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Featured Sci-fi: Exodus Earth by Andrew Beery

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Featured Sci-fi: Exodus Earth by Andrew Beery

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Earth is a frozen wasteland…
The victim of a war we hadn’t realized we were fighting.

Opportunities there are few and far between… that is unless you’re willing to put on a uniform. For ace-pilot Deborah Allen Riker (a.k.a “Admiral Dare”), life had never been easy. She’s defended Earth against countless enemies, both alien and human alike.

Now a civilian and academic living on the fringes of civilized space, she has committed herself to a life of solitude and studying a race of long-dead aliens. Everything was great… until she finds herself dragged into a new conflict. A conflict she never saw coming.

One of the great Arks built to carry the last vestiges of humanity into the deepest reaches of space goes missing. And she’s just the gal to find it.

Don’t miss the start of a Military Sci-Fi Series from Amazon Bestseller Andrew Beery. It’s perfect for fans of Rick Partlow, Christopher G. Nuttall, and Mark Wayne McGinnis.

Featured Sci-fi: Dead Men Don’t Die—The Complete Unkillable Marine Series by Daniel Young

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Featured Sci-fi: Dead Men Don't Die—The Complete Unkillable Marine Series by Daniel Young

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BRED FOR MORE THAN WAR.

***Previously a hit Kindle Vella serial, now a FULL AND COMPLETE BOX SET!***

I’ve always been the only Marine standing after the mission’s done. My teammates die. I don’t.

Now I know why. I’m a lab-grown weapon designed by our Okenian overlords, hatched from a reptilian egg and programmed to survive anything. My sergeant? A hologram. My memories? Swiss cheese.

Now I’m caught in a power struggle between Duke Salzear—an Okenian royal who wants to use me for his coup—and rebel leader Dr. Evers, who knows more about my origins than I do. With my Uudex teammate Harry and the help of a teenage pirate, I’m turning space trash into weapons and facing off against reptilian lords who eat humans as a rite of passage.

I don’t know what freedom looks like yet, but I know one thing: I’m getting off this ride alive.

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Featured Fantasy: Brush With Death (Necromancer Academy Book—Death’s Doorstep Book 1) by Mia Hall

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Featured Fantasy: Brush With Death (Necromancer Academy Book—Death's Doorstep Book 1) by Mia Hall

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My first year at the Dreadmore Academy. What can go wrong? How long do you have?

The list of stuff that can go right is much, much shorter. I’m probably going to fail right out in the first week. I’m supposed to be a necromancer. That’s right. You heard me. A necromancer. But I can’t seem to do a thing to reanimate dead stuff. Not one bit.

The next thing that’s likely to go wrong? I’m shy. Painfully so. And I’ve been known to stutter. I’m a social catastrophe just waiting to implode.

So how can I explain that one of the cutest guys in school—also a necromancer—likes me? I can’t. I also can’t explain the murders that are happening on campus. No one can. Until those closest to me are targeted.

Book Review: Hyperion by Dan Simmons

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Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, Book 1) Kindle Edition by Dan Simmons (Author)

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They Hyperion Cantos is the series that made me love sci-fi. Deep characters, real love, real loss, and enduring philosophical questions in an epic story that spans the universe? Sign me up please.

So what is it about?

Errrrr….

God?

A would be God?

People who’ve lost faith in God?

AI?

Yes.

Space exploration? Also, yes.

This is sci-fi that makes you feel as much as think, and it is completely deserving of the Hugo Award it received.

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Featured Sci-fi: Wilderness Five (Metapmorphosis Book 1) by C.R. Walton

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Featured Sci-fi: Wilderness Five (Metapmorphosis Book 1) by C.R. Walton

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In the 22nd century, humanity’s greatest leap could be its last.

Manifold technology accelerated human evolution—but unleashed a nightmare. Now, on the ringworld Wilderness Five, a rogue manifold experiment is again altering the course of history. It promises the stars, but also threatens extinction.

Bryn, a reluctant hero haunted by his past, faces down a day he prayed would never come. Summoned to stop the experiment, he must confront the final stage of evolution—a force that could consume the galaxy itself.

“Intelligent, fascinating and imaginative science fiction!” – Therese Schwartz, Amazon 5-star review, 2025

From Cambridge planetary scientist Dr. Craig R. Walton, Wilderness Five is a spectacular hard science fiction novel that launches the epic space opera series Metamorphosis. Perfect for fans of The Expanse and Adrian Tchaikovsky. Grab Book 1 now and join the fight for humanity’s future!

Featured Sci-fi: Space Raiders The Complete Series by Ken Lozito

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Featured Sci-fi: Space Raiders The Complete Series by Ken Lozito

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A treasure hunter. A dying alien. A legacy that could change the galaxy.

Nathan Briggs makes his living finding lost treasures others can’t—until a routine corporate espionage job puts him in the path of a dying alien who leaves him with mysterious nanites coursing through his veins.

Now he’s hunted across the stars by a ruthless military commander with galactic ambitions. His only shot at survival? A ragtag alien crew aboard a ship captained by the ex-partner who once betrayed him.

As Nate struggles to understand the power growing within him, he realizes he’s stumbled into the middle of an interstellar power struggle that’s been brewing for centuries. The alien technology in his blood could tip the balance—if he can stay alive long enough to use it.

With enemies closing in from all sides, Nate must navigate treacherous alien politics and master strange new abilities. He’s no longer just hunting treasure—he’s become it. Finding a way home seems impossible when you’re suddenly the galaxy’s most valuable commodity.

From the bestselling author of the First Colony series comes an action-packed space adventure where the greatest treasures might be the ones you never meant to find.

Sometimes the universe finds you when you’re not even looking.

Space Raiders – The Complete Series contains all three books in the series. There is a galaxy full of secrets waiting to be explored. If you’re a fan of old school heroes and villains where grit and determination are offset by a little bit of humor, then this might be the series for you.