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Featured Sci-fi: The Cyborg’s Crusade Book 1 by Benoit Lanteigne

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Featured Sci-fi: The Cyborg's Crusade Book 1 by Benoit Lanteigne

FREE as of June 8, 2024 (Book 2 only 99¢!)
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How did it come to this? My life used to be so simple. Back then, I hated it; I found it boring. Let me tell you: boring’s good. Boring’s great! I should’ve been thankful…

It was supposed to be a date like any other for James Hunter, a simple convenience store clerk. Nothing more than watching a movie in the town of Moncton. A place as unknown and unimportant as he considered his own existence to be. And yet, while walking to a cinema, James teleports to another world. There, a hostile crowd surrounds him, including various mutants with strange deformities.

Before he can even gather his wits or make a dash for it, a lone ally presents herself in the form of a winged woman named Rose. An important cultural figure in the country where James appeared, she offers him both protection and a home.
Soon, James learns that this new world is divided by a cold war. On one side is Nirnivia, home to Rose. The other, Ostark, is led by a mysterious cyborg. James is unaware that the cyborg has him in his crosshairs, thinking of him as the Deus ex machina that will end the war in his favor.

But the cyborg is far from the only potential threat to James. Soon after his arrival, BRR, a terrorist organization, kidnaps him.
What would a rogue group out for revenge-seeking to turn the cold war hot want with someone like James? Is there anyone also aware of this other world who will try to find him? Or is he on his own? If so, how is he supposed to escape? If that’s even an option…

Featured Sci-Fi: Skyship Thrive (Thrive Space Colony Adventures Book 1) by Ginger Booth

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Featured Sci-Fi: Skyship Thrive (Thrive Space Colony Adventures Book 1) by Ginger Booth

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An ex-cop who cannot die. A moon full of settlers who cannot thrive.

Mahina’s terraformers built a high-tech urban paradise. Then Earth flooded the colony with desperate refugees, cop Sass Collier among them.

The settlers who arrived with Sass died decades ago. Outside the citadel, their descendants die weak and young.

Sass fought a rebellion against the city once. She won concessions to give the settlers a chance at health. She paid with 20 years in prison.

Now she’s out, a reformed character. She assembles a diverse crew and finds odd jobs. She intends to mind her own business – how to make a profit with the skyship Thrive.

But her fellow settlers are still failing.

While her business model careens toward circus acts, Sass dares to defy the city again, to solve Mahina’s failure to thrive.

Pick up Skyship Thrive because you love upbeat character-driven SF with fun technology. Suggested for fans of Firefly, Jenny Schwartz’s Xeno-Archaeologist, or Nathan Lowell’s Golden Age of the Solar Clipper. This series is complete, and the second Thrive series as well.

Featured Sci-Fi: Galaxy Bridge Series by Daniel Gibbs

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Featured Sci-Fi: Galaxy Bridge (6 book series) by Daniel Gibbs

1st book FREE, 2nd and 3rd 99¢ as of June 7, 2024
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An all-new galaxy. A terrifying new enemy.

Exploration of Sextans B is underway via the first stable trans-galactic wormhole in recorded history. Colonel Mateo Larra takes command of Joint Base Sagittarius Arch, the visionary new space station housing diplomats, merchants, and military personnel eager to make their mark.

But with every opportunity comes opposition.

Pirates harass travelers throughout the newly charted system. Smugglers, hauling valuable contraband, slip under the CDF’s nose. Even the League of Sol continues spy games as if the war never ended. Colonel Larra barely steps aboard the Arch before facing the most daunting challenges of his storied career.

Challenges that have only begun.

Ships vanish without a trace. The mysteries deepen when one reappears like a ghost, pristine as the day she left the shipyard—without her crew. But when the League ambassador is kidnapped, his bodyguards murdered in cold blood, Colonel Larra encounters an unimaginable horror on their doorstep.

And this time, it’s a fight the Coalition can’t win.

