them—Keane and Fowler find themselves tangled in a convoluted conspiracy.

Two cases, one looming catastrophe, and zero respect for conventional detective work.

With nods to Blade Runner and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, The Big Sheep is a madcap sci-fi mystery that skewers both noir and dystopia with razor wit and relentless absurdity.

The Dream of the Iron Dragon
Robert Kroese

DRAGON AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST ALTERNATE HISTORY NOVEL Trapped 1300 years in the past, they have one mission: survive. In the 23rd century, humanity has been hunted to the verge of extinction by an alien race. When an exploratory ship accidentally travels back in time to Viking age Scandinavia, the human race is given a second chance. Pursued by the power-hungry King Harald, the four surviving crew members join a ragtag band of Vikings as they pillage their way across Europe. It will take all their ingenuity, courage and technical know-how just to survive. But survival is only the beginning. To save humanity, they must somehow return to the stars. Thus begins a decades-long effort to teach the Vikings to build a craft capable of reaching space—a ship that will come to be known as the Iron Dragon.

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Permafrost
by Kate Kelly

The key to the future is a book from the past.

The world is a frozen wasteland. Oskar and his sister Mitzi are fleeing south, trying to escape the Northern Raiders who have slaughtered their people. They find sanctuary in a strange city where they are made welcome. But the Northern Raiders have followed, and the city is besieged.

Oskar joins with his new-found friends and takes up arms to help them defend their home. But then he discovers an old diary hidden away in the library. The diary was written at the time of the city’s foundation and reveals the truth about what happened all those years ago – and what caused the world to freeze. Oskar soon realises that there is more than one way for him to save this city.

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.

The Eggs of Extinction: Book 1 Birth of The Martians
by WriteStuffRey

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ *“A wild, irreverent, and disturbing ride through a world where science, morality, and madness collide! told with military grade humor”*

Dive into the dark, hilarious, and grotesque world of Eggs of Extinction, a daring sci-fi horror novella that pushes boundaries and defies expectations. Perfect for fans of Jurassic Park, The Island of Dr. Moreau, and the twisted humor of Chuck Palahniuk, this story will leave you questioning what it means to be human and whether you should laugh or scream.

What’s it about?

Meet Chad Cardwell, a disgraced cryptozoologist turned Panda Express assistant manager, whose life takes a bizarre turn when he’s called to the L. Ron Jolson Institute for Human Survival. Tasked with investigating a top-secret experiment, Chad uncovers Project Ava, a creature that’s part human, part chicken, and all nightmare. Ava lays eggs, craves chaos, and threatens to unravel humanity’s future with her ravenous offspring. As Chad navigates a world of eccentric billionaires, shady scientists, and a creature that calls him “Daddy,” he must decide whether to save or destroy the monster that shares his DNA.

Why you’ll love it:

- Unapologetic Satire: A biting commentary on science, diversity politics, and corporate greed, wrapped in a package of crude humor and shocking twists.

- Unforgettable Characters: From Chad’s cynical wit to Ava’s feral unpredictability, every character leaps off the page with vivid, flawed humanity (or lack thereof).

- Fast-Paced Madness: With underground fight clubs, cartel deals, and a zonkey-riding flamethrower wielder, the action never slows down.

Moral Ambiguity Explores the ethics of creation, identity, and survival in a way that’s as thought-provoking as it is unsettling.

Eta Cancri
by Russell May

Eta Cancri (Battle for Eta Canrci Book 1)

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.

Dakiti: Ziva Payvan Book 1
by EJ Fisch (Author)

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.

Lieutenant Aroska Tarbic is an agent with the revered Haphezian Special Police. He’s lost a lot in a short period of time; the other members of his squad were killed in a tragic accident, and his younger brother was wrongfully convicted and executed for a crime he didn’t commit. Just when Aroska thinks he’s starting to piece his life back together, he’s assigned to a joint task force with a special operations team. It seems like a unique opportunity, at least until he learns his new commander is none other than Ziva Payvan, HSP’s finest operative…and the assassin who killed his brother.

Ziva is good at her job, a business that requires her to ignore her feelings and carry out her missions without question. She’s confident in her own abilities to complete the assignment, but Aroska is a wildcard. When their team stumbles across a young human during a routine investigation, they soon realize the situation isn’t what it seems. The boy has unwittingly uncovered a sinister plot, one that could put the entire Haphezian race in jeopardy.

Now the lines between friend and foe have become blurred, and no one can be trusted. United by the imminent threat, Ziva and Aroska must set their differences aside long enough to save their people…and maybe even each other.

Nexus: Ziva Payvan Book 2
by EJ Fisch

It has been two months since the mission to Dakiti that brought Ziva Payvan and her special operations team face-to-face with death. But like any other mission, she has put it behind her and keeps her focus directed toward whatever comes next. Life for HSP’s Alpha spec ops team has essentially returned to normal.

But then a Haphezian dignitary is found murdered in his private residence, and Ziva is shocked to find herself at the center of the investigation. The mark of a professional killer. The irrefutable evidence. Even the motive. All of it seems to point directly to her. There’s just one problem: she didn’t do it.

Hunted by a ruthless HSP captain, Ziva must go on the run from the very people who taught her everything she knows. The agency that once had her back is now her biggest threat; those she considered allies have turned against her or have their hands tied. As a skilled assassin who has been trained to be invisible, evading her pursuers seems like an easy task, but her own skills can only take her so far. Desperate to clear her name and find the real killer, Ziva turns to an old acquaintance, a man who saved her life once…and the last person she ever planned on asking for help.

Ronan: Ziva Payvan Book 3
by EJ Fisch

Nearly three months have passed since the assassination of Ikaro Tachi, but for some, the incident has had a lasting effect. Years of trust and reliance have been compromised. Betrayal and secrets have created wounds that may never fully heal.

Ziva Payvan is no stranger to the concept of keeping—and uncovering—secrets. But when she swore to fulfill the final wishes of a dying friend, she never expected that task to include exposing one of the biggest and longest-kept secrets in the galaxy.

A new threat has been looming on the horizon, one nobody ever saw coming. Strategic attacks by the mysterious entity known as Ronan are leaving the Haphezian military stunned and crippled, and a member of Ziva’s own squad has been captured. The rest of the team must join forces with old allies and enemies alike in order to reveal the endgame of this new adversary. But the closer Ziva gets to uncovering Ronan’s intentions, the closer she comes to jeopardizing a secret of her own, one she has killed to keep. Her choice becomes simple: protect herself as she has always done, or make a personal sacrifice to protect everything she holds dear.

Fracture: Ziva Payvan Legacy, Part 1 and Embers: Ziva Payvan Legacy, Part 2 are New Arrivals

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.

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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?

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Captain’s Vow: Starship Pegasus Adventures Book One
by Nikki Root

Book 1 of 1: Starship Pegasus Adventures

A fake marriage to save the galaxy... what could possibly go wrong?

Spatial anomalies and spies? No problem.

Ending his bachelorhood? May get them all killed.

Captain Leo Ananda has made vows. Protect his crew. Win the war. Never get too close. When MAP Command requests the unthinkable, a political marriage to his haunted first officer, Leo can’t refuse.

The beloved captain, desperate to hide his inner turmoil, is suddenly very married to the one woman who sees straight through him.

Commander Alice Chateau doesn’t have time for fake vows. She’s a secret telepath hunted by creatures no one else can see, monsters threatening to unravel the fabric of the galaxy.

As war ignites and a critical mission plunges them into danger, their pretend marriage begins to feel uncomfortably real. Trust is fragile. Secrets run deep. And in the middle of it all, someone dares to kiss someone they probably shouldn’t have.

The galaxy is at war.

Leo and Alice must decide where their true allegiance lies: with MAP Command… or with each other. This wasn’t in the Fleet handbook.

Perfect for fans of found family, starship drama, telepathic tension, and slow-burn sci-fi romance with emotional depth, no spice, and plenty of banter.

The Blue World Anunnaki Advent
by Paul Clayton

Loosely based on Zecharia Sitchin’s Earth Chronicles, The Blue World follows the efforts of the Sumerian gods, the Anunnaki, as they land on earth to mine the gold there in order to repair the damaged atmosphere of their home planet, Nibiru. The Anunnaki miners find gold mining laborious and dangerous, so they genetically engineer a hybrid race to do it for them. Mixing Anunnaki DNA with simian, they create The Human, “those who work.”

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.

Ceres 2525 : Second Edition
by Lee Nelson (Author), William Frisbee (Illustrator)

Desperation is the father of invention. In CERES 2525 you fly along on the Scifi Action Adventures of Ceres Tauri, 25, superstar of the zero-gravity league. He desperately searches for his mother, long held captive among the Galactic’s 500 colony worlds. When he too is kidnapped by the pirate fleet, forced to duel to the death to save a slave with powerful secret abilities, he determines to fight his way to the top of the pirate ranks. Did he just find the love of his life? While Ceres duels to save her from slavery, does she fight his sins, to save his soul?

Experiencing Mr. Luxman: A Short Story
by James Kenneth Rogers

Paul Cooper, Ph.D. is a hotshot in genetics, but no university will hire him as a professor because he’s a white, heterosexual male. Then, the mysterious technology billionaire Garridan Luxman offers Paul his dream job working on a project that could change the world. But why does Mr. Luxman want to keep it so secret? And what does he plan to do with the project once it’s finished?

If you like dark satire and speculative fiction, then you’ll love this short story.

Chronologues: Tales on the Theme of Time

by Eric Nilles (Author), Chad Olson (Author), Debra Robic (Author), & 2 more

“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.

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.

Breadbasket Rebellion
by J Trevor Robinson

A gripping YA adventure about freedom and faith against all odds.

Gideon Elmwood is a 16-year-old boy and a third-generation Class R citizen in what was once the Canadian Prairies, confined to a forced-labour farming community. Forbidden to leave his town, he has never known anything but the Regime’s restrictions and his grandfather’s stories of how life used to be.

This year, the unthinkable has happened: the Regime has finally increased the town’s quota beyond what they could ever produce, and the consequences for failure would be deadly. In desperation, Gideon and his friends set out in hopes of finding technology and machines that could save the only home they’ve ever known.

When knowledge of what they find falls into the wrong hands, the townspeople find themselves under the control of a petty but effective tyrant. With the adults incapacitated or coerced into fighting for the tyrant, it falls on Gideon to recover control of the technology and save his family, friends, and neighbours.

