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Featured Sci-fi: Echoes of War Boxset (Books 1 – 3) by Daniel Gibbs

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Almost 1,500 pages of Military Science Fiction action!

Corporal David Cohen thought he’d left war behind.

He was wrong.

The Terran Coalition faces repeated and brutal attacks from the repressive League of Sol. To defend his home planet, David trades his dream of becoming a rabbi for a battlefront in the far reaches of space. When particle beams fly, his courage under fire brings quick promotion. But in the lulls between battles when he must confront his soul, David finds a different enemy: the ghosts of those killed under his command.

Yet in war, it’s kill or be killed—and the enemy shows no mercy.

David must square the tenets of his faith against his responsibility to crew and country. If he fails in his command, billions face enslavement by a ruthless regime. Now it’s an all-out fight for the galaxy’s freedom.

Because a man’s greatest foe lies within.

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Featured Sci-Fi: The Chiral Agent (The Biogenesis War Book 1) by L. L. Richman

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The Biogenesis War Book 1 The Chiral Agent by LL Richman


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First they stole his identity. Now they want him dead.

Micah Case is one of the Geminate Navy’s elite Shadow Recon pilots. He’s flown into enemy space countless times. When his spacecraft disintegrates around him above an alien world, Micah awakens with no memory of his past, and with a mysterious voice inside his head.

His genetic code contains the power to destroy all life.

Hunted by his own military for reasons yet unclear, Micah embarks on a desperate journey to find the unknown voice. Together, they must stop an Akkadian assassin, bent on stealing a deadly material from a secret base and delivering it to her people.

The stakes are impossibly high, but failure is not an option. The alternative would mean the extinction of a species Micah can no longer call his own: Humanity.

The Chiral Agent is the first book in the new Biogenesis War series. The adventure continues with The Chiral Protocol.
Read all about what led up to Micah’s journey in the prequel, The Chiral Conspiracy, available now on Amazon.com, in paperback and in Kindle Unlimited.

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Featured Sci-fi: The Alpha Plague Books 1 – 3 by Michael Robertson

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Featured Sci-fi: The Alpha Plague Books 1 - 3 by Michael Robertson

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Do you have a plan for the apocalypse?

Rhys doesn’t.

But as he watches chaos spill from the Alpha Tower, he knows one thing for sure …

He must get to his son before the virus does.

If you like high stakes and edge of your seat action in a post-apocalyptic world, then The Alpha Plague is for you. Get it now to join Rhys at ground zero as he tries to save his loved ones and survive a disaster that will leave the world changed forever.

This box set includes:
The Alpha Plague: A Post-Apocalyptic Action Thriller
The Alpha Plague 2
The Alpha Plague 3

Featured Sci-fi: Battleship Leviathan by Craig Martelle

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Featured Sci-fi: Battleship Leviathan by Craig Martelle

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A derelict warship, ancient but still alive. A small team of humans fighting for all humanity.

Built for a time when the races were just finding their way to the stars, finding that they could dominate others. The galactic conquests created the arms race and the ancients, the Progenitors had to protect their own. They built a ship to drive the others away.

It worked. And it didn’t. The Progenitors abandoned the galaxy to the newcomers, leaving relics behind as monuments to their failure.

Humanity spread to the stars and ran headlong into the established races. A new war begins, and no one conducts war better than humanity except for the Blaze Collective.

The two go head-to-head while humanity frantically searches for something to give them an advantage. Ancient technology. The derelicts scattered across the galaxy. Gutted and useless.

Except for one, hidden in plain sight, close to Earth. Major Declan Payne takes his team aboard to find that the ship is no derelict, and it needs him as much as humanity needs it.

Battleship: Leviathan. A Doomsday Weapon whose only goal is peace.

Experience the start of a Military Sci-Fi Series from Amazon Bestselling author Craig Martelle. It’s perfect for fans of Rick Partlow, Jay Allan, and Joshua Dalzelle.

Featured Fantasy: The Inquisitor’s Guild (Three Novels from Frosthelm) by Dave Dobson

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Featured Fantasy: The Inquisitor's Guild (Three Novels from Frosthelm) by Dave Dobson

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Humorous fantasy detective stories at a 40% discount!
This is a three-book collection of novels from the Inquisitor’s Guild of Frosthelm. The three books included are:

  • Flames Over Frosthelm
  • The Outcast Crown
  • The Woeling Lass

These stories tell the tale of investigators from the Inquisitors’ Guild, a group of detectives, soldiers, and spies in the city of Frosthelm. Expect magic, swordplay, intrigue, scheming nobles, dire threats, and a grand adventure in each book. Each story is a complete stand-alone mystery.

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Featured Fantasy: Demon Riding Shotgun (The Rifter Series Book 1) by L.R. Braden

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Featured Fantasy: Demon Riding Shotgun (The Rifter Series Book 1) by L.R. Braden

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A demon in her head. A cop on her tail. A city about to burn.

Mira Fuentes has been possessed by a demon since she was eleven.
Fortunately, the demon is on her side… mostly.

Together they hunt Rifters—demon-possessed humans who sow chaos in the Mortal Realm. Most hunts are quick, brutal, then she moves on, but when a routine hunt in Baltimore uncovers a powerful Rifter with plans to tear open the barrier between worlds, everything goes sideways, and Mira goes from the hunter to the hunted.

Recently retired from the Paranatural Task Force after the death of his partner, Detective Ty Williams wants nothing to do with magic anymore, but when a victim is killed by supernatural forces, Ty becomes the department’s reluctant expert.

His prime suspect?
The mysterious woman he took home from a bar the night before.

As Ty closes in, Mira faces an impossible choice: keep running… or trust a man determined to uncover her secrets. If she fails to stop the Rifter, the humans of Baltimore will become meat puppets for the denizens of the Rift. If she succeeds, she may take its place as public enemy number one.

Demon Riding Shotgun is the explosive first book in the Rifter Urban Fantasy Series—perfect for fans of fast-paced supernatural action, sharp-tongued demons, slow-burn romance, and gritty city magic.

If you love the dark humor of Venom and the monster-hunting thrills of Supernatural, buckle up.

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