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Featured Sci-fi: Stranded (Lost Eden Portal Fiction Adventure Book 1) by Shawn Inmon

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Featured Sci-fi: Stranded (Lost Eden Portal Fiction Adventure Book 1) by Shawn Inmon

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Stranded: A Lost Eden Portal Fiction Adventure tells the gripping story of brothers Ben and Barney Pepper as they embark on a daring journey through a mysterious portal to a completely new and uncharted world.

What awaits them on the other side is a breathtaking world teeming with colossal mammals and never-before-seen dinosaurs, a true Eden lost to time.

As the group navigates this perilous new realm, tensions rise as differing agendas emerge. Ben Pepper wants to preserve and safeguard this idyllic, if savage, land. Other members of the jump team seek to exploit its resources.

In a riveting blend of adventure, discovery, and moral reckoning, “Stranded” is a thrilling exploration of human nature set against the backdrop of a world beyond imagination. Will the group find a way to return from this Lost Eden, or will their conflicting agendas lead to irreversible consequences?

Come on an unforgettable journey filled with danger, intrigue, and the boundless possibilities of a completely new world waiting to be explored.

Featured Sci-fi: Darkspace Renegade by G J Ogden

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Featured Sci-fi: Darkspace Renegade by G J Ogden

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-From Kindle Storyteller Award Winner, G J Ogden-

Humanity depends on the Star Bridges. Hallam Knight must destroy them.

As a Bridge Runner, Hallam Knight risks his life to supply worlds with Randenite – the galaxy’s rarest and most vital starship fuel. Without it, the Star Bridges will collapse, isolating a dozen planets and condemning billions to starvation and war.

But when a bar fight with a notorious mercenary gang nearly gets him killed, Hallam falls into the hands of the Darkspace Renegades. This ruthless band of anarchists is determined to destroy the Star Bridges and plunge the galaxy into chaos.

Their enigmatic leader reveals a devastating truth, shattering everything Hallam thought he knew. To save humanity, he must do the unthinkable: join the rebels and tear down the very system he’s spent his life protecting.

Hallam Knight must become a Darkspace Renegade.

Fast-paced and morally charged, Darkspace Renegade delivers daring heists, relentless battles, and a reluctant hero caught in a galaxy-spanning conflict. Perfect for fans of gritty space opera and military sci-fi, this is the adventure you’ve been waiting for.

Featured Sci-fi: Pandora’s Star (The Commonwealth Saga Book 1) by Peter F. Hamilton

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Featured Sci-fi: Pandora's Star (The Commonwealth Saga Book 1) by Peter F. Hamilton

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“An imaginative and stunning tale of the perfect future threatened . . . a book of epic proportions not unlike Frank Herbert’s Dune or Isaac Asimov’s Foundation trilogy.”—SFRevu

The year is 2380. The Intersolar Commonwealth, a sphere of stars, contains more than six hundred worlds interconnected by a web of transport “tunnels” known as wormholes. At the farthest edge of the Commonwealth, astronomer Dudley Bose observes the impossible: over one thousand light-years away, a star . . . disappears. Since the location is too distant to reach by wormhole, the Second Chance, a faster-than-light starship commanded by Wilson Kime, a five-times-rejuvenated ex-NASA pilot, is dispatched to learn what has occurred and whether it represents a threat.

Opposed to the mission are the Guardians of Selfhood, led by Bradley Johansson. Shortly after the journey begins, Kime wonders if the crew of the Second Chance has been infiltrated. But soon enough he will have other worries. Halfway across the galaxy, something truly incredible is waiting: a deadly discovery whose unleashing will threaten to destroy the Commonwealth . . . and humanity itself.

“Should be high on everyone’s reading list . . . You won’t be able to put it down.”—Nancy Pearl, NPR

“Recommended . . . A large cast of characters, each with his own story, brings depth and variety to this far-future saga.”—Library Journal

Featured Sci-fantasy: Psyker (The Psyker Saga Book 1) by Rory Surtain

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Featured Sci-fantasy: Psyker (The Psyker Saga Book 1) by Rory Surtain

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In the grim darkness of humanity’s future, even noble blood won’t protect you from what lurks in the depths…
Seventeen-year-old Paric Kilhaven had his life mapped out as a noble scion in the towering hive-city of Hydra Secundus, but that life ends when he’s attacked in the city’s lawless underhive and infected with a mysterious substance that unlocks doors to another dimension.

Surviving the attack, Paric is thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse. Working covertly for the Ecclesiarchy, he must navigate between rival hive gangs and corrupt nobles while investigating rumors of a Chaos cult. He soon finds a dire threat hidden in the underhive’s shadows—a Warp witch preparing to birth a daemon that could destroy everything Paric has ever known. Relying on outlawed powers, unlikely allies, and a determination to protect those he’s grown to care for, Paric must stop the witch before it’s too late.

Set against the backdrop of a rigidly hierarchical hive-city, “Psyker” offers a compelling exploration of unmatched power, politics and identity, where one’s existence is both a duty and curse.

Part adventure, part mystery, this dystopian science fantasy novel is appropriate for Adult and Young Adult readers.

Featured Sci-fi: Soothsayer (The Oracle Trilogy Book 1) by Mike Resnick

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Featured Sci-fi: Soothsayer (The Oracle Trilogy Book 1) by Mike Resnick

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A hard-bitten thief must protect a powerful little girl from danger in this classic science fiction trilogy opener by a five-time Hugo Award winner.

Mouse may be a tough, cynical, professional thief, but when she sees a little girl in need of rescuing, she knows she must help. But just who exactly is this innocent-looking child?

Penelope Bailey is potentially the most powerful weapon in the galaxy. Three governments want her captured. Almost two hundred men and women are out to collect the bounty on her head. It’s a miracle Penelope has evaded her pursuers thus far, but Carolos “Iceman” Mendoza knows the secret to her survival . . .

As the bounty hunters get closer to their target, Mouse begins to grasp just how important it is to keep Penelope safe. Little did Mouse know, Penelope was more than equipped for the obstacles ahead, and it was Mouse who was going to be in greater need of rescuing . . . 

Perfect for readers of Alan Dean Foster, Timothy Zahn, and Joe Haldeman“One of those rare novels that pulls you in so quickly and effectively that you’ll end up reading it in a single sitting.” —Science Fiction Chronicle

Featured Sci-fi: The Kurgan War by Richard Turner

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Featured Sci-fi: The Kurgan War by Richard Turner

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When war comes after a century of peace, it is sudden and brutal. Taken by surprise Earth’s far-flung colonies are in danger.

The only son of an admiral, Second Lieutenant Michael Sheridan finds himself thrust into a desperate conflict that he and the untried soldiers under his command are not ready for. Focusing on the people struggling to survive the onslaught, First Strike is a novel that propels the reader to the furthest limits of space. Fighting a ruthless and determined enemy, Sheridan soon learns the brutal lessons of war and that his enemy may not be what it appears to be.