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Featured Sci-fi: Star Rebels by Multiple Authors

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Featured Sci-fi: Star Rebels by Multiple Authors

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There are rebels among the stars…

Meet eleven protagonists battling to save themselves and the ones they love. Human, cyborg, clone, or alien, they’ll find themselves pitted against intergalactic crime bosses, interstellar mercenaries, a quantum-wave-riding collective mind, and the universe itself. Along the way, there’s plenty of action, adventure, humor, and even some romance.

Written by the freshest voices in science fiction, these stories are short, but they’ll light your imagination like a solar flare. Strap yourself in and join the rebellion!

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Forsaken Assassin: A Near Future Thriller (Jack Voss Book 1) By Jonathan Yanez

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Forsaken Assassin: A Near Future Thriller (Jack Voss Book 1) By Jonathan Yanez

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Secret societies at war.
An assassin with nothing to lose.

In the near future, Jack Voss is a retired mixed martial arts champion. He was the best in the business for years. Then one day, without warning, he decided to walk away from it all.

Soon a mysterious package from an estranged mother will thrust him into a world of; secret government agencies, mercenaries, corrupt wealthy moguls and a conspiracy that will unravel everything we thought we knew about our world.

If he has any chance of survival Jack will have to learn how combat has evolved from state-of-the-art cloaking technology and automatic reloading weapons to AI’s and robotic guards.

If you enjoy stories full of; thrilling suspense, assassins, spies and pulp edge-of-your-seat action then this series is for you.

Third Name’s a Charm: Tales of Trios and Triple Threats (What’s in a Name?) By: Susan Stradiotto

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Third Name's a Charm: Tales of Trios and Triple Threats (What's in a Name?) By: Susan Stradiotto

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All good things come in threes.

Once upon a time, a group of authors accepted a challenge from a fairy tale name generator. Not once or twice but thrice! Volume three of these quirky stories features trios and triple threats. The rule of three reigns supreme.

In this captivating clean YA anthology, journey through the trials of triplet princesses. Brace yourself for triple mashup retellings and teams of three. Explore the secrets behind triple goddesses and third true names. Uncover the allure of magical artifacts grouped in threes. From three abduction attempts to three days of daring escapades, each story promises thrice the adventure and excitement.

Venture into this collection of fantasy tales by award-winning and up-and-coming authors and prepare to be thrice enchanted.

All proceeds donated to a charity in support of reading and literacy.

Featured Sci-fi: Before the Cure (3 Book Series) by Deirdre Gould

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Featured Sci-fi: Before the Cure (3 Book Series) by Deirdre Gould

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In Neil’s mind it started with the man in the park. Or, more specifically, with the vicious bite the man had given Neil. He was wrong about that. The December Plague had started weeks earlier, though no one knew it.

The early symptoms were so mild that almost no one noticed them. A scratchy throat. A feeling of lethargy that you just can’t shake. But then the slurring started. And an intense irritability. Finally, an irresistible urge to bite and consume accompanying an uncontrollable rage.

The Infected cannot be reasoned with and there is no known cure. They cannot recognize even their closest friends. Anything that attracts their notice risks being torn apart, including one another. Quarantined in a desperate attempt to contain the December Plague, the patients and staff of Wing Memorial hospital are left to fend for themselves. When the small security force sent to aid them are wiped out, the Infected run loose in the halls and Neil is trapped inside with them. Even worse is the knowledge that containment has failed and the outside world has no idea what’s coming.

Featured Fantasy: The Game of Hearts (Otherworlds Book 2) by Courtney Millecam

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Featured Fantasy: The Game of Hearts (Otherworlds Book 2) by Courtney Millecam

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Win the game, change your fate. Lose the game, lose your life.When Alice Liddell runs away on the night of her engagement party and stumbles into a shadowy pub on a forgotten street, she thinks her life is ruined. Her parents are furious, her reputation is destroyed, and her fall from society will be printed in all of London’s gossip columns. Then a mysterious stranger gives her an unexpected solution to all of her problems: A yearly game inviting mortals into the land of Faerie to play the queen’s infamous Game of Hearts. To win is to gain a wish of your heart but to lose means sacrificing your freedom.

Alice quickly realizes the game is far more intricate and deadly than she was led to believe and teams up with the rebellious and irreverent cat-shifter Ches. Together they must outwit the other players by solving the obscure riddles given as clues and get out of the queen’s enchanted hedge maze unscathed. It also means staying far away from Maddox, the queen’s champion player and Alice’s fiercest competition. He’s determined to win at all costs, but Alice suspects his motives may not be his own.

The deeper Alice goes inside the world of cunning fae, bloodthirsty beasts, and vengeful queens, the more she fears that winning means betraying those closest to her. And in this Game of Hearts, Alice needs to guard hers.

This 1920’s Alice in Wonderland reimagining is the second book in the Otherworlds Trilogy and is perfect for fans of fairytale retellings with dark twists, atmospheric settings, and slow burn romance that’s swoony, not spicy.

Feature Sci-fi: The Henry Gallant Saga Books 1 – 3 by H. Peter Alesso

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Feature Sci-fi: The Henry Gallant Saga Books 1 - 3 by H. Peter Alesso

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As the last starfighter, only Henry Gallant can stop the alien invasion.

In an era of genetic engineering, Henry Gallant is the only Natural left in the United Planets’ fleet.

With the space fleet on the verge of annihilation from the alien invasion, analyzing the captured computer in Gallant’s possession is critical to stopping them. He can expect no help as he navigates through threatening aliens on his way to Mars, and his shipmates doubt he is up to the challenge.

But as the last starfighter in Squadron 111, the lives of his shipmates, as well as a good many others, depend on Henry Gallant. The struggle for the galactic empire hangs in the balance.

For fans of Honor Harrington and Horatio Hornblower.