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Featured Science Fiction: Outer Rim Rough Riders (Outer Rim Rough Riders Book 1) by Jonathan Paul Isaacs

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Featured Science Fiction: Outer Rim Rough Riders (Outer Rim Rough Riders Book 1) by Jonathan Paul Isaacs

99¢ as of July 30, 2023
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In a galaxy broken by war, the ceasefire didn’t stop the conflicts.
It just moved them out of sight.

Noah Denson thought he was just taking another job.

Smuggle the spy. Run the blockade. In this case, free the prisoner. Freelancers like Noah made a fortune providing services like these—especially when they had a fold drive starship and could jump light years at a time.

But what started as a simple jailbreak turns into something much different when a warship intercepts them during their escape. It seems a Combine admiral needs him to take on a second mission. This one involves prisoners, too–except these are grakken, hostile aliens and mankind’s mortal enemy, and they need to be delivered to a secret military base for interrogation.

Two unrelated contracts. One conflicting schedule. Zero choice.

In his effort to complete both, Noah never imagined what he might set in motion.

And it would end up making him a legend.

Set out on a grand adventure with a captain and his motley crew in this brand new science fiction series. If you’re a fan of Firefly and Andor, this might just be the story you’ve been waiting for.

Featured Fantasy: Gobbelino London & a Scourge of Pleasantries (Gobbelino London, PI Book 1) by Kim M. Watt

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Featured Fantasy: Gobbelino London & a Scourge of Pleasantries (Gobbelino London, PI Book 1) by Kim M. Watt

99¢ as of July 30 2023
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“What’ve we got?”

“Tigers. Snakes. Alligators. Tears in the skin of the universe.” Susan shrugged. “I think I saw a kraken in the sink, too.”

Find a missing book. That was the job the woman in the Doc Martens gave us.

Easy money, right?

Only now it seems she’s actually an ancient, powerful sorcerer, and the book is a Book of Power that doesn’t want to be found.

It wants to tear reality apart at the seams, and it’ll use anyone it can to do it.

So now we’ve got one spectacularly displeased sorcerer, a hungry, still-missing book, a dentist with bad hygiene, and a neighbourhood having some reality issues to deal with.

Plus about a day before the book turns our world – and us – inside out.

We’ve totally got this.

I hope.

This is the first book in the Gobbelino London, PI urban fantasy series, centred around the adventures of a mercenary feline PI and his human sidekick. It contains snarky cats and other gods, many bad jokes and terrible puns, plus a large serving of mythological and real creatures behaving badly. It will appeal to anyone who likes their fantasy funny, modern, and filled with friendship rather than romance – and also to those who suspect their cat may be living a great and secret life when they’re not looking.

A Scourge of Pleasantries contains some violence, particularly toward furniture, but none of it is graphic. It contains no sex and only mild language. It does, however, contain blasphemy.


The final book in the Gobbelino London, PI series will be out 28th July 2023.

Featured Science Fiction: Star Kingdom Box Set (Books 1-3): A space opera adventure series by Lindsay Buroker

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Featured Science Fiction: Star Kingdom Box Set (Books 1-3): A space opera adventure series by Lindsay Buroker

99¢ as of July 28, 2023
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★★★★★ “…endearing characters you can’t help but root for!”

It is a time of treachery, terrorism, and tyranny in the Star Kingdom. The king cannot be trusted, the galaxy is on the brink of war, and a notorious mercenary is destroying everything—and everyone—in his path on his quest for vengeance.

The Star Kingdom is in dire need of heroes.

What it gets is a band of misfits and underdogs:

• A washed-up bounty hunter struggling to make ends meet.
• A genetically engineered cat woman on the run from her makers.
• A robotics professor who gets space sick before leaving orbit.
• A brilliant scientist who’s better at punching people than talking to them.

As unlikely as it seems, this motley crew is the best hope for bringing peace to the galaxy. But they have troubles of their own, and they’ll have to fly fast to avoid being hunted down and killed.

