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Featured Sci-fi: Eifelheim by Michael Flynn

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Featured Sci-fi: Eifelheim by Michael Flynn

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“Carl Sagan meets Umberto Eco. . . . Bursting with pungent historical detail . . . this dense, provocative novel offers big rewards to patient readers.” —Entertainment Weekly

The alien world of medieval Europe lives again, transformed by the physics of the future, by a winner of the Heinlein Award.

Over the centuries, one small town in Germany has disappeared and never been resettled. Tom, a historian, and his theoretical physicist girlfriend Sharon, become interested. By all logic, the town should have survived. What’s so special about Eifelheim?

Father Dietrich is the village priest of Eifelheim, in the year 1348, when the Black Death is gathering strength but is still not nearby. Dietrich is an educated man, and to his astonishment becomes the first contact person between humanity and an alien race from a distant star, when their ship crashes in the nearby forest.

It is a time of wonders, in the shadow of the plague. Tom and Sharon, and Father Deitrich have a strange destiny of tragedy and triumph in Eifelheim, the brilliant science fiction novel by Michael Flynn.

“Heartbreaking. . . . Flynn masterfully achieves an intricate panorama of medieval life, full of fascinatingly realized human and [alien] characters whose fates interconnect with poignant irony.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Meticulously researched, intense, mesmerizing novel . . . for readers seeking thoughtful science fiction of the highest order.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“Eifelheim may turn out to be the best science fiction novel this year.” —Orson Scott Card, Hugo Award–winning author of Ender’s Game

Featured Sci-Fi: Starship Waking by C. Gockel

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On an icy, barren world, a starship dreams of doom…


Throughout the galaxy, the reclusive alien race known as The One are incapacitated by terror.


On planet Luddeccea, wolf-human hybrid Volka harbors a terrible secret…a secret that must explain her nightmares.


Trapped on a luxurious asteroid, pleasure ‘bot 6T9 struggles to find purpose–until he receives a message from an Unidentified Caller.


The worlds of The One, Volka, and 6T9 are about to collide.

The galaxy will be shaken to its core.

The starship is waking.


Featured Sci-fi: Encrypted Starpath (Jupiter’s Eye Book 1) by Peter J. Foote

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Featured Sci-fi: Encrypted Starpath (Jupiter's Eye Book 1) by Peter J. Foote

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Liam and Rosario deliver messages across the solar system. It’s simple work—move data, haul cargo, and try not to get caught sabotaging the mega-corporations that rule humanity.

Escorting clients isn’t part of the job.

But when a distress call for rescue hits their scanners, their quiet rebellion threatens to blow up in their faces.

The client, Dr. Santos, has uncovered something tied to the Interstellar Gate orbiting Jupiter—something that could give humanity countless new worlds. But she must escape her corporate overlords or the future won’t belong to anyone but those who can afford it.

Saving her means doing something Liam and Rosario have never done before:

Deliver a passenger instead of a message

Featured Science Fiction: Space Colony One Books 1 – 3 by J. J. Green

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Featured Science Fiction: Space Colony One Books 1 - 3 by J. J. Green

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Terror stalks a new world colony.

After nearly two hundred years’ space travel, humanity’s first deep space colony expedition has arrived at its new home.

Ethan, the descendant of six generations who lived and died aboard ship, treads on soil and feels the wind and rain for the first time.

But the new planet is not the paradise the scientists predicted. Alien predators lurk beyond the camp’s perimeter, and stowaway saboteurs are determined no one will survive.

Tensions in the new colony rise, and Ethan must fight to preserve the last hope of humankind.

Download books 1 to 3 today and start this epic space colonization adventure!

Featured Sci-fi: Hive Empire (Shadow of War Book 5) by Anthony J. Melchiorri

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Featured Sci-fi: Hive Empire (Shadow of War Book 5) by Anthony J. Melchiorri

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The war has changed. So has Jace Hawthorne.

After a hard-fought victory, Rising Dawn stands stronger than ever. They’re bolstered by alien allies, ancient technology, and even a captured Overlord warship. For the first time, victory feels possible. Then Connor vanishes.

With no one left to lead, Jace is forced to take command of a rebellion already beginning to fracture. Every decision carries weight. Every mistake could cost worlds.

When whispers of the Relic Fleet surface—a buried Eldra’kaarn armada—Jace sees a chance to end the war. But the trail leads to a dead world, stripped bare by the Overlords and picked clean by scavengers.

If the fleet is real, it could end the war.
If it’s a lie, it could destroy everything Jace has built.

Featured Sci-fi: Buried Starship (Shadow of War Book 1) by Anthony J. Melchiorri

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Featured Sci-fi: Buried Starship (Shadow of War Book 1) by Anthony J. Melchiorri

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Some ships are meant to stay buried.

Veteran Marine Jace Hawthorne thought his warfighting days were over when humanity fell to the alien Overlords.

Now he smuggles outlawed medical tech under the Overlords’ oppressive rule, doing whatever it takes to keep his family safe and alive. But when a routine job leads him to a remote space station blasted to ruins, Jace uncovers a secret the Overlords tried to erase after the war: evidence of ancient alien technology powerful enough to challenge their empire.

The Overlords move fast. His family is imprisoned. Jace is marked for elimination.

Hunted across the stars, Jace follows a trail of shattered clues to a long-buried starship with unimaginable power—a dangerous alien relic from a forgotten war. A ship that could change everything.

To save his family—and humanity’s future—Jace must choose:
keep running… or risk everything to awaken what was meant to stay buried.

He knows one thing for certain. The Overlords messed with the wrong Marine.

Buried Starship is the explosive first book in the Shadow of War series. If you love military space opera with mysterious spaceships, alien technology, underdog rebellions, and heroes forged in the fires of war, you’ll be riveted by this tale of humanity’s fight for survival—perfect for fans of J.N. Chaney, M.R. Forbes, and Red Rising.