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Featured Sci-fi: Starship Freedom Book 1 – 4 by Daniel Arenson

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The starship Freedom is just a museum ship. Until the aliens attack!

The Starship Freedom super box set! Four complete novels of military science fiction and space opera. From the USA Today bestselling author of Earthrise. For fans of Battlestar Galactica and Starship Troopers.

The starship Freedom was once a mighty warship. Today she’s a tourist attraction. The space wars ended long ago. The Freedom is now a flying museum. The tourists love it. The Changing of the Guard, the starfighter aerobatics, the starboard cannon salute . . . it’s the best show in the galaxy.

James King commands the starship Freedom. He hates his job. He was a real soldier once. Back when the Freedom was a real warship. He never imagined himself running a tourist trap. Right after Christmas, he plans to retire.

Then, on Christmas day, the aliens attack. Horrifying aliens. Creatures of claws, fangs, and endless malice. Within hours, they devastate Earth’s military. Millions die.

So much for retirement.

The aliens spare the starship Freedom. After all, she’s only a tourist attraction. But not to Commander King. He will get his beloved starship battle-ready. He will enter the fight. The Freedom will fly to war again!

Featured Sci-fi: First Contact (In Her Name Book One) by Michael R. Hicks

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First Contact (In Her Name, Book 1) Kindle Edition by Michael R. Hicks (Author)

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Young Midshipman Ichiro Sato joined the Terran Navy to escape a tyrannical father and find freedom among the stars. He had no idea when he boarded the survey starship Aurora for his first assignment that he and his crew would make humanity’s first contact with a sentient alien species.

Little did he know that this fateful encounter would trigger a catastrophic galactic war…

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Featured Sci-fi: Plague Wars the First Trilogy by David VanDyke and Ryan King

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Plague Wars: Infection Day: The First Trilogy: Three apocalyptic sci-fi technothriller adventures (Plague Wars Series Book 12) Kindle Edition by David VanDyke (Author), Ryan King (Author)

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From Hugo and Dragon Award finalist and Amazon bestselling author David VanDyke, and Ryan King–the first three books of the acclaimed Plague Wars apocalyptic series in one big volume!

When the Eden Plague is loosed upon the world, the forces of order and chaos, good and evil must battle it out in a struggle for control and supremacy. A PTSD-damaged combat medic, a female Marine with no legs and a sniper with no remorse might be its only hope of survival. Can these flawed heroes drive back those who would enslave humanity? Or will the darkness spread and swallow them up?

Begin your journey through the epic saga of the Plague Wars with the gripping first three books of the bestselling apocalyptic series, for the first time in one enormous volume. Plague Wars: Infection Day follows in the apocalyptic thriller and military-adventure science fiction traditions of Stephen King, Harry Turtledove and SM Stirling.

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Featured Sci-fi: Star Rebels by Multiple Authors

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Featured Sci-fi: Star Rebels by Multiple Authors

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There are rebels among the stars…

Meet eleven protagonists battling to save themselves and the ones they love. Human, cyborg, clone, or alien, they’ll find themselves pitted against intergalactic crime bosses, interstellar mercenaries, a quantum-wave-riding collective mind, and the universe itself. Along the way, there’s plenty of action, adventure, humor, and even some romance.

Written by the freshest voices in science fiction, these stories are short, but they’ll light your imagination like a solar flare. Strap yourself in and join the rebellion!

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Forsaken Assassin: A Near Future Thriller (Jack Voss Book 1) By Jonathan Yanez

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Forsaken Assassin: A Near Future Thriller (Jack Voss Book 1) By Jonathan Yanez

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Secret societies at war.
An assassin with nothing to lose.

In the near future, Jack Voss is a retired mixed martial arts champion. He was the best in the business for years. Then one day, without warning, he decided to walk away from it all.

Soon a mysterious package from an estranged mother will thrust him into a world of; secret government agencies, mercenaries, corrupt wealthy moguls and a conspiracy that will unravel everything we thought we knew about our world.

If he has any chance of survival Jack will have to learn how combat has evolved from state-of-the-art cloaking technology and automatic reloading weapons to AI’s and robotic guards.

If you enjoy stories full of; thrilling suspense, assassins, spies and pulp edge-of-your-seat action then this series is for you.

Featured Sci-fi: Before the Cure (3 Book Series) by Deirdre Gould

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Featured Sci-fi: Before the Cure (3 Book Series) by Deirdre Gould

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In Neil’s mind it started with the man in the park. Or, more specifically, with the vicious bite the man had given Neil. He was wrong about that. The December Plague had started weeks earlier, though no one knew it.

The early symptoms were so mild that almost no one noticed them. A scratchy throat. A feeling of lethargy that you just can’t shake. But then the slurring started. And an intense irritability. Finally, an irresistible urge to bite and consume accompanying an uncontrollable rage.

The Infected cannot be reasoned with and there is no known cure. They cannot recognize even their closest friends. Anything that attracts their notice risks being torn apart, including one another. Quarantined in a desperate attempt to contain the December Plague, the patients and staff of Wing Memorial hospital are left to fend for themselves. When the small security force sent to aid them are wiped out, the Infected run loose in the halls and Neil is trapped inside with them. Even worse is the knowledge that containment has failed and the outside world has no idea what’s coming.