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Featured Sci-fi : Archangel Project Books 1 – 3 by C. Gockel

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Archangel Project : Books 1 - 3 and Bonus Novella Kindle Edition by C. Gockel (Author)

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Commander Noa Sato doesn’t believe in aliens. She’s wrong.

Imprisoned on her home planet, accused of aiding an alien invasion, Noa witnesses the beginning of a genocide–however, the murderers are not aliens, but her own people. Launching a daring attempt to reach the Galactic Fleet, she makes an unlikely ally in stranded professor, James Sinclair.

But James is not all that he seems.

James is not the man he once was. He has technological augments that give him extraordinary abilities. His augments protect Noa and himself, but he has no memory of how he came to have them. Worse, the changes may be more than physical.

Noa’s mission and the answer to James’s mystery will put them at the center of a confrontation of galactic proportions.

A confrontation that challenges the boundaries between human and alien, man and machine.

A confrontation that might spell the doom of the entire human race.

This collection contains:
Archangel Down. Archangel Project. Book 1
Noa’s Ark. Archangel Project. Book 2
Heretic. Archangel Project. Book 3
Carl Sagan’s Hunt for Intelligent Life in the Universe : A Novella

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I Bring the Fire is available via Overdrive, the ebook and audiobook service for libraries. If your library participates you can read or listen to the whole series free of charge … all you have to do is request they order them. Someone asked me if I “minded” readers getting my books through the library. Loki’s whiskers! I am delighted to be in libraries. Please, request away. Heck, even if you own them, request them from your library so other people can discover them!

Featured Sci-fi: The Complete Cyber Seed Compendium Books 1 – 5 by Craig A. Falconer

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Featured Sci-fi: The Complete Cyber Seed Compendium Books 1 - 5 by Craig A. Falconer

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An unmissable sci-fi box set from the author of the global blockbuster Not Alone — perfect for fans of ‘The Peripheral’ and ‘Ready Player One’.

Grab all five thrilling books in the COMPLETE CYBER SEED COMPENDIUM for one low price, in this great value 1200+ page sci-fi box set! [Includes an exclusive new story which can only be read in this collection]

Some inventions change the world. Others send it straight to hell…

When Kurt Jacobs imagines the ultimate gadget — one capable of replacing phones, credit cards, keys and TVs — the idea consumes his every waking moment. When the Sycamore corporation buys into Kurt’s creation and The Seed becomes a reality, his every dream comes true.

Power like this has never existed.

The launch of The Seed, a powerful microchip implant that turns each user’s palm into a fully functioning trackpad and effectively turns them into walking computers, breaks all sales records. Alongside the augmented reality UltraLenses which act as the system’s display, it immediately renders all handheld devices obsolete.

But amid all of the awe and optimism, there is far more going on behind the curtain than Kurt or anyone else could ever have predicted…

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Featured Fantasy: The Darkwood Trilogy by Anthea Sharp

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Featured Fantasy: The Darkwood Trilogy by Anthea Sharp

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Two sisters. One enchanted forest. And a dangerous choice that could destroy kingdoms…

Swept away from her ordinary life, Rose Valrois finds herself in a world full of secrets and forbidden magic. There she meets her new stepsister, the enigmatic Princess Neeve, who will either become her best friend…or her worst enemy.

Three full-length novels – over 1000 pages of fantasy adventure! Includes, White as Frost, Black as Night, and Red as Flame.

In the shadows of the magical Darkwood, Rose discovers danger and adventure in her quest to uncover the mysteries surrounding her. When she’s rescued by Thorne, the handsome Dark Elf guardian of the forest, he binds her to the Darkwood and forbids her to speak of its secrets.

But secrets have a way of getting loose, especially when there’s hidden magic involved, and Rose falls deeper into the thorny tangles of her own past. Her sister, Neeve, is concealing dangerous powers of her own, and the two of them are soon caught up in a destiny that will bring them face-to-face on opposing sides of a deadly magical war.

Ultimately, Rose must risk her freedom, her world, and even her truest love to save her sister. Can she bear to make that sacrifice? Does she even have the choice?

Called “A fantastical series” by Publisher’s Weekly, USA Today bestselling author Anthea Sharp has crafted a lushly written fairy-tale trilogy weaving elements of Snow White & Rose Red with romance, magic, Cozy fantasy, and secrets that that will change the fate of worlds.

