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Featured Sci-fi: Cygnus Space Opera Book 1 – 3 by Craig Martelle

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Featured Sci-fi: Cygnus Space Opera Book 1 - 3 by Craig Martelle

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From the ashes of their past, Cygnus was rising.

Following in the footsteps of their forefathers, humanity returns to space to explore, learn what the galaxy has to offer, maybe even return to Earth. Cain, the great-great-grandson of the ones who brought peace and free trade back to Planet Cygnus VII, finds himself challenged to live up to the deeds of his ancestors, driven to excel he joins the Space Exploration Service trying to earn a position on the latest deep space exploration vessel.

But space is a dangerous place, where the risks are great and the rewards fleeting.

Faced with the most difficult decisions, Cain finds himself trapped on a human-colonized world. With hostile forces pressing in, Cain has no choice but to dig deep for lessons from his past, match wits with a ruthless enemy, and help his companions transition from being peaceful explorers to fierce fighters if they are to survive.

A journey to the far reaches of the galaxy, an exploration of their inner souls. From space they came, to space they returned…

Featured Sci-fi: The Defiant (Archangel Project Book 6) by C. Gockel Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller

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Featured Sci-fi: The Defiant (Archangel Project Book 6) by C. Gockel Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller

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The Darkness is coming.

When it strikes, Volka, Carl, 6T9, and Sundancer will have to join forces with an unlikely ally to learn the key to defeating it. An ally who is cold, cunning, and despises all of them – Alexis, Captain Darmadi’s wife.

If Volka and Carl can manage not to kill her, 6T9 can refrain from sleeping with her, and Sundancer can keep them all from being blown up, humanity may have some hope.

Strap in! It’s bound to be a bumpy ride.

The Defiant takes place in the Archangel Project universe.

©2019 C. Gockel (P)2020 Podium Publishing

Featured Sci-fi: Darkness Rising (Archangel Project Book 5) by C. Gockel Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller

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Featured Sci-fi: Darkness Rising (Archangel Project Book 5) by C. Gockel Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller

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At the edge of the galaxy, a research station has gone dark.

Volka, 6T9, and Carl Sagan are called to help in the rescue mission….a mission that triggers telepathic nightmares in their starship so terrifying battle hardened Galactic Marines breakdown and weep.

They’re about to discover some nightmares are real.

The darkness is rising.

©2019 C. Gockel (P)2019 Podium Publishing

Featured Sci-fi: Heretic (Archangel Project Book 3) by C. Gockel Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller

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Featured Sci-fi: Heretic by C. Gockel Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller

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The day of reckoning is coming….

Commander Noa Sato has almost reached the Kannukah Cloud. Within hours her crew may be able to reach Sol System through a hidden time gate. If they make it, she and her crew won’t just save their own lives – they’ll save millions from genocide at the hands of Luddeccean fanatics.

But the Luddeccean “fanatics” may not be as mad as Noa believes.

If the Ark reaches Sol, Professor James Sinclair will be revealed as the imposter he is. Designed to be the perfect spy, James’ love for Noa seems to be the only thing truly his own. But what can love be to an agent of the gates?

When the final confrontation occurs and the truth of the gates is revealed, James and Noa will have choices to make – choices that may divide them forever and lead to the destruction of the human race.

©2017 C. Gockel (P)2017 Podium Publishing

Featured Sci-fi: Noa’s Ark (Archangel Project Book 2) by C. Gockel Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller

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Featured Sci-fi: Noa's Ark by C. Gockel Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller

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First contact didn’t go as planned.

Time Gate 8, one of humanity’s portals between the stars, has been overrun by a mysterious alien intelligence, and the planet Luddeccea is now cut off.

Haunted by those she left behind, Commander Noa Sato is on a desperate mission to save her homeworld. Navigating the ancient Ark, she seeks a hidden gate that will transport her ship to Earth and the Galactic Fleet. But the Luddeccean system harbors dangers, and so does her crew.

The only crew member she completely trusts is James Sinclair, but he doesn’t trust himself.

James isn’t the man he once was. He has a hunger that is never sated, kills without regrets, and is fitted with extraordinary augments he doesn’t remember getting. Can James control his augments, or will they control him?

In a future where almost all humans are augmented, James’ answer and Noa’s mission will determine the fate of the human race, and the enemy is already within the gates.

©2016 C. Gockel (P)2016 Podium Publishing

Featured Sci-fi: Archangel Down (Archangel Project Book 1) by C. Gockel, Narrated by Amy Woo Zeller

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In the year 2432, humans think they are alone in the universe. They’re wrong.

Commander Noa Sato plans a peaceful leave on her home planet, Luddeccea, but winds up interrogated and imprisoned for her involvement in the Archangel Project. A project she knows nothing about.

Professor James Sinclair wakes in the snow, not remembering the past 24 hours or knowing why he is being pursued. The only thing he knows is that he has to find Commander Sato, a woman he’s never met.

A military officer from the colonies and a civilian from Old Earth, they couldn’t have less in common. But they have to work together to save the lives of millions – and their own.

Every step of the way they are haunted by the final words of a secret transmission: The archangel is down.