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Skip: Book 1 Perrin Briar
A Mysterious Clock Controls Time. What Happens When It Breaks?
The clock tower is the center of the town of Time. It counts down the hours, minutes and seconds of every passing day. But unbeknownst to the local inhabitants, it is at the center of a great deal more than that. It is the center of the universe and controls time itself. But it is old and beginning to break, sending the worlds inhabitants skipping forward and back through time.
Seventeen-year-old Jera Wythnos, betrothed to marry a powerful lord, runs to escape her responsibilities and pursue her dream of traveling the world. Hot on her heels is her betrothed, moving heaven and earth to find her before the wedding day.
The clock tower is the center of the town of Time. It counts down the hours, minutes and seconds of every passing day. But unbeknownst to the local inhabitants, it is at the center of a great deal more than that. It is the center of the universe and controls time itself. But it is old and beginning to break, sending the worlds inhabitants skipping forward and back through time.
Seventeen-year-old Jera Wythnos, betrothed to marry a powerful lord, runs to escape her responsibilities and pursue her dream of traveling the world. Hot on her heels is her betrothed, moving heaven and earth to find her before the wedding day.
Invasion Survivor
Invasion Survivor hayley lawson
Humanity has one option.
Evacuate Earth.
After a wave of fear crashes over the world in response to a deadly virus. Fear intensifies when it's discovered that the virus is the first wave of attack by an alien race that wants Earth for themselves.
It's one day before Paige's eighteenth birthday, and the world is turning into the walking dead! Zombie-like people are seeking her out. They say she's 'the seed' and that 'she's glowing gold'.
What the hell! Just Paige's luck.
Can Paige rescue her family and get off the planet before The Wave captures her?
Evacuate Earth.
After a wave of fear crashes over the world in response to a deadly virus. Fear intensifies when it's discovered that the virus is the first wave of attack by an alien race that wants Earth for themselves.
It's one day before Paige's eighteenth birthday, and the world is turning into the walking dead! Zombie-like people are seeking her out. They say she's 'the seed' and that 'she's glowing gold'.
What the hell! Just Paige's luck.
Can Paige rescue her family and get off the planet before The Wave captures her?
Super Secret Space Mission
Super Secret Space Mission Chris Lowry
When Dawes and Carver are mistaken for super soldiers after a wrong turn down a road that dead ends in a secret military base, they are shot into outer space to save the world from an invading alien race. Two bumblers are the only thing standing between a hostile takeover and the end of the world as we know it. What could go wrong?
Interesting plot!
This one is a very entertaining prequel, and if the rest of the series is done in the same way, I know I will enjoy it immensely.
Looks really intruiging! Escape from New York meets Zombieland! Lots of thrills!
It's easy to laugh and be entertained with this book. Great job, Chris!
I love this cover and premise. As a big zombie fan, this one looks good!
The Future Chronicles Created by Samuel Peral...
The Future Chronicles Created by Samuel Peralta Discover Sci-Fi
The Future Chronicles is the Special Edition of the acclaimed #1 SFF anthology series, including fifteen stories, selected and new, from some of today's best writers in speculative fiction.
The Future Chronicles - Special Edition includes fifteen stories, selected and new, from some of today's best writers in speculative fiction.
It includes ten selected stories from some of the Chronicles' popular titles - Robot, Telepath, Alien, and A.I. - to give new readers a taste of the series; and includes five completely new stories, first published in this Special Edition.
The Future Chronicles - Special Edition includes fifteen stories, selected and new, from some of today's best writers in speculative fiction.
It includes ten selected stories from some of the Chronicles' popular titles - Robot, Telepath, Alien, and A.I. - to give new readers a taste of the series; and includes five completely new stories, first published in this Special Edition.
I'm a big fan of Jay Allan's work and love his style. Lots of great action, he's a writer who is right in my wheelhouse.
This is one of Jay Allan's best MSF Series you will ever read. I gave this Book 4 Stars on Goodreads and the story gets even better in Books 2 and 3. Check out my Review on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1549693826
Read this book awhile back and it's still as good as ever with plenty of action and adventure to be had.
