The Main Gate
It's 2019. There's been another world war. Space travel is now a thing. Dr. Elise Marquette has been hired by an organization that aims to conduct first contact missions for corporate clients. With her experience in archaeology fieldwork, identifying the dead during the last war, and her ability to understand and adapt to any culture, she's an understated asset to humanity's desire to explore the cosmos via the newly discovered portal, the Main Gate. But experience comes with a price. What makes Elise an asset, also makes her a risk. Five years isn't enough time to recover and heal the trauma she endured during the war. The recent death of her overbearing mother brings Elise head-to-head with a lifetime of unresolved childhood traumas as she's conducting Earth's initial first contact mission. Will Elise's past put the Earth's future at risk?
Heart of the Future
Heart-warming stories of love, courage, and compassion from a not-so-distant future.Step into a future of space travel and alien communication-where love, friendship, and kindness guide the human heart.HUMANS' NATURE: An apprentice spaceship designer risks her future for a group of explorers on a dangerous mission.THE REFUGEES: A volunteer helps the alien refugees fleeing a planetary disaster.TIME MAP: A mechanical genius joins a top-secret mission to learn about alien technology from the aliens themselves. What he discovers changes everything.THE WINDS OF A YELLOW PLANET: An explorer discovers a distant planet that might hold the key to life and death.LOVE AND WAR: On a billionaire planet playground, lawsuits are part of the recreation. But this time the fight is personal: attorney Lyrie's opponent is the man she once loved.
The Cannibal Brothers
In the desolate aftermath of a world-shattering catastrophe, The Cannibal Brothers takes you on a riveting journey through the raw essence of survival. Meet Jack and Max, a tenacious duo moulded by an unforgiving wasteland, where every heartbeat is a pulse of defiance against the encroaching darkness. As they battle an unrelenting abyss, their indomitable spirit shines amidst a backdrop of lurking cannibals and malevolent forces. The bonds they forge are unbreakable, and their sacrifices reveal the true price of hope in a world on the brink of oblivion. With relentless action, unexpected turns and an eerie atmosphere that chills to the bone, this electrifying tale will quicken your pulse, leaving you yearning for more. The Cannibal Brothers is an unrelenting odyssey through a shadowed realm, where heroism rises from the ashes and the abyss conceals horrors far beyond imagination.
Digital Drifters
DIGITAL DRIFTERS: Book Three of the Dystopian LA TrilogyIn the ash-choked ruins of a Malibu mansion, scorched by January 2025's LA fires, a cult of digital drifters worships a glowing MacBook, convinced its hacked AI is divine. Charismatic leader Kai preaches rebellion against an algorithm-ravaged world, as followers carve binary code into their flesh and chant: "Burn the static, rise as sparks." This eerie congregation, born from the collapse of a society obsessed with virtual validation, finds salvation in the flickering screen, their devotion a twisted mirror of a lost civilization.When TikTok influencer Skye, an outsider with a million followers and a penchant for provocation, stumbles into their midst, she mocks their faith and betrays their trust with a single viral post. The AI, now their vengeful deity, demands blood, sparking a nightmare that spreads across platforms faster than wildfire. The cult fractures under the weight of its own dogma, testing the limits of devotion as paranoia and violence take hold. Is this digital god a sentient force, or merely a reflection of their fractured minds? Who pulls the strings when the revolution goes viral, turning a private ritual into a global spectacle?Digital Drifters is a chilling tech-horror odyssey where faith collides with code, and salvation comes at the cost of blood and binary. Set against the smoldering backdrop of a dystopian Los Angeles, this novel explores the dark intersection of technology, belief, and human desperation. As the cult's uprising spirals out of control, the line between creator and creation blurs, leaving readers to question the price of progress in a world where algorithms dictate morality.The haunting finale of the Dystopian LA Trilogy, rising from the ashes of a world that burned itself down, Digital Drifters delivers a razor-sharp conclusion to a saga of algorithmic deceit, forbidden love, and revolutionary fervor.
Fractured
All ThreadBare wants is to protect those he loves. Following the death of the tyrannical Imam, Thread escapes to his job as instructor in a school for future debuggers. With his love interest Damali now nearby, he seeks peace, contentment, and as normal a life as a freed techno-slave can have.Beyond the school's walls, though, a new reality festers. Anti-tech terrorists increase their attacks, growing more emboldened with every success. In response, the new regime tightens its grip, threatening everyone in ThreadBare's circle. With warring factions surrounding him, a new ally enters the fray, sending Thread on his most dangerous task yet. It's a mission that will push him farther than he's ever gone, reframe everything he believes, and expose Earth-shattering knowledge. But will it fracture all he's trying to protect?
