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Featured Science Fiction: Earth Warden The Complete Series by Tyler Aston

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Featured Science Fiction: Earth Warden Books 1 - 5 by Tyler Aston

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Lord Anakreon, Warden of the First Circle, has a problem.

He’s been forced to kill another apprentice, and he’s rapidly running out of candidates.

In fact, there is precisely one left…

On Earth, Tristan Andrews is in trouble.

He has been ever since the day his dad left for work – and never came home.

Seven years later, living with one foot on the street, Tris is struggling to survive.

Until a tough old man with a scarred face breaks into his house. He claims to have the answers Tris seeks…

But there’s a price.

Join Tris as he’s catapulted into a galaxy he never could have imagined. Where bizarre aliens threaten mankind, genetically engineered assassins lurk in the shadows, and the mysterious Wardens live by an ancient code…

Of sacrifice.

Fans of Star Wars, Firefly and Warhammer 40K will love this fast-paced and explosive space opera. Buckle up, brace for impact, and grab your copy today!

Featured Fantasy: The Ghosts by Jonathan Moeller

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Featured Fantasy: The Ghosts by Jonathan Moeller

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When her life is torn apart by sorcery and murder, young Caina Amalas joins the mysterious Ghosts, the legendary spies and assassins of the Emperor of Nighmar. She learns the secrets of disguise and stealth, of assassination and infiltration.

But even that might not be enough to save her.

For the evil that destroyed her family seeks to devour the entire world…

Featured Sci-fi Thriller: State of Fear by Michael Crichton

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Featured Sci-fi Thriller: State of Fear by Michael Crichton

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Crichton delivers an edge-of-your-seat thrill ride mixing cutting edge science and action-packed adventure in State of Fear.

In Paris, a physicist dies after performing a laboratory experiment for a beautiful visitor.

In the jungles of Malaysia, a mysterious buyer purchases deadly cavitation technology, built to his specifications.

In Vancouver, a small research submarine is leased for use in the waters off New Guinea.

And in Tokyo, an intelligence agent tries to understand what it all means.

A deftly-crafted novel, in true Crichton style, State of Fear is an exciting, stunning tale that not only entertains and educates, but will make you think.

Featured Fantasy: Murder Any Witch Way (Brimstone Bay Book 1) by N. M. Howell

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Featured Fantasy: Murder Any Witch Way (Brimstone Bay Book 1) by N. M. Howell

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Welcome to Brimstone Bay—where the coffee’s strong, the gossip’s stronger, and the witches try not to burn the town down.

Fresh out of journalism school, River Halloway thought a sleepy coastal town would be the perfect place to launch her career—and hide her magical identity. But when a traveling Shadow Festival arrives and a body turns up behind the boardwalk, River is pulled into a mystery with more secrets than the town library.

Armed with coffee, charm, and questionable spells, River must find the killer before her own secrets rise from the grave.

If you love small-town charm, quirky witchy housemates, and mysteries with a magical twist, you’ll adore this paranormal cozy mystery series. Start reading Murder Any Witch Way today—and fall under the spell of Brimstone Bay.

Featured Sci-fi: Galaxy’s Most Wanted Books 1 – 4 by Michael Lavoice

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Featured Sci-fi: Galaxy's Most Wanted Books 1 - 4 by Michael Lavoice

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A smuggler in the wrong place. An ancient alien technology. Now, everyone is after him.

Kai Fletcher thought he could go straight, until he couldn’t. And when his last “last” job goes wrong, he finds himself stowed away in a starship belonging to an alien crime syndicate.

Forced into servitude to pay the debt for passage off world, Kai bargains with the syndicate. All he has to do is help them rob the Vakness Empire, the most powerful alien empire in known space, and he gets to go home.

Easy Peasy. Until it isn’t.

Planning the heist, Kai discovers that the Vakness Empire has stolen ancient alien technology that will allow them to achieve their dream of ruling over all other sentient species. He’s never been a good guy, but even he has limits.

Hunted by both the Empire, and the syndicate, he manages to get on the wrong side of everyone in the galaxy who wants the discovery for themselves.

Kai just wanted to get back to Chicago, but instead, he’s become the Galaxy’s Most Wanted in this Sci-Fi thrill ride from Michael LaVoice!

“An interplanetary Ocean’s 11. Well worth the read.”—Jeffery H. Haskell, Author of The Grimm’s War series.

Featured Fantasy: The Obituary Society (An Obituary Society Novel Book 1) by Jessica L. Randall

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Featured Fantasy: The Obituary Society (An Obituary Society Novel Book 1) by Jessica L. Randall

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When Lila Moore inherits her grandfather’s house, she finds herself in a small Midwestern town where margarine is never an acceptable substitution for butter, a coveted family recipe can serve as currency, and the friend who will take your darkest secrets to the grave will still never give you the secret to her prize-winning begonias.

Lila is charmed by the people of Auburn, from the blue-eyed lawyer with the southern drawl to the little old lady who unceasingly tries to set Lila up with her grandson. But when strange things begin to happen, Lila realizes some of her new friends are guarding a secret like its a precious family heirloom. It’s a dangerous secret, and it has come back to haunt them. Lila is caught in the middle, and her life may depend on uncovering it. But even if she can, can she stay in Auburn when not everyone is what they seem, and even the house wants her gone?