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Featured Science Fiction: The Legacy Human (Singularity 1) by Susan Kaye Quinn

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Featured Science Fiction: The Legacy Human (Singularity 1) by Susan Kaye Quinn

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What would you give to live forever? 

Elijah Brighton wants to become an ascender—a post-Singularity human/machine hybrid—after all, they’re smarter, more enlightened, more compassionate, and above all, achingly beautiful. But Eli is a legacy human, preserved and cherished for his unaltered genetic code, just like the rainforest he paints.

When a fugue state possesses him and creates great art, Eli miraculously lands a sponsor for the creative Olympics. If he could just master the fugue, he could take the gold and win the right to ascend, bringing everything he’s yearned for within reach… including his beautiful ascender patron. But once Eli arrives at the Games, he finds the ascenders are playing games of their own. Everything he knows about the ascenders and the legacies they keep starts to unravel… until he’s running for his life and wondering who he truly is.

The Legacy Human is the first in a philosophical HopePunk sci-fi series that explores the intersection of mind, body, and soul in a post-Singularity world.

Featured Fantasy: Here There Be Dragons (Jane Austen’s Dragons Book 12) by Maria Grace

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Featured Fantasy: Here There Be Dragons (Jane Austen's Dragons: A Regency gaslamp dragon fantasy adventure Book 12) by Maria Grace

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Life was definitely better when one’s fondest dreams came true.

Better, indeed, for newly made baronet, Sir Frederick Wentworth. Enjoying a title, a sea-side estate, a dragon to Keep, and most importantly, marriage to his dearest Anne, life was far better than he dreamed it could be.

Better, but not easier.

Stubborn local sea dragons refuse to talk, much less entertain a treaty with the Blue Order. The Order’s patience is wearing thin, and the local Order magistrate—impertinent, ineffective, and downright hostile toward all things cold-blooded or female, only makes matters worse.

Lady Anne Wentworth, Special Liaison for the Blue Order, not being cold-blooded, but being female, finds her duties impeded at every turn. She tolerates his machinations until the delayed arrival of an urgent letter calls her across the county. If only she is not too late…

Naturally, upon Anne’s departure, relations with the local sea dragons shift from becalmed to turbulent, threatening the fragile balance of Blue Order peace. Can Wentworth tame the gale-force dragon storm threatening to capsize the life he holds dear?

A fresh new gas lamp fantasy adventure in the engrossingly intricate world of Jane Austen’s Dragons. Anne McCaffrey meets Jane Austen, a perfect mix for dragon lovers and regency-era fans alike.

Featured Science Fiction: The Elderon Chronicles Books 1-3 by Tarah Benner

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Featured Science Fiction: The Elderon Chronicles Books 1-3 by Tarah Benner

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Two strangers from opposite coasts. One chance of a lifetime.
Maggie Barnes is at the end of her rope. She’s young and broke living in New York, and her newspaper job has been taken over by robots. When she pisses off a playboy tech billionaire, she’s mysteriously offered a position aboard the first civilian space colony. Maggie thinks it’s her lucky break — a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

For Jonah Wyatt, the Space Force is his last shot at a military career. After years of tracking down members of a deadly cyberterrorism ring, he was discharged from the army and stuck working one demeaning job after another. Now this disgraced combat specialist is headed to space.

At first glance, Elderon seems to be a futuristic utopia: Bots do the laundry, meat comes from a lab, and the latest technology expands the scope of human capability. But as Maggie digs deeper, she realizes that Elderon is not at all what it seems. When she receives a tip from an unknown source, she’ll go undercover and learn a truth that could put her life in jeopardy.

The Elderon Chronicles is an intriguing near-future sci-fi adventure with a feisty heroine, a reluctant hero, and chilling discoveries on board. Click to grab your copy today!

This collection includes:
– Colony One (Book One)
– Colony War (Book Two)
– Colony Assassin (Book Three)

What Readers Are Saying:
“Brilliant, exciting and engaging.”

“The world-building is a fascinating effort of plausible, near-future science.”

“This book takes you on a wild ride with reporters, white hat hackers, space military and spies.”

