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Featured Sci-fi: Valor (The Lost Warship Book 3) by Daniel Gibbs

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Featured Sci-fi: Valor (The Lost Warship Book 3) by Daniel Gibbs

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Evil never sleeps.

Home is on everyone’s minds, but none so much as General David Cohen. The weight of the universe grows heavier with each passing week as the CSV Lion of Judah searches the Sextans B galaxy for answers to how they ended up four million light-years off course. But all they find are more questions as one solar system after another turns up empty.

And their inhabitants vanished without a trace.

Colonel Calvin Demood has little time for thoughts of his wife and newborn back home. Just when his Marines think they’ve seen the last of religious extremists, terrorists strike again determined to destroy the technological advancements the Coalition has shared with the alien worlds.

Technology that won’t save them from an unstoppable enemy.

In their search for precursor artifacts, the Lion encounters a malevolent force impervious to CDF weaponry—and seeking the same ancient tech that stranded them in the unfamiliar galaxy. As the horrifying truth of this enemy’s plans becomes reality, David faces an impossible choice:

Break every oath he holds dear or witness the complete annihilation of all life in the universe.

Featured Sci-fi: Mercy (The Lost Warship Book 2) by Daniel Gibbs

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Featured Sci-fi: Mercy (The Lost Warship Book 2) by Daniel Gibbs

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When justice is the only measure, there’s no room for mercy.

Stranded in a galaxy far from home, General David Cohen and the CSV Lion of Judah make the best of an impossible situation. After saving twin alien worlds from self-inflicted Armageddon, David and his crew are hailed as both heroes and heretics. Religious zealots remain bent on destruction. To help the planetside Marine contingent in the fight against terrorists, the fleet needs resources to refuel their ships.

Resources that are in short supply as they search for a way home.

A nearby system has just what the general ordered. But when three of his most senior officers are captured and charged with theft, David offers himself in their place. In a society that values justice at any cost, however, his willing sacrifice falls on deaf ears.

To illustrate mercy, David challenges the aliens with one of their own archaic statutes—a galactic duel, winner takes all. But even with superior CDF technology, ten-to-one odds place the fleet at a distinct disadvantage.

And in a zero-sum game, there are no points for second place.

Featured Science Fiction: The Art of War (First Contact) by Peter Cawdron

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Featured Science Fiction: The Art of War (First Contact) by Peter Cawdron

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Commander Lisa Chao works in the US Navy’s Strategic Planning Center in Pearl Harbor. When tensions rise with China over Taiwan, she has to unravel exactly what’s happening in the Pacific and why. What she uncovers leads America to war, but not with China.

Bullets and bombs are no match for an extraterrestrial warship that can fly between stars, but perhaps the answer to the coming war lies not in the present but in the past. Could Sun Tzu’s The Art of War provide humanity with a fighting chance against a technologically superior alien enemy?

FIRST CONTACT is a series of stand-alone novels that explore humanity’s first interaction with extraterrestrial life. This series is similar to BLACK MIRROR or THE TWILIGHT ZONE in that the series is based on a common theme rather than common characters. This allows these books to be read in any order. Technically, they’re all first as they all deal with how we might initially respond to contact with aliens, exploring the social, political, religious, and scientific aspects of First Contact.

Featured Fantasy: Familiar Spirits (Twilight Hollow Witchy Cozy Mysteries Book 1) by Sara Christene

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Featured Fantasy: Familiar Spirits (Twilight Hollow Witchy Cozy Mysteries Book 1) by Sara Christene

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An inept witch, a cozy town, and an old dark magic.

Welcome to Twilight Hollow, WA, a small forest town with three resident witches. Adelaide O’Shea runs the Toasty Bean, imbuing her coffee and tea with warm, cozy magic. When a black cat crosses her path, she worries her new pet might be unlucky, and her suspicions are confirmed when the next thing in her path is a dead man with her phone number in his pocket.

And the cops aren’t the only ones breathing down her neck over it. There’s an old, dark magic in town, and it has its sights set on Addy. With the help of her two witch sisters, a handsome detective, and a charming veterinarian, can Addy solve the murder and escape the darkness? Or will she and her new spooky pet have to turn tail and run?

Featured Science Fiction: Dark Nebula: Nursery (Dark Nebula Book 6) by Sean Willson

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Allying with the Ursis brought with it a burden she alone must bear. Will she break loose from the shackles that bind her, or will she become a puppet of the alien entity?

Abigail Olivaw found humanity’s first ally in their war against the Galactic Alliance, and at the same time, she unwillingly became host to an alien parasite. A life-force capable of toppling empires far larger than her own. With her life in jeopardy and the fate of her family uncertain, will she bow to the whim of the Therionic entity and put her people at risk, or will she find a way to defeat it before humanity falls?

Armed with a new-found strength from the past, the Olivaw family finds itself in a unique position, long ago thought lost to failed lies and subterfuge. Bradley and Zachary Olivaw are at odds with how to lead the family forward during trying times. Do they launch headlong toward annihilation, or recede quietly into the shadows? Their differing strategies shake the family to its core and challenge what it means for blood to be thicker than water.

Will their family fall apart when put to the ultimate test, or will they rise to the challenge and guide humanity to a new tomorrow?

Dark Nebula: Nursery is the epic sixth and final book in the Dark Nebula space opera series. If you like complex characters, adventures into the unknown, and pulse-pounding action, then you’ll love Sean Willson’s quest to explore the human condition.

Buy Dark Nebula: Nursery to untangle humanity’s fate today!

Featured Fantasy: The Witches of Wormwood Mysteries Books 1-5 by Silver Nord and Ruby Loren

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Featured Fantasy: The Witches of Wormwood Mysteries Books 1-5 by Silver Nord

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A thrilling and funny supernatural mystery series, packed with magic, cats, and murder! Perfect for fans of Stephanie Plum, Agatha Raisin, Sabrina, and Supernatural.

Not many people move to Wormwood.

The witches aren’t welcoming.

The fortunetellers are frauds.

And the recent murder is only going to make things worse.

Hazel Salem just wanted a story for her magazine. Instead, she finds herself at the centre of an investigation that’s about to turn into a witch hunt.

If someone doesn’t solve this murder – and fast – it will be out of the cauldron and into the fire for Wormwood’s witches.

If you love talking cats, smart mysteries, and snarky humour, you’ll love this series. Pick up these page-turning witch mysteries today!