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Featured Sci-fi : Soldier of Fortune (Fortune Chronicles Book 1) by Kathleen McClure

December 1, 2024 by Carolynn

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Gideon Quinn has a handful of starbucks, a draco named Elvis, and a target on his back.

Wrongly convicted of treason, Colonel Gideon Quinn is serving a life sentence under the killing suns of the Morton Barrens. But after six years of hard labor, a general of the Colonial Corps arrives with an offer of freedom, and the chance to clear his name.

Gideon (not being an idiot), seizes the opportunity and, with his pet draco Elvis, boards an airship bound for Nike City in search of revenge. And justice. But mostly revenge.

What he finds is a daring street-thief in need of a champion, a city steeped in corruption, and a mysterious enemy hell-bent on safeguarding their deadly secrets.

Now Gideon is engaged in an entirely different kind of war—one that plays out in the shadows—and if he loses this battle, Fortune’s new and fragile peace will certainly shatter.

Welcome to the planet Fortune, where tech is low, heroes unlikely, and the odds ridiculous. If you like low-tech science fiction, found families, and feel-good adventures, you’ll love Soldier of Fortune.

This is the second, newly-edited edition of Soldier of Fortune.

Books in the Series:
Soldier of Fortune
Outrageous Fortune
Change of Fortune
Fortune’s Fool

Featured Fantasy: Reflections of Fractured Dreams (Fae Team Six Book 1) by Peter Foote

December 1, 2024 by Carolynn

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Forged in magic, bound by duty.

Warrant Officer Sonja Dormoira and the members of Fae Team Six thought they were on a standard mission for the US Marine Corps.

They were wrong.

Tasked with entering the dream realm to discover who was using the magical mirror of Nostradamus to blackmail the rich and powerful, Sonja and the other members of Fae Team Six found more than they bargained for.

Something was erasing the fae from history.

With only their guns and guts to sustain them while they navigated the hostile realm of dreams, Sonja and her team must figure out a way to slam shut the magical door that leads home.

Reality depends on it.

Featured Fantasy: Elemental Thief (Ridley Kayne Chronicles Book 1) by Rachel Morgan

December 1, 2024 by Carolynn

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She’s a thief with forbidden magic. He’s the guy she just stole from. Now they’ll have to work together.

In a city where magic is outlawed, teenage thief Ridley uses her special powers to steal from the rich and give to those in need—until the night someone follows her home after a heist and ends up murdered outside her apartment.

When her best friend is accused of the crime, Ridley is determined to prove his innocence.

But things get messy when the artifact Ridley stole turns out to contain secrets that could endanger many lives. Forced to team up with wealthy Archer—the guy she stole from—Ridley must hunt down the artifact before it winds up in deadly hands.

Which means following a trail into the hidden parts of the city …

… and hopefully not winding up dead.

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“OH MY GOSH THIS WAS SO GOOD!” ~ Caitlin ★★★★★

“A real page-turner, couldn’t put it down.” ~ Lisa K. ★★★★★

“… mesmerizing from the word go!” ~ Angie T. ★★★★★

“Love, love, LOVE this!!!!” ~ Lil’n ★★★★★

Featured Sci-fi: Farthest Reaches by Brandon Ellis and Max Wolfe

December 1, 2024 by Carolynn

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Earth’s only chance for survival rests in the hands of one ship…
…None of its crew are prepared for what is to come.

Space Force’s first interstellar mission, Captain Scott Moore is set to lead the first starship to venture outside our solar system, the U.S.S Atlanta. Despite years of preparation, an unintended explosion takes Moore’s ship across the galaxy with no hope of returning.

Stranded in the void, Moore and his crew must discover a way home. But out amongst the stars, we are not alone.

When attempts to communicate with an alien race fail, a war begins… one that will spell the end of humanity.

FARTHEST REACHES begins a new rollicking sci-fi adventure from Brandon Ellis & Max Wolfe that delivers the action you’ve been waiting for. It’s perfect for fans of Jeffery H. Haskell, B. V. Larson, Jasper Scott, and those who love military Sci-Fi and space opera!

Featured Fantasy: Parisian Ghosts by Janna Ruth

December 1, 2024 by Carolynn

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I’m a ghost whisperer, not a catacomb crawler. But when you live in Paris, sometimes you end up being both.

Hi, I’m Alix. During the day, I’m a history student at the time-honoured Sorbonne University. After class, I hang out with the ghosts of the revolution, the many undead misunderstood Parisian artists, and adventurous scientists that glow in the dark. None of them are alive, but they come to me to solve their problems with the living.

When a recently deceased catacomb tour guide asks me to retrieve a mysterious personal item from the underground, things take a turn for the weird. Suddenly, I find myself in a city of ghosts, hunted by murderous cave crawlers, and stumbling across haunting secrets.

If I’m not careful now, I might end up a ghost myself.

Urban Fantasy with a French twist. If you like cave-crawling adventures, hopeless romantics, and ghosts, you’ll enjoy Ghosts of the Catacomb, the first instalment of the Parisian Ghosts series. Travel to Paris today to embark on your catacomb adventure.

Featured Fantasy: the Last Pendragon Saga by Sarah Woodbury

November 21, 2024 by Carolynn

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He is a king, a warrior, the last hope of his people–and the chosen one of the sidhe … journey with Cade and Rhiann to a world of myth and magic in Dark Age Wales!Rhiann knows demons walk the night. She has been taught to fear them. But from the moment Cade is dragged before her father’s throne, beaten and having lost all of his men to her father’s treachery, he stirs something inside her that she has never felt before.

When Cade is revealed to be not only Arthur’s heir but touched by the sidhe, Rhiann must choose between the life she left behind and the one before her—and how much she is willing to risk to follow her heart.

The Last Pendragon is the first book in The Last Pendragon Saga.

Complete series reading order: The Last Pendragon, The Pendragon’s Blade, Song of the Pendragon, The Pendragon’s Quest, The Pendragon’s Champions, Rise of the Pendragon, The Pendragon’s Challenge, Legend of the Pendragon.

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