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Featured Sci-fi: Traitor’s Code (Freelance Book One) by Jane Killick

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Featured Sci-fi: Traitor's Code (Freelance Book One) by Jane Killick

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When a dying fugitive entrusts Cassy with a forbidden code, she must protect a secret which promises to save humanity – and threatens to get her killed.

Freelance spaceship captain “Cassy” Cassandra investigates the mysteries of a code stolen from the Fertillan royal family while Prince Stephen, the head of its security service, pursues her.
Evading soldiers, fighting pirates and calling in favours, Cassy returns to her home planet of Fertilla where her past and its connection to a dead king wait for her. Realising the key to both lies with Prince Stephen, she closes in on her enemy. But, what begins as a clandestine probe for information, turns to love as she discovers the real man behind the military uniform.

Until Cassy cracks the code and understands she must escape Fertilla to bring salvation to the galaxy.

Stephen follows, under orders to stop her, and only the final battle will decide if Cassy and the code survive.
A page-turning space adventure, Traitor’s Code mixes murder and intrigue with the heartache of impossible love in the first, unmissable instalment of the Freelancer trilogy.

Featured Sci-fi: Marathon The Complete Series Books 1 – 9 by Daniel Young

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“IT STARTED OUT WITH A BANG AND JUST GOT BETTER.” -Goodreads reviewer

Over 1,000 pages of nonstop action! If there’s one thing Adam Eckhart knows, it’s that humans are trouble. After all, he is one.

As captain of the Marathon, a cobbled-together ship crewed by aliens and androids scraping by on odd jobs at the outskirts of settled space, Adam has plenty to worry about without adding his own species to the mix.

But when a pair of mortally wounded humans cross his path during a heist gone wrong, he finds himself compelled to save them.

Big mistake.

Because if there’s one more thing Adam knows, it’s that the universe never leaves a good deed unpunished.

He and his crew are about to find out just how right he is.

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Featured Fantasy: The Cursed Witch (Nightcaster Chronicles Book 1) by R.L. Perez

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Featured Fantasy: The Cursed Witch (Nightcaster Chronicles Book 1) by R.L. Perez

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She’s a witch with no powers. He’s a shape-shifting vampire. Trusting him could save her… or cost her everything.

Brielle Gerrick can’t access her magic. In an effort to awaken her powers, she gets sucked into a time portal—to a castle in Spain in the year 1735.

The castle is attacked by demons. Their leader is a shape-shifting vampire named Leo Serrano, an arrogant creep who enjoys taunting Brielle.

When Brielle’s dark powers awaken, the others in the castle turn on her. They try to capture her and uncover the source of her magic before it unleashes itself.

Desperate to escape, Brielle must put her trust in Leo and his coven of vampires. She’ll do anything to master her powers and get back home.

Even if it means surrendering herself to her enemy.

★★★★★ “I am a big fan of R.L.’s world building, her characters’ banter, the sweet romances, and the way she writes strong women who are truly finding their place in the world. I loved Brielle and really thought this story was fun and unique! Can’t wait to read the rest of the series.” – Joss Walker, New York Times bestselling author of Tomb of the Queen.

Featured Fantasy: The Blood-Born Dragon (The Everlands Cycle Book 1) by J.C. Rycroft

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Featured Fantasy: The Blood-Born Dragon (The Everlands Cycle Book 1) by J.C. Rycroft

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A bond she didn’t choose.
A love she can’t escape.
A creature so powerful it bends the limits of time…

Smart, sassy, and sanguine, Des Mildue is a traveling sellsword in Rescalin, a dry and dusty kingdom full of rogues, opportunists, and thieves. She keeps her nose clean, brazens it out with a blade when she can’t, and keeps others at arm’s length where they can’t mess up her plans.

That is, until a sword fight gone wrong leaves her tied by blood to the first dragon hatched in centuries. Suddenly, Des has to contend with a new voice in her head: haughty, willful Esquidamelion. Des wants to leave Squid by the roadside, but the blood bond has other ideas.

With half the world on their tail – including Liv, her beautiful, faithless ex who Des is definitely over – Des must search for answers for why so many are willing to kill, maim and torture to get their hands on Squid. But she’s beginning to suspect her blood bond has tied her not only to a dragon, but to a fight for Rescalin’s future…

…and no one else even knows it’s at risk.

If you like the kind of story that grabs you by the shirtfront and hauls you through mystery, magic, adventure and betrayal, with a side of sapphic romance, pick up The Blood-Born Dragon, first in a new trilogy from debut author J.C. Rycroft.

Featured Sci-fi: The Behemoth Job (Space Rogues Book 3) by John Wilker

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Featured Sci-fi: The Behemoth Job (Space Rogues Book 3) by John Wilker

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The day starts like any other, venturing into spider-bear territory to rescue Bennie’s sister.

Turns out there’s a lot of space that the Peacekeepers don’t go near, go figure spider-bear territory is on that list.

And that’s just the start of their adventure. Things get interesting, quick!

By interesting, I mean horrifying of course.

Their old friend Xarrix calls with a job. A job that sounds straightforward and easy. That should have been their first clue. With nothing else on their plates, the crew of the Ghost finds themselves in a sector of space deemed “untamable” by the Galactic Commonwealth, working with a warlord with some pretty big plans. That should have been the second clue.

Too bad none of the crew are detectives.

Learning from his past dealings with the crew of the Ghost, Xarrix assigns one of his own to stay aboard the Ghost to keep an eye on the crew and make sure they behave themselves as if that was possible.

What’s worse is it’s someone the team knows and don’t particularly like.

And then there’s the space battles and grilled cheese.

Featured Sci-fi: Big Ship, Lots of Guns (Space Rogues Book 2) by John Wilker

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Featured Sci-fi: Big Ship, Lots of Guns (Space Rogues Book 2) by John Wilker

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They saved the Galactic Commonwealth once. For free.

Apparently it’s a thing they do now…

The crew of the Ghost has been privateering for the Harrith government. You know, the one they saved from civil war.


It’s fun; stop pirates, smugglers and the like, and take their loot.

But nothing lasts forever. There’s a bounty on their heads after all.


A call from an old friend has them leave the safety of the Harrith system.


No good deed, and all that. Now they’re in the middle of it, again, can they survive?

At least it’s not a galactic conspiracy this time! There are, however; laughs, tears, and the first-ever Taco Tuesday in space!

Space Tacos?

Can Wil and the crew save the day one more time? There’s only one way to find out, get your copy today!