“I LOVE LOVE LOVE this book. Can’t wait for the next one…Tarah Benner is my new favorite author.”

Featured Fantasy: The Supernaturals Underground: Crime Investigators Complete Series Boxset by Holly Hook

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Featured Fantasy: The Supernaturals Underground: Crime Investigators Complete Series Boxset by Holly Hook

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All five heart-stopping books of the Supernaturals Underground: Crime Investigators series are now available as one omnibus! What happens when a teen Mage pairs with the world’s grumpiest cat to fight demons? Just scroll up to find out in this young adult urban fantasy where snark and cuteness meet!

I am Liliana Lovelli, sixteen years old and slated to be the next demon slayer of the powerful Lovelli family. It’s my job to protect the world from invading demons, and lately, they’re running rampant.

Worse, my magic is dying.

It’s hard enough being a War Mage from an ancient, magical line and expected to blast apart demons from the moment I can walk. Living up to my brother is impossible, and showing weakness means our leadership will destroy our family. Soon, I need to find a battle partner, a special someone I’ll fight beside for life, and no one’s interested.

Something’s also draining my magic, and I face exile if I don’t fix it.

And then, when demons come knocking and ask for me, I must fight.

That’s when I finally find my battle partner.

The bad news? I’m the first War Mage bonded to a cat, and I don’t know why. If my family finds out, I’m toast. But that might be the least of my problems. The demons invading the city are taking a special interest in me, and I’m about to stumble on something big…


Featured Sci-fi: Adrift (The Lost Warship Book 1) by Daniel Gibbs

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Featured Sci-fi: Adrift (The Lost Warship Book 1) by Daniel Gibbs

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There is a time to weep and a time to mourn.

For the CSV Lion of Judah, that time has not yet come.

The war with the League of Sol ended in victory for the Terran Coalition. Major General David Cohen and his crew conclude their three-month goodwill cruise with one final FTL jump. But instead of returning home in a blaze of glory, the wormhole collapses and hurls them more than four million lightyears into the unknown.

Stranding them in a distant galaxy.

With dwindling supplies but buoyed by hope of a miracle, David follows the evidence to a nearby inhabited planet. After a disastrous first contact with the less advanced alien civilization, rival factions threaten the tenuous peace—and reignite a centuries-old genocidal conflict.

Now David and the war-weary Lion must take up arms once again to head off a catastrophic event in hopes of unlocking an ancient technology’s secrets.

Before the chance to return home is lost forever.

Featured Fantasy: Glass and Steele Books 1 – 3 by C. J. Archer

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Featured Fantasy: Glass and Steele Books 1 - 3 by C. J. Archer

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This boxed set contains 3 books in the USA Today bestselling GLASS AND STEELE series:
The Watchmaker’s Daughter
The Mapmaker’s Apprentice
The Apothecary’s Poison

“What an absolutely fun read! This story had me captivated from beginning to end” 5 stars from Tjuliannev

“A plot that works on all cylinders, a sassy heroine, a hero with some morals…This author knows how to write.” 5 stars from Theresa May

“If you want a story with tension and mystery, this is a must read.” 5 stars from Liz McCutcheon

India Steele is desperate. Her father is dead, her fiancé took her inheritance, and no one will employ her, despite years working for her watchmaker father. Indeed, the other London watchmakers seem frightened of her. Alone, poor, and at the end of her tether, India takes employment with the only person who’ll accept her – an enigmatic and mysterious man from America. A man who possesses a strange watch that rejuvenates him when he’s ill.

Matthew Glass must find a particular watchmaker, but he won’t tell India why any old one won’t do. Nor will he tell her what he does back home, and how he can afford to stay in a house in one of London’s best streets. So when she reads about an American outlaw known as the Dark Rider arriving in England, she suspects Mr. Glass is the fugitive. When danger comes to their door, she’s certain of it. But if she notifies the authorities, she’ll find herself unemployed and homeless again – and she will have betrayed the man who saved her life.

With a cast of quirky characters, an intriguing mystery, and a dash of romance, this thrilling historical fantasy series will keep you turning the pages.