A romping science fiction adventure for fans of Star Wars and Firefly, this space opera bundle includes:

1. Shockwave
2. Ship of Ruin
3. Hero Code

Pick up a copy and start enjoying the Star Kingdom series today!

Featured Fantasy: Key of the Orphaned (Origins of Gilia Book 9) by RG Long

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Featured Fantasy: Key of the Orphaned (Origins of Gilia Book 9) by RG Long

New Release as of July 28, 2023
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The forest and friends behind them, Kyne and Eileen must face their greatest challenge yet.
Looking ahead at where the rumors of plague and destruction have taken them, the companions must head north in order to discover where the plague may be lurking on the vast continent of Galin.
But the city of Febrook is not the only obstacle in their way.
A strange new companion waits in the shadows, watching and waiting.
Will the companions be able to face their new challenge? Or will they find they’ve finally taken on more than they can bear?
Discover the answers in the ninth book of the Origins of Gilia series!
Buy your copy today!

Featured Science Fiction: Species Traitor: The Complete Science Fiction Dystopian Box Set by Kate L. Mary

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Featured Science Fiction: Species Traitor: The Complete Science Fiction Dystopian Box Set by Kate L. Mary

99¢ as of July 26, 2023
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My name is Ava Mendoza, and I am a species traitor.

They came hoping to find a new home after their own planet was destroyed, but Earth was dying as well, and most humans saw their arrival as an invasion. Now, two decades later, the Veilorians have been banished to the District, a fenced-in area on the outskirts of the last known livable land on Earth. Most people do their best to pretend they don’t exist, but not everyone. There are humans, like my cousin, who see them for what they are. Despite the threat of disownment, she married a Veilorian, and now she, too, lives in the District.

Even before I met Finn, I was determined to stand up for what was right, but from the moment I laid eyes on him, we had a connection I’ve never experienced before. But with the election of a new and radical mayor on the horizon, tensions are high, and people are calling for change. They want to make my cousin’s marriage illegal and punish any human who goes into the District, but I refuse to back down from this fight. No matter the cost.

“This was much more than a sci-fi-dystopian-romance for the reader. This tale played on every emotion you can think of. My mind was a whirlwind of emotional turmoil.” – Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★

“Utterly spellbinding.” –Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★


“This book captured my imagination with Kate’s creative story telling and her ability to make you root for the characters.” –Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★

“Kate L. Mary never disappoints when it comes to her world building and character development!” –Amazon Review ★★★★★

“I remember Mary saying this story would be so much more than just a love story. And it was. It was beauty and raw emotions. It was heartbreaking to the point of tears. But Mary crafted a glorious bandaid in the form of words and amazing characters to mend my heart over and over again. I was absolutely addicted to this book; to Finn and Ava. And I was desperate for it when I wasn’t able to be in it.” –Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★

“Species Traitor has been one amazing journey into a whole new world of aliens and humans trying to stop the hate and bring the two species together.” –Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★

Featured Fantasy: By the Pact (Pacts Arcane and Otherwise Book 1) by Joanna Maciejewska

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Featured Fantasy: By the Pact (Pacts Arcane and Otherwise Book 1) by Joanna Maciejewska

FREE as of July 26, 2024
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High mages lied: Veranesh, the demon who destroyed the continent is still alive. And it’s up to their former student to expose the truth—even if it means another Cataclysm.

When Kamira, a once high mage student turned arcanist, discovers an imprisoned demon in underground ruins, she is forced into a pact that grants her powerful magic, but also ties her to the very demon that once devastated the continent… and Veranesh wants his freedom.

With one friend by her side, Veelk, a mage killer bound on protecting her, Kamira will have to outwit the archmages, other demons, and possibly her own demonic benefactor to survive. Her chances are slim, but with Veelk’s ever-present sarcastic repartee, Kamira might just pull through.

Plots and schemes, power and means—sometimes the price for victory is choosing which friend will die, but when you only have one friend, the choice is… easy?