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Featured Sci-fi: Brain Gain by Gerald M. Kilby

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Featured Sci-fi: Brain Gain by Gerald M. Kilby

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From the chart-topping author of “Colony One Mars” and “Moon Base Delta” comes a new, edge-of-your-seat, high-stakes technothriller.

One brain. Two minds. No where to run…

Dawn Harrison wakes up in a research lab with no memories and an AI implanted her brain. She escapes into a world she no longer recognizes only to quickly become the most sought-after person on the planet.

Pursued by shadowy agencies desperate to reclaim the technology in her brain, Dawn races against time to uncover both the truth of her past and secrets in her head.

But in this high-stakes thriller, even a single thought can be deadly.

Featured Fantasy: Witch Way (Silver Sisters Collection 1) by Jennifer L. Hart

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Featured Fantasy: Witch Way (Silver Sisters Collection 1) by Jennifer L. Hart

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A quintessential soccer mom. A motorcycle-riding wild-child. With two sisters like that, she could have done without provoking the dark fae…

Alys Stevens is running out of familiar road. Approaching midlife, the same age as her mother’s death, and muddling through a messy divorce, the forty-something home renovator has lost the control she so deeply craves. So when her siblings show up demanding a girl’s night full of fun, the three brew up an ancient family cocktail… and accidentally free powerful magic.

Baffled as they all develop uncanny powers, Alys watches on in part-horror, part-glee as a satisfying sinkhole swallows her vexing ex-husband’s car. And poking around in her family’s mysterious tree for answers arouses the unwanted attention of sexy but dangerous werewolves.

Can the new witch refurbish her run-down destiny, or will fate tear her to shreds?

Witch Way After Forty is the charming first book in the Silver Sisters midlife paranormal women’s fiction series. If you like enchanting characters, reverse age-gap romance, and magical surprises, then you’ll love Jennifer L. Hart’s heartwarming adventure.

Featured Fantasy: Confessions of a Closet Medium Books 1 – 3

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Small-town murder mysteries, a reluctant ghost whisperer, a quirky guardian angel, a cantankerous cat, and more! Ava Fantome sees ghosts, but lordy, she wishes she didn’t! Returning to her family home in Georgia after her Aunt Willa is murdered, she must take charge of her aunt’s business, live with a shape-shifting cat, cope with small town secrets, and deal with poltergeists, cursed objects, and malevolent spirits…and then there are the townsfolk who don’t want her messing in their affairs. It all adds up to magic, murder, laughter and love.

This boxed set includes the first three humorous paranormal cozies in the Confessions of a Closet Medium series, featuring reluctant ghost-whisperer, Ava, and her talking cat, Tabby. If you love ghost stories, southern manners, and eccentric characters, welcome to Thornhollow!

Enjoy this chance to binge read the first three books with this special boxed collection!

★ WHY READERS LOVE Confessions of a Closet Medium ★

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “…totally enchanting.” ~ Sue, Goodreads reviewer
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Amazing read! Could not put it down!” ~ Linda C, Goodreads reviewer
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Put this one at the top of your TBR list.” ~ Reader review
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “…a must-read.” ~ Reader review

Featured Sci-fi: Forgotten Colony Complete Series by M.R. Forbes

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Featured Sci-fi: Forgotten Colony Complete Series by M.R. Forbes

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GET ALL FIVE BOOKS IN THIS EPIC MILITARY SCI-FI ADVENTURE BY MILLION-COPY+ BESTSELLER M.R. FORBES!

The war is over. Earth is lost. Running is the only option.
It may already be too late.

Caleb is a former Marine Raider and commander of the Vultures, a search and rescue team that’s spent the last two years pulling high-value targets out of alien-ravaged cities and shipping them off-world.

When his new orders call for him to join forty-thousand survivors aboard the last starship out, he thinks his days of fighting are over. The Deliverance represents a fresh start and a chance to leave the war behind for good.

Except the war won’t be as easy to escape as he thought.

And the colonists will need Caleb more than he ever imagined…

INCLUDES:

1. Deliverance
2. Deception
3. Desperation
4. Destruction
5. Declaration

Featured Sci-fi: Warship Thalamos – From Far Beyond Complete Series by Christian Kallias

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Featured Sci-fi: Warship Thalamos - From Far Beyond Complete Series by Christian Kallias

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From reject to starship captain in 1 nanosecond

Kevin’s father thinks he’s a loser, and a brand-new rejection from MIT isn’t going to convince dad otherwise.

He goes for a lakeside walk to sort things out in his mind – and an alien ship crashes right in front of him.

With his last breath, the dying captain imparts Kevin with a chilling revelation. An intergalactic war looms ominously, threatening all sentient life. A war that Kevin, in a twist of fate, will now need to fight.

On the losing side.

In command of the last remaining warship.

The crew of the ship? All dead.

With billions of lives hanging in the balance.

So, no pressure!

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Featured Sci-fi: Starrigger (Skyway Book 1) by John DeChancie

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Featured Sci-fi: Starrigger (Skyway Book 1) by John DeChancie

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Locus Award Finalist: On a mysterious road built by aliens, a space trucker tries to outrun dangerous pursuers.

Independent space trucker Jake McGraw, accompanied by his father, Sam, who inhabits the body of the truck itself, his “starrig,” picks up a beautiful hitchhiker, Darla, and a trailer‑load of trouble.

One of the best of the indies, Jake knows a few tricks about following the Skyway, which connects dozens, or maybe hundreds, of planets—nobody knows how many and nobody really knows the full extent of the Skyway, and much of it remains unexplored.

But somehow, a rumor gets started that Jake has a map for the whole thing, and suddenly everybody wants a piece of him: an alien race called the Reticulans; the human government known as the Colonial Assembly; and a nasty piece of work called Corey Wilkes, head of the wildcat trucker union TATOO.

No matter what Jake does, no matter how many twists and turns he makes, he cannot shake any of the menaces on his tail.

The Starrigger series continues with Red Limit Freeway and concludes with Paradox Alley. Starrigger was a nominee for the Locus Award for Best First Novel in 1984.