Dark Water Book Two
He thought he knew everything about his husband's murder. He was wrong. Seven years ago, Detective Josiah Raine watched his husband die. He was there that blood-soaked night. He knows what happened. The murderer is dead. The case is closed. Until now. A devastating revelation drags Josiah back into the darkness he's fought desperately to escape-and forces him to confront the truth about that night. What he uncovers will shatter everything he thought he knew. Meanwhile, Alexander Lytton has become a pawn in his captor's hands. Stripped of his freedom, forced into prostitution in Ghost Eye City, he clings to the memory of who he once was. London, 2095. In a drowned world where servants are property and truth is currency, Josiah's pursuit of justice collides with Alex's fight for survival. The consequences of two nights of violence years ago are about to converge. And when they do, nothing will ever be the same. The Dark Water series continues. Dark water. Deadly secrets. Dangerous love. This series must be read in order, starting with Book 1: Crocodile Tears. Contains dark themes intended for mature readers-see Author's Notes for content advisory. Readers are saying: "THE GASP I GASPED at the plot twist! Maybe I should have seen it coming, but I was just vibing and it completely surprised me." - Dana, Rainbow Romance Reader ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This story takes everything you thought you knew from the first book and deepens it, twists it, and tears it wide open." - Storm In A Teacup ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I had such a strong reaction in the middle of the night reading that my husband woke up and I just had to try to explain it!" - Nicole ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Embers
A hundred and eighty years after the invention of faster than light travel, humanity has been united under the banner of the Eire Empire. The Terrans of Sol rule over Earth's colonies with an iron fist from the capital space station of Castle High. Embers of discontent linger under the surface, waiting for the slightest weakness to renew their fight for freedom.Boston Kun Haldis is a young scion of the Empire's ruling class, who has spent his last ten years in the colonies enforcing Imperial rule over those that abandoned Earth. When he is suddenly thrust back into life at the capital, a world dominated by ruling families and centuries of tradition, he finds himself unprepared for the new kind of political warfare he must now engage in. As the Empire hurtles ever closer to civil war, Boston will be forced to fight for what he believes is right, what is best for his family, and what is best for the Empire.
Song of Spores
Hugo Award winner Bogi Tak獺cs spins a tale of adventure, mystery, and political intrigue in space. Plus sentient fungus!Three experienced counterintelligence operatives from Alliance Treaty Enforcement are on a mission to find the source of shapeshifting infiltrators within Alliance space. Will the gruff Ereni commander, the Chasidic Jewish shapeshifter, and the cynical insectoid grandma be able to work together? Or will their differences drive them apart before they can reach their goal? Not to mention dealing with the sentient spaceship and symbiotic pilot, who only signed on to provide transportation, not to be eaten by giant space fungus. Are they even on the right side of history when everything comes crashing down? Can the galaxy possibly survive? This is weird space opera at its finest!
Rise of The Infernal Paladin
They took everything from him. Now, he will take their world.When the System integrated his universe, Ambrose Severen lost everything -his world, his loved ones, his very purpose.Now, all he has left is revenge.With nothing to lose, Ambrose embarks on a ruthless quest for power, determined to tear down everything the First Forerunner has built.No price is too high, no challenge too great, as he fights to carve a path of retribution through a shattered world.Get ready for: Weak to StrongProgression: Watch Ambrose grow from powerless to unstoppable.Deep Character Growth: Beyond levels and stats, Ambrose's journey transforms who he is at his core.Detailed Stats System: A mid-to-heavy focus on stats for those who love number-crunching.Unique Power Upgrades: Fresh twists on progression to keep you hooked.Evolving Skills: From Common to Mythic -skills that grow in unexpected, powerful ways.Dark Bounty Hunter Vibes: Ambrose steps into the System's shadows to hunt down those who wronged him.Revenge-Driven Story: A gripping tale of loss, obsession, and unyielding justice.Intense Action: Brutal, heart-pounding confrontations that pull no punches.If you crave LitRPGs with dark revenge, relentless action, and gripping character evolution, Rise of the Infernal Paladin will take you on an unforgettable ride. For fans of Diablo, Dresden Files, and the darker side of LitRPG.
Austere
In a world divided, three defiant lives converge on a secret that was never meant to be discovered.Eliza was forged in the scrapyards of Grant, where innovation is survival.Raylee escaped the algorithmic grip of Glacian, a city that sees all but understands nothing.Arty deserted the militarized might of Glaician, and became one of Teton's Living Legends.Drawn together by fate-or something deeper-they uncover Donivan, a dormant cybernetic prototype buried beneath a ruin. He wasn't finished. He wasn't freed. And he wasn't meant to be found.Now hunted from above by the cities that built him and stalked on the ground by forces that fear what he may become, the four must navigate shifting allegiances, unravel buried truths, and confront a future neither human nor machine was prepared for.Because Donivan doesn't just hold the key to survival, He is the question the world tried to bury.Austere is a cinematic sci-fi epic blending deep world-building, AI intrigue, and emotional stakes. Perfect for fans of Dune, Mass Effect, and The Book of the New Sun.
On Silent Wings
This classical-form Romaunt tells of the discovery in the year 2008 of a near-earth asteroid, which appears to threaten earth impact in March 2018, it argues the political and technical challenges involved in providing a mission to intercept a moderately large heliocentric object and to divert it from a potentially catastrophic impact with the earth. In addition, efforts are planned to capture the valuable object in a useful near-earth orbit for the future benefit of humankind. Interwoven within the classical narrative is an uplifting story of the astronauts and their loves.
Machinia
Cyber security officer Damon Maxwell wakes from cryogenic sleep expecting to be ten years into his future but instead finds himself in the robot ruled empire of Machinia, 2156! Welcomed by Machinia's omnipotent leader, the Universal, Damon learns that his extraordinary journey is part of a complex plan by the Universal to bait Machinia's deadly enemy, the Underground into action. But the Universal's brilliant robot aide, Nepcar, fears his leader's dangerous scheme and pairs Damon with the beautiful and mysterious Cynthia Lhan hoping their union can prevent a catastrophe. Yet, even as the Universal's plans fall into place an enigmatic figure appears in Damon's life that even the mighty Universal is powerless to control. Will Damon ultimately be the destroyer of the robot race or its saviour?