Featured Sci-Fi: Generations, A Science Fiction Political Mystery Thriller by Noam Josephides

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Featured Sci-Fi: Generations, A Science Fiction Political Mystery Thriller by Noam Josephides

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“An epic Science Fiction political noir!” – Publisher Weekly’s BookLife review

FROM AWARD-WINNING SCREENWRITER AND DIRECTOR NOAM JOSEPHIDES, COMES THE 2024 AWARD-WINNING NOVEL ‘GENERATIONS’ – A HEART-POUNDING ROLLERCOASTER OF CONSPIRACY, LOVE, TREACHERY AND REDEMPTION ABOARD THE GENERATION-SHIP ‘THETIS’.

“Thought-provoking, innovative and brimming with emotional depth!” – SciFi Book 5-star Review

“Generations delivers a profound exploration of human values, sacrifice, and the relentless pursuit of truth against all odds.” – Reader’s Favorite 5-star Review

For eight generations, the Thetis has been a peaceful haven, carrying the last remnants of humanity on a journey to resettle on a new planet. Nearing its final destination, Thetis is seemingly a Utopia: egalitarian, tolerant and united. A society ready for a new beginning.

But when a strange extortion attempt targets the ship’s leader, that idyllic façade begins to crack. And when SANDRINE LIET, the introvert Archivist tasked with investigating the case starts poking around – the prime suspect mysteriously disappears.

Nobody disappears on the Thetis.

Sandrine is pulled into a web of intrigue and deception, sending her on a direct collision course with the most powerful people on the Thetis. Every step she takes, her suspicions of a grand and far-reaching conspiracy grow – as are the personal consequences for her future if she keeps pursuing the investigation.

GENERATIONS is a masterful tale of mystery, intrigue and personal sacrifice where long-buried secrets, betrayals and shifting loyalties intertwine. It is the story of the indomitable will of a woman who refuses to bow down to tyranny, and of the enduring power of truth in a world built on lies.

Praise for “Generations”:

“Generations proves as brisk and engaging as it is ambitious. It is a satisfying generation ship mystery with strong worldbuilding.” – BookLife Review

“Generations’ message hits hard, while being a fun and engaging rollercoaster.” – SciFi Book Review

Featured Sci-fi: Roy — The Most Chaotic Midlife Crisis in Cosmic History (Puki Horpocket Presents Book 1) by Zachry Wheeler

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Featured Sci-fi: Roy — The Most Chaotic Midlife Crisis in Cosmic History (Puki Horpocket Presents Book 1) by Zachry Wheeler

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One lonely plumber. One bad decision. One trillion lives upended.

This is the story of Roy, the architect of an epic crisis that paralyzed the largest space station in the universe. The aftermath created a legend, but the lunacy behind it remained a mystery. That is, until now. With the aid of footage and eyewitness accounts, this book reveals the outrageous truth behind the greatest pandemonium ever recorded.

Roy is a Readers’ Favorite® 5-Star Selection and a B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree

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Featured Sci-fi: Gravity is Heartless (The Heartless Book 1) by Sarah Lahey

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Featured Sci-fi: Gravity is Heartless (The Heartless Book 1) by Sarah Lahey

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“. . . thoroughly engrossing. An engaging adventure set in a deftly illustrated future.” —Kirkus Reviews

Grounded in actual science and soaring in imagination, Gravity Is Heartless is science fiction at its best. This first thrilling installment of the award-winning Heartless Series will delight lovers of romance and sci-fi adventures.

Earth, 2050. Scientist Quinn Buyers would rather be studying the clouds than getting ready for her wedding day. When an unexpected tragedy causes her to lose everything, including her famous scientist mother, she embarks on a quest for answers that takes her across the globe. Along the way, she discovers friends and finds love in the most unexpected places.

Set in a not-too-distant future that envisages the best and the worst of human actions and creations, Quinn’s journey will keep you on your toes until the final pages.