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Featured Sci-fi: Beasts in the Garden (Archangel Project. Convergence I) by C. Gockel

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Featured Sci-fi: Beasts in the Garden (Archangel Project. Convergence I) by C. Gockel

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When John Miller signs up for the rescue mission to the Proxima Centauri outpost, he expects to find his former lover, Hana, the brilliant physicist behind the invention of near light engines, dead. 

Instead he and his team find Hana missing and a large part of the outpost destroyed.

John’s team suspects suicide.  John knows Hana would never give up so easily.

John and Hana are very different people. Their relationship was a fluke born of proximity and convenience. But when he discovers her Hail Mary attempt to return to Earth with a dangerous, experimental faster-than-light vessel, he has to follow her.

But it isn’t where Hana has gone that is the real surprise. It’s when … 

Vessels damaged, fighting for survival, Hana and John struggle to rebuild the basics of civilization from scratch. They’re in a world where unboiled water or an untreated cut can result in death, and four-legged predators lurk in the trees.

But the greatest threats to Hana and John are almost human …

Featured Sci-fi: Echoes of War Boxset (Books 1 – 3) by Daniel Gibbs

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Almost 1,500 pages of Military Science Fiction action!

Corporal David Cohen thought he’d left war behind.

He was wrong.

The Terran Coalition faces repeated and brutal attacks from the repressive League of Sol. To defend his home planet, David trades his dream of becoming a rabbi for a battlefront in the far reaches of space. When particle beams fly, his courage under fire brings quick promotion. But in the lulls between battles when he must confront his soul, David finds a different enemy: the ghosts of those killed under his command.

Yet in war, it’s kill or be killed—and the enemy shows no mercy.

David must square the tenets of his faith against his responsibility to crew and country. If he fails in his command, billions face enslavement by a ruthless regime. Now it’s an all-out fight for the galaxy’s freedom.

Because a man’s greatest foe lies within.

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Featured Sci-fi: The Snow Queen Book 1 by Joan D. Vinge

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Featured Sci-fi: The Snow Queen Book 1 by Joan D. Vinge

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This reissue of a modern classic of science fiction, the Hugo and Locus Award-winning and Nebula-nominated The Snow Queen, marks the first time the book has been reprinted in fifteen years.

The imperious Winter colonists have ruled the planet Tiamat for 150 years, deriving wealth from the slaughter of the sea mers. But soon the galactic stargate will close, isolating Tiamat, and the 150-year reign of the Summer primitives will begin. Their only chance at surviving the change is if Arienrhod, the ageless, corrupt Snow Queen, can destroy destiny with an act of genocide. Arienrhod is not without competition as Moon, a young Summer-tribe sibyl, and the nemesis of the Snow Queen, battles to break a conspiracy that spans space.

Interstellar politics, a millennia-long secret conspiracy, and a civilization whose hidden machineries might still control the fate of worlds all form the background to this spectacular hard science fiction novel from Joan D. Vinge.

Featured Sci-fi: Third Loch From the Sun—a Scottish Sci-fi Adventure by Rex Burke

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Featured Sci-fi: Third Loch From the Sun—a Scottish Sci-fi Adventure by Rex Burke

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Secrets come in all shapes and sizes

Jake has left it late, and the only summer job he can find is on the remote Scottish island of Elsay. Still, that sounds fine – the work isn’t too hard, the pay’s all right, and the scenery is great.

But he soon has second thoughts about staying. His boss, Fraser, is a bit of a rogue, while Fraser’s cute but snippy daughter, Alva, takes against him from the start. And the oddball characters in the local pub aren’t exactly welcoming.

Then Jake stumbles on an extraordinary secret that changes everything that’s known about the universe. A secret he can scarcely believe. A secret that Alva and the island recluse, Ruan Strang, have sworn to protect at all costs.

As the mystery deepens, the questions only mount – and none of the answers make any sense. Plus, Jake’s falling for Alva and she still hasn’t so much as smiled at him.

One thing’s for certain – he’s not going anywhere until the full, fantastic truth is revealed.

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Featured Sci-Fi: The Chiral Agent (The Biogenesis War Book 1) by L. L. Richman

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The Biogenesis War Book 1 The Chiral Agent by LL Richman

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First they stole his identity. Now they want him dead.

Micah Case is one of the Geminate Navy’s elite Shadow Recon pilots. He’s flown into enemy space countless times. When his spacecraft disintegrates around him above an alien world, Micah awakens with no memory of his past, and with a mysterious voice inside his head.

His genetic code contains the power to destroy all life.

Hunted by his own military for reasons yet unclear, Micah embarks on a desperate journey to find the unknown voice. Together, they must stop an Akkadian assassin, bent on stealing a deadly material from a secret base and delivering it to her people.

The stakes are impossibly high, but failure is not an option. The alternative would mean the extinction of a species Micah can no longer call his own: Humanity.

The Chiral Agent is the first book in the new Biogenesis War series. The adventure continues with The Chiral Protocol.
Read all about what led up to Micah’s journey in the prequel, The Chiral Conspiracy, available now on Amazon.com, in paperback and in Kindle Unlimited.

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Featured Sci-fi: The Alpha Plague Books 1 – 3 by Michael Robertson

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Featured Sci-fi: The Alpha Plague Books 1 - 3 by Michael Robertson

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Do you have a plan for the apocalypse?

Rhys doesn’t.

But as he watches chaos spill from the Alpha Tower, he knows one thing for sure …

He must get to his son before the virus does.

If you like high stakes and edge of your seat action in a post-apocalyptic world, then The Alpha Plague is for you. Get it now to join Rhys at ground zero as he tries to save his loved ones and survive a disaster that will leave the world changed forever.

This box set includes:
The Alpha Plague: A Post-Apocalyptic Action Thriller
The Alpha Plague 2
The Alpha Plague 3