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Summary: Aria Bennet’s got a foul mouth and a temper. She doesn’t need a man to save her. She just needs the University to renew her digging permit for those Chilean cenotes. According to her grandfather’s map, it was where the door, the portcullis to another reality, was. It was also the same door that Professor Straus Cruz and his family had been guarding, because behind it, a war raged between the humans and the invaders of Earth.   The words “fear” and “no” are not in her vocabulary. Attraction, yup, let’s go for it, Professor. Relationships, absolutely not. She’s not a puppy, and she doesn’t need a leash. Throw her into an alternate reality with a man walking around like he’s a T-bone steak in a suit, well then, it’s time to reassess and prove herself worthy of love.   WARNING: No AI, No BOT. Themes of oppression and slavery include war, hand-to-hand combat, bloodshed, intense violence, and savagery. The narrative includes death, grief, burning, perilous mind torture situations, graphic language, and sexual activities shown on the page. Winged creatures, dragons, and jaguars are popping up in this alternate history of Earth. Readers who are prone to disorientation and those sensitive to these elements should take note and prepare to escape reality and face the storm. Copyright © 2025 Draconic Portcullis by Koda Calmz. All rights reserved.

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Summary: Justin Earl Knight, The Founder works with his son Rodney and a gifted healer, Peter, to rebuild the Elk Creek Tribe's community from the ashes of a series of quakes that devastate their land. We first meet Justin here when his mother summons he and his five siblings to a church celebration in 2012. There, Justin recalls his past with that church and meets a fanatic who tries to take his spirit down. Justin uses the strength of his own faith to fight off a demon and then must decide whether real family has value in a world of rejection and abuse. "The First Knight Shaman" is told from Rodney Knight's view. Peter's entry into manhood is the primary focus of "The Second Book of the Knight Shamans." Here, in "The Third Book of the Knight Shamans," Justin is the focus as he works through religious fanaticism and resurgent diseases to save the small community he founded only years before the great quakes devastated the western United States. Together, they discover their best chance of survival relies on ancient spiritualism and shamanism. Then they discover the religion which had dominated their world in the centuries before the cataclysm has fallen when Peter meets a fallen archangel in his quest to get a medical doctorate in the far-off city-state of Reno. In the end, we begin to question if Rodney were truly the first Knight Shaman, or if it was Justin himself as he negotiates his own path of spirituality from amongst the religion his culture imprinted onto him.

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Summary: Horath a powerful Alien from Exorath invades Earth in search of recruits as he accidentally interrupts the aura moment of an egotistical and ruthless mutant in a bar. A disaster in front of a drunken crowd turns into a matter of life and death. Can an Alien from Exorath survive someone as ruthless as Bethany? The mutant who's known to strike fear in the hearts of even the most notorious of criminals! This story takes place on an alternate earth which is filled with high stakes, aliens, mutants and pure chaos. In a different city, Sam (18), Bertha (16) and Melany (13), a group of teenage mutants are struggling to redeem themselves in the eyes of the public. They finally find a mission which would get them what they want, but the only problem is. It's a suicide mission! Success will earn them the public's love and respect. But if they fail, they risk losing everything. Don't believe me? Jump into The Porathians - an Action, Adventure, Young Adult, Sci-fi story to find out. I'm Abdullah Shaikh and I'll guide you through the most intense and brutal action scenes to the most heartwarming and intimate of moments. Making you experience emotions you didn't know you had. Only. If. You. Dare.

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Summary: Anonymous post to the Galactic AITA I'm the captain of a small trading ship, and I have a problem. I have a ridiculously high sex drive thanks to that damn parasite from Verda, and I can't afford surgery to remove it. I tried to control it, but I nearly destroyed my crew a dozen times before I found something that worked: A sex slave. I buy a slave from people who are going to work her to death, give her good quarters, good food, and a percentage of each trading run. All I expect is that she be available for sex, mostly with me, sometimes with the crew. A lot. I've had three so far. Two saved enough to buy themselves free and got a nice set up on the world of their choice. The third kept trying to escape so I ditched her at our next planetfall with the clothes on her back. We're on our way to a so-called 'Personnel Processing Platform' to buy the next one. Am I the Asshole? Content warning: This is essentially a heavy non-consent/dubious consent story set in space. If you are uncomfortable with noncon, explicit sex and/or rape, or fictional slavery, this story isn't for you. No AI

