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Featured Sci-fi: Sailing to Byzantium by Robert Silverberg

September 10, 2025 by Carolynn

Featured Sci-fi: Sailing to Byzantium by Robert Silverberg

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Six science fiction novellas by the author hailed as “a master” by Robert Jordan—including two Nebula Award winners and two finalists.

Robert Silverberg’s novellas open the door to new worlds: In “Born with the Dead,” a woman wills her body to be “rekindled” after death, allowing her to walk among the living, while her husband is left in the impossible position of accepting her death when he can still see her. In the Nebula Award­–nominated story “Homefaring,” the time-traveling narrator finds himself trapped in the consciousness of a lobsterlike creature of the far future, leading him to reflect on what it means to be human. And in the collection’s Nebula Award­–winning title story, the Earth of the fiftieth century is a place where time is elusive and fluid, and young citizens live as tourists in ancient cities.

“When Silverberg is at the top of his form, no one is better,” says George R. R. Martin. Also including Nebula Award finalist “The Secret Sharer,” as well as “Thomas the Proclaimer” and “We Are for the Dark,” this collection offers an engrossing exploration of the work of this Grand Master, hailed by the New York Times Book Review as “the John Updike of science fiction.”

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Robert Silverberg including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.

Filed Under: Box Set List Featured Sci-Fi, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Robert Silverberg, Sailing to Byzantium

Featured Fantasy: Falling Dark (The Watchers Book One) by Christine Pope

September 9, 2025 by Carolynn

Featured Fantasy: Falling Dark (The Watchers Book One) by Christine Pope

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Everything changed the day she died…

Ever since a car accident nearly ended her life, Serena Quinn has been plagued by visions she can’t control. To cope with the fear of having them take over her life, she withdraws completely, isolating herself from society. But when she’s attacked by an unknown enemy, the mysterious Silas draws her into a hidden world of villainous, scheming vampires.  

Although Silas vows to protect her, Serena doesn’t know who she can trust. Even as she fights her attraction for Silas, Serena’s enemies become bolder, seeking to control her special powers. Will Serena’s connection to her guardian be enough to save her in the end?

Filed Under: Box Set Featured Fantasy, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Christine Pope, Falling Dark, The Watchers

Featured Fantasy: The Watchers Complete Trilogy Boxset by Christine Pope

September 9, 2025 by Carolynn

Featured Fantasy: The Watchers Trilogy by Christine Pope

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When a reluctant psychic is drawn into a thousand-year war between gargoyles and vampires, all hell breaks loose in the City of Angels….

The Watchers Trilogy boxed set includes:

FALLING DARK

Everything changed the day she died…

After surviving a life-threatening car accident, Serena Quinn has been plagued by visions she can’t control. Overwhelmed by the fear of losing herself to these unwelcome glimpses into other lives, she withdraws from society, seeking solace in isolation. But a sudden and mysterious attack by an unknown assailant thrusts her into a hidden world ruled by cunning, malevolent vampires, where the enigmatic Silas becomes her unlikely guide.

Silas vows to protect her, but Serena is torn, unsure who she should trust. Even as she battles her growing attraction to Silas, her adversaries grow bolder, coveting her extraordinary abilities for their own dark purposes.

Unfortunately, her bond with her new and unexpected guardian might not be enough to protect her in the end….

DEAD OF NIGHT

When death isn’t the worst thing that can happen to you….

Psychic Serena Quinn should be dead. Instead, she’s trapped in a deadly game of cat and mouse with a centuries-old vampire master who seems to know her better than she knows herself. Every vision that bleeds through her mind reveals another twisted connection between them — one that goes deeper than captivity, darker than she ever imagined.

Silas Drake is coming for her. But as Serena matches her captor wit for wit, claw for claw, she’s starting to wonder: what if the monster holding her prisoner isn’t the real threat? What if the visions screaming through her skull are trying to warn her about something far worse?

Some fates are more terrifying than death…but some bonds can never be broken.

RISING DAWN

A drop of blood holds their only hope…or their destruction.

Serena Quinn is walking a tightrope strung between grief and despair. As long as Lucius Montfort holds her lover Silas captive, she is forced to pretend she’s besotted with the vampire whose offspring murdered her sister. Worse, conflicting visions of the future show her with Lucius, then with Silas — and their child. Which future is real?

As if that’s not enough, Lucius needs money — lots of money — to find a cure for vampirism. He’s got his eye on the Quinn family coffers, which Serena’s brother will empty if vampire blood can save his terminally ill daughter.