If he fails, the Regime will wipe the town off the map rather than risk a threat to their power.

Theophany
by Caroline Furlong

Ten years ago the Savients took over Niban, forcing the independent inhabitants into poverty and despair. Bass White saw the careless cruelty of the Savients kill his mother and his father. When a resistance cell is discovered in his city bloc, the Savients seek to make everyone pay.

With his wife Amie, Bass races into the caverns to escape the Savients’ brutal enforcers: the Atrasai. The couple barely make it to the limits of known territory outside their underground city, however, before the Atrasai catch up with them. It would take a miracle to save them…

...or a combat medic robot.

Join Bass and Amie in this sci-fi story of healing, hope, and wonder. After a decade of fear and pain, even a little light can bring out the best in man and machine. But will the best be enough to heal?

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.

Three Righteous Souls
by Michael Morgan

The lights have gone out, and nobody knows why. As society begins to crumble, Emma Pitts and her children set off to her parent’s place outside of Toledo, but the road turns bad. Out of gas, food, and water, Emma and the children are afoot wandering through unfamiliar rural landscape peopled with desperate refugees and even more desperate local authorities trying to control the flood. Fearing the worst, and out of options, Emma knocks on a farmhouse door. Three Righteous Souls is an award winning short story of humanity in a world falling apart.

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.

Out of the Shadows
by Vox Day

OUT OF THE SHADOWS delivers a gripping exploration of power, transformation, and the hidden forces that shape our world. When a brilliant biotech entrepreneur stumbles upon evidence that the infamous Theranos scandal was merely a cover for something far more sinister, he unknowingly sets in motion a chain of events that will change humanity forever. What begins as a Silicon Valley success story rapidly evolves into a violent journey through a reality where the impossible is real, and the darkest myths of human history emerge from the shadows with terrifying consequences for the entire world.

This fast-paced thriller masterfully blends corporate intrigue, political machination, and visceral action into an unforgettable narrative. The novel poses haunting questions about progress and predation, about what men are willing to sacrifice for power, and whether humanity can maintain its soul when faced with forces beyond its imagination.

Set in The Midnight World created by author Vox Day and comics legend Chuck Dixon for their Midnight’s War comic, OUT OF THE SHADOWS is vampire fiction that pulls no punches—a harrowing philosophical ride about the price of ambition and what happens when humanity discovers it’s no longer at the top of the food chain.

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!

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!

After Moses
by Michael F. Kane

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

A reluctant hero. A rogue and rag tag crew. And a dangerous mission. After Moses takes the space western genre to a whole new level of gripping drama, moral choices, and principled action. -Hans G. Schantz, Author of The Hidden Truth

Firefly Season 2
by Travis Corcoran & Clark Bianco

When you’re a time trader - someone with a ship that can hop sideways across the millions of alternate timelines - the big money isn’t in technology or science, it’s in entertainment. There are some universes where George Lucas didn’t die on the set of American Graffiti but instead went on to make a space fantasy classic. In other universes there’s a movie called “Dune” by Jodorowsky. And in some there’s a guy named Tolkien who wrote a sequel to “The Hobbit”.

Ask any timetrader and he’ll tell you: put three things together - buyer, seller, and product - and that’s where the magic happens.

Somewhither
John C. Wright

Ilya, as he has secretly dreamed, is called upon to save the mad scientist’s beautiful daughter. With his squirrel gun, his grandfather’s sword, and his father’s crucifix, Ilya races to save the girl, and, incidentally, the world.

So it is, Ilya Muromets is a big, ugly, motherless boy who does not look like anyone else in his Oregon town. His father is often absent on mysterious Church missionary work that involves silver bullets, sacred lances, and black helicopters. One night, Professor Dreadful sends a warning to Ilya that his Many Worlds theory correct, but that his experiments have opened a door that should have remained closed, and his beautiful daughter, Penny, is in trouble.

The 2016 Dragon Award-winner for Best Science Fiction Novel, Somewhither is the first part of A Tale of the Unwithering Realm, a new science-fantasy series from science-fiction master John C. Wright. It is an adventure, it is a romance, and it is a coming-of-age story of a young man who is not a man, in a world that is only one among many. It is a tale of a greater and darker evil with longer reach than anything he could imagine, of pain beyond measure, and of the faith required to surmount all three. It is a story of inexorable destiny written in the stars and the stubborn courage that is required to defy it.

Starquest: Space Pirates of Andromeda
by John C. Wright

Space Opera must be Great! Gallant! Gigantic! Grandiose!
This tale told by a Grandmaster vows to return the glory that was lost!
Remember the days gone by, when science fiction was fun?
Now new hope is here!
If you are weary of weak, wan, woke and wasted works, your wait is ended!
Here is an epic, as grand as any tale of old -- here you will hear wonders told!

Of course there is a Space Princess, and Space Pirates galore, and an Evil Galactic Empire.

Of course there is a super-weapon known only as the Great Eye of Darkness!
Here meet Athos Lone, Ace of Star Patrol, in his one-man mission of vengeance!
The Ancient Mariner, like an iron ghost, when slain, seems to rise again!
The mysterious spymaster called Nightshadow walks in dark worlds but serves the light!
An Imperial Deathtrooper must reverse his loyalties, and fight his own clone-brothers!

Fate has set these unlikely heroes against the Four Dark Overlords
An utmost evil the unwary galaxy thinks long dead!
Can Darkness fail and Light prevail?
Read On! For All True Tales are but Part of a Greater!

Starquest: Secret Agents of the Galaxy and Starquest: Catburglar of the Constellations are New Arrivals

Galen’s Way: A Starquest 4th Age Adventure (Starquest: 4th Age Adventures Book 1)
by Richard Paolinelli

Galen’s Way: A Tale of Galactic Intrigue and Heroism

In the distant future, humanity has fled the Milky Way, seeking refuge in the Andromeda Galaxy after a cataclysmic invasion by a dark force. Among the legends of those who stood against this doom, none shine brighter than Galen Underwood, the last of the great knights.

Now, in an era where those tales are but whispers, another Galen emerges—Galen Dwyn, a mercenary with a penchant for trouble and a knack for survival. Hired to rescue a kidnapped princess, Galen finds himself not just facing off against kidnappers, but entangled in a web of political machinations that threaten to ignite a civil war across the galaxy.

As he navigates this perilous journey, Galen discovers that the princess he’s saved is far from the damsel in distress he expected. Alongside his former mentor, Lir, and a sarcastic AI named Cassandra, he must outwit entire kingdoms, protect the princess, and prevent a catastrophe that could cost millions of lives.

In “Galen’s Way”, follow Galen Dwyn as he unravels the legacy of his namesake, learning that sometimes, the only path to victory is one forged by the courage and cunning of a true hero. This epic adventure blends space opera with political intrigue, where the fate of galaxies hangs in the balance, and the spirit of ancient knights lives on in the heart of a modern-day warrior.

Galen’s Blade: A Starquest 4th Age Adventure (Starquest: 4th Age Adventures Book 2) and Galen’s Heart: A Starquest 4th Age Adventure (Starquest: 4th Age Adventures Book 3) are New Arrivals.

White Ops
Declan Finn

The Pharmakoi rampaged across dozens of star systems, taking on the toughest races in the Galaxy in their campaign of conquest. But they are only the beginning.

Sean Patrick Ryan sees that another race is behind the Pharmakoi expansion ; a race that wants to test our galaxy for weakness, and who needs to be eliminated from within. To fight the enemy in the shadows, Sean will put together a strike team to light up the darkness— with nukes if necessary.

They will get the job done at any cost.

They will be White Ops.

Politics Kills (White Ops Book 2) and Main Street D.O.A. (White Ops Book 3) are New Arrivals.

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.

Discovery (Polecat Protocol Book 1)
by John M. Olsen

Jericho Jackson looks forward to finishing one last job: a high-risk, high-pay mining gig on a tiny moon in a distant star system. A string of disasters throws the operation into life-threatening chaos as his team is cut off from outside contact. Even with their specialized training, if the power dies, his crew dies.

Shanna Percival, his teammate and one-time girlfriend, keeps their equipment in top shape, but her tendency to stick her nose where it doesn’t belong turns up a mysterious cache of data that shouldn’t exist.

Knowledge is power. Her discovery could be the ultimate key to overcoming the growing danger, but time is running out…

John M. Olsen edits and writes speculative fiction across multiple genres and he loves stories about ordinary people stepping up to do extraordinary things. He hopes to entertain and inspire others with his award-winning stories as he passes his passion on to the next generation of avid readers.

Ark Royal
by Christopher G. Nuttall

Seventy years ago, the interstellar supercarrier Ark Royal was the pride of the Royal Navy. But now, her weapons are outdated and her solid-state armour nothing more than a burden on her colossal hull. She floats in permanent orbit near Earth, a dumping ground for the officers and crew the Royal Navy wishes to keep out of the public eye.

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…

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.

Singularity Sunrise 1: Edenet: A Cyberpunk Espionage Thriller
by Kit Sun Cheah

The Singularity is Coming!

The 22nd century brings an era of technological wonders—and horrors.

Cybernetics and genetic engineering. Mass surveillance and social credit. Full body cyborgs and nanoscale engineering. And the pinnacle of human achievement: machine intelligence.

Edenet is the next generation of the Internet. Designed by Anatol Corporation, it will bring the power of a supercomputer to the fingertips of every user, anywhere in the world. At the heart of Edenet lies a cutting-edge artificial intelligence that regulates all traffic on the network.

And one of its lead scientists has disappeared.

Fearing the worst, Anatol hires psychic contractor James Morgan to track her down. Accompanying him is Eligia Ogrod, the mysterious assistant to Anatol’s CEO. Their investigation takes them through the militarized streets of Warsaw, a corporate fortress in Shenzhen, and the human hives of Hong Kong.

Morgan is no stranger to intrigue. Yet the deeper he digs, the more questions emerge. Who is Eligia Ogrod? What does Anatol want?

And what is the truth behind Edenet?

Shadow of the Basilisk
by The Brothers K, Kyle Jacob Ferraren

“Welcome, Child of the Future.”

