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Featured Sci-fi: Fire Ant by Jonathan Brazee, USMC (Ret)

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Featured Sci-fi: Fire Ant by Jonathan Brazee, USMC (Ret)

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2018 NEBULA AWARD FINALIST: BEST NOVELLA

Floribeth Salinas O’Shea Dalisay is an Off-Planet Worker, employed as an exploration pilot by the giant corporation, Hamdani Brothers. Sent on a routine mission to analyze one of the millions of systems in the galaxy, she stumbles across something that could threaten humanity’s very existence. She barely escapes with her life, but in the process, has to shut down her scout’s AI.

As with all OPWs, she has few rights, and instead of being lauded as a hero, the corporation thinks she is lying. Her managers believe she found something valuable and shut down her AI in an attempt to hide that fact, hoping she can sell that information to the highest bidder. Grounded, and with a huge debt now over her head, Beth has to convince the powers that be that a very real danger to humanity is lying in wait out there in deep space.

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Featured Sci-fi: Destiny’s Song (KarmaCorp Book 1) by Audrey Faye

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Featured Sci-fi: Destiny's Song (KarmaCorp Book 1) by Audrey Faye

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Meet the Fixers of KarmaCorp. Their Talents – song, dance, potions, and whatever it is that shamans do. Their job – keep the galaxy in one piece. (Get a FREE short story, A Tale of Two Ships, in the KarmaCorp Universe in Star Rebels.)

Kish is supposed to use her prodigious Singer Talent to smooth problems in the galaxy. She’s more likely to punch someone in the nose. Her next assignment might require both.

Kish Drinkwater crashed into an asteroid right after she was born and grew up on a miner rock. Life has never been easy and destiny has never felt like it’s given her much of a choice. Now it just might, and miner wisdom might be right after all – be careful what you wish for.

Destiny’s Song is book 1 of the KarmaCorp series, a unique blend of science fiction and paranormal fantasy. (For those of you doubting that the series sounds like fantasy, it’s a slow build. But the last two books of the series are paranormal fantasy with a few intergalactic accessories. That’s what happens when a shaman starts telling her story…)

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Featured Science Fiction: Regrets Past (Stories from the Collaborator Series) by Krista D. Ball

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Featured Science Fiction: Regrets Past (Stories from the Collaborator Series) by Krista D. Ball

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“Each and every time you choose mercy, you are choosing to stay yourself a day longer.” – Tobi Rowe

This collection contains brand-new short stories and novellas set in the Collaborator world, including three post-Rebel adventures.

The Trouble with Chance (short story) – An escape from the Corps, during The Fall. With a little help from a friendly neighbourhood terrorist.

Incubator (short story) – As it turned out, Jupiter Station was crawling with terrorists, and they all needed a way out. Now. And for Sara Smith, she would do anything to finish her contract, and gain her freedom.

Unexpected Gifts from Unexpected Places (short story) – Payton Livy discovers a rather lucrative, and dangerous, surprise onboard the ship Tobi traded him after blowing up Jupiter Station.

Just a Bit More Tinsel (short story) – Rebecca discovers it’s Christmastime and throws a party. Just one problem: no one knows what Christmas is.

In Search of a Good Heart – In this post-Rebel novella, the gang know they are walking into a trap. But there is a Blackout ship out there, and it might have the one piece of equipment the gangs needs to keep Tobi alive. Oh, and they still have to deal with a certain spy.

The History of Bombs and Stealth – In this post-Rebel novella, Tobi Rowe and Payton Livy are arrested for disturbing the peace. While waiting for their lawyers to earn their retainers, they reflect on their past regrets for having loved one another.

Featured Fantasy: Hammered (Legacy of Magic Book 1) by Lindsay Buroker

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Featured Fantasy: Hammered (Legacy of Magic Book 1) by Lindsay Buroker

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Seattle native Matti Puletasi has the strength of a bear, the stamina of an ox, and a magical hammer inherited from her dwarven mother.

She’s happy renovating homes and occasionally thumping bad guys until she learns of a mysterious artifact hidden under the house she’s working on. Everybody from humans to orcs to werewolves wants it, and they’re willing to kill to get it. Things go from bad to worse when someone frames her for murder.

The only person interested in helping her is a haughty elf assassin from another realm. He’s handsome, powerful, and deadly, but he’s got an agenda of his own. She dare not trust him—or be attracted to him.

But if she can’t clear her name, the assassin will be the least of her worries.

Featured Sci-fi: Saving Paludis by Clayton Graham

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Featured Sci-fi: Saving Paludis by Clayton Graham

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Finalist in the Readers’ Favorite 2018 International Book Awards.
Winner Top Shelf Awards 2020
Book Excellence Awards Finalist

At the very edge of mankind’s cosmic reach, a small planet threatens Earth with extinction…

Stefan Lattanzis never expected his planet to become a battlefield, nor Earth for that matter. But when scientists from Paludis share a technological breakthrough with the mother planet, peace swiftly turns into deadly conflict. The downtrodden alien population, mistreated for centuries, seizes its chance, and a desperate human cult has a sinister agenda of its own.

To save his precious home world, Stefan must team with two strangers, a botanist and a mysterious seer. They must trust in each other to prevent the newly emerged forces from destroying Paludis, and forging a dystopia from which they could never return. But how will they defeat the might of Earth?

Saving Paludis is an electrifying sci-fi thrill-ride. If you like futuristic technology, alien political intrigue, and high-octane, paranormal action, then you’ll love this incredible interstellar adventure!

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Featured Sci-fi: Vengeance Lost (Ardent Redux Saga) by J. L. Stowers

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When a star blows up, someone’s going to pay.

Humanity has been fighting the alien threat for decades, and the war just ratcheted up a notch. Sent to aid a dreadnaught under siege, Dani Devereaux and the crew of Alaska’s Vengeance find themselves caught in a trap.

A trap that brings a new ultimate weapon to the battlefield, destroying an entire star system. Narrowly escaping, she returns home to find victory parades turned into lines of questioning reporters all wanting to learn the details of her failure.

But endings can create new beginnings, and when Dani hits rock bottom, she finds a way to regain her pride—and though not her honor, at least she’ll have her vengeance.