C Gockel Writes

  • Sponsored Links
  • Blog
  • About
  • Newsletter
  • I Bring the Fire
  • Archangel Project
  • Urban Magick & Folklore
  • Collections

Featured Sci-fi: The Spiral Wars Collection by Joel Shepherd

May 23, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Sci-fi: The Spiral Wars Collection by Joel Shepherd

99¢ as of May 23, 2026
Click for Current Price: Amazon US (Full-price: United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany)

AUREALIS AWARD FINALIST; Best SF Novel of 2015 – (Renegade: The Spiral Wars Book One).

‘It just keeps getting better and better. Buy these books’ Winchell D. Chung, Founder, Atomic Rockets Website

‘He is one of our very best.’ Lou Anders, author of Frostborn and Hugo-award winning editor.

One thousand years ago, Earth was lost.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Box Set List Featured Sci-Fi, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Joel Shepherd, The Spiral Wars Collection 1

Featured Sci-fi: Andy McBean and the War of the Worlds (The Amazing Adventures of Andy McBean Book 1) by Dale Kutzera

May 22, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Sci-fi: Andy McBean and the War of the Worlds (The Amazing Adventures of Andy McBean Book 1) by Dale Kutzera

FREE as of May 22, 2026
Click for Current Price: Amazon US, United Kingdom
(99¢ USD: Canada, Australia, Germany)

Kobo, B & N, GooglePlay

What could be worse than middle school? Home work, band class, bullies, a new kid who may be a new friend…Andy McBean is struggling to survive it all in the soggy hills of the Pacific Northwest. Even worse, he spent much of the past year in the hospital battling leukemia.

Then one night a meteor storm devastates the county, cutting off power and phones. One giant rock crashes into Andy’s neighborhood, skids up the street, and stops right on Andy’s front lawn. The towering boulder draws the attention of neighbors, the media, the army, and even the new girl from Andy’s art class. He is thrilled at the notoriety, but everything changes when the meteor opens and a towering machine steps out.

Separated from his family, Andy must fend for himself and rescue his friends. Join the adventure as Andy meets an alien, devises a plan to stop the invasion, and learns how strong he really is.

Filed Under: Box Set List Featured Sci-Fi, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Andy McBean and the War of the Worlds, Dale Kutzera, The Amazing Adventures of Andy McBean

Featured Sci-fi: Mammoth by John Varley

May 22, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Sci-fi: Mammoth by John Varley

$1.99 as of May 22, 2026
Click for Current Price: Amazon US (Full-price: United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany)

Apple, Kobo, B & N, GooglePlay

A “rollicking, bittersweet tale of time travel and ecology” from the Nebula and Hugo Award–winning author of the Gaea Trilogy (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
 
“H. G. Wells meets Jurassic Park” in this novel about a multibillionaire, a time machine, and a baby woolly mammoth named Little Fuzzy (The Best Reviews).

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Box Set List Featured Sci-Fi, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: John Varley, Mammoth

Featured Sci-fi: Bubbles in Space Complete Series (Books 1 – 5) by S.C. Jensen

May 20, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Sci-fi: Bubbles in Space Complete Series (Books 1 - 5) by S.C. Jensen

99¢ as of May 20, 2026
Click for Current Price: Amazon US, United Kingdom (Full-price: Canada, Australia, Germany)

Blade Runner meets The Fifth Element in this eccentric cyber-noir thriller series about a bleak world ravaged by corrupt leaders, mega-corporations, and crime lords… and the washed-up cyborg detective who might be the only one crazy enough to take them on.

#1 – Tropical Punch – The adventure begins when Bubbles Marlowe uncovers a disturbing secret that reveals the truth behind the cold-case death of an old colleague, a secret that someone will kill to keep…

#2 – Chew ‘Em Up – Bubbles is being stalked by an army of unhinged fans and her best friend is on the run from deadly corporate head-hunters. The good news is, there is a cure for their unwanted fame. The bad news is, it might be fatal…

#3 – Pop ‘Em One – High-tech, low-life? Bubbles must delve deep into the gritty underbelly of the city’s meanest streets to save her ex-partner from the cruel hands of a mad megacorp scientist. But the corrupt heart of HoloCity’s black market might be the cruelest discovery of all…

#4 – Spit ‘Em Out – Revenge tears Bubbles from the only home she’s known as she hunts down the killer she let get away. With the blood of his victims on her hands, she won’t rest until she brings the monster to justice…

#5 – Cherry Bomb – An old enemy has left Bubbles a gift from beyond the grave. And it’s a real killer…

Bubbles Marlowe, cyborg detective, struts her stuff in five thrilling back-to-back adventures in Bubbles in Space, the COMPLETE SERIES! Delve into the secrets of this gritty future world, and buckle up for a roller-coaster ride packed full of unusual characters, dark humour, and non-stop action.

Filed Under: Box Set List Featured Sci-Fi, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Bubbles in Space, S.C. Jensen

Featured Sci-fi: Echoes of Starlight (Wings of Earth Book 1) by Eric Michael Craig

May 17, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Sci-fi: Echoes of Starlight (Wings of Earth Book 1) by Eric Michael Craig

FREE as of May 17, 2026
Click for Current Price: Amazon US, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany

Apple, Kobo, B & N, GooglePlay

A vanished colony. A forbidden landing,

And an impossible choice that could cost it all.


Captain Ethan Walker is just trying to haul freight, keep his ship flying, and live by the rules. But when he arrives at Starlight Colony with his cargo and two paying passengers, he finds it eerily abandoned.

No people. No remains. No explanation.

Just empty buildings and an echoing silence where one hundred thousand people should be.

Ethan is obligated to report the missing colony to authorities, and FleetCom orders him to wait for a patrol ship to confirm the discovery. Unfortunately, his shipping company demands he return his cargo safely to Earth. Immediately.

When his passengers make a reckless choice that forces his hand, Ethan must disobey everyone’s orders and risk his ship, his license, and the trust of his crew, to go down to the colony.

What he finds could change everything.

The mystery begins in Echoes of Starlight. Read it now and take your first step into the epic world of Wings of Earth. Discover a truth that will shake the stars.

Filed Under: Box Set List Featured Sci-Fi, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Echoes of Starlight, Eric Michael Craig, Wings of Earth

Featured Sci-fi: Rath’s Deception (The Janus Group Book 1) by Piers Platt

May 17, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Sci-fi: Rath's Deception (The Janus Group Book 1) by Piers Platt

FREE as of May 17, 2026
Click for Current Price: Amazon US, United Kingdom (Full-price: Canada, Australia, Germany)

Apple, Kobo, B & N, GooglePlay

On the cut-throat streets of Tarkis, orphaned teens like Rath end up jailed … or dead. So when the shadowy Janus Group offers Rath a chance to earn riches beyond his wildest dreams, he seizes it.

But the Janus Group is as ruthless as the elite assassins it controls. 

Rath will have to survive their grueling, off-world training, and fulfill all fifty kills in his contract before a single cent comes his way. And ending so many lives comes with a price Rath can’t anticipate.

It’ll certainly cost him what’s left of his innocence. It may well cost him his life.

Filed Under: Box Set List Featured Sci-Fi, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Piers Platt, Rath's Deception, The Janus Group

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 188
  • Next Page »

Follow Me

  • Facebook
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter

Copyright © 2026 C. Gockel · Privacy Policy