In the meantime, Serena struggles to paint a convincing picture of complete devotion to Lucius, while holding out for a miracle that The Watchers will manage to rescue her captured lover. But as her visions for any future at all shred and ravel away to almost nothing, one last chance lies in a completely unexpected blood tie that could save them — or destroy them both.

Filed Under: Box Set Featured Fantasy, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Christine Pope, The Watchers Trilogy

Featured Fantasy: Poisoned Kingdom (Secrets of Dagome Book 1) by Olena Nikiten

September 8, 2025 by Carolynn

Featured Fantasy: Poisoned Kingdom (Secrets of Dagome Book 1) by Olena Nikiten

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When the magic that creates life is a death sentence, her only chance to live is taming it… and the man it tried to claim.

As a poisoner, Roksana knows how to keep a secret—until the power she wields and the secrets she hides begin unravelling, forcing her to flee to the dwarven kingdom.

But the assassin’s mark on her skin isn’t easy to erase.

When she’s discovered by her former master, the price for his silence is brutally simple: kill the notorious War King.

Except… she already did.

Her target, however, refuses to die. Surviving by sheer tenacity—and the darkness her poison awakened—he sets out to hunt down the woman who dared to destroy him.

When his hands finally close around his assassin’s throat, the War King does the unthinkable—he lets her live… and makes her pay.

Thrusted into a world where loyalty is carved in blood and love is the deadliest illusion, two unwilling allies must join forces for a chance to survive—all while trying to ignore the treacherous fire threatening to undo them with every forbidden touch.

As more secrets come to light, Roksana faces an impossible choice.

Trust the man she tried to kill… or hide her power and let his kingdom burn.

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Perfect for fans of high-stakes fantasy with morally grey fmc, enemies-to-lovers romance and rich, Slavic-inspired world-building. This adult high fantasy delivers slow-burn tension, dark intrigue, and a hero torn between power and love.

For readers who crave the grit of The Witcher and the allure of Bardugo’s Six of Crows, reimagined for a mature audience.

Filed Under: Box Set Featured Fantasy, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Poisoned Kingdom, Secrets of Dagome

Featured Fantasy: Wyrd Sisters (A Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett

September 8, 2025 by Carolynn

Featured Fantasy: Wyrd Sisters (A Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett

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In Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters, Granny Weatherwax teams with two other witches—Nanny Ogg and Margat Garlick—as an unlikely alliance to save a prince and restore him to the throne of Lancre, in a tale that borrows—or is it parodies—some of William Shakespeare’s best-loved works.

Meet Granny Weatherwax, the most highly regarded non-leader a coven of non-social witches could ever have. Generally, these loners don’t get involved in anything, must less royal intrigue. But then there are those times they can’t help it. As Granny Weatherwax is about to discover, it’s a lot harder to stir up trouble in the castle than some theatrical types would have you think. Even when you’ve got a few unexpected spells up your sleeve.

The Discworld novels can be read in any order but Wyrd Sisters is the sixth Discworld book and the second in the Witches collection. The Witches collection includes:

  • Equal Rites
  • Wyrd Sisters
  • Witches Abroad
  • Lords and Ladies
  • Maskerade
  • Carpe Jugulum

Filed Under: Box Set Featured Fantasy, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Discworld, Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters

Featured Sci-fi: Earthbound (Chronicles of Maca Book 1) by Mari Collier

September 8, 2025 by Carolynn

Featured Sci-fi: Earthbound (Chronicles of Maca Book 1) by Mari Collier

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“A page-turning, extraordinary excursion that crosses genres.” – Daniel Scott White, editor of Unfit Magazine

Marooned in 19th century West, Llewellyn meets young frontier woman Anna. The two become friends and comrades, their fates forever intertwined.

They find themselves together in the prairies of 19th century Texas, the bordellos of Civil War-era New Orleans, to Prohibition in the 1920s, the Great Depression, and the vastness of space.

But can they survive hardships through history, the enmity of their southern neighbors and the Civil War, to return to his home planet and exact his revenge?

Praise:

★★★★★ – “Well written and thoroughly researched, with realistic characters and events. I could not put the book down.”

★★★★★ – “A great story with memorable characters, but to me the most fun was the historical aspect of it. Mari has done her research.”

★★★★★ – “One of the most unusual sci-fi stories I’ve read… I love these books and recommend them completely.”

★★★★★ – “I don’t usually read western-themed books but this book breaks the mold, blending western, historical, and sci-fi / paranormal all into one. It was spellbinding.”

Filed Under: Box Set List Featured Sci-Fi, The Box Set List Features Tagged With: Chronicles of the Maca, Earthbound, Mari Collier

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