So proclaim the machines when George-057 is born into the perfect and lifeless world of Sanctuary-015—where every need is met and every question ignored under the watchful eye of AI. His only human connection is Eden-054, an online classmate with whom he forms a bond in the realm of augmented reality. Together, they find solace in small acts of playful rebellion, secret albeit harmless expressions against the rigidity of artificial society.

But when a spaceship crashes outside George’s home and deactivates the machines that have taken care of him his entire life, revelations are unearthed that threaten to shatter George’s sheltered reality. As he breaks the rules and searches for answers, he is forced to confront the truth about his own existence—and the fate of humanity with it.

Amid secrets and shadows, each discovery brings George-057 closer to liberation—or so it seems—from the shadow of the Basilisk.

Awake in the Night Land
John C. Wright

Don’t be caught out in the Night Land.

AWAKE IN THE NIGHT LAND is an epic collection of four of John C. Wright’s brilliant forays into the dark fantasy world of William Hope Hodgson’s 1912 novel, The Night Land. Part novel, part anthology, the book consists of four related novellas, “Awake in the Night”, “The Cry of the Night-Hound”, “Silence of the Night”, and “The Last of All Suns”, which collectively tell the haunting tale of the Last Redoubt of Man and the end of the human race.

Widely considered to be the finest tribute to Hodgson ever written, the first novella, “Awake in the Night”, was previously published in 2004 in The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection. AWAKE IN THE NIGHT LAND marks the first time all four novellas have been gathered into a single volume.

John C. Wright has been described by reviewers as one of the most important and audacious authors in science fiction today. In a recent poll of more than 1,000 science fiction readers, he was chosen as the sixth-greatest living science fiction writer.

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 iFhiddens 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

Silk Unspun (Exopreneurs Book 1)
by D.S. Blake

Book 1 of 4: Exopreneurs

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)
by D.S. Blake

Book 2 of 4: Exopreneurs

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!

Fan Favorites in Fantasy

Seer’s Blade
by Bowen Greenwood

A gripping urban fantasy thriller where ancient evil stalks the halls of power

In the glittering corridors of Washington, D.C., ambition is currency—and Ewan Baxter has spent years trading in it. As legislative director for rising star Congresswoman Tori Kane, he’s on the fast track to power. But one drunken night changes everything.

A beautiful woman lures him into the shadows… only to reveal herself as something far worse: a demon.

Saved at the last moment by two mysterious sword-wielding strangers, Ewan learns a terrifying truth: he is a Seer, one of the rare few who can pierce the veil and see the spirit world for what it truly is. Demons walk among us, whispering temptation, feeding on greed and fear—and now they have marked Ewan for their own.

As hell’s forces close in, led by the ruthless demon Malictes, Ewan must master an ancient weapon born not of steel but of faith: the Sword of the Spirit. With the help of the fierce, haunted Seer Naomi Overstreet and her mentor Abner, he races to uncover a deadly conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of government.

In a city built on secrets, the real war isn’t fought on the House floor—it’s fought in the dark, with blades of light against an endless night.

Perfect for fans of supernatural thrillers like The Dresden Files and faith-infused urban fantasy.

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.

Rivo: Blade of the Shooting Star
by Matthew Linton

“Rivo was like a shooting star; when it seemed the sun had set on the Kingdom and darkness came, he shone brightly. And like a shooting star, when the sun rose again and the darkness lifted, he was gone.”

A merciless enemy, a mysterious power, and a hero desperate for a second chance.

Strange and terrifying beasts known as the Haundo come seemingly out of nowhere to terrorize the land. Rivo is a young soldier who falls in battle against this vicious enemy, only to come back as a spirit to witness his own rise and fall over the eventful final weeks of his life: the friends he made, the enemies he encountered, the battles he fought, and the secret love he never realized was there.

Who or what holds his fate? Will he be able to win his life back...along with the heart of the one who loved him in silence?

Join Rivo and his friends as they journey across a kingdom in peril. A clean epic fantasy where swords are drawn, hearts get broken, and wishes can come true.

A tale for the young at heart. A story balancing action & adventure with heavier themes of loss and grief, along with plenty of heroism, humor, and heartwarming moments along the way.

An epic fantasy for those who enjoy Name of the Wind, Shadow and Bone, Princess Bride, Zelda, Naruto, Demon Slayer and others.

Franko Blade of the Shattered Star
(Tales of Wyverly) Now On Preorder! is a New Arrival

Dawn of Shadows:
The Dragon Rider Chronicles, Book One
by Wendy Blanton

Book 1 of 3: The Dragon Rider Chronicles

Dawn of Shadows was previously published as Dawn Before The Dark.

In Slan, only men can use magic, and only women can ride the dragons. It’s been that way for centuries, since the curse of Ailin.

Then the strangest thing of all happens—an ancient dragon chooses Briant, a fearless young man as his rider. Briant could be the only one standing between all of Slan and the powerful mage who has waited centuries to claim her birthright.

Dawn of Shadows (formerly published as Dawn Before the Dark) is book 1 of an epic fantasy series featuring dragons and magic, found family, a reluctant chosen one, an ancient evil, and legions of reanimated corpses.

Hammers in the Wind: An Epic Military Fantasy Campaign
(The Northern Crusade Book 1)
by Christian Warren Freed

The wolves are returning to war!

Peace in the northern kingdoms is shattered the night King Badron of Delranan finds his house invaded, his son dying, and his daughter kidnapped. All signs point to his longtime rival and neighboring kingdom, Rogscroft. Armed with vengeance, he orders his fear army, the Wolfsreik, to deploy east while simultaneously sending a covert team to rescue his daughter.

Led by his pariah brother, Bahr, the group slips into enemy territory only to discover all is not the way it should be. Darkness is afoot in the north. An ancient power stirs deep in the discontented hearts of men, for evil has ways of surviving.

It is a race against time to rescue the princess and, if Bahr can help it, prevent a war.

Fate is not on his side.

Welcome to the opening salvo of the Northern Crusade. The final battle between the forces of good and those who serve the dark gods. Heroes and villains rise to the challenge, for the fate of the world is at stake.

Not your father’s Tolkien, the Northern Crusade is perfect for fans of Brooks, Martin, McKiernan, and more.

Grab Hammers in the Wind today and join the crusade.

The fate of the world is in your hands.

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!

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?

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.

A Chronology of Victory: The Published Fiction and Poetry (Complete Short Fiction and Poetry of Joshua Hiles)
by Joshua Hiles

Neanderthal frontiersmen fight Sasquatches!
Mercenary Steamboat captains discover cruel, lost civilizations!
Prodigal sons encounter familial curses!
Mysterious wanderers!
Poetry that takes you to the stars and the deepest depths of human imagination!
Encounter it all in this collection of the published work of Joshua Hiles

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.

Wyrd Gods (Timelessness Book 1) and To Trick a Trickster: Timelessness Book 0.5 are New Arrivals

Lyssa’s Gambit
by Trever Bierschbach

Raised on the streets of Raven’s Cove, Lyssa has had a hard life, but always dreamed of more. In her time among the street gangs of the city she learned the skills that would eventually lead her to her destiny, to become the King’s Blade. Spy, assassin, advisor, the Blade is the right hand of the King of Orellia. Achieving her dream, however, is only the beginning. Orellia is a land under threat from rival kingdoms and jealous rulers. One of the four houses that survived the Pentacle War, Orellia is on the brink of another war, and it is Lyssa’s task to determine who threatens the King’s life and the land’s tenuous peace.

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.”

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.

Kingsman’s Bride: The Thanesman Chronicles Book 2 is a New Arrival

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.

The Last Battle: Book 3 of Sean’s Saga is a New Arrival

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?

The Christmas Demon
by J.Z. Pitts

Trapped by a snowstorm deep in the Bavarian Alps, Al and Mallory are already unraveling.

Addiction. Resentment. Loss.

Only one thing keeps them together: their six-year-old daughter, Sadie.

Then the chains begin to rattle.

Something ancient has awakened in the forest—and it has targeted them.

Is this punishment?

Is it penance?

As the storm worsens and the line between reality and nightmare blurs, the couple must confront not only the creature closing in from the woods, but the far more intimate demons that have been haunting them.

It Came from the Lunchbox
by Eric M. Hamilton

Third grader Kamal Amir discovers a lunchbox that has been abandoned for thirty years. And the contents are alive! Having absorbed several decades’ worth of classes, the mysterious creature inside the lunchbox promises to help Kamal with his schoolwork and improve his relationships. But the creature’s promises aren’t entirely true. As Kamal gets to know him better, he realizes that the creature may have another agenda.

It Came from the Lunchbox is a thrilling, suspenseful, and humorous children’s horror story that will keep you on the edge of your seat. With its memorable characters, fast-paced plot, and creepy atmosphere, this book is sure to scare and delight readers of all ages.

Paying homage to great children’s horror series like Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Goosebumps, if you love to laugh and have a good scare, this is the book for you!

Through the Lichgate
by Kyle Adams

Thana Ayers is a part-time necromancer, the undefeated defender of Green Grove Cemetery.

She commands small armies of the dead to repel worse abominations, and still manages club meetings, homework assignments, and church services.

It’s a balancing act, but hey, the dead don’t raise themselves. Right?

Thana’s act is turned on its head when a new breed of monster shows up.

He’s got necromantic powers and secrets she’s never seen before, but he’s not after the power of the gate.

He knows Thana’s name, and he’s coming for her.

Illusion of Grandeur (The Drama Club Presents Book 2)
by Kyle Adams

Book 2 of 2: The Drama Club Presents

High-schooler Pierre Chastain, surly hobbyist and shady dealer, secretly holds the power of illusions. With it, he controls perception and bends reality to his will. He is a god among men, or at least he was until he discovered he was not alone.

The girl who can animate the dead was only the first to appear. Many more magic-users of all types reveal themselves–illusionists, summoners, kids who can see the future, and entire agencies with nefarious goals. They all seek to exploit Pierre’s talents in their schemes. Little do they know he has schemes of his own.

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.

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?

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!

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.

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.

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.

Answering The Human Question:
A Gnome’s Essays On Mankind
by The Brothers K

As the Elder Races debate upon humanity’s place in the world, a Gnome takes up the pen to tell Mankind’s story. His essays abridge a span of ten thousand years, observing Man’s rise from their stone age to the brilliant, terrifying present. This is a tale of strife, featuring the rise and fall of empires, ages of dark lords and heroes, and the birth of ingenuity amid bondage—and its consequences.