Lindsay Buroker's Fallen Empire Collection has caught my interest. I'm sure others will enjoy it too!
VENTURE
VENTURE Riley Russell
Growing up in a world ruled by the elite Crested Warrior class, Venture and Jade are inseparable. But there is no escaping the terrible truth—he’s a lowly bonded servant, and Jade is Venture’s wealthy master’s daughter. The world tells them that Jade must marry a Crested man, and that Venture will always be bonded scum.
Venture will do anything for Jade, anything to prove them wrong. And the powers that rule their world will stop at nothing to keep him from winning the title that could change his life and the world as he knows it, forever. That title is nothing less than Champion of All Richland.
Set in an alternate world, VENTURE is filled with colorful characters who will capture your heart, packed with action, and complete with twists you’ll never see coming!
Venture will do anything for Jade, anything to prove them wrong. And the powers that rule their world will stop at nothing to keep him from winning the title that could change his life and the world as he knows it, forever. That title is nothing less than Champion of All Richland.
Set in an alternate world, VENTURE is filled with colorful characters who will capture your heart, packed with action, and complete with twists you’ll never see coming!
Unconquered
Unconquered Erik Wecks
Four stories of ordinary survival in extraordinary circumstances, two of which are thoughts about people and two of which are rocking science fiction adventures.
He Dug the Grave Himself
Ephraim didn't find out his dearly loved wife, Lola, had been hiding something from him until she was cold and dead. What he found out nearly undid him.
Taylor's Watch
Best described as "Die Hard" on a space station.
Rena's Song
Ending Well.
Brody: Hope Unconquered
A survival adventure with unexpected hope when all seems lost.
Erik Wecks is the creator of the Pax Imperium and the author of the bestselling novel Aetna Adrift, The Far Bank of the Rubicon. His latest Pax Novel Gravlander will be released October 25th.
He Dug the Grave Himself
Ephraim didn't find out his dearly loved wife, Lola, had been hiding something from him until she was cold and dead. What he found out nearly undid him.
Taylor's Watch
Best described as "Die Hard" on a space station.
Rena's Song
Ending Well.
Brody: Hope Unconquered
A survival adventure with unexpected hope when all seems lost.
Erik Wecks is the creator of the Pax Imperium and the author of the bestselling novel Aetna Adrift, The Far Bank of the Rubicon. His latest Pax Novel Gravlander will be released October 25th.
The Ancestor
The Ancestor L.J. Suarez
A nuclear war? A deadly contagion? If the world as we know it came to an end, will there be a trace of us left?
In this futuristic sci-fi thriller, L.J. Suarez takes you on an unforgettable journey beyond the catastrophic human extinction and across the eons to a new race who have evolved on Earth. The Monads, an off-shoot of Homo-sapiens, have made a scientific breakthrough – successfully cloning a human male named Six. The first human being to walk the Earth in centuries.
But why him? And is he doomed to live out his ‘new’ life alone?
*THIS IS A FREE PREVIEW OF MY NEW BOOK (FIRST FOUR CHAPTERS)
In this futuristic sci-fi thriller, L.J. Suarez takes you on an unforgettable journey beyond the catastrophic human extinction and across the eons to a new race who have evolved on Earth. The Monads, an off-shoot of Homo-sapiens, have made a scientific breakthrough – successfully cloning a human male named Six. The first human being to walk the Earth in centuries.
But why him? And is he doomed to live out his ‘new’ life alone?
*THIS IS A FREE PREVIEW OF MY NEW BOOK (FIRST FOUR CHAPTERS)
Exposure at Dejima: A Tiger Lily Short Story
Exposure at Dejima: A Tiger Lily Short Story K. Bird Lincoln
In this short story set after the events of novels Tiger Lily and The Straw Doll Cries at Midnight, Tiger Lily and her lordling, Ashikaga Yoshinori travel to Dejima Island, the home of foreign doctor, desperate for a cure for Ashikaga's father, the Lord Daimyo's, mysterious illness. But someone else has gotten to the doctor first and Ashikaga will face the choice of saving the Daimyo. or exposing a long-held secret.
