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Featured Science Fiction: Oblivion Awaits (Infinita Book 1) by Christopher Hopper

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Featured Science Fiction: Oblivion Awaits (Infinita Book 1) by Christopher Hopper

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An eco-terrorist plot to bring down Earth’s greatest space station.

An impossible murder shrouded in nano technology.

And an extrasolar signal from a sentient species.

From best-selling novelist Christopher Hopper, who brought you Ruins of the Earth and Ruins of the Galaxy, comes this new hard scifi space thriller that fans say is “next in line to The Expanse.”

When famed engineer and test pilot Jericho Fox is sent to investigate an explosion on Astraea Station, he discovers that the emergency is more than a simple system failure. The issues cascade too fast to be accidents, and Fox senses a disaster is imminent.

Meanwhile, decorated astrophysicist Dr. Evelyn Park becomes the lead suspect in the attack. She’s forced to take matters into her own hands and fight to protect what she believes is humanity’s greatest discovery: a potential alien signal from the planet Kepler-1649c.

Tensions rise as Jericho and Evelyn try to piece together the shocking truth behind Astraea Station’s failures. But can they do it before everyone aboard dies?

Loaded with mystery, exploration, and political intrigue, Christopher Hopper’s Oblivion Awaits is what readers are calling “the most anticipated book of the year” and “a gripping non-stop read you won’t want to put down.” Buy it today!

Available in trade and mass market paperback, hardcover, audiobook, and ebook.

Featured Science Fiction: The Guardian Program (The Terre Hoffman Chronicles Book 1) by Herman Steuernagel 

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Featured Science Fiction: The Guardian Program (The Terre Hoffman Chronicles Book 1) by Herman Steuernagel 

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A program designed to protect us. A malfunction that could obliterate us all.

When the United States comes under attack from an AI program its government built in secret, IT specialist Terre Hoffman learns firsthand how deadly the program can be; with one strike, the machines decimate Terre’s entire family. As Terre comes to terms with the loss, he and fellow robotics consultant Kristopher Klein are assigned to investigate the AI anomalies and bring the bots back under human direction.

Under pressure and under attack, the two experts only have one shot at success—override the network and shut down the Guardian Program.

With everything on the line, Terre must overcome the pain of losing his loved ones in order to stop the war machines from causing absolute and horrific destruction. If they fail, it means handing over complete control to the very machines designed to protect them … but bent on killing them instead.The Guardian Program is the first thrilling apocalyptic entry in The Terre Hoffman Chronicles—a new standalone series expanding the universe of the internationally best-selling Lies the Guardians Tell.

Featured Science Fiction: Kaine’s Rebellion (Shattered Empire Book 4) by D.M. Pruden

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Featured Science Fiction: Kaine's Rebellion (Shattered Empire Book 4) by D.M. Pruden

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His ship is lost and his crew is missing…

Oberon is a world at war, torn apart by open rebellion. Hayden Kaine and his ship’s human/AI hybrid, Cora, find themselves caught up in the planetary conflict when their ship, Scimitar, is destroyed, and they are marooned on the planet.

But, is the ship really destroyed?

Damaged in the crash of their escape pod, Cora claims to hear Scimitar calling to her across interdimensional space. Fearing that she is going mad, Kaine must cross rebel held territory to reach the government forces who can give him access to the technology he needs to save his only surviving friend.

But he is conflicted when he learns the unsettling truth about the Confederation his family has served for generations.

Torn between saving Cora and righting a wrong perpetrated on countless worlds, Hayden Kaine must make the most difficult decision of his life.

Featured Sci-fi: The Dauntless (Star Legend Book 5) by J.J. Green

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Featured Sci-fi: The Dauntless (Star Legend Book 5) by J.J. Green

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Peril on Earth and in outer space

The global war is over, but a new threat to human civilization has emerged.

What the threat is exactly no one knows, yet the Britannic Alliance is doing all it can to protect Earth. A new starship capable of interstellar travel, the Dauntless, is under construction.

Meanwhile, Taylan Ellis’s search for her children continues. She must get to Australia to help in the hunt for the Crusader child traffickers, but she can’t even afford the ticket.

Will the Dauntless save Earth? Will Taylan be reunited with her kids? What is the connection?

The Dauntless is book five in the epic space fantasy adventure, Star Legend.

Featured Science Fiction: Last Resistance the Complete Series by Haley Stone

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Featured Science Fiction: Last Resistance the Complete Series by Haley Stone

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Get the Last Resistance Box Set, featuring all three books in the award-winning series. A post-robot-apocalypse romp filled with machines, clones, rebellion, and plenty of twists. Perfect for fans of Orphan Black, Westworld, Robopocalypse, and Terminator

Rhona has battled the malevolent A.I. intent on wiping out humanity since the first Machinations began—until she’s killed during a rescue mission gone wrong. Now, Rhona awakens to find herself transported to a new body, complete with her DNA and her personality.

She’s a clone… of herself. Except for her missing memories. Some of which could potentially turn the tide of the war.

Trapped in the shadow of the life she knew and rejected by the man who once loved her, the reincarnated Rhona must fight to secure her place among old friends and newfound enemies—and quickly. For the machines are inching closer to exterminating humanity for good. And only Rhona, whoever she is now, can save them.

Buy this special edition omnibus to experience this complete Post-Apocalyptic series from Hayley Stone.

This boxset contains three full-length novels:
Book 1: Machinations
Book 2: Counterpart
Book 3: Architect

Featured Science Fiction: The Fractured Empire (The World Apart Series Book 1) by Robin D. Mahle

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Featured Science Fiction: The Fractured Empire (The World Apart Series Book 1) by Robin D. Mahle

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Clark and Adelaide think their lives can’t get any worse. Until they meet each other.

Adelaide — heiress to the wealthiest man in the Ceithren Empire — has felt a void since her sister’s death. Just as she’s resigned herself to the empty life her father chose for her, a relic from a world that shouldn’t exist plunges her into chaos.

Clark — son of the greatest terrorist the empire has ever known — is still reeling from his father’s death. Since then, his life has boiled down to two things: his brothers and his next mission. When his mission to bring back a mystical artifact goes awry, he’s forced to choose between getting the job done and saving the life of a spoiled socialite.

But Clark isn’t the only one after the artifact.

He and Adelaide must work together to survive… if only they can manage to avoid killing each other before their enemies have the chance.