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Featured Sci-fi: Battlestations (Iron Fleet Book 1) by Daniel Gibbs

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Featured Sci-fi: Battlestations (Iron Fleet Book 1) by Daniel Gibbs

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“Battlestations is bold, action-packed military science fiction with characters so real, they feel alive—exactly what I’ve come to expect from Daniel Gibbs. Once you pick it up, you won’t put it down until the book’s finished.” – Rhett C. Bruno, USA Today Best-Selling Author

War never promised an easy tomorrow.

Lt. Colonel Arthur Hanson suffers from imposter syndrome. While grateful for promotion to second-in-command of the CSV Margaret Thatcher, he’s still a nerdy engineer at heart. The CDF’s presence in the Orion Spur is to project strength and maintain peace among the former League-held settlements. Confronting minor skirmishes is a cakewalk compared to open war.

But freedom demands a price.

Without warning, coordinated terrorist strikes across the Spur leave the fleet limping on life support. The Margaret Thatcher herself narrowly escapes destruction—at an unspeakable cost.

With the fleet decimated and backup stalled behind political power plays, Colonel Hanson is forced into shoes he feels ill-qualified to fill. But as ranking officer, survivors look to him to lead the charge against terrorists who wantonly rape and murder with no regard for the innocent.

Now Arthur must steel his spine and rise to the challenge of his namesake ship.

Because the Iron Lady does not turn from the fight.

Featured Sci-fi: The Lost Warship Books 1 – 3 by Daniel Gibbs

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Featured Sci-fi: The Lost Warship Books 1 - 3 by Daniel Gibbs

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Over 1000+ pages of Military Science Fiction action!

There is a time to weep and a time to mourn.

For the CSV Lion of Judah, that time has not yet come.

The war with the League of Sol ended in victory for the Terran Coalition. Major General David Cohen and his crew conclude their three-month goodwill cruise with one final FTL jump. But instead of returning home in a blaze of glory, the wormhole collapses and hurls them more than four million lightyears into the unknown.

Stranding them in a distant galaxy.

With dwindling supplies but buoyed by hope of a miracle, David follows the evidence to a nearby inhabited planet. After a disastrous first contact with the less advanced alien civilization, rival factions threaten the tenuous peace—and reignite a centuries-old genocidal conflict.

Now David and the war-weary Lion must take up arms once again to head off a catastrophic event in hopes of unlocking an ancient technology’s secrets.

Before the chance to return home is lost forever.

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Featured Sci-fi: Terran Diaspora Anthologies by Daniel Gibbs, Christopher Schmitz, & More

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Featured Sci-fi: Terran Diaspora Anthologies by Daniel Gibbs, Christopher Schmitz, & More

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Discover the origins of some of your favorite characters. Witness intense galactic battles from all-new perspectives in one exciting anthology.

Support technician Kenneth Lowe volunteers for a high-dollar job with mysteriously few takers after a crushing breakup. Instead of greener pastures, he finds himself on a desolate planet embedded with a Marine detachment in an epic battle for survival.

Lieutenant Jackson Adams goes undercover to nail a corrupt Coalition officer. But someone else gets to the evidence first, and getting it back from the beautiful thief-for-hire and her silent sidekick will prove more than an adventure.

Major Felix Rothbard’s career hit the skids after rejecting the official narrative that ended Jim Henry’s time in the CDF. When an intelligence recovery mission becomes a desperate extraction, his own position is on the line when he refuses to leave any man behind.

Washed out historian Morton Barley explores the ruins of the derelict medical ship Desmond Doss that suffered a devastating crash without ever firing a shot in battle. He’s determined to solve the mystery of the vanished crew—even if it kills him.

The CSV Zvika Greengold has a new commander since Colonel Terhani’s retirement. But the burden of leadership means more than promotion for Captain Dorva Feldstein—especially when she must send brave men and women out to die.

Experience bravery, honor, and sacrifice across the universe from the minds of your favorite science fiction authors Daniel Gibbs, Steve Rzasa, Steven T. Gary, and Joel Steudler.

Featured Sci-fi: Galaxy Bridge Books 1 – 3 by Daniel Gibbs

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Featured Sci-fi: Galaxy Bridge Books 1 - 3 by Daniel Gibbs

99¢ as of October 9, 2024
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Over 1000+ pages of Military Science Fiction action!

An all-new galaxy. A terrifying new enemy.

Exploration of Sextans B is underway via the first stable transgalactic wormhole in recorded history. Colonel Mateo Larra takes command of Joint Base Sagittarius Arch, the visionary new space station housing diplomats, merchants, and military personnel eager to make their mark.

But with every opportunity comes opposition.

Pirates harass travelers throughout the newly charted system. Smugglers, hauling valuable contraband, slip under the CDF’s nose. Even the League of Sol continues spy games as if the war never ended. Colonel Larra barely steps aboard the Arch before facing the most daunting challenges of his storied career.

Challenges that have only begun.

Ships vanish without a trace. The mysteries deepen when one reappears like a ghost, pristine as the day she left the shipyard—without her crew. But when the League ambassador is kidnapped, his bodyguards murdered in cold blood, Colonel Larra encounters an unimaginable horror on their doorstep.

And this time, it’s a fight the Coalition can’t win.

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Featured Science Fiction: The Lost Warship (6 book series) by Daniel Gibbs

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Book 1 FREE, 2 and 3 99¢ as of July 11
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From Book 1:

There is a time to weep and a time to mourn.

For the CSV Lion of Judah, that time has not yet come.

The war with the League of Sol ended in victory for the Terran Coalition. Major General David Cohen and his crew conclude their three-month goodwill cruise with one final FTL jump. But instead of returning home in a blaze of glory, the wormhole collapses and hurls them more than four million lightyears into the unknown.

Stranding them in a distant galaxy.

With dwindling supplies but buoyed by hope of a miracle, David follows the evidence to a nearby inhabited planet. After a disastrous first contact with the less advanced alien civilization, rival factions threaten the tenuous peace—and reignite a centuries-old genocidal conflict.

Now David and the war-weary Lion must take up arms once again to head off a catastrophic event in hopes of unlocking an ancient technology’s secrets.

Before the chance to return home is lost forever.

Featured Sci-Fi: Galaxy Bridge Series by Daniel Gibbs

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Featured Sci-Fi: Galaxy Bridge (6 book series) by Daniel Gibbs

1st book FREE, 2nd and 3rd 99¢ as of June 7, 2024
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An all-new galaxy. A terrifying new enemy.

Exploration of Sextans B is underway via the first stable trans-galactic wormhole in recorded history. Colonel Mateo Larra takes command of Joint Base Sagittarius Arch, the visionary new space station housing diplomats, merchants, and military personnel eager to make their mark.

But with every opportunity comes opposition.

Pirates harass travelers throughout the newly charted system. Smugglers, hauling valuable contraband, slip under the CDF’s nose. Even the League of Sol continues spy games as if the war never ended. Colonel Larra barely steps aboard the Arch before facing the most daunting challenges of his storied career.

Challenges that have only begun.

Ships vanish without a trace. The mysteries deepen when one reappears like a ghost, pristine as the day she left the shipyard—without her crew. But when the League ambassador is kidnapped, his bodyguards murdered in cold blood, Colonel Larra encounters an unimaginable horror on their doorstep.

And this time, it’s a fight the Coalition can’t win.