Until She Wakes
Until She Wakes Filamena Young
During the Last War, conflict often came down to mobile suit combat. Mobile suits, giant war machines and their pilots decided who won and who lost.
Before the events of Dead Machines, Io Suta was a hot-shot mobile suit pilot without a suit--she'd destroyed her last one saving a colony.
While unofficially grounded for losing her giant war machine, Io stumbles across a secret experimental vanguard suit with a dark history. No one can tame it, and no one knows why it kills its pilots. Can Io figure it out before the mech claims another life? Can Io save the strange and beautiful machine from total deconstruction at the hands of engineers who don't understand it?
No one can be sure Until She Wakes.
Before the events of Dead Machines, Io Suta was a hot-shot mobile suit pilot without a suit--she'd destroyed her last one saving a colony.
While unofficially grounded for losing her giant war machine, Io stumbles across a secret experimental vanguard suit with a dark history. No one can tame it, and no one knows why it kills its pilots. Can Io figure it out before the mech claims another life? Can Io save the strange and beautiful machine from total deconstruction at the hands of engineers who don't understand it?
No one can be sure Until She Wakes.
Dialogues with Talking Heads
Dialogues with Talking Heads James Beamon
They say the only sure things are death and taxes. But death doesn’t have to be a certainty with the right technology. Especially if there are people itching to ask the dearly departed questions about their taxes.
Dr. Hugh Torquato’s business is post-mortem communications, and business is booming. Sometimes the dead are the only ones with the answers, and the trick of getting them to speak is a closely guarded trade secret.
But the revolutionary technology Hugh uses on the job may not be the only one out there with a wicked cutting edge. When a VIP dies in a manner both unnatural and inexplicable, Hugh finds his hands full trying to unravel a locked-room mystery that even the dead can’t figure out.
Dr. Hugh Torquato’s business is post-mortem communications, and business is booming. Sometimes the dead are the only ones with the answers, and the trick of getting them to speak is a closely guarded trade secret.
But the revolutionary technology Hugh uses on the job may not be the only one out there with a wicked cutting edge. When a VIP dies in a manner both unnatural and inexplicable, Hugh finds his hands full trying to unravel a locked-room mystery that even the dead can’t figure out.
City of Skies
City of Skies Farah Cook
Nora Hunt has just joined the deadly quest to discover an ancient legend: the nine worlds of the Vikings. Her post-apocalyptic dystopian world, Triangle of Peace, is the only home she’s ever known. But at sixteen years old, the skilled young warrior joins an elite band of raiders called Jarls. Her mission? Merely to win the perilous battle for the artifacts that awaken the Viking realms and avoid falling in love with the charming boy who just happens to be her worst enemy—and she’s not quite sure which task is more difficult. But when Nora learns the Norse gods bestowed upon her a mystical secret in the form of the tattoo on her back, the stakes are higher than ever to claim the great Viking Empires.
Becoming Hero: Comics Character Vs. His Autho...
Becoming Hero: Comics Character Vs. His Author! Jen Finelli
Comic book character kills his author!
Skye is the storm-tossed superhero out for revenge on the author who murdered his family. Jace is the math-loving #blerd trying to escape his father’s deadly legacy. When their worlds collide, Jace must choose between the real world he’s always hated, and the comic book world he’s always loved–and Skye must decide if killing his author will save his world, or damn his soul.
Skye is the storm-tossed superhero out for revenge on the author who murdered his family. Jace is the math-loving #blerd trying to escape his father’s deadly legacy. When their worlds collide, Jace must choose between the real world he’s always hated, and the comic book world he’s always loved–and Skye must decide if killing his author will save his world, or damn his soul.
