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Featured Fantasy: Grimstone Trilogy (The Croft and Wesson Saga) by Brad Magnarella

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Featured Fantasy: Grimstone Trilogy (The Croft and Wesson Saga) by Brad Magnarella

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Three occult mysteries. One wild ride.

** THE COMPLETE CROFT & WESSON BOX SET **

Welcome to Grimstone, Colorado, famed for its mesas, mining … and supernatural mysteries.

Enter the wizard duo of Croft and Wesson. That’s Professor Everson Croft, the bookish spellcaster from New York City, and James Wesson, the smooth-talking, skirt-chasing, wannabe cowboy.

Confronted with everything from werewolf outlaws to ancient evils, two mages are better than one, right? Sure, if they can stop butting heads long enough to solve a case. And maybe—just maybe—not blow Grimstone off the map.

Polish your Peacemakers, grab your grimoires, and take a three-book ride with the wizard duo of Croft & Wesson into the ‘Weird West’!

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Featured Sci-fi: Galactic Terror Book 1 by Michael Robertson

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Featured Sci-fi: Galactic Terror Book 1 by Michael Robertson

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They say you can’t run from your past, and now she’s reached the other side of the galaxy, Sparks wonders if they’re right …

Living on a distant planet with a transient population for the past year, ducking in and out of spaceport dive bars, mixing with pirates, bounty hunters, and criminals, she’s become just another being in the crowd.

But she wasn’t born to eke out a living at the very fringes of society. Not with her powers.

So when a stranger makes her a tempting offer …

An adventure she’s been desperate to have …

She wonders if now’s the right time for her to step from the shadows?

To return to the planet-hopping, high-risk thrill-ride that used to be her life.

To take back control.

And if the next few months end up looking like the past twelve, then it’s not like she has anything to lose.

Galactic Terror is the first book in a series of space opera thrillers, where every page crackles with high-stakes action and interstellar intrigue.

Featured Fantasy: Wolf Legacy Quartet by Aimee Easterling

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Werewolf. Baker. Protector of the weak.

Ember’s large werewolf family has always kept her focused on what really matters — feeding loved ones their favorite desserts. But when a missing half-brother draws the twenty-something away from home for the very first time, bonds to her family are tested at every turn.

The milk-chocolate eyes of an off-limits human are the first threat to her pack commitment. Mix in arrogant alphas plus unexpected betrayals and the final product isn’t particularly sweet.

Will Ember be able to bake her way to safety before her family collapses like a tray of over-beaten cupcakes all around her? And will she change so much in the process that she’s never able to go home again?

This box set includes all four novels: Huntress Born, Huntress Bound, Rogue Huntress, and Huntress Unleashed. Don’t miss the “emotional and psychological roller coaster” of this romantic urban fantasy series.

Featured Sci-fi: Red Storm (Mars Series) By Frank Luna

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Featured Sci-fi: Red Storm (Mars Series) By Frank Luna

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American Commander “Mac” MacTavish and his international team of scientists and engineers are wrapping up an eighteen-month mission at Mars Base.

Without warning, all communication with Earth is mysteriously lost.

Mac’s egotistical science chief discovers that a massive solar flare has impacted Earth, causing catastrophic damage and most likely political and social upheaval. Unsure if it is safe to return home, Mac decides to wait for the arrival of the Mars 3 spacecraft and the relief crew already en route from Earth.

After several weeks with no communication, Mars 3 lands nearby, showing no signs of life.

Expecting a grisly scene, Mac enters the lifeless lander, but he is stunned and horrified by what he discovers. Are Mac and his crew the sole survivors of a galactic solar catastrophe or something more sinister? Now it is up to him to discover the truth in the midst of this Red Storm.

Featured Sci-fi: Justice Keepers Saga by R.S. Penney Author

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Featured Sci-fi: Justice Keepers Saga by R.S. Penney Author

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Thousands of years ago, the Overseers scattered humans across the galaxy. Now, one of them has found her way back home.

On a mission to recover an escaped alien life form, young Justice Keeper Anna Lenai pursues the felon into uncharted space, and accidentally finds the lost homeworld of her ancestors.

While Anna tries to adapt and survive in a strange, hostile environment, she accidentally uncovers a conspiracy that will shake their world to its foundations.

Praise:

★★★★★ – “Fresh take on sci-fi with wonderful characters that draw you in.”

★★★★★ – “Intelligent, articulate, witty and thought-provoking.”

Featured Sci-fi: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick

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Featured Sci-fi: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick

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A masterpiece ahead of its time, a prescient rendering of a dark future, and the inspiration for the blockbuster film Blade Runner

By 2021, the World War has killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remain covet any living creature, and for people who can’t afford one, companies built incredibly realistic simulacra: horses, birds, cats, sheep. They’ve even built humans. Immigrants to Mars receive androids so sophisticated they are indistinguishable from true men or women. Fearful of the havoc these artificial humans can wreak, the government bans them from Earth. Driven into hiding, unauthorized androids live among human beings, undetected. Rick Deckard, an officially sanctioned bounty hunter, is commissioned to find rogue androids and “retire” them. But when cornered, androids fight back—with lethal force.

Praise for Philip K. Dick

“The most consistently brilliant science fiction writer in the world.”—John Brunner

“A kind of pulp-fiction Kafka, a prophet.”—The New York Times

“[Philip K. Dick] sees all the sparkling—and terrifying—possibilities . . . that other authors shy away from.”—Rolling Stone