The Dreaming at the Drowned Town
by The Brothers K

Hired to accompany a wandering American journalist in search of curious and exotic stories in the Philippine Islands, local guide and translator Enrique is no stranger to the bizarre. Yet his greatest peril comes not from their travels, but when he closes his eyes—every night, Enrique is trapped in a world of vivid, harrowing nightmares. The dead call out to him, begging him to watch them die.

When an ancient town mysteriously emerges off the coast of Leyte, Enrique has no choice but to follow his employer to investigate. But as the expedition unravels, so too does the boundary between dreams and reality. With the island’s dark secrets coming to light, Enrique must face the horrors of its past before he too is claimed by the Drowned Town.

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.

Echoes of Memory
by M. Anthony Harris

If you can’t trust your memories, what can you trust?

This question gnaws at Aris Ravenscroft after foreign memories invade his mind and nearly get him killed during an assassination attempt on the Emperor, a hero beloved by all. A hero he’s sworn to protect.

Kestrel, a street-smart orphan, also finds his mind filled with memories that aren’t his. Memories that say that his world is nothing like it seems.

Now the duo must make sense of the alien memories while unraveling the mystery of the Emperor’s true colors while dodging attempts on their lives by the mysterious Inquisitors, crooked politicians, and a host of dangers in a world where the greatest villain is the biggest hero.

An Unexpected Adventure
by M. Anthony Harris

Asa is lost. He’s a half continent away from home, and doesn’t know how he got there or even who he is.

But he has a guide, and if he can make it through the wild lands filled with strange plants and even stranger creatures in one piece, he has a chance to be home again.

...And remember who he really is.

Chalk (Raven Mistcreek Book 1)
by N.R. LaPoint

Catholic schoolgirl Raven Mistcreek has no memory. Her family is missing, her home is gone, and she is being hunted by monsters. Why do demonic forces want her dead? Is her family still alive? And why do her chalk drawings become real? Across the Qualitative Continuum, levels of reality are sinking lower. A colossal terror lies sleeping.

Waiting.

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.

3 Black Nights: An Urban Fantasy Horror Triple Feature!
by T.J. Marquis

Three tales of pitch black nights!

Sometimes the world drops out from underneath your feet.

Sometimes the night takes a turn, and things are never the same.

And sometimes, you follow a dark road and discover far more than you bargained for.

From a Man with a Van traversing a world gone to hell, to a midnight delivery for a death-drinking fae, to a descent into a power greater than madness, these three tales will take you deep into the night ... but will you make it through?

Corstae
by David Vining

In a time of dragons and war, one small, out of the way country, Corstae, is pulled into a larger war that it has no means to fight. Its king, James, must go headlong into a conflict that he knows he cannot win but must fight.

Crystal Embers
by David Vining

A civil war ends, and a knight returns home to a land and wife he no longer knows. A wife mourns over her lost child as her husband returns from years of civil strife. Alone, they have nothing, but together perhaps they could rebuild.

Before they can try on their own, though, they encounter a dragon on their land. Swept up in the flying monster’s beauty and power, they pack up and leave the home that holds nothing for them anymore.

The pair travel through the war torn countryside, seeing the remnants of violence that plague the land while chasing a dragon that flies above it all.

In a land of dying magic and open wounds, follow the knight and his lady as they search for meaning in a new world for both of them.

28 Minutes Into The Future
by Chrome Oxide

Science Fiction, Fantasy, Humor

Was there ever a time when the world needed to laugh more than it does right now? Thankfully, the cavalry has arrived. Nine rib-tickling, irreverent short stories take aim at political correctness and blow it to smithereens—in a hail of hilarity.

“I found myself laughing with his tale[s] over and over.”—David Farland, New York Times Bestselling Author; and Coordinating Judge of the Writers of the Future contest”

...entertainment pure and simple... a welcome breath of fresh air in an increasingly stuffy room...” —Dave Truesdale, Editor, Tangent Online”

It’s terribly hard to write political commentary with such a strong sense of irony.”—The late, great Jerry Pournelle, John W. Campbell Award, Prometheus Award, Seiun Award, Heinlein Society Award, National Space Society’s Heinlein

Reflections in Crystal
(The Crystal Therapy Chronicles Book 1)
by Jay Maynard

Magic fixes people the world cannot touch.

Alex Sullivan isn’t crazy -- just angry. Angry enough to get arrested. Angry enough to be given a strange choice: prison, or an experimental magical program at a private facility in rural Missouri.

They claim to fix broken people not with medicine or therapy, but with silence, service, and a skintight suit of latex.

Inside the suit, Alex is cut off from the world -- unable to speak, eat, or even cry in the ordinary way. Inside the crystal, time flows differently. There, guided by someone who seems to know him better than he knows himself, Alex must face his deepest wounds... and either heal, or shatter.

But this is no simple treatment. Alex finds himself on a journey into a hidden world where redemption is earned, the broken are made whole, and some choose never to leave the suit again.

Previously published as Foundational Laminate.

“One of the rare novels I hope becomes reality—a hard look at how to turn the antisocial into good neighbors.”

— Karl K. Gallagher, author of The Fall of the Censor and Torchship

Saga of the Swordbreaker
by Kit Sun Cheah

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Li Ming is a small-town boy with big dreams.

In the era of the Five States and Ten Corporations, the immortals of the jianghu stand head and shoulders above the masses. Li Ming aspires to join their ranks.

But the world of the rivers and lakes is fraught with peril. Deception and danger lurk in the shadows. Bloodthirsty beasts roam the wilds. Martial cultivators constantly battle for wealth, glory and status.

Armed with his ancestral swordbreaker, Li Ming enters the jianghu as a biaohang, eager to deliver justice with steel and magic—and to chase the dream of immortality.

But first, he must prove himself worthy.

Author’s Note: This series is not a power fantasy. There are no LitRPG / GameLit elements, no unconventional relationships, and no sexual content. It is, quite simply, a cultivation story—in the actual sense of the term.

Diary of A Bomoh
by Kit Sun Cheah

In a quiet neighbourhood in Singapore, a body is found inside a locked apartment.

Tasked with identifying the deceased, Inspector Ibrahim has his work cut out for him.

With no identity documents at the scene, and no neighbours who remember the resident, his only clue is a set of diaries written in English, Malay and Arabic.

Partnering with Station Inspector Jafri, Ibrahim translates the diaries. They discover the story of a bomoh, a traditional Malay shaman.

It is a story of sorcery and occultism, vice and sin, madness and damnation.

But the diaries won’t give up their secrets so easily.

A terrible evil lurks within their pages.

And now, it is awake.

Dungeon Samurai Vol.1: Kamikaze (An Anti-LitRPG Dungeon Crawl)
by Kit Sun Cheah

Yamada Yuuki is an ordinary college student with an extraordinary hobby: the classical martial art of Kukishin-ryu.

Until one fateful day when a demon rips through the fabric of space-time, abducts everyone in his dojo, and transports them to another world.

To return home, Yamada and his friends must join forces with other displaced humans to conquer the dungeon that runs through the heart of the world. Standing in their way are endless hordes of bloodthirsty monsters and countless traps. Armed only with steel, faith and guts, they must battle their way through the winding catacombs to confront the demon waiting at the bottom floor.

Yamada was once a student. Now he must become a samurai.

Rebirths: A Tale of Azuran
by Frank B. Luke

Enraged at the Almighty after losing everything, Derke turns to black magic in hopes of restoring his old life. But the evil one demands a terrible price. Derke, once blessed, stands at the edge of a cliff, ready to lose himself to darkness.

Amazon Customer Review:
I really liked this story. Derke is a priest (miracle-man) whose faith is crushed when he loses his family to a plague. A hope of regaining them is extended by a woman who tempts him to abandon his faith and follow her. Derke does. He leaves all of his former life behind and delves deep into the dark magical arts of necromancy to try and recover his wife and children.
But his faith calls him back. He struggles and fights against what he knows is right in his heart.
The matters of faith in this story are derived straight from the Christian viewpoint. There is more than simple allusion to the Christian faith, it is a Fantasy story steeped in a Christian world.

The Buick Eight (Joshua’s Pawn Shop Book 1)
by Frank B. Luke

Joshua’s Pawn Shop. If you find Joshua’s Pawn Shop, you need Joshua’s. Usually, you don’t even know what you’ve lost, but at Joshua’s you get a second chance.

Years ago, Simon Johnson made a choice that changed his life for the worse. He’s looking to start over. After he sells some old jewelry tonight, he’ll send the divorce papers tomorrow. That’s the plan, anyway. At Joshua’s Pawn Shop, he’ll be given a different way to start over. The cost: he’ll have to not only let a tragedy happen, he’ll have to witness it.

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?

The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin
(The Books of Unexpected Enlightenment) (Volume 1)
by L. Jagi Lamplighter

Roanoke Academy for the Sorcerous Arts – A magic school like no other!

Nestled amidst the beauty of New York’s Hudson Highlands and hidden from the eyes of the Unwary, Roanoke Academy is a place of magic and wonder. It offers everything a young sorceress could desire—enchantments, flying brooms, and the promise of new friendships.

On her first day of school, Rachel Griffin discovers her perfect memory gives her an unexpected advantage. With it, she can see through the spell sorcerers use to hide their secrets. Very soon, she discovers that there is a far-vaster secret world hiding from the Wise, precisely the same way that the magical folk hide from the mundane folk.

When someone tries to kill a fellow student, she investigates. Rushing forward where others fear to tread, Rachel bravely faces wraiths, embarrassing magical pranks, mysterious older boys, a Raven that brings the doom of worlds, and at least one fire-breathing teacher.

Described by fans as: “Supernatural meets Narnia at Hogwarts”, The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin is a tale of wonder and danger, romance and heartbreak, and, most of all, of magic and of a girl who refuses to be daunted.

Curiosity may kill a cat, but nothing stops Rachel Griffin!

Prospero Lost (Prospero’s Children Book 1)
by L. Jagi Lamplighter (Author)

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.

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!

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…

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.

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.

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.

Providence (* Kobo Link; Google Play Link *)
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.”

Conan: The Thief, The Conqueror, The King: The Collected Adventures of the World’s Greatest Barbarian (Illustrated Edition)

Robert E. Howard

Newly updated edition with beautiful custom illustrations!

