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Featured Sci-fantasy: Zombies vs Aliens vs Vampires vs Dinosaurs by Jeff Abugov

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Featured Sci-fantasy: Zombies vs Aliens vs Vampires vs Dinosaurs by Jeff Abugov

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When a highly sophisticated race of alien insects arrive to exterminate mankind, mythical creatures from human lore turn out to be more real than anyone imagined. It is an epic battle for the preservation of our planet, and no one is left out. Oh, and some of them fall in love.

“A chaotic, full-throttle parody that’s as smart as it is slimy.” – Kirkus Reviews

“Highly recommended reading for anyone who appreciates cheeky intelligent storytelling.” – George Mihalka, Director, My Bloody Valentine

Featured Science Fiction: Darwin (Aurora Book 1) by Amanda Bridgeman

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Featured Science Fiction: Darwin (Aurora Book 1) by Amanda Bridgeman

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A distress signal on the edge of inhabited space.

Two very different soldiers with one common goal: survival.

When a distress signal is received from a black-ops space station on the edge of inhabited space, Captain Saul Harris of the UNF Aurora is called in from leave to respond.

But the mission is not what it seems.

Information is thin on the ground and three new recruits have been added to the Aurora crew. For Corporal Carrie Welles, one of the Aurora’s new recruits, her first mission in space seems like a dream come true. Determined to achieve the success of her father before her, and suddenly thrust into a terrifying mission, she must work with her new captain and the strained Aurora crew to make it home alive.

When the Aurora arrives at the station Harris and Welles soon find themselves caught up in a desperate fight for survival. Station Darwin is not what they expected. The lights are off, but somebody is home…

AURORA: DARWIN is the first book in the emotionally-charged space opera ‘Aurora’ series that has readers across the globe hooked!

Featured Sci-fi: Killian’s Maze (Targon Tales—Sethran Book 4) by Chris Reher

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Featured Sci-fi: Killian's Maze (Targon Tales—Sethran Book 4) by Chris Reher

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When, one by one, Sethran Kada’s friends disappear — all guardians of a dangerous secret — it’s time to worry.

Joined by his partner Ciela, Seth is drawn into a desperate search stretching from rebel strongholds to the dangerous fringes of Commonwealth space. What begins as a rescue mission quickly unravels into something far larger: a breakthrough threatening to expose the secrets of Killian’s Maze, a hidden network buried deep within subspace itself.

A discovery powerful enough to reshape civilization.

Or destroy it.

As rebel factions close in and loyalties begin to fracture, Seth must decide how far he is willing to go to protect the people he cares about — and what sacrifices he is prepared to make once the Maze begins pulling them all beyond the limits of endurance and understanding.

Featured Sci-fi: Shadow Mode Book 1 by Kevin Steverson and Craig Bell

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Featured Sci-fi: Shadow Mode Book 1 by Kevin Steverson and Craig Bell

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A Marine and his mech. Partners by design; brothers by war.

After losing his arm in combat against enemy forces on the planet sk’Alen, Gunnery Sergeant John D. Ryerson is drafted into a classified program pairing elite Marines with intelligent mechs. His partner, MIMIC-01, soon nicknamed “Mike,” bears echoes of Ryerson’s dead brother’s personality matrix. Together they are sent to the Tau Ceti front to test the system in live fire.

But as the sk’Alen insurgents grow bolder, Ryerson and Mike discover the aliens aren’t acting alone. Human contractors have been supplying them with Terran weapons, and the pair uncovers a conspiracy stretching back to Earth’s corporate defense giants, leaving Ryerson with a choice.

Will Ryerson follow his orders—a Marine prerogative—or will he risk exposing the betrayal that could cost him everything?

Featured Science Fiction: Quantum Tangle (Targon Tales – Sethran Book 1) by Chris Reher

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Featured Science Fiction: Quantum Tangle (Targon Tales - Sethran Book 1) by Chris Reher

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Dropping out of sub-space into the wrong galactic sector, Sethran Kada wakes up with a headache and an extraordinary alien aboard his ship. She implores him to help stop the abductions of her people, a newly evolved species emerging from sub-space. Their dangerous potential has caught the attention of rebel factions as well as the ruling Commonwealth. When contact with her kind turns pilots into casualties, the Governors fear an imminent invasion engineered by their rebel enemies.

Pursued by Air Command, Seth heads deep into rebel-controlled territory to recover the stolen entities and keep this deadly weapon from falling into the wrong hands. Things get personal when his alien visitor begins to transform his mind and his life, turning the rescue mission into a fight for survival for all of them.

Quantum Tangle is part of Chris Reher’s Targon Tales series but does not intersect the other stories. Sethran Kada previously appeared in The Catalyst and also in Rebel Alliances.

Featured Sci-fi: The Dragon Mage Series Book 1 – 3 by Scott Baron

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Featured Sci-fi: The Dragon Mage Series Book 1 - 3 by Scott Baron

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Charlie had all the luck. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the good kind.

Sucked through a wormhole, Charlie’s spaceship crash landed on a distant world, yet somehow he survived. But survival was about to get a lot harder as he found himself not just stranded on a new planet, but in another galaxy entirely. One ruled not by the laws of technology, but by magic. A realm of space pirates, deadly assassins, alien gladiators, and even dragons. For the spaceman from Earth, it was enough to make his head spin.
And that was only the beginning.

Welcome to the Charlieverse.

Contains Books 1-3 of the 12 book Dragon Mage series:
1. Bad Luck Charlie
2. Space Pirate Charlie
3. Dragon King Charlie