Origins - A Guardian Anthology
Origins - A Guardian Anthology Jen Finelli
An engineering student battles Multiple Sclerosis--and experiments with dangerous body modifications. A girl in a red hijab leaps into the flames of a rotting convenience store--to save someone who hates her. A 9th-grader catches a doctor poisoning his city's water supply to "cure" cancer. A kid scarred by his alcoholic father turns his own broken, twisted psychology into a super-weapon. A restless girl from the South uncovers a human trafficking ring, and as she navigates the complexities of police-victim relationships, she roots out a conspiracy that could change her planet forever.
This neurodiverse, ethnically open anthology uncovers the origins of the Guardian superhero team from the book about the comics character who shoots his author.
This neurodiverse, ethnically open anthology uncovers the origins of the Guardian superhero team from the book about the comics character who shoots his author.
Fallen to Grace
Fallen to Grace AJ Flowers
2017 eFestival of Words Best Fantasy Finalist!
Azrael's a wingless angel, and if that wasn't bad enough, she's the only one with a functioning conscience. Her bi-color eyes mark her as a moral hybrid, and when she breaks her enslavement to Manor Saffron by making a deal with a demon, she doesn't expect to become Queen. She’ll have to survive her new royal magic, convince a legion of angels she’s worth fighting for, and find the breach in her Faustian deal, or risk a new master with horns.
Azrael's a wingless angel, and if that wasn't bad enough, she's the only one with a functioning conscience. Her bi-color eyes mark her as a moral hybrid, and when she breaks her enslavement to Manor Saffron by making a deal with a demon, she doesn't expect to become Queen. She’ll have to survive her new royal magic, convince a legion of angels she’s worth fighting for, and find the breach in her Faustian deal, or risk a new master with horns.
Lucifer’s Fall is a beautifully written short story that asks power questions and makes me want to pick up the first book of her series to find out what happened next.
love the cover!
You had me with the cover and the title, even before I read the description. I feel like I'm a 'misguided knight' in the wrong time period so I look forward to reading this series.
Love the cover for this one! It instantly caught my attention. Gonna need to download this one for myself! :D
Original and exciting! Love this take on Lucifer.
Rise the Renegade: A Rork Sollix Space Opera...
Rise the Renegade: A Rork Sollix Space Opera Adventure George Donnelly
The golden age of freedom withers across the Solar System as independent colonies fall under the dominion of Barbary and Sons, a ruthless cartel run by a 24th century cross between Genghis Khan and the CEO of Walmart.
One man rises in opposition. Rork Sollix raids Barbary's cargo ships for fun and profit, along with his lovestruck teenage servant Lala Fevari and his ragtag crew.
Just days from death, betrayed by his own men and on the run, Rork tries to safeguard Lala on Earth. But Barbary kidnaps her, throws Rork in a bleak Delhi prison and aims to make the young girl pay for Rork's crimes.
One man rises in opposition. Rork Sollix raids Barbary's cargo ships for fun and profit, along with his lovestruck teenage servant Lala Fevari and his ragtag crew.
Just days from death, betrayed by his own men and on the run, Rork tries to safeguard Lala on Earth. But Barbary kidnaps her, throws Rork in a bleak Delhi prison and aims to make the young girl pay for Rork's crimes.
The Wave Speaker
The Wave Speaker J.S. Bangs
It was an uneventful trade voyage until they ran into the woman walking across the surface of the waves. Then came the pirates, the sharks, and the imperial guard. Will Patara risk his cargo and his livelihood to save the last member of a magical lineage?
Object of my Protection
Object of my Protection Odessa Black
Dylan Alexander Prototype X-1689 is a sentinel, a cloned partially computerized human made to replace security systems in upper class homes. Sentinels are programmed to operate without emotions that hinder protective instincts, however in Dylan’s case, the programming goes wrong—he falls in love. Rich and pampered, Emilie Grace Ragin has a bright disposition, who looks at the world in a way that no other human does. Raised from an infant with Dylan as her sentinel, she grows to want the forbidden—Dylan’s love. Can they evade the Institution that made Dylan, and find happiness together? Or will the Institution succeed in finding Dylan, recycle him, and wipe all memory of Emilie from his brain?