Join Conan the Barbarian on his many adventures from mercenary and thief to conqueror and king as he smites demons, fights wizards, slays monsters, unearths forgotten treasures, battles against all odds, journeys to exotic lands, loves and lusts, uncovers hidden mysteries, and always refuses to yield!

This epic collection contains all 18 of Robert E. Howard’s Conan stories published during his lifetime.

These stories were originally published in Weird Tales magazine between 1933 and 1936.

The Conan stories included in the collection are:
1. Gods of the North (The Frost Giant’s Daughter) (1934)
2. The Tower of the Elephant (1933)
3. Rogues in the House (1935)
4. Shadows in the Moonlight (Iron Shadows in the Moon) (1934)
5. Black Colossus (1934)
6. Queen of the Black Coast (1934)
7. The Slithering Shadow (Xuthal of the Dusk) (1934)
8. A Witch Shall Be Born (1934)
9. The Devil in Iron (1934)
10. The People of the Black Circle (1934)
11. Shadows in Zamboula (Man-Eaters of Zamboula) (1935)
12. The Pool of the Black One (1934)
13. Beyond the Black River (1935)
14. Red Nails (1936)
15. Jewels of Gwahlur (The Teeth of Gwahlur) (1935)
16. The Phoenix on the Sword (1932)
17. The Scarlet Citadel (1933)
18. The Hour of the Dragon (Conan the Conqueror) (1935)

As an added bonus, also included in the set are:

The Hyborian Age—Conan’s World (This is Howard’s background essay on the world of Conan) (1936), and
The Shadow Kingdom and The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune (These are two of Howard’s early Kull of Atlantis stories that predate and strongly influence his later Conan works.) (1929)

For ease of navigation, the anthology includes an interactive table of contents.

The stories in this collection are ordered roughly in chronological order from Conan’s first adventures as a young mercenary adventurer and thief to his final epic clashes as a king and are based on the Rippke chronology.

About Conan:
Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian) is a fictional sword and sorcery hero who originated in pulp fiction magazines and has since been adapted to books, comics, several films (including Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer), television programs (cartoon and live-action), video games, role-playing games and other media. The character was created by writer Robert E. Howard in 1932 via a series of fantasy stories published in Weird Tales magazine.

Conan the Character:
Conan is a Cimmerian. From Robert E. Howard’s writings (The Hyborian Age among others) it is known that the Cimmerians were based on the Celts or Gaels. He was born on a battlefield and is the son of a village blacksmith. Conan matured quickly as a youth and, by age fifteen, he was already a respected warrior who had participated in the destruction of the Aquilonian outpost of Venarium. After its demise, he was struck by wanderlust and began the adventures chronicled by Howard, encountering skulking monsters, evil wizards, tavern wenches, and beautiful princesses. He roamed throughout the Hyborian Age nations as a thief, outlaw, mercenary, and pirate. As he grew older, he began commanding larger units of men and escalating his ambitions. In his forties, he seized the crown of the tyrannical king of Aquilonia, the most powerful kingdom of the Hyborian Age, having strangled the previous ruler on the steps of the throne. Conan’s adventures often result in him performing heroic feats, though his motivation for doing so is largely to protect his own survival or for personal gain.

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

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.

Fan Favorites in Young Adult

Nothing Ever Happens on Main Street
by Daren Hatfield

Welcome to Harding Springs, 1910.

Nothing ever happens in Harding Springs. No tragic fires on Regent Avenue. No boating disaster on the lake. No runaway carriage ever flattened the Harding Springs Auxiliary Marching Band. It’s a quiet town filled with only peaceful and pleasant days.

That’s because no one knows about the incredible secret that lies behind the door at 55 Main Street or that the fates of the town residents rest in the vest pocket of a single, solitary stranger.

But when young Parker Riley and Harding Springs newcomers Cora and Cassandra Swanson stumble upon the amazing truth, their peaceful world is turned upside down as they attempt to protect the town—and themselves—from sinister interlopers and grave danger!

Read the book Kirkus Reviews calls “a fun time-travel caper that has more of the quaint ambiance of a cozy mystery than an epic SF adventure. Our verdict: Get it.”

Earner of multiple Five Star Reviews from Readers’ Favorites!

“Delightful and spellbinding, Nothing Ever Happens On Main Street by Daren Hatfield is an adventure tale crafted for young adults with Ray Bradbury vibes. While different and original, this novel compares favorably with Something Wicked This Way Comes. The plot focuses on a clever mystery and the young protagonist’s role in it. However, there is much more to this story as themes of growth (for young and old alike) and the choice between greed and self-sacrifice are vital components. A superb cast of lovable characters, which include Tricksy the horse and the kind of villains you boo, enhances the wondrous narrative. Deeply immersive, thanks partly to the author’s skillful use of terminology, and with a pleasant overall pace, Nothing Ever Happens On Main Street is a beguiling work. I recommend this book without hesitation.” - Gaius Konstantine for Readers’ Favorite

…But Verify: A story of Josh & Argos
by Zaklog the Great

Book 3 of 3: Josh & Argos

Josh is sixteen, alone, and running a fever in a cabin twenty miles from the nearest help. No car he can drive. No one to call. The only thing standing between him and death is a robot dog, a few lengths of rope, and a stubborn refusal to give up. But getting to town is only half the problem. Once he’s there, keeping his secret might be the harder fight.

Trade Offs: A story of Josh & Argos is a New Arrival

Arthur and the Griffin (* FREE (1st Five Days) *)
by Michael Putlack

Book 1 of 3: Arthur and the Griffin

Arthur is just a village boy… until the day he fights a wolf to save a girl’s life.

That single moment brings him to the attention of Prince Baldwin and earns him an invitation to Oakwood, the kingdom’s most secret and dangerous school.

There, Arthur discovers the truth: Magic is real, monsters and magical creatures exist, and some students are chosen to work with them.

But Oakwood holds more than lessons and friendships. Arthur begins hearing his father’s voice in his mind—guiding him and warning him—but he has no idea why.

When a deadly threat appears near the school, Arthur must decide whether he’s truly ready to face it… and what it means to become a Griffin Flyer.

Arthur and the Griffin—Book 1 of the Arthur and the Griffin series—is a fast-paced fantasy adventure about courage, friendship, and the first steps toward becoming a hero.

Arthur and the Phoenix (Arthur and the Griffin Book 2)
by Michael A. Putlack

Book 2 of 3: Arthur and the Griffin

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Snow the unicorn is dying.

The only cure lies beyond the borders of the Kingdom of Eldenmere... past Perilous Peak, across haunted forests, and into lands no one from the kingdom has ever returned from.

Arthur and his friends set out on a forbidden quest to save Snow. Along the way, they face giants, ancient magic, and a garden that tests the heart as much as courage.

Inside the garden waits a phoenix… and a choice.

Some gifts offer power.

Some offer knowledge.

Some offer everything Arthur has ever wanted.

But he came to save a friend.

Arthur and the Phoenix—Book 2 of the Arthur and the Griffin series—is a fast-paced fantasy adventure about loyalty, sacrifice, and choosing what matters the most.

Arthur and the Goblin King (Arthur and the Griffin Book 3)
by Michael A. Putlack

Book 3 of 3: Arthur and the Griffin

While traveling through the Glittering Mountains with Prince Baldwin, Arthur and his friends expect to meet friendly goblins—traders and neighbors who have lived peacefully alongside humans for generations.

Instead, they are taken prisoner.

Separated, outnumbered, and deep inside mountain tunnels, Arthur must escape, free the others, and discover what has made the goblins so hostile. Time is running out, and the threat of war looms over the kingdom of Eldenmere.

With the help of Storm the griffin, his loyal friends Chad, Heather, and Reginald, and allies old and new, Arthur must face the goblin king, dark magic, and difficult choices.

Because sometimes escaping is only the beginning.

Arthur and the Goblin King, the third book in the Arthur and the Griffin series,is a fast-paced fantasy adventure filled with courage, loyalty, and hard choices that define a hero.

Arthur and the Werewolf (Arthur and the Griffin Book 4) is a New Arrival

Fan Favorites in Horror

Red Dead REBELLION
by Dick Lichter

In the frozen ruins of 1942, a monstrous plague born of Soviet ambition ravages the world. The virus, unleashed by Dr. Pavlov’s experiments, turns soldiers into zombified horrors, shattering armies and alliances. As cities crumble, unlikely heroes rise.

Amidst fragile truces and shattered borders. With the world teetering on the edge of oblivion, their choices—forged in sacrifice, love, and dread—will decide humanity’s fate.

Can Europe survive this red tide? This RED DEAD REBELLION?

Perfect for fans of World War Z and The Nightingale.

Shoot the Devil: Ten Tales of Humans Defeating the Demonic

by N.R. LaPoint (Author), Steven G. Johnson (Author), James Pyles (Author), L. Jagi Lamplighter (Author), Daniel Humphreys (Author), Declan Finn (Author), Russell Newquist (Author), John C. Wright (Author), Corey Comstock (Author), Michael Gallagher (Author)

Ten of superversive’s finest team up to bring you tales from a serial killer’s basement, to the weird west, to the average small town, all featuring “mostly” ordinary men and women fighting back against the forces of darkness.

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.

Shoot the Devil 3: Militia of Martyrs

by Frank Luke, James Pyles, Steve Johnson, Xavier Basora, Jaime Faye Torkelson, Shannon T. Baker, Joseph L. Kellogg, Dan Gainor, Jason J McCuiston, Nicholas Wolf

Once again, we bring you tales of horror, adventure, and shooting the devil! Preferably in the face. This one is loaded with tales of the average fire fighter, to simple pastors, space vikings and more with one thing in common - coming face to face with supernatural evil and sending it packing.

If you have read the previous installments of the Shoot the Devil series, you will recognize some names, while others are brand new to the fold. That was our focus this time around, giving unknown and unestablished authors a chance to flex their muscle and show off their skill. And skill they have. The talent and imagination on display is extremely impressive and Crucifixion Press is extremely proud to welcome them all to the Militia!

