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Featured Science Fiction: Lucky’s Marines the Ultimate Collection by Joshua James

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Featured Science Fiction: Lucky's Marines by Joshua James

99¢ as of July 9, 2025
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Over 3,000 pages of nonstop action!

INCLUDES TWO BONUS STORIES AND AN EXCLUSIVE AFTERWORD

“Like Starship Troopers on CRACK!” -Goodreads reviewer

The name’s Lance Corporal Lucky Lee Savage. I’ve survived 157 missions, not because I’m good—because I’m lucky. But now my luck’s wearing thin.

What started as a standard op turned into a nightmare. My squad’s decimated, we’re stranded on some backwater planet, and we’re facing an enemy with weapons that can slice through Empire destroyers like they’re made of paper.

Worse, I’ve learned these freaks are pawns of something ancient—the Da’hune, aliens planning a full-scale invasion of our universe. And somehow, I’m connected to them through a darkness inside me called the Hate.

With only Rocky—my smartass AI copilot—on my side, I’m facing an impossible choice: unleash the monster inside me or watch two universes fall. This darkness might be our only hope—if it doesn’t devour me first.

If you like your military sci-fi brutal, your heroes damaged, and your stakes cosmic—welcome to my universe.

Includes all 13 books in the Lucky’s Marines series:

  • Lucky Universe
  • Lucky Legacy
  • Lucky Empire
  • Lucky Forever
  • Lucky Invasion
  • Lucky Revenge
  • Lucky Justice
  • Lucky Bastard
  • Lucky At Last
  • Lucky’s Mercs: Retribution
  • Lucky’s Mercs: Rebellion
  • Lucky’s Mercs: Resurgence
  • Lucky’s Mercs: Reloaded

Praise for Lucky Universe:

“This sucker is a grab your ass and hang on ride! Full throttle action from page one through the epilogue.” -Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars

“A great military sci-fi novel! … The fight scenes are fast-paced and intense. There are lots and I do mean lots of twists and turns in the plot. Nothing is quite as it seems.” –Errant Dreams review

“One of the things that marks this book out from other military SF novels is the twists and turns. Just when you think you have it figured out, the author throws another one in. In hindsight, you can see how it all links together and how it drove the characters.” –SF Crows Nest review

“Do yourself a favor if you love sci-fi with nonstop action, great character depth and environments that are off the charts, read this series!” -Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars

Featured Science Fiction: Last Stand The Complete Series by Joshua James

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Featured Science Fiction: Last Stand The Complete Series by Joshua James

99¢ as of August 21, 2023
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SOMETHING HAS FOUND US.

In a distant future where humanity has colonized the stars, settlements are suddenly going dark.

When deep space trackers Gunnison Creek and Uma Salvo begin to investigate, they are swiftly scapegoated and forced to go on the run.

Before long, a chilling conspiracy begins to emerge, one that threatens humanity — and all life itself.

With the help of a teenage runaway, a celebrity technologist, and a motley assortment of fellow trackers with little respect for authority, Gunn and Salvo begin to fight back.

But faced with an ancient and seemingly invincible enemy, that might not be enough.

As the walls close in, survival may lie in the one place that has been forgotten for generations.

A place called Earth.

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★★★★★ “Space opera that reads like a pulse-pounding thriller.”

★★★★★ “I could not guess where this story was going. Wonderful characters and twists and turns!”

★★★★★ “It made me fall in love with space stories!!”

★★★★★ “Fantastic non-stop action and a delicious amount of sarcasm.”

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Includes all 8 books in the series (Over 2,000 pages):

  • Galaxy Run
  • Friendly Fire
  • Calypso End
  • Bygone Star
  • Infinite Grey
  • Outward Sky
  • Starlit Path
  • Beyond Sol

Featured Science Fiction: Artifact (Saturn’s Legacy Book 1) by Joshua James

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Featured Science Fiction: Artifact (Saturn's Legacy Book 1) by Joshua James

99¢ as of April 29, 2022
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FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS, SATURN HID AN ALIEN SECRET.
IN 2065, HUMANITY WILL FIND IT.

Lowell Carpenter is a disgraced Marine assigned to a remote US research station on Saturn’s moon Enceladus, where scientists have made an extraordinary discovery in the ocean below.

A special forces team, led by Lowell’s murderous former commanding officer, shows up to investigate. Almost immediately, everything begins to unravel.

