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Featured Sci-fi: Space Punks by Anna Mocikat

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Featured Sci-fi: Space Punks by Anna Mocikat

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Meet the Space Punks—the only ones crazy enough to challenge the Pentad’s supreme power…

David wakes up in a high-security prison on the forsaken Martian moon Deimos with no memory of his past. A chance encounter with Aztec, a deadly purple-haired cyborg, propels him into a daring jailbreak. She brings him on board a mysterious warship manned by the most notorious and badass crew of the galaxy—the Space Punks.

One hundred years ago AI waged a devastating war against its human creators. Humanity won, but barely and at a horrible price. Ever since, the solar system has been strictly controlled by the Pentad, a ruthless coalition of megacorporations.

As David tries to regain his memory, he finds himself fighting battles between mechs, cyborgs, robots and super-soldiers alongside his new brothers and sisters-in-arms.

But is there more to the Space Punks than meets the eye? Everyone on board, human and cyborg alike, seems to have their own secret agenda.

Needless to say, the Pentad sends out their best people to get rid of this unruly menace.

And in the shadows lurks the seemingly defeated enemy, a threat to all humankind, ready to strike again…

Space Punks is a sexy, adrenaline-fueled ride for fans of Firefly and Guardians of the Galaxy!

From the bestselling, internationally-published author of Behind Blue Eyes!

Featured Sci-fi: Stories of the Orphan Corp by Earl T. Roske

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Featured Sci-fi: Stories of the Orphan Corp by Earl T. Roske

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Could Sgt Seavers’s mission kill him?

Yes. Yes, it could.

Sgt Seavers of the Orphan Corps is having a run of bad luck. First, he gets in a fight with three marines while on a space station. Second, he wins that fight. And now, after learning he was being considered for officer candidate training, he is informed of his penance.

Can Seavers handle a resentful platoon of Marines? Can he do it while delivering medical aid to a suspicious colony of terraformers?

To get back his chance at officer candidate training, he’ll do his best. Or die trying.

If you love a good military adventure, crossed with sci-fi worthy of Andre Norton and Asimov, then Rescue on Gimhae is the story you’re looking for.

Strap in, hang on. The journey begins now.

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?