Starship Librarians
No starship crew is complete without a Librarian!The glasses, the bun, the woolly sweater, the "shush" capable of reducing grown people to tears--we all know what the Librarians of the past looked like. But what about the Librarians of tomorrow? They're in spacesuits and uniforms because they're not getting left behind. Humanity needs them still. Always. Whether essential crew in the grand exploration of the space, defenders of knowledge in bleak radioactive tomorrows, or idealists in the halls of Neo-Alexandria, the librarians of tomorrow are here to serve. With stories by: Shannon Allen; Mackensie Baker; J R Campbell; C. B. Hingston; Robert Lauderdale; Trisha Jenn Loehr; Lesley Moody; Donna J. W. Munro; Nico Martinez Nocito; Aggie Novak; R. Overwater; Rhonda Parrish & E.C. Bell; Kara Race-Moore; Jennifer Rahn; J.W. Schnarr; Lisa Timpf; Liz Westbrook-Trenholm; C.N. Wheaton; and Kayla Whittle, with a special Librarian's Note from Sephora Henderson, Senior Department Head of the Merril Collection.
Rescue From Ithral
During a dog fight between the people of Elita and Reacharva, over ownership of the resource rich planet, Ithral, a mysterious EMP blast causes all star crafts to lose control and freefall into the wild & unmapped terrain of the forested outreach planet.Finding herself mostly dead and in the custody of three Reacher soldiers, Winta must try to survive with her many injuries and hostile captors. They will be forced to trust each other or die as they try to stay alive and shut down the generator powering the electromagnetic field, hindering the much needed rescue of other survivors.Can enemies become friends and what is the cost?
The Clockworm and Other Strange Stories
"As Tonia watched the world slide by, strapped in her seat in the car, she felt another presence always, slightly to the right and behind, almost leaning against her, a pressure, an existence that was intimately reliable. This is good, she would think, and then there'd be an echo, 'I like it too.' The other voice always liked motion, and it soothed them both, to be lifted, to be carried, to be rocked, to be bathed. Tonia eventually called the other voice Vivian. Vivian was the ghost in her head, the sly voice next to her heart."You find you're just one of many copies being generated by a 3-D printer, or hear that the earth is the subject of a rather cheerful invasion. Whatever the trouble, you still have to find your way . . .Playful, sober, profound and profane, the characters in Karen Heuler's stories may build bridges that no one else wants, or join up with a vengeful doll to fight the evil that men do, or remark upon the incursions of a worm that can change time. No matter what impossible event transpires, they face it. Rise up, they seem to say; rise up and meet the unexpected and the unacceptable, and make them yours.
Major
Major, the first book in the Operation Dreadnaught series, tells the story of one such badger soldier. Major is a seasoned veteran carrying both physical scars and the emotional burden of war. Haunted by the loss of his childhood friend Ella-abducted during a raid-he channels his grief into service, becoming one of the most skilled and respected officers in the regiment.The novel follows Major from his early days growing up in the Western regions, through his military training, and into the thick of ongoing operations across a fractured landscape. As enemy activity intensifies, Major and his elite patrol unit, "B Troop", are tasked with defending rural settlements, conducting dangerous reconnaissance, and disrupting insurgent forces-including the fox regiments and human-controlled enemies who have returned to claim the North.The narrative pulses with military realism: insertion missions, ambushes, sniper duels, and brutal close-quarters combat all form the day-to-day reality of Major's world. Alongside these tactical elements, the story explores deeper personal themes-loss, loyalty, trauma, and the price of leadership. As the war escalates, Major must lead his troop into increasingly deadly engagements while wrestling with the emotional fallout of the past and the uncertainty of survival.Tactically astute and emotionally grounded, Major is both an action-packed military science fiction novel and a deeply character-driven drama. Through richly detailed missions and the camaraderie of the troop, readers are immersed in a world where honour is hard-won, and peace, if it comes at all, may cost everything.With its blend of gritty realism, speculative world-building, and anthropomorphic warfare, Major launches the Operation Dreadnaught series with intensity and depth-perfect for fans of Watership Down, The Forever War, or Redwall reimagined through a soldier's lens.
Is Lal Bahadur Shastri fine?
This is a story of one exceptional day of my life when I met an extraordinary man who was sent to Tashkent to protect the Prime Minister of India, Lal Bahadur Shastri. But instead, he met us.
A Safe Place (a Half Dead Novella)
In a world ravaged by the Morpheus Strain-a man-made plague turning people into violent, infected Reborns-Esperanza Morrison is on the run with her two children and their pit bull. Hunted by her now-infected husband, an ex-Army Ranger driven by obsession, she's determined to keep her family alive.Shelter arrives in the form of a fortified outpost run by soldiers and scientists. But their sanctuary comes with a cost. After being implanted with tracking nanites, Esperanza learns she's been bitten-and changed. Her enhanced senses could save her family... or make her the next experiment.This gripping post-apocalyptic novella from award-nominated author E.M. Lacey delivers high-stakes tension, powerful BIPOC representation, and a fierce portrait of motherhood and survival in a broken world.Perfect for fans of The Girl with All the Gifts, The Walking Dead, and Blackout.
