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Featured Sci-fi: Sentient Relic (Peregrine Outpost Book 5) by Stan C. Smith

January 30, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Sci-fi: Sentient Relic (Peregrine Outpost Book 5) by Stan C. Smith

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She was built to teach humanity. Now she’s the last voice of a forgotten world.

Alone in the ruins of a dead colony, a sentient robot prepares her final message… and her final act.

On the distant planet Tenoth, terraforming failed, and humanity’s dream of a thriving colony perished in a tide of flesh-eating bugs. The human embryos meant to populate this world were destroyed. The only survivors were the robotic teachers built to nurture and teach the humans. Centuries later, only one teacher remains: Presence.

Wandering through ruined structures and broken memories, Presence decides to end her existence. But first, she will build a final record—one that tells the story of the colony’s failure and warns any future explorers about the deadly creatures waiting beneath Tenoth’s soil. As she reconstructs her past, Presence wrestles with grief, loneliness, and a fading sense of purpose.

Each chapter she records is a piece of her soul, a confession from a sentient machine that once had hope. But as her message nears completion, something impossible happens—something that could change everything she thought she knew about her purpose… and her future.

Sentient Relic, a novella, is a prequel for the Peregrine Outpost series, an epic post-apocalyptic, space colonization story.

Filed Under: Box Set List Featured Sci-Fi, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: A Peregrine Outpost, Sentient Relic, Stan C. Smith

Featured Fantasy: A Maze of Magic (Witch Against Wicked) by Kate Krake

January 30, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Fantasy: A Maze of Magic (Witch Against Wicked) by Kate Krake

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Dive into a witchy mystery with magical small-town charm, loyal supernatural friends, a slow-simmer romance… and a cantankerous talking cat who refuses to speak.

Belinda Drake is a witch with a passion for mysteries, an addiction to chocolate, and a talent for keeping to herself. Starting over in a new life running a bookstore in the quiet mountain town of Blackthorn Springs should be perfect, even if she is the most incompetent witch in existence.

But when her neighbor turns up dead, Belinda recognizes the sinister signature of Mortis Curse, one of the most sinister spells known to witchkind. The quiet life she hoped for starts to unravel, fast.

To protect her new home, and the locals she’s reluctantly beginning to care about, Belinda must face the magic she’s been avoiding and outwit a killer before darkness takes hold again.

A Maze of Magic is the first spellbinding story in the Witch Against Wicked series, perfect for readers who love witchy mysteries, enchanting small-town secrets, and whole load of magical trouble.

Filed Under: Box Set Featured Fantasy, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: A Maze of Magic, Kate Krake, Witch Against Wicked

Featured Sci-fi: Toy Starship by M.R. Forbes

January 29, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Sci-fi: Toy Starship by M.R. Forbes

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Evan Marshall was a decorated Marine until a deadly mistake ended his career. Now he drifts between dead-end jobs and cheap motels, running from a guilt he can’t escape. When his estranged sister dies, Evan heads home carrying more regret than hope, uncertain whether anything of his old life can still be salvaged.

A garage sale find. A cheap gift for the nephew who hates him. That’s all the toy starship was supposed to be. Instead, the simple peace offering opens the door to something far more unbelievable, extraordinary, and dangerous than he ever imagined.

Because the starship isn’t a toy at all.

The discovery carries Evan beyond Earth and into a sprawling galaxy of distant worlds, ancient powers, and unfolding conflicts. But his initial wonder quickly gives way to desperate survival when he learns he’s not the only one who knows about the ship. They’ve been searching for it for a long, long time, and there’s nothing they won’t do to get it from him.

They say you can never go home again.

They were right.

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Featured Sci-fi: Intelligent Design (Archangel Project. Convergence II) by C. Gockel

January 28, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Sci-fi: Intelligent Design (Archangel Project. Convergence II) by C. Gockel

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The sequel to Beasts in the Garden

John is alive. Barely.

Worse, Hana is lying to him.

Hana’s Hail Mary attempt to save John’s life worked. But they’ve ended up further in time than intended, light-years from their destination—on Dawkins, a colony world they know nothing about.

…A colony that has cloned Hana and other prominent scientists—and seems to have created the near-perfect city of Twilight.

But they’re about to discover that Twilight is built on lies. Lies that could tear them apart—and condemn Hana to a fate worse than death.

This is not a standalone novel. Reading Beasts in the Garden first is strongly recommended.

Filed Under: Box Set List Featured Sci-Fi, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Archangel Project. Convergence, C. Gockel, Intelligent Design

Featured Fantasy: Wolves and Daggers (The Red Cape Society Book 1) by Melanie Karsak

January 28, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Fantasy: Wolves and Daggers (The Red Cape Society Book 1) by Melanie Karsak

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Who’s afraid of the big, bad werewolf?

On the fog-shrouded cobblestone streets of gaslamp London, Agent Clemeny Louvel is the most feared werewolf hunter. Every supernatural creature in Her Majesty’s realm knows the Red Cape Society’s relentless operative dubbed “Little Red.” When the city’s most illustrious alchemists mysteriously disappear, Clemeny is assigned to the case.

To help her get the problem in hand, Queen Victoria appoints Clemeny a temporary partner, Sir Richard Lionheart, a werewolf with a knightly history and a tendency to be far too flirtatious for either of their good.

Can Clemeny trust him to help her chase down the monsters they’re hunting?

From New York Times bestselling author Melanie Karsak, Wolves and Daggers is a retelling of the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale set in Victorian England.

Filed Under: Box Set Featured Fantasy, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Melanie Karsak, The Red Cape Society, Wolves and Daggers

Featured Sci-fi: The Forgotten Ship Book 1 by Terry Mixon and J.N. Chaney

January 26, 2026 by Carolynn

Featured Sci-fi: The Forgotten Ship Book 1 by  Terry Mixon and J.N. Chaney

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Somewhere in the universe, a forgotten starship is waiting.

Drake steals artifacts so they can benefit all of mankind. They belong in a museum, after all, not hoarded by a select few in their private vaults. It’s a dangerous life, but someone has to do it.

Then he learns of a map to the location of a lost mega-freighter once belonging to the ancient royal family. Drake, like so many before him, can’t resist the siren’s call. After all, it’s the find of a lifetime.

All he needs to do is steal the map, right?

Except nothing is ever easy for Drake. The map is housed inside a super vault, surrounded by guards ready to shoot on sight, and now there’s a woman with an eyepatch and a vendetta. And all of that could end up being the easy part.

Getting the ship and keeping it will be much more difficult.

Experience a riveting, brand new science fiction saga from USA Today Bestselling Authors J.N. Chaney and Terry Mixon. If you’re a fan of the Last Hunter, Renegade Star, or Backyard Starship, you’ll love this tale of science fiction intrigue, galactic exploration, and unfathomable discovery.

Filed Under: Box Set List Featured Sci-Fi, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: J.N. Chaney, Terry Mixon, The Forgotten Ship

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