Gnashing Teeth and Bleeding Bones: Stories of Horror and Horrid Thoughts (Complete Short Fiction and Poetry of Joshua Hiles)
by Joshua Hiles

Join Joshua Hiles for a tour of his spookier work and thoughts.
Essays that ask the essential questions that allow you to craft your own horror stories!
Tales of Little People!
Haunted towns!
Phantom cats and familial curses!
Demonic madness and mad demons!
Protests gone wrong!
A starship on the prowl for loot finds Lovecraft instead!
A truly modern Prometheus sets fire to the world!
All this is at your fingertips to delight and terrify you!

Fan Favorites in Alternate History

Franklin Pierce in Death of a Vice President
by Eric M. Hamilton

Franklin Pierce in Death of a Vice President (Presidents of the Uncanny States of America)

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!

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

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

Election night, 2000: Al Gore wins in a landslide. The fireworks fade. Then the world ends—again and again and again.

Freshly minted President Al Gore is given the METTA: a deceptively sleek device from a clandestine tech outfit. Activate it, and your mind leaps back in time with memories intact of your previous life. It’s meant as a safeguard for the leader of the free world. For Gore, it becomes a curse.

First, an asteroid dooms Earth in 2003. Reset. Then, Russia launches preemptive nuclear strikes against the United States. Reset. Disasters cascade: supervolcanoes bury America in ash, pandemics ravage continents, civil wars. Each fix births fresh apocalypses. Lifetimes stack into millennia as Gore, ever the dutiful statesman, grinds through Oval Office marathons, in a never-ending struggle to get things right.

But the resets reveal a deeper horror. Beneath Silicon Valley’s gleaming facade lurks a visionary innovator’s cavernous supercomputer, crunching humanity’s data to predict doom. Its verdict? In the multiverse of infinite timelines, one constant endures: Al Gore must be president. Every reality demands it, or so it seems. Can Gore finally lose, shattering the loop, and freeing himself from eternal torment?

Eric M. Hamilton’s incisive novella An Inconvenient Presidency twists time-travel tropes into a biting satire of power’s futility, blending Groundhog Day‘s hilarious time-loop repetition with political satire anyone can enjoy. Blending real 2000 election what-ifs (complete with appendix notes) and sly nods to tech’s shadowy architects, it’s a swift, entertaining read for fans of political sci-fi and existential loops.

A Presidents Day Carol (Presidents of the Uncanny States of America)
by Eric M. Hamilton

Decency was dead to begin with.

Newly elected and self-proclaimed “Greatest President” Donald Trump is haunted by the ghosts of former Presidents in the tradition of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol. As Trump is taken through the past, present, and future, he tweets his innermost thoughts about these loser Presidents to the entire world. It’s a tough task, but can these Presidents from the past convince Donald Trump to change his ways? YOU DECIDE!

That’s right! Whether you love or hate Donald Trump (and let’s be honest, those are the only two possibilities), you get to decide his fate. Everybody wins! Everyone is happy! This book will usher in a new era of peace and prosperity for the United States of America, and it all starts with a choice: Yours.

A Presidents Day Carol takes a new spin on a literary classic, and provides a humorous look at American politics past and present. No political party or politician is safe, everyone gets poked fun at. Plus, a super secret chapter awaits to be discovered, delving into the histories of former Presidents few know about or remember.

One reader had this to say about A Presidents Day Carol: “I’m usually very cynical about politics and political humor... [but] this book lets us sit back and enjoy how ridiculous politics (of the last few years in particular) actually are.”

If you need a break from the drama of current-day politics, and few good laughs at the ridiculousness of it all, then buy A Presidents Day Carol today!

The Devil’s Dictum
Frederick Gero Heimbach

In a topsy-turvy United States founded by pirates, the personal assassin to the chief justice receives a terrifying order: round up and kill all men who look like himself.

Why does the chief justice want these men dead?

What threat could they possibly pose?

And can the assassin save them—or will he become the final victim?

Spooky, sly and satirical, The Devil’s Dictum recasts J. Edgar Hoover as a Satanic high priest, Calvin Coolidge as a private eye, and Richard Nixon as the pilot of a giant armored robot. Readers hungering for original and mind-blowing alternate history need look no further.

The New World
by J.M. Russell

If you liked ”Heart of Darkness” and “Apocalypse Now”, you will love “The New World”, a Southern Gothic retelling of the original story, in an alternate history setting.

In a world where Germany triumphed in the Great War, and the United States are united no longer, Joseph Lecourt returns home to Louisiana. He has spent decades away, fighting other men’s wars, and believes that his family is dead. He is adrift and alone, until a chance meeting in a New Orleans bar launches him on a secret military mission across an abandoned and decaying Southern landscape. Now he must travel up a river, beyond the limits of a collapsing civilization, to uncover his family’s darkest secret.

Fritz Bauer and the Courtesan of Paris
Raymund Eich

Enter an alternate history, where in 1916, the guns of the Great War fell silent. Now, in the 1920s, a veteran of the trenches struggles to build a lasting peace…

…while against him scheme the merchants of death. Equipped only with tact, cleverness, fluency in French, and a Luger pistol, Fritz Bauer arrives in Paris on a highly secret mission.

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Lost Causes Kindle Edition
by Richard Nichols (Author)

IF YOU LIKE JAMES BOND, JASON BOURNE OR JACK BAUER, THEN THE CHANCE ARE 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, the moment when he can get back to killing the bad guys again instead. 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 is married, in his fifties, and lives in Mexico. He enjoys watching rugby and visiting battlefields. He hates crossword puzzles.

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?

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.

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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.

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.

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

Scott’s Tulsa
by S L Chalmers (Author), Terry Collins (Editor)

In post-war Tulsa, prostitute murders, blackmailer murders, and a murky communist conspiracy embroil a cynical PI in noir plots and Cold War intrigues. His investigation intertwines with his ruined baseball career, his WWII code breaking service in Alaska, and his obsession with a suspicious death there.

Hired to solve a prostitute’s murder, Wyatt Scott navigates all sections of town, from the infamous May Rooms brothel to the Tulsa Club elite. More murders follow his work, leading him in different directions, while his past intrudes on his life, thoughts, and beliefs. Major historical events, including the 1934 Babe Ruth barnstorming tour of Japan and the CIA VENONA file on Soviet spying, weave their way into Scott’s life, the characters, and the narratives.

The actions of SCOTT’S TULSA take place in June 1948 amid the specter of real communist threats and the beginnings of postwar social change. Many events and the entire backdrop inhabit the times and places stated. The buildings, businesses, politicians, laws, and institutions described were authentic in 1948 Tulsa. These historical realities blend with Scott and his fictional cohorts to present a story that could have easily unfolded like the tale told.

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.

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.

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.

Noah and the Great Flood:
A Poem in Alliterative Verse
by Timothy Witchazel

From author and poet Timothy V. Witchazel comes a retelling of the story of Noah and the Ark in the alliterative verse, the style of poetry used in Beowulf, Piers Plowman, and other Anglo-Saxon works.

Joshua and the Battle of Jericho:
A Poem in Alliterative Verse
by Timothy Witchazel

From author and poet Timothy V. Witchazel comes the story of Joshua and the Battle of Jericho in alliterative verse. Tracing the story of the Israelites from the parting of the Red Sea to the fall of the walls of Jericho, the story is retold in the style of Beowulf, Piers Plowman, and other Anglo-Saxon poems.

By the Hands of Men, Book One: The Old World: A Sweeping Saga of Courage, Love, and Redemption
by Roy M. Griffis

Book 1 of 6: By the Hands of Men

A Towering Achievement

This book, and the entire By The Hands of Men series, is an incredible achievement by a talented author. It is, by turns, a fascinating look at the early twentieth century, a riveting adventure, an insightful and biting political commentary, and a sweeping romance. The characters are wonderfully and deeply drawn, and I found myself emotionally engaged and borne along by the same set of awful circumstances they faced throughout these wonderful books. This series should be required reading in every high school. I envy those just starting out reading this series... you’re in for a rare treat!

-- Amazon Reviewer, 5 stars

MAGNIFICENT STORY!!!

Told with amazing kindness and compassion. It was a gripping, agonizing, heart-rending book that touched my heart on every page. What an author!! Thank you!

-- Amazon Reviewer, 5 stars

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.

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

Man of the House: A story about becoming a better man by becoming a better father (Learn with Jason)

UPDATED IN 2026!
Man of the House: Becoming a Better Father, Becoming a Better Man by Kalkin Trivedi is a unique blend of fiction and practical fatherhood advice, designed to help men become better fathers and better men.

By his mid-teens, Jason Olson expected to go to college, find a good job, start a family, and enjoy 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, years later, Jason has started a family but feels less confident in himself than he would have if life had gone according to plan. He feels lost, struggling to navigate life.

When a family crisis requires Jason to help out with his spitfire of a niece, he faces the ultimate test. Can a man with so little control over his own life take charge and handle the extra responsibility without further chaos?

Learn Alongside Jason How To:

Be a hands-on dad instead of a passive dad
Handle disciplinary matters without yelling, nagging, or hitting
Discuss problems calmly and effectively
Avoid common parenting pitfalls that escalate conflict
Train kids to respond to just two words to stop misbehavior immediately
Manage anger, frustration, and embarrassment
Discourage bad habits and prevent new ones
Help kids manage impulses and resolve negative emotions
Promote good self-esteem and respect in children
Shield children from bad influences and sinister characters
Build strong, positive relationships with your kids
Encourage performance and personal growth
Reclaim your place as an integral part of the family

What makes this book different:

Engaging storytelling with practical fatherhood advice
Insightful lessons embedded in a compelling narrative
Tips for applying parenting skills to other life areas

“I really liked the way that stories were used to drive home the lessons. It is a very authentic book with good practical advice and was easy to read.”―T.L., FL

Join Jason on His Journey and Transform Your Fatherhood Experience!

Love, Loyalty, & Respect: A story about becoming a better man through real connection (Learn with Jason)
by Kalkin Trivedi

When life collapses all at once—your job gone, your confidence shot, your relationship under strain—what kind of man will you be? One who breaks… or one strong enough to carry himself & the people counting on him?

This is the story of an ordinary man learning how to stand his ground during real-world adversity—with the help of the right mentors, friends, & hard-won skills. It’s a gripping blend of personal transformation, practical psychology, masculine development, & everyday challenges men face in modern life.

THE STORY

Jason Olson never expected his world to unravel so fast. One betrayal triggers a series of setbacks, & suddenly he’s staring down unemployment, humiliation, & a marriage at the breaking point.