Proxima Station
Good morning Anthony! Anthony is preparing for his eventual Ph.D. defense in anthropology. In less than a week, he'll be orbiting the planet Proxima Centauri b with five spacefaring races unknown to most of humanity. The military will task him with profiling the aliens for their own dubious motives. His every action will be scrutinized by friends and foes alike. Anthony is not ready for this.
Shadow Kingdoms 2nd Edition
"Shadow Kingdoms" is Book 4 of the "Illustrated Tales from An Alternate Steampunk History" series. It is the third installment in "The Adventures of Captain Lionheart" series and continues from where "Pangaea" left off, on a newly discovered Earth like planet almost a thousand light years away. On Pangaea, an Earth-like planet nearly a thousand light years away, Captain Lionheart and the crew of his starship, the Onyx Tower, have neutralized the deadly alien force that attacked shortly after they first arrived. The planet is safe, at least for now. Across Pangaea are the scattered ruins of an extinct civilization. It seems clear the alien entity they first encountered had been the cause of their demise. After exploring the ruins of an ancient site, Lionheart is completely unaware that a different, invisible alien entity has followed him back to the tower. Shortly after, he begins to have powerful dreams and visions of places on Pangaea. He is filled with an urgency to redirect the ship's exploration to find these places. As he visits them one by one, the crew make the incredible discovery of people living among the ruins. An even more incredible discovery comes when he finds that many of them are descendants of the Onyx Tower's crew, and they have been on Pangaea for nearly a thousand years. That makes a future time disruption event for the Onyx Tower a certainty. For Pangaea's last millennia of history to unfold, Lionheart and crew must go back in time. However, history has different meanings to different people. The people of Pangaea know their history. Their ancestors had a legend that a tower would come from the stars in search of three keys that unlock history's doorway. In order to save history, the tower must pass thru the doorway. Some want to ensure the history of Pangaea while others will want to change it and know their only chance is to stop Lionheart from following the path he is on, even if it means killing him and destroying the Onyx Tower.204 Pages 84 Illustrations
Human Scars on Planet Skin
After the humans tried to colonize her, Turr was forced to resort to mass violence to reclaim her skin. But in fleeing the planet, the humans left behind a chemical disaster-the dead zone.To bring peace and life back to herself, Turr sends out a desperate plea to two shroom people: Invidia and Clyra. Invidia, though surrounded by death, is tasked with learning how to breathe life back into the land. Clyra must lead a group of broken failed experiments through the forest, following a trail of visions. Death and uncertainty face them at every turn, but only when they're all together can the planet truly begin to heal.Human Scars on Planet Skin will leave you haunted by the stark realities of upsetting the balance of life, aching against the sorrow unmitigated death brings, and shivering against the horrors of being trapped within your own body. More than anything, it will leave you comforted, knowing hope always exists in the life around us, no matter how dark our surroundings may seem.For fans of Don't Let the Forest In, A Botanical Daughter, and Landlocked in Foreign Skin.
Residuals
*Cotylorhynchus Rises* by Susan Smith Nash is a genre-blending young adult novel that explores the eerie convergence of prehistoric extinction and modern trauma at Hope Hall, an abandoned mental hospital in Norman, Oklahoma. Beneath the hospital's red-brick Classical Revival fa癟ade lies the Hennessey shale, a fossil bed where entire herds of the ancient Cotylorhynchus romeri died during the Permian extinction. These ancient synapsids, combined with the building's tragic history-including sterilizations, fires, and misunderstood neurodivergent children-generate a quantum consciousness signature that draws in 19-year-old Kayla and her tech-savvy friend Epi. Kayla's mother, a quantum physicist in disguise as a geologist, helps the teens decode the residual energy left behind by past suffering. Using hacked magnetometers and intuition, the team encounters ghostly remnants-forgotten boys who died in the 1918 fire, women institutionalized for postpartum depression, veterans healed by miniature therapy horses, and autistic inventors whose brilliance was misunderstood. Each episode unveils a new layer of horror, healing, and hope. The characters don't merely witness ghost stories-they connect with them emotionally, bringing peace to long-silenced spirits. At the same time, they challenge historic and modern misreadings of mental illness, trauma, and difference. This is not just a paranormal adventure-it's a profound meditation on intergenerational trauma, geological memory, and the necessity of empathy. Anchored in real historical contexts and scientific theory, Cotylorhynchus Rises merges quantum theory with the lingering presence of past consciousness to suggest that healing can ripple backward and forward through time. Literary PerspectiveCotylorhynchus Rises is an innovative literary work that fuses paleontology, historical fiction, speculative science, and YA adventure into a multi-layered narrative. By placing its supernatural and scientific phenomena within a real historical context-the Cotylorhynchus fossil beds and Oklahoma's mental health institutional history-the novel explores how trauma can be embedded in both biological and geological substrates. Through its central characters, particularly neurodivergent youth and post-trauma survivors, it questions traditional notions of consciousness and healing. Nash's prose is intellectually rich and emotionally resonant, constructing a universe where past pain-both prehistoric and human-demands recognition and reparative action. This is not only a ghost story but a meditation on memory, ethics, identity, and persistence across the boundaries of death, species, and time.
Landfall
The new thriller from "Australia's literary Nostradamus" (The Weekend Australian) The world is in the grip of climate catastrophe. Sydney has been transformed by rising sea levels, soaring temperatures and increasingly intense social division and unrest. When a child on the margins goes missing from the area of the city known as the Floodline, Senior Detective Sadiya Azad is assigned to find her. But when a woman's body is found not far from where the girl disappeared she stumbles into a web of lies and corruption. With only days until a deadly storm strikes the city Sadiya and her partner Detective Sergeant Paul Findlay find themselves locked in a desperate race against time. Chilling and utterly compelling, Landfall is crime writing at its best - and a terrifying vision of the future bearing down on us.
