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Featured Sci-fi: Accidental Astronaut by Rick Partlow & J.N. Chaney

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Featured Sci-fi: Accidental Astronaut by Rick Partlow & J.N. Chaney

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The world needed a hero. Instead, they got Jack.

Dr. Erik Manheim needed a warrior. A Navy SEAL. Someone who could help him confront the threat he uncovered in ancient ruins—evidence that a rogue planet brings devastation every time it passes Earth.

Instead, he got Jack Schafer, hung-over bush pilot in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Now Jack is swept into a mission he was never meant to survive—one that stretches from Alaskan wilderness to the stars beyond. Humanity’s future hangs in the balance… and its best hope may be a reluctant pilot who wasn’t supposed to be here at all.

Accidental Astronaut is a gripping, fast-paced blend of survival thriller and epic science fiction—perfect for fans of Andy Weir, Michael Crichton, and James Rollins.

Featured Sci-fi: Future Adventures by Multiple Authors

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Future Adventures 8 Full Length Science Fiction Novels

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Eight complete Adventure Science Fiction novels that will introduce you to new authors.

Watcher’s Web by Patty Jansen
Europa by Aurora Springer
Few Are Chosen by M.T. McGuire
The Truth Beyond The Sky by Andrew M. Crusoe
Generation by J.J. Green
The Girl Who Twisted Fate’s Arm by George Saoulidis
The Ares Weapon by D.M. Pruden
Exodus by Drew Avera

Featured Sci-Fantasy: Star Mage Saga by J.J. Green

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Featured Sci-fi: Star Mage Saga by J.J. Green

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Space opera meets old magic

Carina Lin is a slum brat turned space mercenary. With a twist. She’s also a mage, and she’s about to risk everything.

Her merc band, the Black Dogs, is assigned a suicide mission. A young boy has been kidnapped by one of the galactic sector’s most powerful clans, and the Dogs’ task is to rescue him.

Carina faces an impossible decision. To save the boy she must Cast, but if her powers are revealed she will be tortured and enslaved.

When she makes her choice and throws the dice, the fallout is beyond her imagination.

Star Mage Quest is book one in the dark, exciting science fantasy, Star Mage Saga. A complete series.

Featured Sci-fi: Quantum Cheeseburger (Star Ascension Book 1) by Jeremy Michelson

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Featured Sci-fi: Quantum Cheeseburger (Star Ascension Book 1) by Star Ascension

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One cheeseburger, with a side of armageddon.

Driving his vintage Jeep down a lonely highway in the New Mexico desert, Chris, an ordinary guy with a horrible boss, makes a terrible mistake. He stops at a roadside burger shack for lunch. Disaster ensues. He barely escapes with his life. And, unknown to him, something else.

Now Earth military, mercenaries, and three races of aliens are hunting him.

All of them gunning for a power that will determine the fate of Earth. Along with the fate of six alien races locked in a simmering conflict that threatens to break out into all-out war.

A power that could unlock incredible technological secrets of a long dead alien race. A power Chris must learn how to control. A power he must learn how to use if Earth is to survive.

First, Chris must figure out who his real friends are.

Right now, everyone looks like the enemy.

The wild and funny first novel in the Star Ascension series.

Featured Sci-fantasy: The Ripple Trilogy by Cidney Swanson

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Featured Sci-fantasy: The Ripple Trilogy by Cidney Swanson

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From Kirkus Award-Winning Author Cidney Swanson

Samantha hides a secret genetic ability to vanish from sight. When she learns about a megalomaniac who wants to use genes like hers to create an invisible army, she’s determined to stop him before he topples governments and destroys everyone she loves. In the struggle to protect her family, a newfound crush, and humanity itself, her own life seems a small price to pay. But how do you fight an enemy you can’t see?

RIPPLER is the first book in a teen and young adult paranormal fantasy series set in a contemporary world where invisibility has long been a well kept secret. This coming of age series combines the heart pounding action of a thriller with a touch of clean romance and a science fiction twist.

Featured Fantasy: Grave Cargo (Arcane Transporter 1) by Jami Gray

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Featured Fantasy: Grave Cargo (Arcane Transporter 1) by Jami Gray

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A dead mage, a missing friend, and an unpredictable alliance merge into a volatile package sending Rory careening through the Arcane elite’s deadly secrets.

Rory Costas, Arcane Transporter, is finally out from under the Guild’s thumb and ready to jumpstart her career as an independent contractor. Even better than the potential income, her promising future offers the additional perk of keeping her coveted magic out of the hands of the all-powerful Arcane Families. But when a dead mage drops at her doorstep on the same morning her best friend and roommate, Lena, goes missing, Rory is drawn out of her comfort zone and into an ominous race against time.

Retracing Lena’s convoluted path through the Arcane elite’s moneyed secrets, bitter vendettas, and lethal curses, Rory crashes into Zev Aslanov’s investigation of the murdered mage. When the Cordova Family’s enigmatic hunter reveals the dead man was Lena’s last client, Rory must convince Zev her missing friend is a victim, not a suspect. To uncover the truth and save her friend, Rory agrees to work with Zev, even though their uneasy partnership may mean revealing her hidden magic.

As the clock ticks down, can they dodge Zev’s suspicions and Rory’s secrets to expose the real evil mastermind or will they crash and burn?

Buckle in for a pulse-pounding, magical thrill ride as Grave Cargo races into the Arcane Transporter urban fantasy series with a high-octane ride filled with unexpected turns.

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