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Featured Science Fiction: Artifact (Saturn’s Legacy Book 1) by Joshua James

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Featured Science Fiction: Artifact (Saturn's Legacy Book 1) by Joshua James

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FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS, SATURN HID AN ALIEN SECRET.
IN 2065, HUMANITY WILL FIND IT.

Lowell Carpenter is a disgraced Marine assigned to a remote US research station on Saturn’s moon Enceladus, where scientists have made an extraordinary discovery in the ocean below.

A special forces team, led by Lowell’s murderous former commanding officer, shows up to investigate. Almost immediately, everything begins to unravel.

Something beneath the surface has been activated.

Soon every space force on Earth — American, Chinese, Russian, and more — is converging on the tiny moon, ready to start a war.

But when a young archeologist with a knack for dead languages makes an amazing discovery of his own, Lowell realizes the stakes are higher than anyone could’ve imagined.

He soon has no choice but to disobey orders and fight soldiers he helped train as he races to stop an unimaginable chain reaction that threatens the entire solar system.

The countdown has begun…

Artifact, the first book in the Saturn’s Legacy series, is a sci-fi thriller full of mystery, intrigue, and epic action from the depths of the ocean to the edge of outer space.

Featured Science Fiction: Renegade Star: The Complete 16 Book Series by J.N. Chaney

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Featured Science Fiction: Renegade Star: The Complete 16 Book Series by J.N. Chaney

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The complete mega-box set for the acclaimed Renegade Star series is here.

16 books. 10,000 pages. Over 15,000 positive reviews.

Jace Hughes is a Renegade.

That means taking almost any job that comes his way, no matter the situation. So long as he can keep his ship floating, he’s free to live the life he wants.

But that all changes when he meets Abigail Pryar, a nun looking for safe passage out of the system.

Too bad there’s something off about the cargo she’s carrying.

Jace knows he shouldn’t ask too many questions, but when odd sounds start coming from inside the large, metal box, he can’t help but check it out.

Big mistake.

Get the complete Renegade Star series for one low price: 10,000 pages, over one million copies sold, and more than 15,000 reviews on Amazon. This epic military sci-fi series is a fan favorite.

Featured Science Fiction: The Stefan Mendoza Trilogy Boxed Set by P R Adams

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Featured Science Fiction: The Stefan Mendoza Trilogy Boxed Set by P R Adams

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Assassin. Cyborg. Avenger.

Stefan Mendoza spent his life doing the government’s dirty work, then a traitor double-crossed his black-ops team.

After enduring unspeakable torture, he has to put dreams of revenge on hold. The world has changed while he’s been out of circulation. To survive, he acquires cybernetic limbs. But his high-tech recovery comes at a heavy price.

The quest for vengeance pits Mendoza against assassins of every stripe. He quickly discovers that relying on the trust he spent decades building could be fatal. Betrayal, corruption, and a labyrinth of conspiracies threaten him at every turn.

The Stefan Mendoza Trilogy is a high-octane cyberpunk techno-thriller you won’t easily forget. Complex conspiracies and intrigue combine to make an immersive, noir-style sci-fi world.
Pick up this series and take a walk on the dark side of justice!

Featured Science Fiction: Cold Eyes Audiobook (First Contact Series) by Peter Cawdron

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Featured Science Fiction: Cold Eyes Audiobook (First Contact Series) by Peter Cawdron

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Cold Eyes is an original First Contact novel, written as a tribute to the 1974 science fiction classic, The Mote in God’s Eye, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.

The UN warship Magellan is twelve light-years from Earth, exploring a cold eye, a tidally locked super-Earth called Bee. At least two advanced intelligent species evolved on the planet, but the crew’s attempts at radio communication result in garbled replies. No one is waiting for them in orbit. The crew has to figure out why. Any misunderstandings could lead to war.

The FIRST CONTACT series is similar to BLACK MIRROR or THE TWILIGHT ZONE in that this collection is based on a common theme rather than common characters. This allows these books to be read in any order. Technically, they’re all first as they all deal with how we might initially respond to contact with aliens, exploring the social, political, religious, and scientific aspects of First Contact. Some of the other highly acclaimed novels in this series include Jury Duty, Anomaly, 3zekiel, Losing Mars, Xenophobia, Wherever Seeds May Fall, and Welcome to the Occupied States of America.

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Featured Science Fiction: First Contact Series by Peter Cawdron

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Cold Eyes is an original First Contact novel, written as a tribute to the 1974 science fiction classic, The Mote in God’s Eye, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.

The UN warship Magellan is twelve light-years from Earth, exploring a cold eye, a tidally-locked super-earth called Bee. At least two advanced, intelligent species evolved on the planet, but the crew’s attempts at radio communication result in garbled replies. No one is waiting for them in orbit. The crew has to figure out why. Any misunderstandings could lead to war.

Warning: The most absurd part of this story is true and accurately portrayed.

The FIRST CONTACT series is similar to BLACK MIRROR or THE TWILIGHT ZONE in that this collection is based on a common theme rather than common characters. This allows these books to be read in any order. Technically, they’re all first as they all deal with how we might initially respond to contact with aliens, exploring the social, political, religious, and scientific aspects of First Contact. Some of the other highly acclaimed novels in this series include Jury Duty, Anomaly, 3zekiel, Losing Mars, Xenophobia, Wherever Seeds May Fall, and Welcome to the Occupied States of America.

Featured Sci-fi: Genesis Sequence (Across Horizons) by Stan C. Smith

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Featured Sci-fi: Genesis Sequence by Stan C. Smith

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A young Neanderthal. A robotic drone. A new future begins.

Banished from her tribe, Skyra Una-Loto wanders through an ancient landscape teeming with fierce predators. Skyra searches for a way to overcome the crippling fear that has plagued her since witnessing her birthmother’s brutal death.

The problem is, to overcome her fear and reclaim her strength, she must attack and kill predators that will probably kill her first.

Skyra’s desperate quest takes an unexpected turn when she encounters a creature unlike anything she has seen before. It walks on four legs, yet it can also fly. It eats fire instead of flesh, and it speaks a strange language called English. Its name is Ripple.

Ripple cannot believe its good luck. Having jumped 47,000 years into the past, the robotic drone has completed its research mission and is stranded here forever. Now it has found a living, breathing Neanderthal to study. The more Ripple learns about Skyra, the more the drone is convinced she is important to the future of this new world—but only if Ripple can keep her alive.

Genesis Sequence, a prequel to the Across Horizons series, is for readers who love time travel, wilderness survival, and unforgettable characters.