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Crystalline Space (Dark Stars Book 1): A Space Fantasy Adventure Kindle Edition by A.K. DuBoff

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“Do-overs” are possible.

Elle awakens on a spaceship. Her body is different, she has new magical abilities, and she’s told her civilization’s fate is in her hands.

A mysterious Darkness has infected the crystalline network connecting the settled works. The unique properties of the crystals allow reality to be ‘reset’ to past moments in time, granting second chances. However, the Darkness isn’t only threatening the reset process—it’s consuming entire planets.

Paired with a diverse team of magically enhanced companions, Elle embarks on an interstellar quest to protect the Hegemony by sealing the Master Archive, the backup for the crystalline network. With only vague clues to guide them, Elle and her new friends must track down ancient relics and unravel hidden secrets before their worlds and loved are lost in shadow forever.

Crystalline Space offers a fun blend of sci-fi and fantasy adventure with a sleek high-tech skin on traditional magic, perfect for fans of Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, and Xenosaga. Begin reading the complete, award-finalist Dark Stars trilogy today and be transported to a universe where second chances are real!

★★★★★ “Words cannot describe how fantastic this trilogy is. Immortality is what it deserves.” – Amazon Reviewer

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The Vacuum of Space - Space Janitor One by Julia Huni

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It’s a dirty galaxy and someone has to clean it.

Avoiding the wealthy inhabitants on the upper levels of Station Kelly Kornienko is bot-programmer Triana’s number one rule. Well, number two, right after “eat all the chocolate.”

But when one of her cleaning bots finds a dead body, all the rules go out the airlock.  A highly connected security agent interrupts her routine with stories of missing bodies, and Triana can’t ignore him; it’s cooperate or find a new job. A girl has to pay the rent, even on a crappy studio compartment.

Working with a shiny detective beats a shuttle dirt-side, so Triana lends her programming skills to Agent O’Neill’s investigation. Together, they find more victims and evidence of a major cover-up.

It will take all Triana’s technical talents, most of O’Neill’s connections, and some really excellent croissants to stop the murders, save her job, and ultimately, her life.

The Vacuum of Space is the first book in a completed series.

★★★★★ “… a lighthearted vision of the future aboard a space station populated by a cast of quirky and memorable characters.”
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Aloha Thrive Books 1 - 3 by Ginger Booth

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An ex-cop who cannot die. A moon full of settlers who cannot thrive.

Mahina’s terraformers built a high-tech urban paradise. Then Earth flooded the colony with desperate refugees, cop Sass Collier among them.

The settlers who arrived with Sass died decades ago. Outside the citadel, their descendants die weak and young.

Sass fought a rebellion against the city once. She won concessions to give the settlers a chance at health. She paid with 20 years in prison.

Now she’s out, a reformed character. She assembles an oddball crew doing odd jobs. She intends to mind her own business – how to make a profit on the skyship Thrive.

But her fellow settlers are still failing.

While her business model careens toward circus acts, Sass dares to defy the city again, to solve Mahina’s failure to thrive.

This omnibus box set explores the Aloha home system: Skyship Thrive, Spaceship Thrive, and Interplanetary Thrive – 930 pages!

Pick up Aloha Thrive because you love upbeat character-driven SF with fun technology. Suggested for fans of Firefly, Lindsay Buroker’s Star Kingdom, or Nathan Lowell’s Golden Age of the Solar Clipper books.

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The Empress Capsule by R.K. Thorne

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A dangerous new passenger. A ship full of elite women marines. A package containing a terrible secret.

Meet Kael Sidassian: disgruntled mercenary and glorified guard of doors. Forced into a life he would never have chosen as a cyborg merc, he’s lost not only his freedom but also his ability to feel anything—or appreciate the opposite sex—because of his cybernetic augmentations. That is, until last week when a renegade scientist blew the lock off his testosterone and reopened his eyes.

A chance to free himself has landed in Kael’s lap. He can run and hope his “employers” forget he was ever born. He just needs to get a ride off this backwater planet and deliver the strange capsule that’s been foisted on him. One last mission.

Unfortunately for Kael, there’s only one ride off this planet. And it’s on the starship Audacity, led by famed war veteran Commander Ellen Ryu and her elite marines. Dangerous, competent, well-trained, female marines.

Commander Ryu is not to be trifled with, and she doesn’t trust easily. And she certainly doesn’t appreciate flirting. As an enemy rises to face them both, Ryu could be Kael’s savior—or the one to finally end him.

Because these women are on a hidden mission to seek and destroy abuses of technology anywhere in the galaxy.

Abuses like the strange capsule hidden in his cabin.

For lovers of sci-fi adventure with a side of romance in the tradition of Lindsay Buroker, David Weber, Elizabeth Moon, and Lois McMaster Bujold, THE EMPRESS CAPSULE is the first volume in the Audacity Saga.

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The Heaviness of Knowing by Sharolyn G. Brown

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They say the truth will set you free. They lie.

Roxal is desperate to stay alive. So desperate that she pretends to obey her gods even though she knows they are false. But now her gods are hunting down and executing the non-believers, and Roxal fears her pretense may no longer keep her safe.

Overachiever Lauren is on the verge of a brilliant technological breakthrough when an unexpected illness stops her in her tracks. Urgent visits with a hypnotherapist reveal an alien named Roxal is responsible. Is the alien a symptom of the illness? Or worse, is she real?

Two women are in danger on two different worlds. Can their connection to each other be the key to saving them? Or will only one survive?

The Heaviness of Knowing is the first book in a suspenseful, action-packed series for readers who love stories of overthrowing dystopian leaders and uncovering alien invasion conspiracies. Download your copy today and be transported to a world where knowing the truth is a death sentence.

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Black Dawn the Eurynome Code Book 1 by K. Gorman

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Genetic engineering. Conspiracy. An unstoppable attack.

Karin Makos lives a lie. Genetically engineered from birth and raised in a scientific compound to gain unnatural powers, she has since escaped and built another life, hidden from those who created her. For her, the chance to pilot a small-time scrounging vessel to remote corners of space is the dream. After years on the run with her sister and enduring the constant paranoia of living planet-side, going off-radar gives her exactly what she wants: freedom.

That dream is shattered. A system-wide attack decimates humanity and leaves the survivors scraping for clues. And Karin might know where to look.

But digging into her past comes with a whole new set of secrets and consequences, none of which she wants to face. Plagued by strange dreams of her sister and a sense of growing danger, Karin and the crew of the Nemina must race desperately across space to find their loved ones—and answers.

Like Firefly? Can’t get enough Killjoys? Then this series is for you. Join Karin and the crew of the Nemina in this fast-paced space opera thrill ride that contains strong leads, high-octane action, and more than its share of snark. Perfect for fans of Lindsay Buroker, Rachel Aukes, and Jennifer Foehner Wells.  99¢ on Amazon for limited time.

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