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Featured Sci-fi: Monuments to the Dead (Forgotten Ships Book 8) by Terry Mixon and J.N. Chaney

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A living tomb dedicated to the long departed lies before them.

Drake and Yukiko have discovered three ancient megastructures. The smallest is an entrance to the defunct alien travel network that trapped them in this section of space, and may provide a way home again if they can unravel its secrets.

Secrets large and small left for those bold enough to find them and strong enough to keep them.

With the path home within their grasp, they must fight marauders and pirates if they want to keep both their finds and their lives. This is no time for half measures. Victory gives them everything, but defeat leads only to slavery or death. They must fight with everything they have or lose it all.

Will their discoveries open the path home for humanity, or will this place be their tomb as well?

Featured Sci-fi: The Forgotten Ship Book 1 by Terry Mixon and J.N. Chaney

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Featured Sci-fi: The Forgotten Ship Book 1 by Terry Mixon and J.N. Chaney

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Somewhere in the universe, a forgotten starship is waiting.

Drake steals artifacts so they can benefit all of mankind. They belong in a museum, after all, not hoarded by a select few in their private vaults. It’s a dangerous life, but someone has to do it.

Then he learns of a map to the location of a lost mega-freighter once belonging to the ancient royal family. Drake, like so many before him, can’t resist the siren’s call. After all, it’s the find of a lifetime.

All he needs to do is steal the map, right?

Except nothing is ever easy for Drake. The map is housed inside a super vault, surrounded by guards ready to shoot on sight, and now there’s a woman with an eyepatch and a vendetta. And all of that could end up being the easy part.

Getting the ship and keeping it will be much more difficult.

Experience a riveting, brand new science fiction saga from USA Today Bestselling Authors J.N. Chaney and Terry Mixon. If you’re a fan of the Last Hunter, Renegade Star, or Backyard Starship, you’ll love this tale of science fiction intrigue, galactic exploration, and unfathomable discovery.

Featured Sci-fi: The Hidden Ones (The Forgotten Ship Book 5) by Terry Mixon and J.N. Chaney

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Featured Sci-fi: The Hidden Ones (The Forgotten Ship Book 5) by Terry Mixon and J.N. Chaney

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From a world unknown to any.

With their main enemy among the Jontihem in disarray, Drake and Yukiko must act against the city of Kiros before their foes get their feet back underneath them. It’s time to turn them against one another. Only before they can get started, there are rumbles from below the city of Atlantis. It seems their explorations have awoken something.

A voice whispers from nowhere.

Trying to juggle the critical work of protecting the city, Drake and Yukiko have to balance that with getting to the bottom of what is happening under their city. Is it the precursor to something dangerous? Who or what is behind it? What is its ultimate endgame? Millions of lives hang in the balance, and the wrong answer to any of the questions could prove deadly.

Telling truths deeper than the gravity well of a black hole.

Featured Sci-fi: Accidental Astronaut by Rick Partlow & J.N. Chaney

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Featured Sci-fi: Accidental Astronaut by Rick Partlow & J.N. Chaney

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The world needed a hero. Instead, they got Jack.

Dr. Erik Manheim needed a warrior. A Navy SEAL. Someone who could help him confront the threat he uncovered in ancient ruins—evidence that a rogue planet brings devastation every time it passes Earth.

Instead, he got Jack Schafer, hung-over bush pilot in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Now Jack is swept into a mission he was never meant to survive—one that stretches from Alaskan wilderness to the stars beyond. Humanity’s future hangs in the balance… and its best hope may be a reluctant pilot who wasn’t supposed to be here at all.

Accidental Astronaut is a gripping, fast-paced blend of survival thriller and epic science fiction—perfect for fans of Andy Weir, Michael Crichton, and James Rollins.

Featured Sci-fi: Big Trouble, Little Earth by J.N. Chaney and Jason Anspach

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Long after Earth’s destruction, Humanity is an endangered species…

When freighter pilot Dalton Thorne reunites with his old friend Kota at Little Earth’s best noodle shop, he’s expecting a straightforward job. Instead, he finds himself embroiled in a centuries-old mystery that could change humanity’s place in the universe forever.

Little Earth is a decaying city carved into an alien planet where humans live as refugees.

Beneath its neon-lit streets and crowded markets lies a secret: fragments of Earth’s past, preserved by a mysterious race of aliens and hidden from the ruling Consortium.

Now, Dalton and his fledgling crew must uncover a vital piece of evidence, long buried in depths of Little Earth—one that might lead to a real home for humanity.

With combat-enhanced martial artists, power-hungry crime lords, and the iron fist of the Consortium all hot on their trail, Dalton must navigate a web of divided loyalties and hard choices.

If only he’d kept eating his noodles, none of this would have happened.

Grab your copy of “Big Trouble, Little Earth” today and join Dalton Thorne on a journey that will take him from the depths of Little Earth to the secrets of humanity’s forgotten past.

Featured Sci-fi: Sentenced to War Book 1 by J.N. Chaney and Jonathan P. Brazee

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Featured Sci-fi: Sentenced to War Book 1 by J.N. Chaney and Jonathan P. Brazee

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2021 Dragon Award Nominee for Best Military Science Fiction

Sit in prison or join the military. The choice is yours.

Convicted of a minor traffic violation, Rev Pelletier is conscripted into the Perseus Union Marine Corps… for up to a thirty-year term of service. Anxious to get back to his civilian life and job, he opts for a shorter term as a Marine Raider, taking the fight to the enemy.

But with extremely high mortality rates, can he and his friends survive until their term of service is over?

Download Sentenced to War now to follow Rev through perilous battles as he fights to hold back the alien invasion. If you’re a fan of Old Man’s War, Starship Troopers, or Armor, you’ll love this military scifi thrill ride.