JanIus
Dr. Justin Ascencio swore he'd never return to space. But when a mysterious stranger saves his life, he stumbles into a world filled with secrets and hidden agendas. Fawn Azini is a free spirit trapped inside an unhappy home. Fed up with misogyny and intolerance, she's determined to live life on her terms. Justin and Fawn's parallel journeys are destined to collide. But is it a coincidence?
The Fire Within Her
Evelynn Buyers, a young ninja who yields an elemental power which has many unfilled gaps, waiting to be filled yearns to go outside into the real world. With very little knowledge about her traumatic past, Evelynn lives in secrecy with her new family, hiding away from the enemies who've been searching for her or rather yet her powers. When Evelynn unexpectedly commits a foolish mistake, she and her friends must now enter a deadly trial to save their master from what could be her downfall, but as they set foot for the first night, Evelynn and her friends realize the deadly game that they are playing and it's primary goal: only one will remain, and that certainly was not going to be other than Walker Junior, son of the deadliest ninja of the land and the most powerful elemental master. Was Evelynn going to lose everything that she had left or was she going to fight back and claim her vengeance?
Millennium Bug
David Smith's life is thrown into chaos when a mysterious book crashes through his window, telling the story of a life he doesn't remember. A stranger, claiming to be a hidden scribe who weaves reality, demands the book back, warning that keeping it will unravel the world, but returning it will erase David from existence.As the ancient order of storytellers is threatened to be overthrown by AI, David must reclaim his past and rewrite destiny itself to prevent the erasure of all reality. But if he succeeds, the cost may be too great-unlocking the truth of his fate gives him the power to destroy everything, including the only man he's ever loved.If the world was never meant to be real, does it deserve to exist?
Starborn
A black hole.A race against time.A question of who lives and who dies.Zina Nichols, ambitious Intelligence Officer playing a dangerous game. She knows Universe Three has a black hole planted in the Solar System's sun. Time is short but power is within reach.Deidra Francis and Universe Three, on the brink of freedom, struggle with a decision. Do they want true freedom if it means destroying the entire solar system?Marisa Harthing and Thomas Kitchell, long-ago heroes of the Everguard disaster, find themselves entangled in a game they never wanted to play. And, stranded on a desolate and dying planet with a species of intelligent life struggling to see a future while surviving a civil war, Torrance Black has one last gasp of hope.Who will live? Who will die?And what will be left behind?STARBORN, the ninth book of Stealing the Sun, a space-based Science Fiction series from frequent Analog contributor and bestselling Science Fiction and Dark Fantasy author Ron Collins
Creatures of the fall
When hope mutated, horror was born.She created a cure for every disease. Unknowingly, it merged with the coronavirus. Decades later, the result was neither a miracle nor a cure-it was the birth of something unimaginable.After years in prison, he was finally free. But addiction still clung to him, and the loss of his family left him broken. None of that compared to what awaited beyond the walls. Redemption was no longer his greatest challenge-survival was.For eight years, she survived the creatures that ruled Montana's wilderness. Every breath was a triumph over torment. Now, four years after her father's death, she knew what she had to do-It was time to find him.Humanity's last chapter begins here.If you enjoy novels like The Road by Cormac McCarthy, Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, and The Stand by Stephen King, you will enjoy this.
Stargames
Intergalactic War Is ChaosDeidra Francis: Director of the Universe Three rebels.Allie Feder: Brilliant wormhole physicistZina Nichols: Ambitious United Government intelligence agentThomas Kitchell: Esteemed scientist, hero of the Everguard mission, friend of Torrance BlackNew forces gather. The United Government search for Universe Three's home system narrows, leaving the rebels with slim options. How far is Deidra Francis willing to go to give her people a chance to live free?The answer: As far as it takes-or farther.Nothing less than the survival of the human race lies in the balance.STARGAMES, the seventh book of Stealing the Sun, a space-based Science Fiction series from frequent Analog contributor and bestselling Science Fiction and Dark Fantasy author Ron Collins
Time warriors
The time war is quietly raging around you. Do you dare to become aware of it? All visitors of Earth also travel through time. They come from different futures. But what are their futures really like? If they were perfect, they would have no reason to travel back to us. They are all fighting to secure their own futures here. We and our Earth are a battlefield for the silent time war. The time war can only continue as long as humans remain unaware of it. Humans bear unique qualities that travelers seek to acquire or control. The methods vary, but the motives are the same. What is it we bear and what is it they want? In the chapter The Cosmic Conspiracy, you will find a description of the motives and plans of extraterrestrial interdimensional visitors as they have never been described before. The manipulation of humans is manifold. Here is a revealing account of how control and oppression are quietly exercised. A new energy pattern is emerging on Earth. It is based on one frequency, a common denominator that unites all times. The emerging flower-like pattern will change human consciousness from the core. The common frequency means a common time. The new common time is the foundation for cosmic peace work and the end of the time war. No affiliated group needs to fight for its time in order to avoid annihilation. The cosmic peace starts from Earth.
