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Featured Sci-fi: Summer at Xawela (Seasons of War on Abira Book 4) Earl T. Roske

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Featured Sci-fi: Summer at Xawela (Seasons of War on Abira Book 4) Earl T. Roske

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Hospitallers, be careful what you wish for.

In the wake of the Nongoma action, Sergeant Fermo’s team has been confined to base duty. But then there’s an ambush, and the peace talks mission goes pear-shaped.

There’s only one team available to respond.

Eager for action, Fermo’s team jumps at the chance to rescue their fellow Hospitalers. But the ambush is just the beginning of Fermo’s latest trial. She and her team must venture into unknown territory with few clues and no outside support.

But they are not alone.

They have brought help with them. Will it be enough to see them through the mission? And what costs will the team pay to survive?

There’s only one way to know.

Featured Fantasy: Blood & Magic Series by Lauretta Hignet

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Featured Fantasy: Blood and Magic Series by Lauretta Hignet

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Fabulous superpowers? Check.

Strong urge to right wrongs and bring villains to justice? Check.

Impulse control problems? Check.

Your girl’s got a brand new job. And Washington D.C. does not know what’s going to hit it.

Okay, I might be seriously under-qualified for the job of Enforcer, I’ll admit. The Enforcer is supposed to be a human, for starters. It’s usually an ex-special forces guy with big muscles and even bigger balls, and a knack for sorting out petty squabbles between the witches and vampires and shifters in the city.

And I’m just a technically-dead nail tech — an animated skeleton with a talent for illusion magic and gold gel manicures. But I’ve recently discovered that I can manifest some pretty big muscles of my own. I’ve already got the big balls, so I’m halfway there.

It’s the ‘sorting out petty squabbles’ part that I might have trouble with. I’m usually the one to start the fights, not finish them. But a girl has got to grow up sometime.

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Featured Sci-fi: The Book of Ruin Series by W.G. Hladky Series

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Featured Sci-fi: The Book of Ruin Series by W.G. Hladky Series

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Generations after solar storms sent the world spiraling into a Second Dark Age, descendants of American soldiers defend the last NATO stronghold in Germania.

From the Asiatic Steppes comes the mysterious Vucari. NATO sends Senior Chief Loveboy Weir and a team of rangers to investigate.

Traveling in anti-gravity vessels, they visit the beautiful city-state of New Reykjavik and mountains where Kazaks use giant eagles to hunt enemies. The rangers also journey to the City of Ghost that spews poison and to a floating monastery where monks protect the Book of Ruin.

They also encounter Vladimir the Resurrected, the Vucari’s warrior prince, who claims to want peace but decimates any population that resists him. Weir struggles to convince NATO not to trust Vladimir. While politicians and clerics make backroom deals to appease Vladimir, Weir prepares for a war he fears is coming…

Featured Sci-Fi: Kaine’s Regret (Shattered Empire Book 5) by D.M Pruden

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Featured Sci-Fi: Kaine's Regret (Shattered Empire Book 5) by D.M Pruden

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In a galaxy on the brink of war, one man stands against an empire.

Fifteen years after Earth’s colonies declared independence, the shadow of Terra’s ambition threatens to reclaim its lost dominion. The Grand Terran Confederation is back, armed with a new fleet and a relentless campaign to dominate the galaxy.

Hayden Kaine emerges as a beacon of hope for the embattled colonies. As the formidable Confederation launches its ruthless offensive, Kaine discovers a disturbing truth: the advanced alien technology meant to unite humanity is now a tool of oppression.

The resistance teeters on the brink of destruction. In a desperate bid to save humanity, Kaine unveils a shocking betrayal: the Glenatat, once thought allies, are covertly aiding the enemy. Humanity is caught in a cosmic game, manipulated by forces beyond comprehension.

Kaine must navigate treacherous political landscapes and brutal warfare to reveal the Glenatat’s hidden agenda and stop a deceptive peace that threatens to enslave humanity once more. The fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance as Kaine faces harsh truths about his allies and the universe itself.

Kaine’s Regret is a sweeping space opera where loyalty, betrayal, and the human spirit clash. Join Kaine in this epic battle for freedom. Download now to uncover the secrets of the cosmos and the resilience of humanity.

Featured Fantasy: Legacy of Magic (Books 1 – 3) by Lindsay Buroker

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Featured Fantasy: Legacy of Magic (Books 1 - 3) by Lindsay Buroker

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Thanks to the dwarven mother who disappeared when she was four, Matti Puletasi has the strength of a bear and the stamina of an ox. It would have been better for her love life if she had the beauty of a swan and the grace of a gazelle, but at least she’s got a right hook that can knock bad guys through brick walls.

Unfortunately, her unorthodox method of fighting crime hasn’t gone unnoticed, and when her enemies frame her for murder, the authorities don’t believe she’s innocent.

If Matti doesn’t want to spend the rest of her life in jail, she must find a way to clear her name.

The only person willing to help is a haughty elf assassin from another realm. He’s handsome, powerful, and deadly, but he’s got an agenda of his own. She dare not trust him—or be attracted to him.

But if she can’t prove she’s innocent, the assassin will be the least of her worries.

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This bundle contains the first three novels in the Legacy of Magic urban fantasy series. If you enjoy butt-kicking heroines, slow-burn romance, and worlds full of quirky characters, pick up your copy today!

Featured Sci-Fi: Starship Bandits by Jonathan Yanez and Ross Buzzell

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Featured Sci-Fi: Starship Bandits by Jonathan Yanez and Ross Buzzell

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Two things hold our starship together.
Duct Tape and hate.

In the near future space debris around Earth has made it impossible to traverse our solar system. Or it would be, if not for prisoners sentenced to clearing that debris known as Orbital Garbage Removal Experts, or O.G.R.E. for short.

Former linguistics professor Dax has made it a habit of working aboard The Junkyard with a small crew, the conspiracy theorist, tech-savvy hacker Mark and the once decorated military hero turned war criminal, Kane.

One day a job goes badly when the “debris” turns out to be an alien ship with a deceased crew and an auto-pilot warp drive. The alien craft jumps with The Junkyard attached only to crash land on a desolate, alien world. A world home to insects the size of cars called Underbeasts and the native alien orc-like Dal’no who have been thrown back to the Iron Age.

Join Dax, Mark and Kane as they strike bargains with the formerly technologically advanced species, unravel the beginnings of a human written language and find out they aren’t the first humans to visit the strange planet.

Grab a copy of Starship Bandits to see if this scraggly bunch of criminals can succeed where Conquistadors, Crusaders and even Navy Seals have failed. Their mission? Kill the Underbeast queen and save what’s left of the Dal’no race.