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Featured Sci-fi: Starship Freedom Book 1 – 4 by Daniel Arenson

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The starship Freedom is just a museum ship. Until the aliens attack!

The Starship Freedom super box set! Four complete novels of military science fiction and space opera. From the USA Today bestselling author of Earthrise. For fans of Battlestar Galactica and Starship Troopers.

The starship Freedom was once a mighty warship. Today she’s a tourist attraction. The space wars ended long ago. The Freedom is now a flying museum. The tourists love it. The Changing of the Guard, the starfighter aerobatics, the starboard cannon salute . . . it’s the best show in the galaxy.

James King commands the starship Freedom. He hates his job. He was a real soldier once. Back when the Freedom was a real warship. He never imagined himself running a tourist trap. Right after Christmas, he plans to retire.

Then, on Christmas day, the aliens attack. Horrifying aliens. Creatures of claws, fangs, and endless malice. Within hours, they devastate Earth’s military. Millions die.

So much for retirement.

The aliens spare the starship Freedom. After all, she’s only a tourist attraction. But not to Commander King. He will get his beloved starship battle-ready. He will enter the fight. The Freedom will fly to war again!

Featured Science Fiction: Soldiers of Earthrise by Daniel Arenson

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Featured Science Fiction: Soldiers of Earthrise by Daniel Arenson

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War rages among the stars. Can Jon Taylor survive?

The complete Soldiers of Earthrise series–in one box set! 6 entire novels = 2,000+ pages of heart-pounding science fiction.

Jon Taylor is an Earthling. He doesn’t care much about space. At least until his brother dies on Bahay, a war-torn planet many light-years away.

After the funeral, Jon joins the army. He learns to kill. And he flies to Bahay, sworn to avenge his brother.

Centuries ago, Filipino colonists arrived on Bahay to build a utopia. But this world has become a nightmare. Jon finds himself in a dizzying dreamscape, a world of dark jungles and neon slums, of ruthless guerrillas and intoxicating bargirls, of blood-soaked battlefields and glittering brothels. Here on Bahay, a man can lose his life in the jungle, lose his sanity in the gleaming drug dens, or lose his heart to a local girl with a sweet smile and knife behind her back.

On Bahay, nothing is as it seems. In this place of strange dreams and secrets, Jon hunts the man who killed his brother. But he learns that revenge always comes with a price…

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Featured Sci-fi: East of Earth (A Prayer for Earthrise Book 3) by Daniel Arenson

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Featured Sci-fi: East of Earth (A Prayer for Earthrise Book 3) by Daniel Arenson

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United we stand. Divided we fall.

We stood together once. United. Proud. Humanity was one. Together we colonized the stars. Together we built an empire.

That was a long time ago.

Today humanity is fractured. Earth and Mars clash in war. Brother fights brother. Our fleets once faced the stars. Today they face each other in battle. Our empire frays. Hearts that once blazed with courage now burn with hatred.

Meanwhile the true enemy draws ever nearer.

The shoal. A migration of aliens. A swarm that craves our world. They are at our doorstep. And we cannot see them.

Adam and Eve were banished east of Eden. On Earth, we built a new Eden. Yet now we might fall again. Should we be banished east of Earth, we might never find our way home.

We must unite. Or we will fall.

Featured Fantasy: Dragonfire Rain (World of Requiem) by Daniel Arenson

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Featured Fantasy: Dragonfire Rain (World of Requiem) by Daniel Arenson

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Dragons. Beasts of legend and wonder. Since ancient times, they ruled the sky.

But now a dark goddess invades. Dragonfire cannot burn her. Claws cannot cut her. Only Princess Fira, a young red dragon, can stop her.

This box set contains the complete Dragonfire Rain trilogy, a saga set in the bestselling world of Requiem.

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Featured Fantasy: Kings of Sand Series Sale by Daniel Arenson

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First Book: FREE | Book 2: 99¢ | Book 3: $1.99
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Game of Thrones meets Spartacus

In an ancient world of sand and splendor, an empire awakens.

Aelar, a mighty nation, spreads its tentacles. Its oared galleys storm the seas, and the waters run red with blood. Its legionaries swarm desert ruins, smiting barbarian hordes. Its crosses line the roadsides, displaying the dying flesh of heroes.

The Aelarian empire rises. The old world falls.

The powerful Sela family has avoided the empire until now. The family has carved out an idyllic life between sea and desert, ruling a bustling port, a thriving city, and lush vineyards. Yet when an imperial fleet arrives in their harbor, everything the Sela family has built threatens to collapse.

Sweeping from snowy forests to cruel deserts, from bazaars of wonder to fields of war, here is a tale of legionaries and lepers, priests and paupers, kings and crows. Here a girl travels across endless dunes, seeking magic; a cruel prince struggles to claim a bloodstained throne; and a young soldier fights to hold back an overwhelming host. As the empire spreads, the fate of the Sela family–and of all civilization–stands upon a knife’s edge, for under the storm of war, even the greatest nations are but kingdoms of sand.

Featured Science Fiction: A World of Dinosaurs (Mintari Book 1) by Daniel Arenson

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A dinosaur adventure for fans of Jurassic Park! From the USA Today bestselling author of Earthrise.

Dinosaurs. Majestic giants. They’ve captured our imagination for generations. On planet Mintari, they live again.

Mintari is far from Earth. Wild. Pristine. A world where triceratops herd across grasslands, pterosaurs soar over golden mountains, and T-rexes prowl the misty forests.

But these magnificent beasts might soon disappear. And only one man can save them.

They call him Jurassic Joe. A semi-mythical figure. A ranger who lives in the wilderness of Mintari. Defender of dinosaurs. Bane of poachers. Folk hero. But is he real?

He better be. Because big game hunters are landing on Mintari. A lot of them. It will take a hero to stop them. And they must be stopped. Or the dinosaurs of Mintari will be lost forever.

Discover a world of savage beauty, terrifying danger, and ancient beasts brought back to life. Welcome to Mintari.