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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 Fantasy: Aerisia: Land Beyond the Sunset: A romantic portal fantasy adventure (The Sunset Lands Beyond Series Book 1) by Sarah Ashwood

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An entire world is in danger, and I’m supposed to save it. Only…it’s not my world.

Before saving another realm, she must learn to save herself.

Hannah’s college plans didn’t include becoming the savior of a parallel world and getting tangled up with an immortal warrior…. The mystery of other worlds is not one Hannah Winters ever dreamed she’d solve. She also never counted on meeting an elderly stranger bearing an enchanted moonstone during her evening run, a stranger claiming to have crossed from another world in search of that realm’s promised deliverer. Her.

Protests have no sway with the visitor, and Hannah finds herself transported to Aerisia, a mysterious land beyond Earth’s sunsets. Here, Hannah is believed to be the Artan, a legendary heroine prophesied to oppose the dreaded Dark Powers. Majestic fairies, the immortal Simathe, and the peaceful Moonkind are all willing to help her discover her true identity, but Hannah’s just an ordinary college student from Earth. She doesn’t have any latent magical abilities and she’s not the Artan.

Unfortunately, her allies aren’t seeing it that way. Neither are her enemies. In fact, Hannah’s life is in jeopardy from the moment she arrives in Aerisia, which means becoming the Artan may be the only way to survive….

An epic portal fantasy adventure with original races, familiar fairy tale creatures, plenty of twists and turns, lots of action, and slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance. Suitable for Young Adult, New Adult, and adult readers. Welcome to Aerisia! Begin your journey today.

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 Fantasy: Perfect Pending (Witches of Gales Haven Book 1) by Lucía Ashta

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Featured Fantasy: Perfect Pending (Witches of Gales Haven Book 1) by Lucía Ashta

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Second chances are as good as any spell, and she’s not passing this one up.

Gales Haven is a small town hidden from the rest of the world. For centuries, it’s been a refuge for those with magic. It’s where witches and wizards can let their eccentricities hang loose.

Years after leaving home, Marla is coming back with her tail tucked between her legs. Her two teenage children are sparking with their emerging powers, and as the only dud in a family of remarkable mages, she can’t help them.

When Marla returns, her family welcomes her with open arms. Her grandmother and three aunts are wild, loud-mouthed, and brazen. They’re also powerhouses not to be messed with. No matter what, family always has your back.

Finally, Marla is where she belongs. And when her first love is possibly interested in picking up where they left off, even when she disappeared without a forwarding address, well, Marla only wishes she came back sooner.

Even when the trouble starts, and the spell that has protected the town all these years goes on the fritz, there’s nowhere Marla would rather be. That is, until she starts hearing a little hedgehog sassing her, anyhow…

Perfect Pending is a humorous Paranormal Women’s Fiction fantasy. If you love snarky stories with women so empowered they’re a force to be reckoned with, then you’ll love the Witches of Gales Haven series.

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?