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Featured Sci-fi — Lightwave : Clocker by AM Scott

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Featured Sci-fi — Lightwave : Clocker by AM Scott

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Saree’s got a secret. A truly unique talent.

Trillions rely on her rare gift. If they knew, they’d betray her in a heartbeat for the huge reward. 

Despite Saree’s best efforts, rumors fly. Desperate, she jumps on Lightwave Fold Transport just ahead of a bounty hunter.

But Lightwave might not be safer.

Lightwave’s crew were mercenaries. Mercenaries who destroyed her childhood home. Saree barely escaped last time. Will they recognize her?

Worse, will they discover who she really is?

Discover Saree’s secret today.

This seven-book classic space opera series is complete and ready for binge-reading!

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Featured Sci-fi: Muses of Roma by Rob Steiner

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Featured Sci-fi: Muses of Roma by Rob Steiner

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Marcus Antonius Primus began a golden age for humanity when he liberated Roma from Octavian Caesar and became sole Consul. With wisdom from the gods, future Antonii Consuls conquered the world and spawned an interstellar civilization.

It’s three weeks before the millennial anniversary of the Antonii Ascension. Kaeso Aemelius, star freighter captain and a blacklisted spy from a Roman rival world, misses his lone-wolf espionage days. So when his former prefect asks him to help a Roman official defect, Kaeso sees it as a way back into his old agency.

But can Kaeso protect his crew of outcasts from unseen forces who would lay waste to entire worlds to stop the defector from revealing a civilization-shattering truth?

An exciting start to a series for fans of Roman alternate history and space opera.

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Featured Sci-fi Fantasy: Defiance by Aaron Hodges

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Featured Sci-fi Fantasy: Defiance by Aaron Hodges

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On the wild planet of Talamh, humanity thrived…
…until the alien Alfur conquered their world.
Now, defeated and broken, humanity serves their immortal overlords.
And pleads to the stars for a hero.

Rydian Holt is nothing, nobody. Just another human from the streets of Talamh. Or at least, that’s what he thinks—until his mother is caught up in a fledgling resistance group. Branded a traitor and sentenced to fight in the arena, now Rydian must face hardened gladiators in single combat. To survive and advance through the ranks, he’ll need the help of an enigmatic weapons master—and more than a little luck.

But after a lifetime of servitude, survival is no longer enough for Rydian. He seeks a way to fight back— not just against his fellow gladiators, but against the Alfur themselves. If Rydian can uncover their greatest secret—the truth about the mysterious Light that powers their world—he might just win his freedom.

★★★★★ Warformed meets Brandon Sanderson in this stunning new science fantasy series by New York Times Bestselling Author Aaron Hodges.

Featured Sci-fi: Girl of Flesh & Metal by Alicia Ellis

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Marissa Meyer’s Cinder meets Netflix’s Black Mirror in a high-tech future where a teen gets the cybernetic arm she never wanted.

Lena hates her parents’ tech company. The world worships each cutting-edge CyberCorp release, but Lena has her doubts. Machines that think for themselves? She doesn’t trust them… So when a car accident lands her with the company’s first cybernetic arm, she’s pissed.

Is control of her own life too much to ask? Now, the arm’s artificial intelligence makes her sleepwalk. Then children of CyberCorp employees start dying in their beds, and thanks to her unwanted nighttime strolls, Lena has no alibi.

Is she the killer, or does someone else hate her parents’ inventions more than she does?

★Girl of Flesh and Metal made the American Library Association’s 2021 LITA Excellence in Children’s and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable Lists.★

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Featured Science Fiction: Kari – The Hunt by Justin Sloan

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Featured Science Fiction: Kari - The Hunt by Justin Sloan

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Massive guns, giant alien monsters, and big egos. What could possibly go wrong?

Tommy is just another guy working for a hedge fund, when the richest person in history invites him and his boss on an alien safari. Sounds great, rubbing elbows with elite playboys and oodles of hotties in outer space, right? But everything goes completely fubar in a hurry. Turns out, a group of alien ninjas already lives on the planet — yeah, you read that right — alien ninjas! And they love to hunt. Now Tommy must choose between crying to his mommy and maybe getting an alien sword in his gut, or manning up to save those he’s come to care about.

If you like Tropic Thunder, Alien, Predator, or even Alien vs Predator (which we won’t hold against you), you’ll love this action-packed sci-fi adventure!

Featured Science Fiction: Ultraxenopia by M. A. Phipps

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Featured Science Fiction: Ultraxenopia by M. A. Phipps

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Betrayed by Family. Tortured by the Enemy. Destined to Destroy the World.

Wynter Reeves lives by three rules: Don’t stand out. Blend in. Remain invisible. In a world where individuality is dangerous, being forgettable keeps her alive.

Until she begins showing signs of a rare disease, drawing the unwanted attention of the State’s sinister research facility, the DSD. Apprehended against her will for testing, Wynter becomes the subject of the mysterious Dr. Richter, who is determined to make sense of her condition.

However, Dr. Richter’s intentions are less than noble, and after months of horrifying experimentation, Wynter jumps at the chance to escape her captors. But freedom isn’t what she expected, and as her symptoms worsen, she must make a choice. One that will determine not only her future…

But the fate of the world.

ULTRAXENOPIA is the first book in the Project W. A. R. trilogy, which readers have compared to The Giver, Divergent, and The Hunger Games!

“I would give this 10 stars if I could! It’s got action, suspense, and a smidge of a romance. It’s got twists and turns that you will not see coming.” ★★★★★

“For fans of dystopia, you’ll find the elements that are beloved in every dystopian book. There are elements included in Ultraxenopia that can be found in books like 1984, Divergent, Unwind, and many others and Phipps pulls each of them off in a brilliant way.” ★★★★★

“A truly classic dystopian in that it had the dark totalitarian regime, the bleak atmosphere, and terrifying villains.” ★★★★★

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