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Featured Sci-fi: Hive Empire (Shadow of War Book 5) by Anthony J. Melchiorri

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Featured Sci-fi: Hive Empire (Shadow of War Book 5) by Anthony J. Melchiorri

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The war has changed. So has Jace Hawthorne.

After a hard-fought victory, Rising Dawn stands stronger than ever. They’re bolstered by alien allies, ancient technology, and even a captured Overlord warship. For the first time, victory feels possible. Then Connor vanishes.

With no one left to lead, Jace is forced to take command of a rebellion already beginning to fracture. Every decision carries weight. Every mistake could cost worlds.

When whispers of the Relic Fleet surface—a buried Eldra’kaarn armada—Jace sees a chance to end the war. But the trail leads to a dead world, stripped bare by the Overlords and picked clean by scavengers.

If the fleet is real, it could end the war.
If it’s a lie, it could destroy everything Jace has built.

Featured Sci-fi: Buried Starship (Shadow of War Book 1) by Anthony J. Melchiorri

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Featured Sci-fi: Buried Starship (Shadow of War Book 1) by Anthony J. Melchiorri

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Some ships are meant to stay buried.

Veteran Marine Jace Hawthorne thought his warfighting days were over when humanity fell to the alien Overlords.

Now he smuggles outlawed medical tech under the Overlords’ oppressive rule, doing whatever it takes to keep his family safe and alive. But when a routine job leads him to a remote space station blasted to ruins, Jace uncovers a secret the Overlords tried to erase after the war: evidence of ancient alien technology powerful enough to challenge their empire.

The Overlords move fast. His family is imprisoned. Jace is marked for elimination.

Hunted across the stars, Jace follows a trail of shattered clues to a long-buried starship with unimaginable power—a dangerous alien relic from a forgotten war. A ship that could change everything.

To save his family—and humanity’s future—Jace must choose:
keep running… or risk everything to awaken what was meant to stay buried.

He knows one thing for certain. The Overlords messed with the wrong Marine.

Buried Starship is the explosive first book in the Shadow of War series. If you love military space opera with mysterious spaceships, alien technology, underdog rebellions, and heroes forged in the fires of war, you’ll be riveted by this tale of humanity’s fight for survival—perfect for fans of J.N. Chaney, M.R. Forbes, and Red Rising.

Featured Sci-fi Deadmen’s War by Anthony J. Melchiorri

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From the ashes of the ancients, a cataclysmic new threat rises.

Born on a forsaken desert planet, Cole Shaw has two options – perish from starvation and disease, or enlist in the New World Republic’s armed forces. He chooses the military. For the first time, he thinks he has a shot at a better life. But survival is not guaranteed.

Leading an elite team of mech operators, he is deployed to a frozen planet called Ferrous where dangerous relics of a past war lurk beneath the ice and savage creatures prowl the barren wastelands. Scientists on Ferrous are chasing rumors of godlike technologies buried in the ruins of a long-extinct civilization. When Shaw and his team are assigned to protect the researchers, they face an unexpected, merciless new enemy desperate to stop them.

An ancient secret has been awakened on Ferrous. The deadly race to claim this terrifying power has only just begun.

Featured Sci-fi: Sentinel by Anthony J. Melchiorri

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Featured Sci-fi: Sentinel by Anthony J. Melchiorri

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From the ashes of the ancients, a cataclysmic new threat rises.

Born on a forsaken desert planet, Cole Shaw has two options – perish from starvation and disease, or enlist in the New World Republic’s armed forces. He chooses the military. For the first time, he thinks he has a shot at a better life. But survival is not guaranteed. 

Leading an elite team of mech operators, he is deployed to a frozen planet called Ferrous where dangerous relics of a past war lurk beneath the ice and savage creatures prowl the barren wastelands. Scientists on Ferrous are chasing rumors of godlike technologies buried in the ruins of a long-extinct civilization. When Shaw and his team are assigned to protect the researchers, they face an unexpected, merciless new enemy desperate to stop them. 

An ancient secret has been awakened on Ferrous. The deadly race to claim this terrifying power has only just begun. 

Performed by Audie, Earphones, and SOVAS Award-winning R.C. Bray (Expeditionary Force, Galaxy’s Edge, Hell Divers), Sentinel is a must-listen for all military sci-fi fans in search of their next great series.

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