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Featured Science Fiction: The Armageddon Seeds (Dekker’s Dozen Book 1) by Christopher D. Schmitz

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Dekker's Dozen

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Dekker Knight has a secret past.
Vivian “Vesuvius” Briggs has a sword and a chip on her shoulder.
Together they run a crew of sanctioned space mercenaries: the Dozen.

During an operation gone wrong, an alien spy steals a seemingly insignificant item: a benign seed found on Ganymede. A secret cult believes it has immense power, perhaps coming from the Garden of Eden itself. If it falls into enemy hands, it could wreak unspeakable evil across the galaxy.

The Dozen fight to keep their debts settled, fuel in their ship, and some equilibrance to their moral ledger. They are more than mercenaries: they are part of a family they’ve chosen—and this seed threatens to tear it apart.

Between a corrupt government, and forces in league with the notorious villain, Prognon Austicon, threats squeeze them from every side. Dekker and Austicon have a vendetta. Vivian’s family and Austicon have a history. Austicon has powerful friends and a superweapon. With the fate of the universe hanging in the balance, can the Dozen swing the pendulum back?

Featured Science Fiction: Against All Odds (Grimm’s War Book 1) by Jeffery H. Haskell

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Featured Science Fiction: Against All Odds (Grimm's War Book 1) by Jeffery H. Haskell

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The wrong crew. The wrong ship. The right Captain.

Idealistic navy lieutenant Jacob Grimm just wanted to honor his mother’s sacrifice in the last great war. When he’s forced to return fire and destroy a squadron of ships to save his own, he thinks he’s the hero…

Until they discover the ships are full of children.

Disgraced and denied promotion, Jacob’s career is over. That is until the head of ONI needs a disposable officer to command a battered destroyer on the rim.

There’s just one problem, Interceptor hasn’t had a CO in months and the ship is a mess. Worse, the system he’s assigned to is corrupt and on the verge of all-out civil war with the Alliance.

However, no one told Jacob he was disposable.

Pirates, smugglers, and Caliphate spies complicate the situation and one captain with an old ship can’t enforce the law, let alone stop anyone.

The single greatest discovery of all time is about to change intergalactic politics forever. If Jacob doesn’t find a way to succeed, then it won’t just be the end of the Alliance, it will be the end of freedom for humanity.

From USA Today bestselling author Jeffery H. Haskell comes a military science fiction epic in the tradition of Honor Harrington and Star Trek. If you love heroes and starships, you will love to stand with Commander Jacob T. Grimm Against all Odds. You’re in the Navy now!

“Against All Odds is classic space fleet military science fiction in the tradition of David Weber, with memorable characters and thrilling action. Haskell is a new shining star in the genre.” –Rick Partlow, author of Contact Front

Featured Science Fiction: Embers of The Empire by Robert D. Armstrong

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Featured Science Fiction: Embers of The Empire by Robert D. Armstrong

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From USA Today Bestseller Robert D. Armstrong comes the military sci-fi thriller, Embers of the Empire.

By the end of his first combat tour on Narpal, Rivan was a decorated imperial tank commander.

But he and his artificial intelligence companion returned to an empire facing a new threat. Support for a mysterious faction known as the fourth legion has spread throughout the galaxy at an alarming rate. There were reports of instability at mining colonies and violent incursions. Regional governors have been attacked as the empire scrambled to regain control.

The death dealers.

Rivan is recruited by the elite Hexes squadron, a shadowy imperial faction known for its cutting-edge hardware. Hexes is led by Commander JT Zess and Admiral Vissers. They devise an aggressive preemptive strike to uphold the empire’s claim to a strategic planet named Jupa.

The EXO.

Hexes assigns Rivan to pilot a new EXO walker called the Nemesis. It is perhaps the most advanced military machine ever conceived. The empire is confident this EXO can prevent or turn the tide of any conflict and send a clear message to all those that oppose the imperial rule.

But are they prepared for the threat they don’t see coming?

Fans of military sci-fi action and futuristic colonization stories might like this book.

Featured Science Fiction: Starstruck (Starstruck Saga Book 1) by S.E. Anderson

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Featured Science Fiction: Starstruck (Starstruck Saga Book 1) by S.E. Anderson

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She could barely look after herself. Now, she’s looking after the entire planet.

After an incident with a hot-air balloon causes college-dropout Sally Webber to lose her job, she sets off to find direction in her life. Crashing into a teleporting alien, however, is not on her to-do list. Now she’s on the run from TV-drama-loving aliens, and things are just getting started. Zander won’t stop reeling her into life-or-death situations to save her planet, as he waits for his laser-wielding sister to search the universe for him. Though Sally isn’t quite sure if he wants to save Earth from annihilation, or just quell his curiosity of all things human. Sally has to find lost alien emissaries, as well as a job, and stop the planet from getting incinerated in the process. But with Zander as her roommate, what could possibly go wrong?

Featured Science Fiction: How to Buy a Planet (The Cleremont Conjectures Book 1) by D.A. Holdsworth

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Featured Science Fiction: How to Buy a Planet (The Cleremont Conjectures Book 1) by D.A. Holdsworth

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The Earth has been sold. What could possibly go wrong?

SHORTLISTED for The Selfies Fiction Award

FINALIST, Page Turner Awards

The location: London.
The date: Very, very soon.
Beset by multiple crises and buried under a growing mountain of debt, the leaders of the G7 have taken the only logical decision.

They’ve sold the planet.

When Toby, a penniless student, and his two new flatmates find out one morning on TV, they’re surprised to find the Earth’s new alien owners are staggeringly cute and bring the promise of a debt-free future. They’re just getting ready to celebrate along with the rest of the world, when a chance encounter with a mysterious professor reveals the truth. And there’s a glitch: the Earth is about to be destroyed.

Fresh, fun and fast-paced, How to Buy a Planet is the unforgettable tale of three students on an impossible quest to beat the system. Perfect for fans of Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, or sci-fi hero, Doctor Who.

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Featured Science Fiction: The Senthien (Descendants of Earth Book 1) by Tara Jade Brown

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Featured Science Fiction: The Senthien (Descendants of Earth Book 1) by Tara Jade Brown

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Five thousand years in the future, the Earth is dead. A galactic network of terraformed planets, connected by teleportation portals, is populated by the genetically improved Descendants. The original Humans, labeled dangerous and barbaric, are kept under constant surveillance.

In this seemingly peaceful society, Dora Dana Dasnan, a gifted Visionaire, serves the leading race of Descendants by reporting her Visions of the future. But when she witnesses a forbidden Vision — an intimate contact with a Human man — her very life is in danger.

She needs to escape before her masters find out, but in this disciplined and controlled society that is impossible. Just when Dora loses all hope, a teleportation error sends her to a new and astoundingly beautiful world. Soon, she meets the natives, and as she adapts to an alien culture, she also reveals a tightly kept secret of her own.