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Featured Sci-fi: Cut (The 1/2986 Dystopian Series Book 1) by Annelle Wendeberg

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Featured Sci-fi: Cut (The 1/2986 Dystopian Series Book 1) by Annelle Wendeberg

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I’ve reached my expiration date.

Not that it matters. We’re all going to die.

To Mickaela Capra, all words have flavours. Each emotion burns so fierce she carves them into her skin. The night she decides to press the blade deep enough, a stranger offers her a different kind of ending. One that makes her question everything she’s learned about the apocalypse.

But truth comes with a price. Two rules carved in bone: Kill. Survive.

Because the final wars were never meant to end.

Featured Sci-fi: Voyage (NASA Trilogy Book 1) by Stephen Baxter

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Featured Sci-fi: Voyage (NASA Trilogy Book 1) by Stephen Baxter

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In this sci-fi alternate history, JFK’s planned mission to Mars embarks on an intrepid journey—”a wonderful, patriotic tale of lost possibility” (Kirkus).

In Voyage, Stephen Baxter imagines how, if President Kennedy had lived, America might have gone on to send a manned mission to Mars in the 1980s. Created from true lives and real events, this richly detailed novel returns to the geniuses of NASA and the excitement of the Saturn rocket. Historical figures from Neil Armstrong to Ronald Reagan are interwoven with unforgettable characters who embody the promise of a young space program that held the world in thrall.


This sprawling tale tells the story of Gregory Dana, a Nazi camp survivor who achieves the dream of his hated masters; Gershon, the Vietnam fighter jock determined to be the first African-American to land on another planet; and Natalie York, the brilliant geologist/astronaut who risks love and career for the chance to run her fingers through the soil of another world.

Featured Sci-fi: Endless Winter Volumes One – Six by Grace Hamilton and Riley Miller

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Featured Sci-fi: Endless Winter Volumes One - Six by Grace Hamilton and Riley Miller

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A brutal Ice Age grips the Earth… and survival hangs by a thread.

When an ambitious experiment to reverse climate change spirals out of control, the planet is plunged into an eternal winter. With temperatures dropping to unthinkable lows and chaos sweeping through the remnants of civilization, Jarred and his daughter Hope have no choice but to head south—or die trying.

Their journey takes a deadly turn when their car skids off the icy road, leaving them stranded in a frozen wilderness. Battling the relentless cold and dwindling resources, they soon discover they’re not alone in the snowbound forest.

Fiona, a hardened survivalist, has built a refuge stocked with everything she needs to endure. But when Benjy, a determined forest ranger with secrets of his own, seeks her help, her fragile sanctuary is thrown into turmoil.

As marauders stalk the frozen rivers and a ruthless warlord tightens his iron grip on the desperate, Jarred, Hope, Fiona, and Benjy are forced to band together. Their only chance of survival lies in a perilous trek southward—through a landscape where the cold isn’t the only thing that kills.

Endless Winter: Parts I & II delivers over 1,900 pages of heart-pounding action, desperate survival, and a fight for humanity at the edge of extinction. Will they endure… or will the ice claim them all?

Featured Fantasy: A Shimmer of Magic (The Crystal Mages Trilogy Book 1) by Jane Shand

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Featured Fantasy: A Shimmer of Magic (The Crystal Mages Trilogy Book 1) by Jane Shand

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An epic young adult fantasy with magic, adventure and intrigue

A mysterious key, a dark mage, and a thrilling journey of self-discovery and adventure.

Elin has been searching for somewhere to belong her whole life it seems. Her parents abandoned her as a baby and every time her emotions run high, her magic slips her control, and she is forced to flee. Again and again.

She is found alone in the woods by a small group of Crystal mages and rangers. They are led by Kamaria, a mage who is desperate to prove herself, and the fascinating grey-eyed ranger, Kai. Elin joins them on a quest to a lost land and finds more than she bargained for! Danger and mystery, but also friendship and romance.

With renegade mages, assassins, and deadly creatures from legend standing in their way, Elin has to learn to control her wild magic, or a dark mage could be unleashed into the world.

If you enjoyed the epic fantasy series Shadow and Bone, you’ll love this coming-of-age Noblebright story of a daring heroine, friendship, and romance. Buy now and get ready for an enchanting journey!

Featured Fantasy: Gods and Mortals by Multiple Authors

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Featured Fantasy: Gods and Mortals by Multiple Authors

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Nine novels with modern humans facing off against heroes, Norse and Greek gods, djinn, and monsters of old … over one million words of divinely (and diabolically) inspired fantasy, adventure, and romance.

Join the freshest voices in urban fantasy and paranormal, New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon bestselling authors, on unique journeys to heaven, hell, and worlds beyond.

Get this heavenly collection of paranormal romance and urban fantasy … before it’s too late!

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Featured Sci-fi: ICE (The ICE Trilogy Volume 1) by Kevin Tinto

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Featured Sci-fi: ICE (The ICE Trilogy Volume 1) by Kevin Tinto

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When archaeologist Leah Andrews uncovers a well-preserved Anasazi cliff dwelling deep within a New Mexico cavern, she discovers more than just relics: the site reveals evidence of a violent massacre—and a crystal found only in one location on Earth: Antarctica.

The implications are staggering. Could ancient Native Americans have reached the icy continent centuries before modern explorers?

To uncover the truth, Leah turns to her estranged husband, Jack Hobson, a rugged climbing guide who harbors secrets of his own. Together, they embark on a perilous expedition to the bottom of the world—where far greater dangers than the cold lie in wait.

As nations rush to stake their claims and a shadow war ignites over the secrets buried in the ice, Leah and Jack must navigate both the harsh elements and a conspiracy that could lead to nuclear war.

Perfect for fans of James Rollins, Steve Berry, and Clive Cussler, ICE is a gripping thriller where ancient mysteries, cutting-edge science, and geopolitical intrigue collide.