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Featured Sci-fi: Seek the Galaxy (Return to the Galaxy Book 3) by B.A. Gillies

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Featured Sci-fi: Seek the Galaxy (Return to the Galaxy Book 3) by B.A. Gillies

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Seek the Galaxy

Book 3 in the Multi-Award-Winning Return to the Galaxy Series

They found the tech to reach the stars. But the galaxy they enter is burning.

On Earth, the team suffers betrayal, torture, and death at the hands of brutal enemies.

Ewan and his companions discover a hidden Saret asteroid base brimming with futuristic technology. When they uncover a fully operational interstellar warship, humanity’s dream of returning to the stars finally seems within reach.

Armed with advanced ships and weapons, they set out to find lost human colonies, hoping for allies. Instead, they find bloody chaos.

On Kifrun, a malevolent God-King rules through dark sacrifices and ancient terror, plotting to invade a peaceful republic. To stop him, Ewan’s team must fight on two worlds, and their best chance may lie with a desperate girl thief with fire in her heart and nothing left to lose.

Admiral Velal leads her Space Marines in desperate clashes against hostile alien powers, fighting to protect a fleet of vulnerable refugees and keep her people alive.

And in the outer reaches, Beryn, medieval prince turned starfighter ace, must choose which civilizations live or die, as the Ranid wipe out human worlds in waves of nuclear annihilation.

If Earth is to survive, allies must be found, old wounds must heal, and humanity must face its darkest hour.

Not all of them will make it. But if they fail, Earth burns next.

Perfect for fans of John Scalzi, Orson Scott Card, and Jack Campbell, Seek the Galaxy delivers cinematic action, epic battles, and brutal moral choices in a galaxy where survival is never guaranteed.

Featured Sci-fi: Into the Inferno (The Rise of Republic Book 11) by James Rosone

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Featured Sci-fi: Into the Inferno (The Rise of Republic Book 11) by James Rosone

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For the brave Spartacus Division…
…every inch of victory was hell.
Could the Pharaonis finally fall?

After the triumphs of the Battles of the Forts, with Serenea now firmly under Allied control, Brigadier General Spartacus Varinius set his sights upon the Pharaonis home world. The Allies used a tactic reminiscent of Earth’s Second World War—however, instead of island hopping, they began planet-hopping, bypassing Pharaonis strongholds as they zeroed in on the planet Eurysa.

Was the Republic in reach of final victory?

Admiral Ripley Lee Willis had just received his second admiral’s star and additional reinforcements. In a daring maneuver that might alter the course of the war, he struck at the heart of the Zodark Empire. That risk might have cost him his fleet and the command he had worked toward his entire career.

Would Ripley’s fleet outwit his Zodark counterpart?

As the Humtars considered joining the Allies, an old foe emerged from the abyss, sending shivers down their spines.

They thought they had eradicated this evil long ago.

You’ll love this eleventh installment of the epic Rise of the Republic military sci-fi thriller series because the epic battles will make you feel like you are part of the action.

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Featured Sci-fi: Into the Stars (Rise of the Republic Book 1) by James Rosone

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Featured Sci-fi: Into the Stars (Rise of the Republic Book 1) by James Rosone

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The stars are within mankind’s reach…

…But what awaits in the void may end humanity…

Mars and the Moon have been colonized, piracy runs rampant in the asteroid belts, and a thriving society grows in the depths of space. Humanity prepares to embark upon its greatest journey—the colonization of Alpha Centauri.

Then everything changes…

A deep space reconnaissance probe discovers a new Earth-like planet twelve light-years from Earth’s sun. The probe also finds something unusual, something…unnerving. A new mission is created, a space fleet is formed, and humanity embarks on unraveling the greatest mystery of all—the origins of life itself.

Can the factions of Earth remain united, or will old rivalries and animosities destroy the fragile peace in the face of this terrifying existential threat?

Will exploration prove to be a fatal mistake?

If you love new technologies, fast-paced action and gut-wrenching turns of fate, you’ll love this first book in James Rosone’s military sci-fi series, The Rise of the Republic.

Grab your copy of this page-turner today.

Author Note — This is not a standalone book. This is book one of a multi-book series.

Featured Sci-fi: Seed of Treason (The Last Fleet 2) by Joshua T. Calvert

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Featured Sci-fi: Seed of Treason (The Last Fleet 2) by Joshua T. Calvert

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Andal has fallen, engulfed by the Never and torn from the galaxy. Gavin and his crew of rebels have escaped the mysterious stealth ship and are stranded on an alien world, while Janus Darishma tries to figure out what happened on the edge of the Empire and what part Fleet Admiral Marquandt might have played. During his investigation, Darishma comes across his own past, which he wanted to leave behind at any cost. But just like Gavin, he must operate in the shadows and accept any help he can get to reveal the truth. One that will shake all of humanity.

Featured Sci-fi: Fog of War (The Last Fleet 3) by Joshua T. Calvert

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Featured Sci-fi: Fog of War (The Last Fleet 3) by Joshua T. Calvert

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Gavin and his crew have left the borders of the human hegemony and are on their way to Sol to stop the dawning catastrophe.

But their allies have their own plans, and when the inevitable conflict between the conflicting forces occurs in Earth’s orbit, Janus must decide where his loyalties lie.

The enemy has long planned for this war to unfold, and Fleet Admiral Marquandt’s connections reach into the deepest recesses of the Human Empire. Can he be stopped? And at what cost? Gavin and Janus are determined to find out – even if it’s the hard way.

This is the final book of the first trilogy of “The Last Fleet”.

Featured Sci-fi: Return to the Galaxy Book 1 by BA Gillies

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Featured Sci-fi: Return to the Galaxy Book 1 by BA Gillies

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Return to the Galaxy – Winner of the London Book Festival 2025 (Science Fiction)

The Humans Are Coming. The Galaxy Better Be Ready.

The astonishing truth? The human race didn’t evolve on Earth.

Ewan Scott was a dying SAS veteran, until a 300-year-old alien AI Avatar offered him a second chance: rebirth in a bio-engineered body, fitter, stronger, and movie-star handsome. His mission? Reunite humanity with its parent civilization, the Saret Federation, before merciless enemies erase all life on Earth.

Frigate Captain Velal, haunted by her past and bound by impossible orders, fights to save what’s left of her civilization. As worlds fall to alien invasion and nuclear fire, the ancient monsters she dreads are hunting for Earth.

An ancient empire falls to betrayal. A merciless enemy closes in. Earth lies defenseless. Its last hope a flawed hero reborn, and a woman who will fight until the stars go dark. Join Ewan, Velal, and wise-cracking Jera in an epic, fast-paced space opera packed with:

– Savage interstellar war
– Planetary colonization
– Special Forces warfare
– Found alien tech
– The secrets of a dying empire

If you love John Scalzi, Craig Alanson, and David Weber, the epic scale of Peter F. Hamilton, and the military brilliance of Elizabeth Moon

Grab your copy now!