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Featured Sci-fi: Space Hunter the Complete Series by Rick Partlow & Pacey Holden

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Featured Sci-fi: Space Hunter the Complete Series by Rick Partlow & Pacey Holden

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Get the Space Hunter War Complete Series Box Set, featuring all six books in the series. 2000+ pages of explosive military sci fi action from a pair of bestsellers.

Jack Bennet returns from the war to find the life he left behind has moved on without him. The only option he has to make ends meet lies in a military surplus junkyard starship. What’s a former Combat Search and Rescue soldier to do?

Fix up the ship, hire the cheapest pilot—a notorious drunk—and take the first contract that comes up: collect a bounty on one of the most ruthless killers in the Pirate Worlds, a place crawling with thieves, cutthroats and con artists whose primary language is violence. Jack must abandon his nice guy persona, or exploit it, if he is to survive.

What could possibly go wrong?

Featured Fantasy: Aether Witches (Witches of Mountain Shadow Book 1) by Tarah Benner

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Featured Fantasy: Aether Withc (Witches of Mountain Shadow Book 1) by Tarah Benner

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In Mountain Shadow, things are seldom what they seem. The veil between realms is frayed and thin. Demons lurk in the shadows. And sometimes enemies become necessary allies.

The Grimes sisters aren’t normal — even by witches’ standards. For weeks, Fiona has been having chilling visions of death, and Eleanor sees restless spirits nearly everywhere she goes.

When a string of unusual murders rocks their small mountain town, Fiona and the rest of her coven begin to worry that the killer may be one of their own. Even worse? A witch hunter has just moved in next door, and he knows Fiona’s secret.

When it seems that her sister might be the next victim, Fiona must join forces with a man she hates to stop the killer before it’s too late.

Aether Witch is Charmed meets Gilmore Girls. If you love a witchy paranormal fantasy series with sisters, a quirky small town, found family, and a touch of darkness, this book is for you. Grab your copy today!

Featured Fantasy: The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum Book 1 by Kirsten Weiss

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Featured Fantasy: The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum Book 1 by Kirsten Weiss

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A Perfectly Proper Murder…

Going home again isn’t easy. After years abroad, Maddie Kosloski is a fish out of water in her rural hometown, and all she wants is to restart her overseas career. Instead, she gets a small-town paranormal museum, a fresh corpse, and a ghost-detecting cat.

With her high school bully as one of the detectives in charge of the investigation, Maddie doubts justice will be served. And when one of her best friends is arrested, she’s certain it won’t be. Juggling ghost hunters, obsessed taxidermists, and the handsome motorcyclist next door, Maddie must solve this murder—and fast—before she becomes the next ghost in the museum.

A hilarious whodunit packed with quirky characters, a cat with an attitude, and murder, this light paranormal cozy mystery is perfect for fans of Jana DeLeon, Laura Childs, and Juliet Blackwell. Get cozy with book one in the Paranormal Museum mystery series and start this funny murder mystery today.

Praise:
“A delightful new series.”―Library Journal (starred review)
“A quirky murder mystery with plenty of small town charm.”―ForeWord Reviews
“A clever combination of characters.”―Kirkus Reviews
“Humor, hints of romance, and twists and turns galore elevate this cozy.”―Publishers Weekly

Featured Fantasy: The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks

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Featured Fantasy: The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks

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The Sword of Shannara is the first volume of the classic series that has becomeone of the most popular fantasy tales of all time.

Long ago, the wars of the ancient Evil ruined the world. In peaceful Shady Vale, half-elfin Shea Ohmsford knows little of such troubles. But the supposedly dead Warlock Lord is plotting to destroy everything in his wake.The sole weapon against this Power of Darkness is the Sword of Shannara, which can be used only by a trueheir of Shannara. On Shea, last of the bloodline,rests the hope of all the races.

Thus begins the enthralling Shannara epic,a spellbinding tale of adventure, magic, and myth . . .

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Terry Brooks’s The Measure of the Magic.

Featured Fantasy: Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices I) by Cassandra Claire

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First in Cassandra Clare’s internationally bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy about the Shadowhunters.

Love is the most dangerous magic of all… First in the bestselling prequel series to The Mortal Instruments, set in Victorian London. 

Something terrifying is waiting for Tessa Gray in London’s Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Tessa seeks refuge with the Shadowhunters, a band of warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons.

Tessa finds herself fascinated by – and torn between – two best friends…

Read all the sensational books in The Shadowhunter Chronicles: The Mortal Instruments, The Infernal Devices, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, The Bane Chronicles, The Dark Artifices, The Last Hours and The Shadowhunter’s Codex.

Featured Sci-fi: Star Dragon by James David Victor

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Featured Sci-fi: Star Dragon by James David Victor

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A Science Fiction adventure with aliens, an all-powerful galactic empire, and space dragons from #1 Bestselling author James David Victor.

Immortality can be nice. Of course, having your consciousness downloaded into a robot and being forced to serve the galactic emperor as an Imperial Marine isn’t exactly life in paradise.

Keel Hennity was one of the greatest gladiators in the universe, the victor of countless glorious battles. He was assigned to guard the most dangerous creatures on his home planet. Then he died, and his life truly began.

When Keel’s consciousness was downloaded into the robotic body of an Imperial Marine, he was tasked with protecting the emperor and controlling the incredibly dangerous creature that ended his first life. Can Keel unlock the secrets of Star Dragons and protect the galaxy from a dragon-human war that could end life as we know it?