Something beneath the surface has been activated.

Soon every space force on Earth — American, Chinese, Russian, and more — is converging on the tiny moon, ready to start a war.

But when a young archeologist with a knack for dead languages makes an amazing discovery of his own, Lowell realizes the stakes are higher than anyone could’ve imagined.

He soon has no choice but to disobey orders and fight soldiers he helped train as he races to stop an unimaginable chain reaction that threatens the entire solar system.

The countdown has begun…

Artifact, the first book in the Saturn’s Legacy series, is a sci-fi thriller full of mystery, intrigue, and epic action from the depths of the ocean to the edge of outer space.

Featured Science Fiction: Gunn and Salvo Box Set 1 – 4 by Joshua James

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Featured Science Fiction: Gunn and Salvo Box Set 1 - 4 by Joshua James

99¢ as of February 4, 2022
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TWO (MOSTLY) HONEST BOUNTY HUNTERS. ONE UNIMAGINABLE ALIEN SECRET.

When deep space bounty hunters Gunn and Salvo chase down a teenager linked to the catastrophic loss of a space station, everything about the job feels off.

For starters, the stolen ship is full of priceless treasures from humanity’s lost past.

And then there’s the target itself. It ain’t quite human, at least not like anybody has seen before.

But the biggest red flag of them all? Honest people are lying.

So Gunn and Salvo do the one thing they swore they would never do on a job: Get curious.

Before they know it, they’re the ones on the run with a bounty on their heads … and the fate of humanity in their hands.

Included in the Gunn and Salvo Box Set:

  • Galaxy Run
  • Friendly Fire
  • Calypso End
  • Bygone Star

What readers are saying about book 1:

★★★★★ “It made me fall in love with space stories!!”

★★★★★ “LOTS of action, LOTS of twists, LOTS of fun!”

★★★★★ “fantastic non-stop action and a delicious amount of sarcasm.”

If you like your sci-fi packed with colorful characters and pulse-pounding action, JUMP IN.

Featured Sci-fi: Stars Dark Box Set by Joshua James & Daniel Young

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Featured Sci-fi: Stars Dark Box Set by Joshua James & Daniel Young

99¢ as of May 4, 2021
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An alien invasion…
A stranded crew… 
One chance for revenge.

OVER 500 PAGES OF SPACE BATTLE ACTION! The starship Yellowjacket is no pushover, but when an alien force larger than any in living memory appears out of nowhere, the ship is overwhelmed and left for dead on a hostile world.

Captain Brynn Jameson must face his personal demons when he learns the architect of the invasion has a vendetta against him.

Meanwhile, the resourceful crew must find a way to repair the crippled ship, gather allies, and get back in the fight — before there’s no fight left to join.

Note: The Stars Dark series is an homage to thrilling pulp sci-fi of yesteryear. If you’re interested in hard science fiction look elsewhere. But if you’re looking for action-packed adventures on strange worlds with even stranger aliens, this series is for you!

Includes the first 4 books in the Stars Dark series:

  • Marooned
  • Last Run
  • Forsaken
  • Under Siege

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Boxset List Science Fiction

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Legacy of War: The Complete Series (Books 1-3): First Encounter, Enemy Lines, Invasion Force Kindle Edition by Joshua James (Author), Daniel Young (Author)

FREE as of July 19, 2021
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A fragile truce hides a deadly deceit.

INCLUDES THE COMPLETE LEGACY OF WAR SERIES PLUS A SNEAK PEEK AT THE NEW SERIES!

A century ago, an alien fleet attacked Earth. After decades of bitter war, a truce was struck. The aliens disappeared. Humanity stood down.

But the captain of the aging battleship Walker Pierce will never forget.

He has spent the last months in disputed space, against the wishes of his superiors and many of his weary crew, looking for proof of alien treachery and afraid of what he might find.

Because this time, if the aliens attack, humanity won’t be so lucky.

Legacy of War is an enthralling tale of humanity on the edges of the unknown, perfect for fans of Jack Campbell’s Lost Fleet and David Weber’s Honorverse.

Includes all 3 books in the series:

  • First Encounter
  • Enemy Lines
  • Invasion Force

Five star reviews for First Encounter, book 1 in the series:

★★★★★ “Action from the beginning to the end. I could not put it down!”

★★★★★ “Great start to a military space opera.”

★★★★★ “Good plot, believable characters. Lots of action. … A binge worthy series.”

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