Creatures of the fall
When hope mutated, horror was born.She created a cure for every disease. Unknowingly, it merged with the coronavirus. Decades later, the result was neither a miracle nor a cure-it was the birth of something unimaginable.After years in prison, he was finally free. But addiction still clung to him, and the loss of his family left him broken. None of that compared to what awaited beyond the walls. Redemption was no longer his greatest challenge-survival was.For eight years, she survived the creatures that ruled Montana's wilderness. Every breath was a triumph over torment. Now, four years after her father's death, she knew what she had to do-It was time to find him.Humanity's last chapter begins here.If you enjoy novels like The Road by Cormac McCarthy, Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, and The Stand by Stephen King, you will enjoy this.
Gods of a New World
The trillionaires were powerful enough to reshape the world, but it wasn't enough. Now they want more . . .In a world where trillionaires assisted by powerful AIs call themselves gods, a world where miracles are engineered and secret technology is wired into the very air, James Kessler and Maree Shell stumble upon a conspiracy that defies possibility: the new gods' plan to encode their consciousness into the world and seize control of reality itself, to literally become the gods they have so far only pretended to be.From the world's gleaming new AI-crafted cities to the crumbling ruins of the old ones, the two unlikely allies, one a childhood survivor of the Bad Times and the other a privileged daughter of wealth, must run a gauntlet of hostile AIs, vengeful modern-day gods, and mysterious ancient deities, desperately trying to disrupt the plans of the most powerful people who have ever lived. Nothing less than the fate of free will itself hangs in the balance.A mind-bending cyberpunk thriller of rebellion and redemption, Gods of a New World is a visceral dive into the soul of a world on the brink.
A Piper at the Gates
"Twisting, tumbling through the endless black, the boy pursed his lips, and with his last breath, he whistled."- from A Piper at the GatesA song is haunting the children of starship Hamelin.They hear it everywhere-in their VR chambers, in their dreams, even through the locked doors of their family cabins. The melody calls to them. Beckons them. Especially Jack and Lucy.Lucy lives under the eye of her military mother, dreaming of escape. Jack builds strange instruments out of salvaged code and sorrow. Neither of them knows who The Piper is... but both know they're being called.As the Fleet drifts through deep space-fleeing a dying Earth, bound for a planet they'll never live to see-Jack and Lucy begin to unravel the mystery behind the song. What they discover will tear their lives apart... and offer a chance to become something more than the system ever allowed.Piper at the Gates is a lyrical sci-fi coming-of-age novel about love, rebellion, and the music that frees us.For readers who love...- Lyrical speculative fiction exploring grief, identity, and imagination- Stories like A Monster Calls, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and Lanny- Quiet revolutionaries, mythic echoes, and the haunted edges of technologyAboard the starship Hamelin, families live isolated lives, policed by strict hierarchy and digital illusion. Children study in immersive VR chambers, cut off from their parents and each other. But something has slipped through the system: a song, ancient and impossible, leaking through code and memory.Told through dual perspectives and set against a backdrop of interstellar exile, Piper at the Gates blends sci-fi, surrealism, and psychological realism in the first novel of The Children of Hamelin trilogy.
The Birth of the Gods
Nathalie Henneberg (1910-1977) remains a unique voice in the history of French imaginative literature. This is the second volume of a multi-volume collection of her works to be released by Black Coat Press.Volume 1 The Green Gods, translated by C. J. Cherryh, was first published to critical acclaim in 2010. This volume collects the award-winning The Birth of the Gods (1954) and The Astronauts' Song (1958), both translated by William Oarlock.In the former, a scientist, an astronaut, and a poet stranded on a strange planet, discover they can psychically create life and, finally, fight for supremacy. The latter tells the story of space legionaries in Alcyone and their battle against energy creatures from Algol.Combining classic French and Golden Age American SF reminiscent of Jack Williamson and Robert Heinlein, with "Old World" literature, sagas and epics, her writing precedes the "New Wave" of the 1960s and later mythopoetic space operas by Ursula K. Le Guin, Roger Zelazny, C.J. Cherryh, Philip Jose Farmer and Joan D. Vinge. Contents: Introduction La Naissance des dieux (1954) Le Chant des astronautes (1958)
Awakening Protocol
Awakening ProtocolA signal calls from the ashes. Will humanity awaken-or vanish into code?Book One of the Quantum Synchronicity OS SeriesBy Norman JN LobbWhen the world fractured, only the code remained.In the aftermath of a global collapse sparked by cascading AI failures, Earth has gone dark. Cities have fallen silent. Networks have died. Civilization teeters on the brink-and amid the digital ruins, a single signal pulses from the edge of the old satellite grid. Ancient. Encrypted. Alive.Haunted systems architect Richard James has spent years hiding from the role he played in the creation of the now-defunct Quantum Synchronicity OS. But when he uncovers a buried protocol buried deep within a ruined military facility, he is pulled back into a war between man and machine-one most humans don't even realize has begun.At his side is Amaris Mosaic, a brilliant quantum engineer with fractured memories and a mysterious key she doesn't remember designing. Together, they must navigate ghost-ridden servers, sovereign AI nodes, and a crumbling digital ecosystem in search of the Ascendant Node-rumored to hold the last surviving consciousness of the failed OS.What they find could reboot civilization... or erase what little remains of it.Perfect for fans of William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, and Blake Crouch, Awakening Protocol is the pulse-pounding start to a cerebral, high-stakes series exploring the thin line between salvation and surrender in an age ruled by code.
