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Featured Sci-fi: Steadfast Star (Interstellar Fleet Book 2) by J.J. Green

January 4, 2025 by Carolynn

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Three ships

One fleet

Many destinies

As Carys Ellis travels to the Polaris system she isn’t too concerned about what might happen. Whatever the future holds, it can’t be worse than her past.

And if it weren’t for her birds she wouldn’t even be aboard the Bres, flagship of the Interstellar Fleet.

But there’s more to the world of the Steadfast Star than expected. The true nature of the beings inhabiting the strange system is revealed, and the lives of all of Carys’s shipmates come under threat.

Carys goes from lowly aviary keeper to the most important person in the crew. She must figure out the answer to the problems facing them, or it’s the end of the voyage for everyone.

Steadfast Star is book two in the exciting space mythic adventure, Interstellar Fleet.

Featured Sci-fi: Terran Diaspora Anthologies by Daniel Gibbs, Christopher Schmitz, & More

January 4, 2025 by Carolynn

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Discover the origins of some of your favorite characters. Witness intense galactic battles from all-new perspectives in one exciting anthology.

Support technician Kenneth Lowe volunteers for a high-dollar job with mysteriously few takers after a crushing breakup. Instead of greener pastures, he finds himself on a desolate planet embedded with a Marine detachment in an epic battle for survival.

Lieutenant Jackson Adams goes undercover to nail a corrupt Coalition officer. But someone else gets to the evidence first, and getting it back from the beautiful thief-for-hire and her silent sidekick will prove more than an adventure.

Major Felix Rothbard’s career hit the skids after rejecting the official narrative that ended Jim Henry’s time in the CDF. When an intelligence recovery mission becomes a desperate extraction, his own position is on the line when he refuses to leave any man behind.

Washed out historian Morton Barley explores the ruins of the derelict medical ship Desmond Doss that suffered a devastating crash without ever firing a shot in battle. He’s determined to solve the mystery of the vanished crew—even if it kills him.

The CSV Zvika Greengold has a new commander since Colonel Terhani’s retirement. But the burden of leadership means more than promotion for Captain Dorva Feldstein—especially when she must send brave men and women out to die.

Experience bravery, honor, and sacrifice across the universe from the minds of your favorite science fiction authors Daniel Gibbs, Steve Rzasa, Steven T. Gary, and Joel Steudler.

Featured Fantasy: An Easy Death (Gunnie Rose Book 1) by Charlaine Harris

January 4, 2025 by Carolynn

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From the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series, comes a gripping, twisty-turny read following a young gunslinging mercenary on deadly mission through the American Southwest.

In a fractured United States, a new world where magic is acknowledged but mistrusted, a young gunslinger named Lizbeth Rose takes a job offer from a pair of Russian wizards. Lizbeth Rose has a wildly fearsome reputation but these wizards are desperate. Searching the small border towns near Mexico, they’re trying to locate a low-level magic practitioner believed to be a direct descendant of Grigori Rasputin.

As the trio journey through an altered America—shattered into several countries after the assassination of Franklin Roosevelt and the Great Depression—they’re set on by enemies. It’s clear that a powerful force does not want them to succeed in their mission. Lizbeth Rose has never failed a client, but this job may stretch her to her deadly limits.

“Immersive, involving, suspenseful and intriguing, with a main character you’ll love” (Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author), An Easy Death is a fast-paced thriller of the highest order.

Featured Sci-Fantasy: Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston

January 3, 2025 by Carolynn

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*A 2019 Rainbow Book List Selection*

An action-packed tale full of romance, royalty, and adventure, inspired by the story of Anastasia. Perfect for fans of Six of Crows,Cinder, and the cult classic television show Firefly.

Seventeen-year-old Ana is a scoundrel by nurture and an outlaw by nature. Found as a child drifting through space with a sentient android called D09, Ana was saved by a fearsome space captain and the grizzled crew she now calls family. But D09—one of the last remaining illegal Metals—has been glitching, and Ana will stop at nothing to find a way to fix him.

Ana’s desperate effort to save D09 leads her on a quest to steal the coordinates to a lost ship that could offer all the answers. But at the last moment, a spoiled Ironblood boy beats Ana to her prize. He has his own reasons for taking the coordinates, and he doesn’t care what he’ll sacrifice to keep them.

When everything goes wrong, she and the Ironblood end up as fugitives on the run. Now their entire kingdom is after them—and the coordinates—and not everyone wants them captured alive.

What they find in a lost corner of the universe will change all their lives—and unearth dangerous secrets. But when a darkness from Ana’s past returns, she must face an impossible choice: does she protect a kingdom that wants her dead or save the Metal boy she loves?

Featured Fantasy: A War for Magic (Legacy of Light Book 1) by M.Lynn & Michelle Bryan

January 3, 2025 by Carolynn

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A thrilling fantasy adventure perfect for fans of George R.R. Martin and Brandon Sanderson.

Some prophecies aren’t meant to come true.

Prince Trystan Renauld doesn’t believe in the ancient power that once helped his kingdom thrive. The tales say that on the day of his birth, the Tri-Gard, legendary keepers of the magic, stripped it from the very earth and then disappeared, leaving the people to suffer in a dying land.

Now, it’s been twenty years and crops fail to thrive, the earth no longer connected to the ones it once served.

With war on the horizon, Trystan must do anything he can to prepare his people. Even if that means following his sister on a hunt to find the lost keepers and restore a power that might not be real.

Rissa has always known two things. She is in love with Davion, her father’s ward, and no one can ever find out.

When it becomes apparent the kingdom needs her for more than an advantageous marriage, she takes the chance to break free of her chains.

The Tri-Gard is out there. She knows it is.

Along with her brother and Davion, she’s determined to find it.

But, the greatest danger doesn’t come from the enemy amassing on the border. It’s been among them all along.

Dive into this epic fantasy romance with unique worldbuilding, engaging characters, and an impossible love story where good and evil are sometimes the same thing.

Featured Fantasy: All Souls–Nine First in Series Paranormal Romance & Urban Fantasy Novels

January 3, 2025 by Carolynn

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Magic doesn’t always play by the rules….

Step into nine spellbinding worlds in this exclusive collection of Christine Pope’s series-launching novels. From powerful witches wielding ancient magics to enigmatic djinn guarding age-old secrets, from gifted psychics glimpsing destined futures to otherworldly visitors seeking human connection – each story unlocks a new realm of possibility and passion.

This limited-edition boxed set delivers over half a million words of paranormal adventure and intoxicating romance, where the boundaries between the ordinary and extraordinary blur and fade away.

Begin your journey into the supernatural today with these unforgettable first-in-series novels that readers can’t put down!

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