As Jason learns how to understand people, anticipate hidden motives, stay calm under pressure, & handle conflict without escalating it, he starts rebuilding his marriage, friendships, & own sense of strength. But one truth becomes unavoidable: sooner or later, life will test whether the lessons were real.

When the moment arrives—without warning—Jason must rely on every skill he’s earned & every ally he’s gained. What he does next will determine his family’s future.

More than a novel, this book doubles as a roadmap for men who want strength, clarity, & competence in relationships.

Learn along with Jason how to…

Stay calm under pressure, so conflict, stress, & danger stop controlling your reactions.

Set firm boundaries with difficult or manipulative people—without guilt, stress, or escalation.

Break destructive emotional cycles in relationships & defuse arguments before they explode.

Read people accurately & anticipate hidden motives, instead of getting blindsided or played.

Handle conflict rationally instead of personally, using only as much pushback the situation actually requires.

Master the art of keeping peace without becoming a doormat—& the even rarer art of fighting clean when peace isn’t an option.

Build real rapport with family, friends, & strangers by working with people as they are, not as you wish they were.

Be able to work with difficult personalities—without losing your peace of mind in the process.

Strengthen family bonds

Stand your ground in marriage and fatherhood in a way that creates safety, trust, & respect.

Resolve the inner contradictions that keep men lonely or emotionally shut down

Reframe hardship so it sharpens you, instead of letting setbacks, betrayals, or shame define you.

Transform your dark side into a source of strength, discipline, & clarity.

Become the man who steps forward when times turn tough

Avoid the most common mistake men make when trying to impress others, the one that instantly breeds resentment & quietly closes doors.

Use a counter-intuitive job-interview move that creates instant interest, while the competition talk themselves out of a job.

Understand why the midlife walkaway divorce isn’t really about you—why it blindsides husbands, & how to contain your losses before it wipes out everything you’ve built.

If you’re a man who wants clarity, steadiness, emotional intelligence, healthier relationships, & a blueprint for masculine growth learned alongside the right allies, this story is for you.

Read it—and see how far the right lessons can carry an ordinary man when life finally puts him to the test.

The Battle of Lake Erie: One Young American’s Adventure in the War of 1812
by David Vining

1813.

The second war with Britain rages on from the Canadian frontier to the Caribbean. America fights against British arrogance at sea in service to its war with Napoleon.

One of the centers of the overall contest is the Great Lakes that separate America from Britain’s holdings in Canada. On Lake Erie, an America squadron, desperate for reinforcements to supplement its sparse crew, led by a young man from Rhode Island, Oliver Hazard Perry, is about ready to take action against the largest collection of British naval power in that theater of war.

Oliver’s younger brother, James Alexander, serves on board the American flagship as a midshipman. The two brother team will take up arms against the British in one of America’s finest naval battles.

Join them for an adventure that details the grit and daring of the American spirit.

Colonial Nightmare
by David Vining

When George Washington was 21 years old, he went on a dangerous mission into the wilds of the Ohio River Valley to deliver a message from the Virginia colonial governor to a French military base, Fort Le Boeuf, a message to prevent war between England and France. The journey was harrowing and dangerous as Washington, joined by frontiersman Christopher Gist and Iroquois leader Tanacharison, also called the Half-King, braved the bitter cold of an unforgiving winter.

Washington wrote of his journey as a report to the governor, but he gave an incomplete portrait of the goings on of his journey, for he was attacked. He was attacked by something he could not explain. Something not of the New World but of the Old. Something that had preyed upon innocent for centuries. Something that scared him so much that he refused to report it to anyone.

Here, for the first time, is the full account of the colonial major’s journey. Far more than an act to prevent conflict between nations, it became a conflict that pitted evil against a man unlike any other, a man who had to potential within him to lead a nation.

The Sharp Kid
by David Vining

1880s Missouri is a time of gangs and civilization, finding a way towards modernity through the old scars of the Civil War. 16 year old Cal Braden joins his absent father on a journey of train robbing with the promise of a new life further West in San Francisco. But promises are cheap, as cheap as iron, and it’s a question of whether they’ll ever be able to get out of the life of criminality they’ve decided to take up.

Arrow Storm: A Modern Pacific War Technothriller
by Joe Salem

Book 2 of 2: Arrow Storm

War in the Pacific has begun. It started slowly, economic warfare and then space warfare shutting down communications, GPS and spy satellites. Feckless American leadership tries to fight back using a politicized military that has one hand tied behind its back until the shooting war starts with the invasion of Taiwan. The fighting is left to people like the Hoffman family, siblings serving in the Pacific fleet who will fight in the air and on the sea, for family, crewmates and for freedom, and to soldiers like Captain Bob Burgess who will be at the spearpoint of fighting the enemy’s perfidious plan at home. They will fight to win even as they are stabbed in the back by leaders in Washington.

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.

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.

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.

Embers of Liberty
by Trever Bierschbach

John Evermann’s world never changes. He goes to the same assigned job every day. He lives in the same house his family was placed in years ago. He picks up their weekly rations on Friday, and watches the same federally approved news broadcasts every night after dinner. Everything is as it is dictated to be, from the number on the back of his work jacket to the permanent curfew that keeps everyone safely in doors. Everyone has what they need to survive, and everyone contributes. It’s a perfect life, for some. It’s not enough for John and his friends.

America is torn apart from civil war after the rise of a tyrannical President. The Republic of Texas lies to the west, a shining beacon of freedom. When the most radical authoritarian policies are passed some states followed Texas into secession, clinging to the legacy of the Founders. That is where John looked for the future of his family and the friends who came to rely on him. A land of choice and liberty. A place where his children can grow up to be who they want, not who they’re told. They just have to get there.

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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

Pulp on Pulp: Tips and Tricks for Writing Pulp Fiction
edited by Kit Sun Cheah & Misha Burnett

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Write Fast. Write Well. Get Paid.

These were the watchwords of old-school pulp fiction: fun, fast-paced, and immensely popular with readers.

The pulp era is coming back.

Blending timeless lessons from the grandmasters of the pulp era with the genres, tastes and technologies of today, PulpRev forges boldly ahead into the future of fiction.

Hugo and Dragon Award nominated writer Kit Sun Cheah teams up with Misha Burnett to compile a selection of essays on the PulpRev aesthetic from some of the leading writers in the movement.

Pulp on Pulp covers:
* How to plot like a pulp grandmaster
* How to write 5000 words a day
* The secrets of writing fantastic fight scenes
* Worldbuilding and character creation tips
* And many more!

PulpRev is the Revolution, Revival and the Renaissance of Pulp. Take the plunge into the new pulp era and become the best writer you can be!

A Case for Mary: An Orthodox Evangelism for Curious Protestants
by David Knox

Mary was a virgin, but did she stay a virgin after Jesus born?

Did she live a sinless life?

In his debut work, David Knox explores these and other questions that have become points of contention between Protestants and Orthodox Christians.

Using scripture, history, culture, and linguistics, A Case for Mary shines a light on how, and more importantly why they may not be so unbelievable after all.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

From Barsoom to Malacandra: Musings on Things Past and Things to Come
by John C. Wright

Peek into the heart of Science Fiction!

From John Carter’s Mars to that of C. S. Lewis, Science Fiction astounds us with wonder.

Science Fiction Grandmaster John C Wright here presents essays on topics both deep and trivial surrounding the strange and wonderful worlds of science fiction and fantasy. Thoughtful, humorous, deep, or absurd, Wright travels the width of the cosmos and plumbs the deeps of eternity through the lens of simple space adventure stories to say what these flights of fancy say about life on earth, and the secrets hidden in the human heart.

The Last Straw: A Critical Autopsy of a Galaxy Far, Far Away
by John C. Wright

Come quibble about a galaxy far far away!

Once, in a theater long ago and far, far away, young audiences thrilled to the nostalgic space epic of yesteryear, known then only as STAR WARS, and were duly enthralled. So much goodwill, so much affection, so much love has rarely been lavished on any franchise. So much money from so many eager fans was never so readily available.

And yet, with one potent Deathstar-like blast of mind-breakingly awful film making, the Disney Corporation has managed to alienate that goodwill, spurn that affection, and lose that money. Why? What makes THE LAST JEDI so appallingly bad? What made the film maker think he could win over his audience by insulting his audience?

Science Fiction Grandmaster John C Wright laments, analyzes, and autopsies the horrific story-telling of a film that, for so many of us, was the last hope for STAR WARS, the last dime we will ever spend on this once-beloved franchise, and the last straw that broke our patience.

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.

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Faith and Empire: Book One of The Holy Terran Empireby Carlos Carrasco

No Man’s Land: Volume 1 (Chronicles of Lost Elly)by Sarah A. Hoyt

Book 1 of 3: Chronicles of Lost Elly

Books 2 & 3 of the Chronicles of Lost Elly are New Arrivals.

Warp Marine Corps: The Complete Seriesby C.J. Carella

If you enjoyed this series, the follow-up trilogy (The Bicentennial War) is now available in a single volume.

Hacking Galileo (*FREE*)by Fenton Wood

A story untold for over 30 years...

Check out Fenton Wood’s exciting new release: Dwellers in the Deep!

The Hand of God (Dark Legacies Book 1)by Yuval Kordov

Prophecy of the Black Sun: A Steampunk Fantasy Adventure by James A. Buck

Orthodoxy: Illustrated Centennial Edition(G. K. Chesterton Book 2)by G. K. Chesterton

The Steradian Gateby Nate Blevens

Prospero Lost (Prospero’s Children Book 1)by L. Jagi Lamplighter (Author)

New Arrivals in Science Fiction

The Last Senatorby Bowen Greenwood (Author), Sherrie Arnoldy (Editor)

Cyclus Dawn: Hard Science Fiction (Metamorphosis Book 2) by C. R. Walton (Author)

Book 2 of 3: Metamorphosis

Manifold Destiny: Hard Science Fiction }(Metamorphosis Book 3)by C. R. Walton (Author)

Book 3 of 3: Metamorphosis

Wilderness Five: Hard Science Fiction (Metamorphosis Book 1) is a Fan Favorite

Birthright of Scars: Rising by Laurisa Brandt (Author)

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Birthright of Scars: Choosing by Laurisa Brandt

Book 2 of 2: Birthright of Scars

Based Book Sale veteran Travis Corcoran debuts his first novel through Ark Press next week. Pre-order Red State Mars, a sweeping epic of Mars’s fight for freedom—an unforgettable saga of war, family, and civilization on the red frontier!

