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Featured Sci-fi: Third Loch From the Sun—a Scottish Sci-fi Adventure by Rex Burke

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Featured Sci-fi: Third Loch From the Sun—a Scottish Sci-fi Adventure by Rex Burke

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Secrets come in all shapes and sizes

Jake has left it late, and the only summer job he can find is on the remote Scottish island of Elsay. Still, that sounds fine – the work isn’t too hard, the pay’s all right, and the scenery is great.

But he soon has second thoughts about staying. His boss, Fraser, is a bit of a rogue, while Fraser’s cute but snippy daughter, Alva, takes against him from the start. And the oddball characters in the local pub aren’t exactly welcoming.

Then Jake stumbles on an extraordinary secret that changes everything that’s known about the universe. A secret he can scarcely believe. A secret that Alva and the island recluse, Ruan Strang, have sworn to protect at all costs.

As the mystery deepens, the questions only mount – and none of the answers make any sense. Plus, Jake’s falling for Alva and she still hasn’t so much as smiled at him.

One thing’s for certain – he’s not going anywhere until the full, fantastic truth is revealed.

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Featured Fantasy: Before Beauty (The Classical Kingdoms Collection – Book 1) by Brittany Fichter

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Featured Fantasy: Before Beauty (The Classical Kingdoms Collection – Book 1) by Brittany Fichter

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Can the accursed prince and broken beauty move beyond their hatred for one another, not only to break the curse and save their kingdom…but to find love as well?

Prince Everard’s father forged him into a warrior. Upon the king’s death, however, Everard loses himself in his pain and brings a dark curse upon himself and the great Fortress that has long guarded the people of Destin.

The prince’s sin doesn’t solely affect those of his citadel, however. Isabelle, the daughter of a local merchant, has suffered the prince’s hasty temper before, and it changed her life forever. So when Everard’s curse cuts off his people’s source of protection, and he demands that she, a crippled commoner, help him break it, her shock and horror are rivaled only by her indigantation and even stronger desire to protect her family.

All the while, Destin’s enemy crouches at the foot of the Fortress’s mountain, waiting for the right moment to capture the stronghold that has stood for a thousand years.

Can Everard and Isabelle move past their brokenness to save Destin together? Or will they and their beloved kingdom remain under darkness forever?

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Featured Fantasy: Eve (The Eternal Daughter Series Book 1) by Patti Larsen

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Featured Fantasy: Eve (The Eternal Daughter Series Book 1) by Patti Larsen

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What if Death fell in love with Life and they had a daughter…?

Her unique parentage ensures Eve isn’t like her angel siblings. She brings Death at the beginning of Life and Life to those meant to die. Her continuing failures create constant disaster for her parents and the mortals she tries so hard to serve. But when Eve accidentally interferes with the Loom of Creation, she sets off a chain of events that leads her to finally understand who she really is.

Featured Sci-Fi: The Chiral Agent (The Biogenesis War Book 1) by L. L. Richman

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The Biogenesis War Book 1 The Chiral Agent by LL Richman

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First they stole his identity. Now they want him dead.

Micah Case is one of the Geminate Navy’s elite Shadow Recon pilots. He’s flown into enemy space countless times. When his spacecraft disintegrates around him above an alien world, Micah awakens with no memory of his past, and with a mysterious voice inside his head.

His genetic code contains the power to destroy all life.

Hunted by his own military for reasons yet unclear, Micah embarks on a desperate journey to find the unknown voice. Together, they must stop an Akkadian assassin, bent on stealing a deadly material from a secret base and delivering it to her people.

The stakes are impossibly high, but failure is not an option. The alternative would mean the extinction of a species Micah can no longer call his own: Humanity.

The Chiral Agent is the first book in the new Biogenesis War series. The adventure continues with The Chiral Protocol.
Read all about what led up to Micah’s journey in the prequel, The Chiral Conspiracy, available now on Amazon.com, in paperback and in Kindle Unlimited.

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Featured Sci-fi: The Alpha Plague Books 1 – 3 by Michael Robertson

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Featured Sci-fi: The Alpha Plague Books 1 - 3 by Michael Robertson

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Do you have a plan for the apocalypse?

Rhys doesn’t.

But as he watches chaos spill from the Alpha Tower, he knows one thing for sure …

He must get to his son before the virus does.

If you like high stakes and edge of your seat action in a post-apocalyptic world, then The Alpha Plague is for you. Get it now to join Rhys at ground zero as he tries to save his loved ones and survive a disaster that will leave the world changed forever.

This box set includes:
The Alpha Plague: A Post-Apocalyptic Action Thriller
The Alpha Plague 2
The Alpha Plague 3

Featured Sci-fi: Battleship Leviathan by Craig Martelle

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Featured Sci-fi: Battleship Leviathan by Craig Martelle

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A derelict warship, ancient but still alive. A small team of humans fighting for all humanity.

Built for a time when the races were just finding their way to the stars, finding that they could dominate others. The galactic conquests created the arms race and the ancients, the Progenitors had to protect their own. They built a ship to drive the others away.

It worked. And it didn’t. The Progenitors abandoned the galaxy to the newcomers, leaving relics behind as monuments to their failure.

Humanity spread to the stars and ran headlong into the established races. A new war begins, and no one conducts war better than humanity except for the Blaze Collective.

The two go head-to-head while humanity frantically searches for something to give them an advantage. Ancient technology. The derelicts scattered across the galaxy. Gutted and useless.

Except for one, hidden in plain sight, close to Earth. Major Declan Payne takes his team aboard to find that the ship is no derelict, and it needs him as much as humanity needs it.

Battleship: Leviathan. A Doomsday Weapon whose only goal is peace.

Experience the start of a Military Sci-Fi Series from Amazon Bestselling author Craig Martelle. It’s perfect for fans of Rick Partlow, Jay Allan, and Joshua Dalzelle.