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Featured Sci-fi: Echoes of War – Complete Series by Daniel Gibbs

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Almost 3,000 pages of Military Science Fiction action!

Corporal David Cohen thought he’d left war behind.

He was wrong.

The Terran Coalition faces repeated and brutal attacks from the repressive League of Sol. To defend his home planet, David trades his dream of becoming a rabbi for a battlefront in the far reaches of space. When particle beams fly, his courage under fire brings quick promotion. But in the lulls between battles when he must confront his soul, David finds a different enemy: the ghosts of those killed under his command.

Yet in war, it’s kill or be killed—and the enemy shows no mercy.

David must square the tenets of his faith against his responsibility to crew and country. If he fails in his command, billions face enslavement by a ruthless regime. Now it’s an all-out fight for the galaxy’s freedom.

Because a man’s greatest foe lies within.

If you love Babylon 5, Safehold, and Destroyermen, you must read “Echoes of War,” a military sci-fi series that will take you to the heart of duty, sacrifice, and the unseen scars of those who serve.

Includes all 7 novels in the Echoes of War series:

  • Fight the Good Fight
  • Strong and Courageous
  • So Fight I
  • Gates of Hell
  • Keep the Faith
  • Run the Gauntlet
  • Finish the Fight

Featured Sci-fi: Nexus Talks to People (Nexus Space History Mysteries Book 2) by Ginger Booth

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Featured Sci-fi: Nexus Talks to People (Nexus Space History Mysteries Book 2) by Ginger Booth

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How can Nexus be the Oracle?

On a hardscrabble colony world, Nexus tracks a mysterious rat outbreak to a shy tortoise-like alien, who calls him Oracle.

If his addled visions amount to fortune-telling, Nexus can’t read the tea leaves. He foresees alien crocs ravaging Earth and enslaving humanity. Another vision depicts him happy in love.

How to evade human extinction and win the girl is unclear.

Word leaks that Nexus is the new heir to a powerful fortune, compounding his social challenges.

To save the human race, escape gold-diggers, repair his space mink, and win the woman of his dreams, Nexus must decode his visions…and talk to people.

For readers who love the quirky found-family spaceship of Firefly, or the gritty future of Murderbot. A must-read for fans of Booth’s Thrive series.

Featured Sci-fi: Traitor’s Code (Freelance Book One) by Jane Killick

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Featured Sci-fi: Traitor's Code (Freelance Book One) by Jane Killick

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When a dying fugitive entrusts Cassy with a forbidden code, she must protect a secret which promises to save humanity – and threatens to get her killed.

Freelance spaceship captain “Cassy” Cassandra investigates the mysteries of a code stolen from the Fertillan royal family while Prince Stephen, the head of its security service, pursues her.
Evading soldiers, fighting pirates and calling in favours, Cassy returns to her home planet of Fertilla where her past and its connection to a dead king wait for her. Realising the key to both lies with Prince Stephen, she closes in on her enemy. But, what begins as a clandestine probe for information, turns to love as she discovers the real man behind the military uniform.

Until Cassy cracks the code and understands she must escape Fertilla to bring salvation to the galaxy.

Stephen follows, under orders to stop her, and only the final battle will decide if Cassy and the code survive.
A page-turning space adventure, Traitor’s Code mixes murder and intrigue with the heartache of impossible love in the first, unmissable instalment of the Freelancer trilogy.

Featured Sci-fi: Marathon The Complete Series Books 1 – 9 by Daniel Young

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“IT STARTED OUT WITH A BANG AND JUST GOT BETTER.” -Goodreads reviewer

Over 1,000 pages of nonstop action! If there’s one thing Adam Eckhart knows, it’s that humans are trouble. After all, he is one.

As captain of the Marathon, a cobbled-together ship crewed by aliens and androids scraping by on odd jobs at the outskirts of settled space, Adam has plenty to worry about without adding his own species to the mix.

But when a pair of mortally wounded humans cross his path during a heist gone wrong, he finds himself compelled to save them.

Big mistake.

Because if there’s one more thing Adam knows, it’s that the universe never leaves a good deed unpunished.

He and his crew are about to find out just how right he is.

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Featured Sci-fi: The Behemoth Job (Space Rogues Book 3) by John Wilker

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Featured Sci-fi: The Behemoth Job (Space Rogues Book 3) by John Wilker

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The day starts like any other, venturing into spider-bear territory to rescue Bennie’s sister.

Turns out there’s a lot of space that the Peacekeepers don’t go near, go figure spider-bear territory is on that list.

And that’s just the start of their adventure. Things get interesting, quick!

By interesting, I mean horrifying of course.

Their old friend Xarrix calls with a job. A job that sounds straightforward and easy. That should have been their first clue. With nothing else on their plates, the crew of the Ghost finds themselves in a sector of space deemed “untamable” by the Galactic Commonwealth, working with a warlord with some pretty big plans. That should have been the second clue.

Too bad none of the crew are detectives.

Learning from his past dealings with the crew of the Ghost, Xarrix assigns one of his own to stay aboard the Ghost to keep an eye on the crew and make sure they behave themselves as if that was possible.

What’s worse is it’s someone the team knows and don’t particularly like.

And then there’s the space battles and grilled cheese.

Featured Sci-fi: Big Ship, Lots of Guns (Space Rogues Book 2) by John Wilker

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Featured Sci-fi: Big Ship, Lots of Guns (Space Rogues Book 2) by John Wilker

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They saved the Galactic Commonwealth once. For free.

Apparently it’s a thing they do now…

The crew of the Ghost has been privateering for the Harrith government. You know, the one they saved from civil war.


It’s fun; stop pirates, smugglers and the like, and take their loot.

But nothing lasts forever. There’s a bounty on their heads after all.


A call from an old friend has them leave the safety of the Harrith system.


No good deed, and all that. Now they’re in the middle of it, again, can they survive?

At least it’s not a galactic conspiracy this time! There are, however; laughs, tears, and the first-ever Taco Tuesday in space!

Space Tacos?

Can Wil and the crew save the day one more time? There’s only one way to find out, get your copy today!