Featured Sci-Fi: Starship Waking by C. Gockel

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On an icy, barren world, a starship dreams of doom…


Throughout the galaxy, the reclusive alien race known as The One are incapacitated by terror.


On planet Luddeccea, wolf-human hybrid Volka harbors a terrible secret…a secret that must explain her nightmares.


Trapped on a luxurious asteroid, pleasure ‘bot 6T9 struggles to find purpose–until he receives a message from an Unidentified Caller.


The worlds of The One, Volka, and 6T9 are about to collide.

The galaxy will be shaken to its core.


The starship is waking.


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Featured Fantasy: Rune of Secrets (Enchanted Shadows Book 1) by Kelly N. Jane

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Featured Fantasy: Rune of Secrets (Enchanted Shadows Book 1) by Kelly N. Jane

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She craves vengeance. He requires justice. Fate demands both.

Without enchanted powers and struck with a curse, Princess Rowena could not prevent her family’s murder or save herself from the fallout.

Vulnerable but determined, she dares to conquer her enemies and free her people. But secret deals force her into a betrothal, tempting her into a bold decision that could cost her life.

Rowena has nothing left but to avenge her family before she dies. Until the most terrifying, yet hauntingly handsome fae arrives, demanding she follows her destiny.

Rowena has the power to lead her people or destroy them.

Discover action like Throne of Glass and Graceling, with a twisted fairytale like Maleficent in this epic fantasy adventure. Delve into a slow-burn romance, blended with fae magic and warrior shieldmaidens, that will keep you reading all night long.

Featured Fantasy: Flame and Blade (Flame and Blade Book 1) by Meredith Hart

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Featured Fantasy: Flame and Blade (Flame and Blade Book 1) by Meredith Hart

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For fans of ACOTAR and From Blood and Ash, this steamy enemies-to-lovers adventure about an outlaw wildmage trying to restore his family’s honor and the broken-hearted guard hired to escort him is impossible to put down!

Lord Vethe knows he isn’t one of the good guys.

Ever since he was old enough to control his illegal wildmage talents, Vethe has done horrible things to support his once-noble family. When his aunt hires a guard to help Vethe retrieve a long-lost contract and bring in some extra coin, Vethe expects the journey to be short and painful. He’s not expecting the guard to be a beautiful woman who looks at him like she wants to punch him.

And, if she discovers the secrets lurking in his family’s past, she just might decide to kill him.

Lyria Guardia let her family down and got her heart broken.

After she discovers her boyfriend in bed with another woman, Lyria limps back to the family and Guild she’d abandoned three years ago. Desperate to prove herself, she accepts a lowly escort mission: Drag a spoiled nobleman through the abandoned and supposedly harmless Demon Forest. But Lord Vethe, the nobleman she’s guiding, is far more infuriating and intriguing than she was expecting. Lyria doesn’t know if she can get through this entire mission without strangling him.

Or kissing him.

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Featured Fantasy: Demons and Darkness (Flame and Blade Book 4) by Meredith Hart

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Featured Fantasy: Demons & Darkness (Flame and Blade Book 4) by Meredith Hart

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The second Demon War has begun, and no one is safe.

Vethe and Lyria stand outside the gates of Ocrus Sheau, a mysterious kingdom where all wildmages are forced into slavery, hoping to unearth information that could help Prince Kyalam in his struggle against the Citadel without ending up in chains. Entering the kingdom depends on an invitation from the dangerous God-King, but escaping will prove even more treacherous.

On the banks of the Davelroth River, Gaul and Anette have just survived a demon attack, but not before the traitor who’d planned to betray them revealed the location of a secret wildmage encampment to a sinister Citadel master. Now Gaul and Anette must put aside their quarrels, and their growing attraction, in order to reach the encampment before the Citadel. But the encampment will hold dangers of its own, especially once Anette reveals her heritage.

Long-lost secrets will come to light, ancient prophecies will demand fulfillment, and the final battle for the future of humanity will begin when the Elementalist returns!

Previously published as The Elementalist, Demons and Darkness is the final book in an epic romantic fantasy adventure series. Fans of Grace Draven and Sarah J. Maas will love this story of forbidden magic, dangerous adventure, and sizzling enemies-to-lovers romance.