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Featured Sci-fi: Rise (Amaranthe Collections Book 1) by G.S. Jennsen

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Featured Sci-fi: Amaranthe Collections Book 1 by G.S. Jennsen

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A galaxy on the brink of war. A discovery that can unite humanity—or ignite its destruction.
When a lone-wolf starship pilot follows a hunch into a forbidden nebula, she discovers a secret powerful enough to rewrite humanity’s place in the cosmos – or erase it entirely.

Now Alex, acerbic loner and recalcitrant wanderer, is the fulcrum of a struggle spanning over 100 worlds, racing against time and political conspiracies to keep civilization from burning. As Earth and its colonies teeter on the brink of war, alien forces move in the shadows to bring a fragile peace crashing down.

Can one stubborn pilot prevent the destruction of everything she loves?

When faced with our greatest challenge, will we rise to triumph or fall to ruin?
Perfect for fans of The Expanse, Mass Effect, Peter F. Hamilton, and Adrian Tchaikovsky, AMARANTHE I: RISE is an electrifying tale of interstellar intrigue, extraordinary technology and the unyielding human spirit in the face of impossible odds. Strap in for a high-stakes adventure and join a cast of unforgettable heroes on a captivating journey that will keep you engrossed to the last page. This is space opera for rebels, dreamers, and explorers.

Over 1,400 Pages of Sci-Fi Adventure! **AMARANTHE I: RISE includes the 1st trilogy in the Amaranthe universe (Starshine, Vertigo, Transcendence) + 2 short stories + bonus content**

** AMARANTHE I: RISE WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED UNDER THE TITLE “AURORA RISING: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION” **

Featured Sci-fi: Scorpion’s Fury (Metal Legion Book 1) by Gh Gideon, Caleb Wachter, & Craig Martelle

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Featured Sci-fi: Scorpion's Fury (Metal Legion Book 1) by Gh Gideon, Caleb Wachter, & Craig Martelle

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Five foot nothing and no fear because she drives a sixty-ton mech. Enter Lieutenant Xi Bao…

Does humanity deserve to survive?

The Metal Legion, aging mechs with a lot of fight left in them. They lead the way, find the enemy’s weaknesses and exploit the hell out of them. Then they call in suborbital artillery to finish the job, even while the battle rages.

Never fight fair when fighting for your life. This is the motto of the Metal Legion.

They fight to win.

The mechs stand tall, or crawl, or run, or scamper. A dozen different designs, held together by rough welds and sheer willpower. But the bodies within, like Xi Bao, refuse to give up, refuse to give in.

Taking her Scorpion-class mech underground, she finds the enemy, in numbers far greater than she was told. Knee deep in the war, her crew gives their old mech new vigor for one last chance at glory.

Victory or death! Fight to survive.

Fire the mains and enjoy the company of the crew as they live for each other, as they fight for all humanity. Unleash the Scorpion’s fury. Join the Metal Legion today.

Featured Fantasy: Grendel & Beowulf (Urban Magick & Folklore Book 3) by C. Gockel

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Featured Fantasy: Grendel & Beowulf (Urban Magick & Folklore Book 3)

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Once upon a time, in our ordinary world, there was a grandmother. 

She died.

She was reborn as a Vampire in a world of Magick.

The grandmother de-aged. Her ailments healed, her body became strong, and her wrinkles faded.

Her wisdom, however, did not diminish. She knew monsters need monstrous names so they never forget the monsters they are.

She named herself Grendel, after the medieval haunter of borderlands and drinker of warriors’ blood, slain by the hero Beowulf.

The name seems appropriate. Grendel the Grandmother haunts the borderlands and drinks the blood of (mostly) evil warriors.

But in a Magickal world, names don’t just have meanings, they are prophecies.

And a new hero is rising. He has been molded since birth to fight evil, and been given the tools and skills to vanquish the most insidious evil of all: Vampires.

His name is Beowulf, and he’s coming for Grendel.


Featured Sci-fi: Lost and Forsaken by Patrick Michael

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Featured Sci-fi: Lost and Forsaken by Patrick Michael

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Magic failed. He didn’t. Now she has to know why.

Cian Brennan lives an ordinary life repairing office machines—until a subway crash hurls him into the path of a fire-breathing monster and a sword-wielding woman with wings. She erases everyone’s memory with a flash of light.

Everyone except him.

Now Cian’s thrust into a hidden world where fae huntresses wield lightning, vampires run territories, and someone called The Sisterhood wants him captured alive.

The problem? He has no idea why.

With enemies closing in and magical authorities threatening to wipe his memory, Cian must rely on Eilidh—a deadly beautiful sidhe fae—and learn to control powers he never knew he had.

The deeper Cian digs into his mysterious past, the more dangerous his enemies become. Ancient forces are stirring, and they need something only he can provide.

Can Cian master his dragon shifter abilities before The Sisterhood claims him? Or will discovering the truth about his heritage cost him everything he’s fighting to protect?

Start The Huntress and get swept into a world of fae intrigue, sizzling tension, and impossible choices.

Featured Fantasy: Tides of Mana (Heirs of Mana Book 1) by Matt Larkin

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She controls the seas. Her sister controls the flames.

Together, they rule as god-queens over their Polynesian island paradise. No mortal army can stand against their power. Power, matched only by their pride. But when civil war erupts between them, there may soon be no kingdom left to rule.

The Sea Queen Namaka and her fiery sister, Pele, embark on a relentless quest for dominance, leaving devastation in their wake, and attracting attention from the merfolk who rule the deep. As Namaka turns the fury of the sea on her sister, wreaking untold devastation on the land and under the sea, she earns the ire of the mer kingdoms. Their answer: turn Namaka into one of them. Possessed by a mermaid spirit, she is drawn into battles in their alien world.

Amidst battles that span both land and sea, Namaka must confront the consequences of her choices and navigate the treacherous waters of power, betrayal, and redemption.

The fate of two worlds hangs in the balance between two sisters.

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Featured Fantasy: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire Book 1) by George R. R. Martin

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Featured Fantasy: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire Book 1) by George R. R. Martin

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NOW THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONES—THE MASTERPIECE THAT BECAME A CULTURAL PHENOMENON
 
Here is the first book in the landmark series that has redefined imaginative fiction and become a modern masterpiece.

A GAME OF THRONES
 
In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the North of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.
 
A GAME OF THRONES • A CLASH OF KINGS • A STORM OF SWORDS • A FEAST FOR CROWS • A DANCE WITH DRAGONS