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Featured Sci-fi: The Synchronicity (The Synchronicity War/Retro War Part 1) by Dietmar Arthur Wehr

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Featured Sci-fi: The Synchronicity (The The Synchronicity War/Retro War Part 1) by Dietmar Arthur Wehr

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When the United Earth Space Force stumbles across a shockingly xenophobic alien race, the resulting war quickly turns into a war of extinction.

With the outnumbered and outgunned Space Force on the verge of being annihilated, one Space Force Officer experiences precognitive visions that help him fight back but he can’t control when he receives those visions.

His superiors are convinced that he’s a tactical genius and give him more authority. Will he be able to save the Human Race and who or what is sending him information from the future?

Part 1 is the first of a complete four part series of military SF describing desparate battles and the men, women and artificial intelligences that fight and die in them.

Featured Sci-fi: Archangel Project Series by C. Gockel

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Featured Sci-fi: Archangel Project Series by C. Gockel

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When John Miller signs up for the rescue mission to the Proxima Centauri outpost, he expects to find his former lover, Hana, the brilliant physicist behind the invention of near light engines, dead.

Instead he and his team find Hana missing and a large part of the outpost destroyed.

John’s team suspects suicide. John knows Hana would never give up so easily.

John and Hana are very different people. Their relationship was a fluke born of proximity and convenience. But when he discovers her Hail Mary attempt to return to Earth with a dangerous, experimental faster-than-light vessel, he has to follow her.

But it isn’t where Hana has gone that is the real surprise. It’s when …

Vessels damaged, fighting for survival, Hana and John struggle to rebuild the basics of civilization from scratch. They’re in a world where unboiled water or an untreated cut can result in death, and four-legged predators lurk in the trees. But the greatest threats to Hana and John are almost human.

Feature Sci-fi: Galactic Terror Books 1 – 3 by Michael Robertson

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Feature Sci-fi: Galactic Terror Books 1 - 3 by Michael Robertson

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She once ruled the stars—pilot, hacker, covert operative.

Now? Sparks is a ghost, drifting through dive bars and forgotten outposts on the edge of known space. Hunted by blood-soaked memories. Haunted by the things she’s done—and the ones she couldn’t save.

But this shadow life can’t last forever.

When a stranger—half-lit in neon and speaking in partial truths—offers her a way back, Sparks knows better than to trust him. It reeks of a trap. Maybe it is.

But she’s done running.

She’s done hiding.

And if this is the path to her own destruction… then so be it.

Galactic Terror – Books 1 – 3 Box Set contains the first three books in a grim dark space opera series—perfect for fans of firepower, betrayal, and broken heroes who refuse to stay down.

Box set contains:
Galactic Terror – Book one of Galactic Terror
Galactic Retribution – Book two of Galactic Terror
Galactic Force – Book three of Galactic Terror

Featured Fantasy: Shadow’s Price (The Poisoned Kingdoms Book 3) by Amelia MacLeod

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Featured Fantasy: Shadow's Price (The Poisoned Kingdoms Book 3) by Amelia MacLeod

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In the darkness between two dying worlds, trust is the most dangerous magic of all.

Katrina never expected to see Evren Avery again. Two years ago, she sealed the barrier between the Vales and the Miragelands, trapping herself in a realm of wraiths and ruins, paying for her sins in blood and isolation. She’s survived on wit, determination, and the memory of one stolen moment—the night she knelt before a king in his empty castle and made a devil’s bargain.

One drop of blood for another.

But when Evren appears in the underground city where she’s barely clinging to survival, Katrina realizes the deal was never finished. The worlds are unraveling. Magic is failing. And the Ruthless King has come to collect—not her death, but her help.

Together, they must journey into the heart of a dying realm, facing wraiths that hunger for magic, prophecies that threaten to destroy them both, and a connection that should have ended with that first exchange of blood.

As Katrina’s dormant power awakens into something new and frightening, she’s forced to confront the truth she’s been running from: some debts can’t be paid with punishment. Some wounds can only be healed by the one person who knows exactly how deep they go.

But trust is a luxury Katrina can’t afford. Not when betrayal lurks in every shadow. Not when saving two worlds might mean losing the one person who’s ever chosen her. Not when the price of her power could be everything—including the king who’s determined to keep her by his side.

A sweeping fantasy romance about redemption, second chances, and the dangerous magic of letting someone see the truth of your heart.

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Featured Fantasy: Hollow and Venom (The Poisoned Kingdoms) by Amelia MacLeod

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Featured Fantasy: Hollow and Venom (The Poisoned Kingdoms) by Amelia MacLeod

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Fake courtesan. Real feelings. Impossible odds. Some lies are worth dying for.

Neve has spent her life hiding a deadly secret: she’s immune to the magical thrall that controls every other human in the Vales. When her defiance catches the attention of Prince Sylvan Everstone—the notorious Soulslayer—she expects torture or death.

Instead, he claims her as his courtesan to save her life.

It’s a lie that could get them both killed, but it’s also her only protection from a court of sadistic mages who see humans as disposable playthings. Forced into an intimate charade with the realm’s most dangerous man, Neve must navigate deadly court politics while hiding the truth about her immunity.

But darker forces are stirring. The mage king has plans that go far beyond simple cruelty, and the ancient ritual that could seal his schemes draws near. As the kingdom hurtles toward catastrophe, Neve faces an impossible choice between the safety of shadows and stepping into a light that could either save her people—or destroy them all.

An enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance featuring a morally gray hero, a fearless heroine with hidden powers, and stakes that could reshape the world.

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Hollow and Venom is a stand-alone novel set in the world of the Poisoned Kingdoms.

Featured Sci-fi: Starhawke Rising Series by Audrey Sharpe

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Featured Sci-fi: The dark of Light (Starhawke Rising Book 1) by Audrey Sharpe

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Save a planet. Sacrifice your future.
For Aurora Hawke, protecting the secret of her half-human heritage has been a lifelong challenge. Taking command of her own starship and the best crew in the quadrant has been her dream. Failing at both is her nightmare. But the survival of a planet may depend on it.

With millions of lives at risk, she’ll do whatever it takes, even if revealing her unique abilities means spending the rest of her life on the run.

If you like Star Trek style pulse-pounding interstellar adventures, intriguing alien encounters, and otherworldly starships, you’ll love the Starhawke Rising series. Perfect for fans of Lindsay Buroker, Michelle Diener, and K. Gorman.