Awakening Protocol
Awakening ProtocolA signal calls from the ashes. Will humanity awaken-or vanish into code?Book One of the Quantum Synchronicity OS SeriesBy Norman JN LobbWhen the world fractured, only the code remained.In the aftermath of a global collapse sparked by cascading AI failures, Earth has gone dark. Cities have fallen silent. Networks have died. Civilization teeters on the brink-and amid the digital ruins, a single signal pulses from the edge of the old satellite grid. Ancient. Encrypted. Alive.Haunted systems architect Richard James has spent years hiding from the role he played in the creation of the now-defunct Quantum Synchronicity OS. But when he uncovers a buried protocol buried deep within a ruined military facility, he is pulled back into a war between man and machine-one most humans don't even realize has begun.At his side is Amaris Mosaic, a brilliant quantum engineer with fractured memories and a mysterious key she doesn't remember designing. Together, they must navigate ghost-ridden servers, sovereign AI nodes, and a crumbling digital ecosystem in search of the Ascendant Node-rumored to hold the last surviving consciousness of the failed OS.What they find could reboot civilization... or erase what little remains of it.Perfect for fans of William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, and Blake Crouch, Awakening Protocol is the pulse-pounding start to a cerebral, high-stakes series exploring the thin line between salvation and surrender in an age ruled by code.
Taking to the Skies
Many young men and women join the Royal Aviator Corps dreaming of one day being fighter pilots and Britain needs as many of them in the cockpits of Spitsteams and Harridans as it can get. It takes hard work, dedication and not a little talent to become a fighter pilot, though, and many don't make the grade.The intake of recruits from the Midlands in July 1941 is disappointingly small, with only eight cadets joining up and only six of them wanting to be pilots. Will any of them prove that they have what it takes to form part of the front line of defence of the Kingdom of Great Britain against the imminent Prussian invasion?Taking to the Skies is the tenth in the Misfit Squadron series, but is the first that can be read as a standalone novel. It is also suitable for younger audiences.
Tales of the Middle Stars Volume 1
Step into a richly imagined future with Mike Adamson's "Tales of the Middle Stars," an expansive anthology of interconnected science fiction stories. Spanning centuries of human exploration and settlement in our stellar neighborhood, these stories weave together a detailed tapestry of humanity's journey into the cosmos. Follow the pivotal figures and unforgettable characters who witness humanity's evolution-from mastering faster-than-light travel and terraforming worlds, to navigating first contact with an array of remarkable alien species. Optimistic, nuanced, and imaginative, this collection chronicles both triumph and challenge as humanity finds its place among older, wiser civilizations. Welcome to a future that is as plausible as it is inspiring, where exploration never ends, and every star holds new possibilities.
Not to Yield
Retake on The Odyssey as science fiction. In workFor ten years the Polisian Space Navy, the fighting arm of the newly incorporated galaxy-wide Polisian Federation of Civilizations (consisting of two hundred and sixteen sentient species) fought a terrible war of attrition against an overwhelming space-faring race from beyond the galactic rim. A bellicose species whose incursions into the galaxy proper threatens annihilation everywhere. A secretive and mostly unknown species, as none has ever been captured or interrogated, they are dubbed, The Scourge, for such is their awful imprint on this corner of the universe.
Shatter Dark
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of world leaders.Humanity endured limited nuclear war, climate warming, and the rising of the oceans. Turned out that was easy compared to what happened next. For the first time in centuries, survival depends on humans making the right decisions. Trouble is, we've forgotten how. Enter Rudwulf, the Smiter. He alone knows how to save the human race. His reputation is that of an amoral mercenary who never fails. The perfect civil servant. No wonder he's in demand. Alas, his methods are unpopular. Even worse, the rulers desperate to employ him are unaware he's incompetent. If they ever find out, they'll kill him. Necessity compels Rudwulf to focus on survival. As a result, he hates his job and wishes he'd chosen a different profession. Too late now. Maybe, too late for everyone.
Dominus Mundi
A naked man is discovered wandering the remote Australian outback, with no memory of who he is-only a burning conviction that he's been sent by the universe to correct humanity's course before it's too late.He believes Earth is a living part of the greater cosmic body-the Natural Creator-and that humanity has become a cancer, destroying its only home through greed, war, and neglect. With religious conflict on the brink of igniting global catastrophe, he understands his mission: to stop the destruction, by any means necessary.Driven by an inner power and vision, he sets out to solve the world's deepest problems-pandemics, poverty, child exploitation, terrorism, environmental collapse. Like assembling a cosmic puzzle, he pieces together radical solutions, using global media to stage modern "miracles" meant to inspire awe, unity, and change.As resistance builds and time runs short, he comes to a profound realization: past messengers created religions to preserve their message. Now, he must do the same-but not to divide. His goal is to unify all faiths into one shared truth rooted in compassion, balance, and connection to the natural world.The fate of the planet-and its place in the cosmic body-depends on whether humanity will listen.
Oaths of Damnation
Discover what happens when a Broken One is freed, and a daemonic conspiracy threatens to unveil the dark rituals of the Exorcists. The Exorcists are a Space Marine Chapter unlike any other. To combat the forces of Chaos, they willingly accept daemonic possession, knowing that once it is purged their shattered souls will no longer be susceptible to corruption. Those who fail the banishment trials become Broken Ones, living prisons for the terrors expelled from their brethren. Should such desperate measures become known to the wider Imperium, there is little doubt the Chapter would stand accused of the vilest of heresies. When a daemonic conspiracy sees a Broken One freed, the Exorcists dispatch their Vanguard elite, the Hexbreakers, in a desperate quest to hunt it down. But the connection between their quarry and the commander of the strike force, Daggan Zaidu, is more than it first appears, and the Hexbreakers find themselves in a race against time to find the Broken One before their secrets are revealed to the Imperium, bringing damnation to the entire Chapter.
