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Featured Sci-fi: Justice Keepers Saga Books 1 – 3 by R.S. Penney

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Featured Sci-fi: Justice Keepers Saga Books 1 - 3 by R.S. Penney

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The first three books in R.S. Penney’s ‘Justice Keepers Saga’, a series of science fiction novels, now in one volume!

Symbiosis: Anna Lenai, a Justice Keeper, is sent on a mission to recapture an escaped alien. While pursuing the felon into uncharted space, Anna stumbles upon the long-lost homeworld of her ancestors, and is forced to adapt to a hostile environment. In the midst of her struggle to survive, she uncovers a conspiracy that threatens to shake their world to its core.

Friction: Three years after changing history, Jack Hunter finds himself embroiled in danger and scandal as a terrorist threatens the fragile alliance between Earth and Leyria. As conspiracies surface and allegiances shift, Jack faces his most difficult test yet as he struggles to distinguish friend from foe.

Entanglement: Anna Lenai and Jack Hunter investigate strange sensor readings in the outer solar system and discover a secret plan to develop a powerful weapon. At the same time, Jena Morane attempts to expose the treachery of Grecken Slade, risking war between Leyria and its aggressive neighbors. Surrounded by enemies, the Justice Keepers face a daunting challenge to maintain peace in the galaxy.

Featured Sci-fi: Imperial Deserter (Decline and Fall of the Galactic Empire Book 1) by Andrew Moriarty

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Featured Sci-fi: Imperial Deserter (Decline and Fall of the Galactic Empire Book 1) by Andrew Moriarty

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Kill a man and you’re a murderer. Kill a million and you’re a statesman. Dirk should have killed more people.

Dirriken Friedel used his aristocratic connections to rescue his troops. He didn’t plan on starting a war or killing them himself. Now he spends his days in jail, waiting for an assassin sent by his dead officers families to end his misery.

When he’s broken out by off-duty marines he has a chance to start over, if he’s worthy. During his ramshackle escape he collects a broken-down trading ship, a bitter former army officer, a genetically altered religious fanatic, a runaway ingenue, a sham engineer, and a murderous femme fatal. Pursed by a fanatical imperial tribune bent on bloody justice, can he keep the crew from killing each other, the ship from exploding, and himself from the bottom of a bottle. Or would it be easier just to give up?

If you like Galactic Empires, honorable enemies, and snappy dialog, this one’s for you.

Featured Science Fiction: Extensis Vitae Book 1 by Gregory Mattix

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Featured Science Fiction: Extensis Vitae Book 1 by Gregory Matix

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Michael Reznik is a soldier who wakes up in a mysterious underground bunker, with a technologically advanced body he doesn’t recognize. The people around him have cast aside fighting and warfare. They haven’t needed them–until now.

Reznik is charged with tracking down a band of ruthless killers and finding a kidnapped doctor. He finds himself honor-bound to do what is right for the people who brought him back from the dead. A peaceful people are depending on him to do what is right. Can he live up to their expectations, even when he finds out that his new body has an expiration date?

Extensis Vitae is a gritty, post-apocalyptic science fiction adventure.

Featured Science Fiction: Exodus (The Exodus Trilogy Book 1) by Andreas Christensen

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Featured Science Fiction: Exodus (The Exodus Trilogy Book 1) by Andreas Christensen

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When mankind faces extinction, how can anyone survive?

In 2072, Earth faces the ultimate extinction event. In an America turned authoritarian, a race against time begins. To send a starship to a distant planet, where the remains of humanity can survive. Only a small number will be chosen for this final endeavor to save mankind from extinction, and among the contenders only the most resourceful will have a chance.

But while the government wants to choose loyal subjects in order to create another version of the society they have engineered, there are those who secretly conspire to let the starfarers choose their own destiny, free from the bonds of their mother world.

As mankind on Earth faces its final blow, the selected few set course for Aurora, more than 40 light years away!

Follow Tina Hammer, scramjet pilot and officer, Kenneth Taylor, Harvard professor and alienated by the nation he once held so dear, Maria Solis, daughter to one of the richest men in the world, a girl who would never have been chosen, except for her dad’s money, on their various paths toward the greatest adventure in human history.

“A race through the end of the Earth – excellent SF”

“Very well written and reads fast and easy in the style of other great sci fi writers such as Randolph Lalonde and Jack Campbell”

Featured Science Fiction: The Displaced – The Complete Series by Stephen Drake

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All three books in ‘Displaced’, a series of science fiction novels by Stephen Drake, now in one volume!

Displaced: When Kevin Murdock is revived from suspended animation aboard a transport pod, he and his nine fellow occupants have no idea what to expect. Murdock argues for caution after seeing something strange: animals also inhabit their new environment, all of them larger than their Earthly counterparts. Conflict soon erupts between Murdock and James Whittier – a politician with a lust for power and control. But soon, they all realize that there’s something even more dangerous onboard… something that might cost them all their lives.

Civilization: After a new transport pod holding 200 more people lands, none of the new arrivals know what to expect. Kevin Murdock finds that the pod holds an unexpected surprise for him personally; Rose’s brother, who has brought his own issues. Conflicts rage between Murdock and Phylicia Cunningham, a distaff cousin to James Whittier, with her own lust for power and has a need for vengeance against the person she is certain had killed her cousin. Soon, Murdock’s knowledge of the Oomah, and their ways, is expanded and further questions about his history are raised.

Resolutions: Kevin Murdock, husband, martial artist and longtime resident of the planet of the Oomah, is still center stage and still reluctant to mentor any of the new batch of 2,000 arrivals. He alone remains the only justice on the planet. Very few of the arrivals are leaders, and more clueless and dangerous individuals. Surprises await Murdock and his family members. Are the plateau dwellers going to be the seeds of a new civilization, or will they devolve into something else – something dangerous to the remnants of humanity?

Featured Science Fiction: Breach of Faith (Breach of Faith 2) by Daniel Gibbs & Gary T. Stevens

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What once was his downfall becomes their saving grace.

Hard-fought skirmishes leave Captain James Henry and the Shadow Wolf limping into Lusitania’s port. Payday awaits once the undercover operative is safely delivered planetside to brief authorities on the League of Sol’s activities within neutral territory. But Jim learned long ago never to take anything at face value.

Especially with allies and enemies.

The Lusitanian Parliament bombing left unknown survivors, requiring martial law until new elections restore the fractured government. Chaos is the order of the day, proving the League is more than making inroads in this sector of the galactic arm.

Their advance is imminent.

The only way to stop the League from invading is for the Shadow Wolf to make a break for Trinidad Station and muster an army of pirates and privateers. But convincing them to fight for something other than profit is a battle Jim isn’t sure he’ll win, especially when converting enemies to allies requires trust against a highly trained military machine.

Now Captain Henry must marshal his former CDF experience to build a new coalition and outwit an enemy in a way they’ll never expect.

He’ll change the rules of engagement – and take the fight to the League.

If you love Babylon 5, The Expanse, and Destroyermen, you must read “Breach of Faith,” a space opera sci-fi series that will take you to the heart of duty, sacrifice, and the unseen scars of those who serve.