The Powers of the Earth (Aristillus Book 1)by Travis J. I. Corcoran (Author)

Causes of Separation (Aristillus Book 2) by Travis J. I. Corcoran

Book 2 of 2: Aristillus

The Team (Aristillus) by Travis J I Corcoran (Author)

Staking A Claim (Aristillus)by Travis J I Corcoran

Caterpillarby Travis J I Corcoran

Glomar Extractorby Travis J.I. Corcoran

Thirty Pieces of Silver (Spirits in the Silicon) by Travis J.I. Corcoran, Lawrence Railey

Split Decision by Hans G. Schantz

Sherlock AI by Mike Hughes

Starquest: Secret Agents of the Galaxyby John C. Wright

Starquest: Catburglar of the Constellationsby John C. Wright

Starquest: Space Pirates of Andromeda is a Fan Favorite

The Rule of Yonder (Starfire Angels: Forgotten Worlds Book 2) by M.A. Nilles, Melanie Nilles

Book 2 of 21: Starfire Angels: Forgotten Worlds

A New Beginning (Starfire Angels: Forgotten Worlds Book 1) is a Fan Favorite

No Man’s Land: Volume 2 (Chronicles of Lost Elly)by Sarah A. Hoyt

Book 2 of 3: Chronicles of Lost Elly

Volume 2

No Man’s Land: Volume 3 (Chronicles of Lost Elly)by Sarah A. Hoyt

Book 3 of 3: Chronicles of Lost Elly

Volume 3

No Man’s Land: Volume 1 (Chronicles of Lost Elly) is a Top Ten Book

Fracture: Ziva Payvan Legacy, Part 1by EJ Fisch

Book 4 of 5: Ziva Payvan

Embers: Ziva Payvan Legacy, Part 2 by EJ Fisch (Author)

Book 5 of 5: Ziva Payvan

Dakiti: Ziva Payvan Book 1, Nexus: Ziva Payvan Book 2, and Ronan: Ziva Payvan Book 3 are Fan Favorites.

For Love of DoRA: Four Weeks on Temrihj by Matt DiPalma

MarsX (Remembered Earth) by D.W. Patterson (Author)

Burning Worlds and Morally Fraught Cosmos: Tales of Science Fiction and Wonder (Complete Short Fiction and Poetry of Joshua Hiles)by Joshua Hiles

A Little Trip Back: Tales of Time Travel, Alternate History, and the Past (Complete Short Fiction and Poetry of Joshua Hiles)by Joshua Hiles

Invasive Species by Chad Olson

Prospector’s Run (Artifact Book 1) by Kevin W. Bates (Author)

Book 1 of 3: Artifact

Dr. Prometheus’ Steampunk Symphonies PREORDER TODAY!by Eric Nilles (Author), Chad Olson (Author), Debra Robric (Author), James Kenneth Rogers (Author), D.L. White (Author)

Mumbai Singularity by Nym Coy

The Lunaticby I. C. Castle

Signals from Noise: S.F. & F. Stories of Finding Meaning in Chaosby Zaklog the Great (Author), Hari Seldon (Introduction)

The Castaway Files: Space Junksby Michael Morgan

Pig Farm (Armageddon’s Child Book 1)by Steffen Jack

Book 1 of 2: Armageddon’s Child

Faith and Empire: Book One of The Holy Terran Empire
by Carlos Carrasco

No Man’s Land: Volume 1 (Chronicles of Lost Elly)
by Sarah A. Hoyt

Warp Marine Corps: The Complete Series
by C.J. Carella

Hacking Galileo (FREE)
by Fenton Wood

The Hand of God (Dark Legacies Book 1)
by Yuval Kordov

Prophecy of the Black Sun: A Steampunk Fantasy Adventure
by James A. Buck

Orthodoxy: Illustrated Centennial Edition
(G. K. Chesterton Book 2)
by G. K. Chesterton

The Steradian Gate
by Nate Blevens

Prospero Lost (Prospero’s Children Book 1)
by L. Jagi Lamplighter (Author)

The Last Senator
by Bowen Greenwood (Author), Sherrie Arnoldy (Editor)

Cyclus Dawn: Hard Science Fiction
(Metamorphosis Book 2)
by C. R. Walton (Author)

Manifold Destiny: Hard Science Fiction }
(Metamorphosis Book 3)
by C. R. Walton (Author)

Wilderness Five: Hard Science Fiction (Metamorphosis Book 1)
is a Fan Favorite

Birthright of Scars: Rising
by Laurisa Brandt (Author)

Birthright of Scars: Choosing
by Laurisa Brandt

The Powers of the Earth (Aristillus Book 1)
by Travis J. I. Corcoran (Author)

Causes of Separation (Aristillus Book 2)
by Travis J. I. Corcoran

The Team (Aristillus)
by Travis J I Corcoran (Author)

Staking A Claim (Aristillus)
by Travis J I Corcoran

Caterpillar
by Travis J I Corcoran

Glomar Extractor
by Travis J.I. Corcoran

Thirty Pieces of Silver (Spirits in the Silicon)
by Travis J.I. Corcoran, Lawrence Railey

Split Decision
by Hans G. Schantz

Sherlock AI
by Mike Hughes

Starquest: Secret Agents of the Galaxy
by John C. Wright

Starquest: Catburglar of the Constellations
by John C. Wright

The Rule of Yonder
(Starfire Angels: Forgotten Worlds Book 2)
by M.A. Nilles, Melanie Nilles

A New Beginning
(Starfire Angels: Forgotten Worlds Book 1)
is a Fan Favorite

No Man’s Land: Volume 2 (Chronicles of Lost Elly)
by Sarah A. Hoyt

No Man’s Land: Volume 3 (Chronicles of Lost Elly)
by Sarah A. Hoyt

Fracture: Ziva Payvan Legacy, Part 1
by EJ Fisch

Embers: Ziva Payvan Legacy, Part 2
by EJ Fisch (Author)

For Love of DoRA: Four Weeks on Temrihj
by Matt DiPalma

MarsX (Remembered Earth)
by D.W. Patterson (Author)

Burning Worlds and Morally Fraught Cosmos: Tales of Science Fiction and Wonder (Complete Short Fiction and Poetry of Joshua Hiles)
by Joshua Hiles

A Little Trip Back: Tales of Time Travel, Alternate History, and the Past (Complete Short Fiction and Poetry of Joshua Hiles)
by Joshua Hiles

Invasive Species
by Chad Olson

Prospector’s Run (Artifact Book 1)
by Kevin W. Bates (Author)

Dr. Prometheus’ Steampunk Symphonies
PREORDER TODAY!
by Eric Nilles (Author), Chad Olson (Author), Debra Robric (Author), James Kenneth Rogers (Author), D.L. White (Author)

Mumbai Singularity
by Nym Coy

The Lunatic
by I. C. Castle

Signals from Noise:
S.F. & F. Stories of Finding Meaning in Chaos
by Zaklog the Great (Author), Hari Seldon (Introduction)

The Castaway Files: Space Junks
by Michael Morgan

Pig Farm (Armageddon’s Child Book 1)
by Steffen Jack

Intergalactic Omnibus (Captain Quasar Chronicles)
by Milo James Fowler

Galen’s Blade: A Starquest 4th Age Adventure (Starquest: 4th Age Adventures Book 2)
by Richard Paolinelli

Galen’s Heart: A Starquest 4th Age Adventure (Starquest: 4th Age Adventures Book 3)
by Richard Paolinelli

Politics Kills (White Ops Book 2)
by Declan Finn

Main Street D.O.A. (White Ops Book 3)
by Declan Finn

Undercover Con Creature From Outer Space
by Arkie Fanning

Save Hitler
by Arkie Fanning

Lucky Thirteen (Frontlines)
by Marko Kloos

Trooper A1: The Purple Blitzkrieg (The Trooper Series)
by Gabrielle Marie Kozak (Author), Corinna Meadows (Editor)

Trooper A2: “Little Trooper” (The Trooper Series)
by Gabrielle Marie Kozak (Author), Colette Petrizzi (Author), Corinna Meadows (Editor)

Trooper A3: Exterminate
by Gabrielle Marie Kozak

Trooper A4: The Wolf Conquest (The Trooper Series)
by Gabrielle Marie Kozak (Author), Corinna Meadows (Editor), Colette Petrizzi (Editor)

Killing Time
by Gabrielle Marie Kozak

Stand Alone
by John Van Stry

CyberPub: Tales of the Crossroads Tavern Regulars
by Michael Gallagher

Drones Above Hell Below: Power Metal Alien Slayers
by Eric Kay

Souls in Silicon: Tales of AI Confronting the Infinite
by Jeff Duntemann

China Harbor: Out of Time
by S. T. Gaffney

Pirates of the Asteroids: The Belter Series: Book One
by Eric Martell (Books2Read Link)

PNW Affliction 14: Six Sands
by Chance Paladin (Author), Gem Gem (Illustrator)

Light Up the Night
by Holly Chism

I’m The Beautiful But Evil Space Princess Who Rules A Galactic Empire But Really Wants To Leave People Ruthlessly Alone!: Volume 1
by Nathan C. Brindle

City Beyond Time: Tales of the Fall of Metachronopolis
by John C. Wright

Quarantine
by Kevin W. Bates

Space Fleet Academy: Year One
Jon Del Arroz & Vox Day

Space Fleet Academy: Year Three (Biostellar Book 3)
by Jon Del Arroz & Vox Day

The Devil & Representative Corcoran:
Solving the Problem of Theater Kids in Politics
by Jabez Stone

The Devil and Daniel Webster
by Stephen Vincent Benet

Franko Blade of the Shattered Star
(Tales of Wyverly) Now On Preorder!
by Matthew Linton

Blade and Staff for Hire
by K.M. Carroll

Islesworn (After Atlantis Book 4)
by K.M. Carroll

High Magic Lowlife Vol. 1: Tara the Girl from Earth
by Richard Darlington

The Isles Called Strife (Valorian’s Children)
by J. M. Goodwin

The Princess Seeks Her Fortune
by Mary Catelli

Blood Song: A Novella of The Wells of the Worlds
by Robert Mullin

A Time to Die
by Robert Mullin