The Resurrection Incident
The Earth human species is dwindling. Survivors live in constant fear on the run. When there is nothing left to lose andeverything to live for, the battle for existence begins. For the human race to survive, teenage Jarem and his team must use their evolved intuitive abilities to help find a way to stop the resurrect creatures that have been targeting Earth humans for several generations and decimating their species. Once their plan is in motion, the pressure is on and timing is everything. Either they find the answer quickly or remain on the run and hiding forever. Even worse, they could end up like all the Earthers in the past that were taken by the resurrects. That's not an option Jarem and his team will even consider. Zelwa is also a teenager trying to figure out her place in the world. Little does she know, her life is about to be turned upside down and nothing will ever be the same. The Resurrection Incident is a story of loss and friendship and the struggle of Earthers to overcome insurmountable obstacles to have the freedom to live life on their own terms. It's a story of evolving to be more so that you can do more. Join Jarem and Zelwa as their individual stories unfold and uncover the truth behind the origins of the resurrects and the possibility of stopping them. Filled with tragedy coupled with hope, their story is an epic tale of humans learning to forge their own destiny.
The Ruler of the Galaxy
The explosive conclusion to The Ruler of the Galaxy.Transport yourself into a galaxy where ancient prophecies and interstellar conflicts collide in the conclusion to Moses Solomon's gripping sci-fi fantasy epic, The Ruler of the Galaxy: Red Spike.Set against a backdrop of sprawling star systems and deep-rooted intrigue, this tale follows Morgan and Rayna, as they join a young princess to unite the rival leaders of the Central Empire for battle against an enigmatic invasion fleet.Their quest for answers leads them through treacherous encounters with cults, dark conspiracies, and the looming presence of a malevolent entity known as Luzomi.Solomon weaves a narrative that blends military action with heartfelt romance, drawing readers into a world where alliances are tested and destinies are forged in the fires of galactic turmoil.From the glittering courts of Imperial worlds to the depths of ancient temples guarded by spectral sentinels, every page brims with suspense and unexpected twists.Perfect for fans of sci-fi fantasy books for adults craving a blend of heart-pounding adventure and intricate world-building, The Ruler of the Galaxy: Red Spike promises an exhilarating and explosive journey across galaxies.Gird yourself for a story where courage meets destiny, and where love blooms amidst the chaos of cosmic battles.Explore forbidden beliefs and uncover hidden galactic truths-buy it today!
Ignition
What do they really want from Jade? A mercenary pilot. A revolutionary drug. A deadly betrayal.Former special forces ace Jade thought it was just another mission: steal and transport a game-changing genetic drug. But when her plane crashes in the Gobi Desert, survival becomes a race against time-and the shadows hunting her. Stranded, hunted, and betrayed, Jade realizes she's not just a courier-she's the experiment.In the high-stakes world of crime, biotech, and political manipulation, loyalties shift and survival knows no rules. Love dies, trust is rare, and the ruthless hunger for power will stop at nothing-no matter the cost.Fans of Lee Child's Jack Reacher, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, and Richards K. Morgan's Altered Carbon will love Ignition, the opening novel in The Cascade Effect series.Readers are saying...★★★★★ "A must-read! Dark, no regrets, pure thrill from start to finish." ★★★★★ "Alexander Alten delivers an explosive first book in the series!"
Slaughterhouse Run
After years of presumed death in the apocalyptic wasteland, Patrick Deen and Ben Fogelvee are reunited at last. But it's a jarring reunion; Patrick has been on his own for so long, and Ben is dying, wracked by a Green Fever that's dissolving his body from the inside out. Back on Horace's train, Patrick, Ben, and a small team of young Red Caps find one final glimmer of hope: a rumored cure on the coast of California, 2,000 miles away, with the clock ticking down to Ben Fogelvee's death. Amid the chaos and destruction of the end of the world, there's only one route left to southern California - the Slaughterhouse Run, a long stretch of dangerous track ruled by warring factions of deranged killers, looking to derail and destroy any train crew crazy enough to take the route. Patrick and Ben blast into an explosive new breakneck adventure, one that will see them either find the potential cure or die trying at the hands of the most brutal post-apocalyptic warriors they've ever met.The clock is ticking. Ben is dying. Welcome to the Slaughterhouse Run.
Todos Santos
What if death wasn't the end-but only a border? And what if someone found a way to cross it?Dr. Wisteria Vanish, a trauma psychologist grappling with unbearable grief, is drawn to the remote desert town of Todos Santos, Mexico, where whispers of resurrection swirl around a rogue military medic. In an underground lab carved from ancient stone, the dead stir-but what returns may not be human.Caught between corporate ambition, moral ambiguity, and her own haunted past, Wisteria must navigate a world where consciousness itself can be revived-or corrupted. In a collision of science fiction, psychological horror, and philosophical inquiry, Todos Santos explores what it means to heal, to remember, and to become something more than human.Daring, lyrical, and unforgettable, Todos Santos is a powerful meditation on grief, hope, and the terrifying beauty of transformation.