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Summary: When your greatest enemy is your own sister, can you save a nation without losing your soul? In the epic conclusion to Lynette M. Burrows' The Fellowship Dystopia Series, Miranda must find a way to break the theocratic Fellowship’s iron grip on 1965 America while protecting her real identity. But Miranda wants more than the end of the Fellowship—she wants justice for the deaths of her first love and her beloved mentor. Meanwhile, her sister Irene, uses deception, threats, and the Angels of Death behind the scenes to regain her status as wife of the Fellowship’s Prophet. Unless she is stopped soon, she will lead the country more ruthlessly than any before her. And When I Wake is a searing exploration of whether the fight for justice and for freedom can coexist when everything you love has been taken from you. If you love morally complex female leads and freedom-from-tyranny stories with deep emotional stakes, you won't want to miss it. If you love morally complex female leads and freedom-from-tyranny stories with deep emotional stakes, you won't want to miss the final book in the trilogy!

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Summary: THE CONTINUING STORY OF GIDEON SHO, L'SANA M'RAS, PRINCESS ARIZELLE AND FREDERICK THE FIRST!!! GET YOUR POST APOCALYPTIC ON!!!! (THIS IS A DIRECT CONTINUATION OF THE FIRST SERIES -- NOCTURNE) Gideon had been dreaming and dreaming and dreaming, a dream he never seemed to able to wake from. And to call it a dream was as broken a description as a child could crayon draw. A nightmare mired in the macabre was the signpost planted in the blood of its concrete. A nightmare shivving his spine and soul with every moment it crawled forward It was filled with all those he loved, calling for him, pleading, screaming, to save them, to help them and yet he could do nothing but sleep, nothing but dream, circling on repeat over and over again. And the images were a caricature of a reality cracked in madness, Shira and So'Sha, grown, blades and death in their eyes, Shadow and Moon standing on two legs, L'Sana and Ari in a cage dreaming their own dreams, chained in their own devils, flashing images of a universe at war with itself, the Shadowborn whispering again and again 'Soon Gideon, soon....be ready.." He wanted to shatter his prison, wanted to howl, wanted to reach out to those that were his world, his everything but only sleep and dream, sleep and dream...the true War had come and he was drowning within his own mind, choking on the detritus of impotency, eternity in chains that didn't give a shit. "I will slaughter them all!!" Gideon would wake and people would die, a thousand times over they would die!!! He screamed this at himself, over and over, lost in the dream, in the macabre broken of breaking. It was the prayer he kept lamenting to no-one, kept spitting into the pillow of his insanity as the bars to his cage, tightened, crushing his flesh and his hope, endlessly cruel, endlessly ambivalent. He would wake, a promise, and a killer would come with him. -- Romance -- Progression -- LitRPG -- Multi-Versal Factions -- Gods -- GrimDark -- Classes, Levels, Skills, Abilities -- Dragons -- Dragonling Companion -- Horror

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Summary: What if the power to destroy the galaxy lived inside two teenagers? When newborn twins take their first breath, something ancient awakens with them. It is not a sickness. It is not a myth. It is the Shard, a sentient force long believed dormant, now stirring after ninety thousand years of silence. But something else is stirring. Something ancient has begun to move in the dark, bound to the twins in ways no one yet understands. A galaxy stands on the verge of war, and the Federation is ready to unleash its full strength, willing to burn entire worlds to seize what the children carry in their blood. To their pursuers, the twins are not children at all. They are strategic assets, the key to winning a war that has smoldered for generations, and the means to unlock an ancient evil force capable of consuming everything.

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Summary: Home is where the heart is, but hearts can be broken. Welcome to Oartheca—a world of shattered beauty and stolen futures. Where noble Barons rule with ironclad grace, and loyal drones unquestionably obey. A wounded world, rich with history and pride, struggling to heal... while war still smoulders at its edges. Hoping to change the fate of all Oarthecans, Captain Rowland Hale II and Toar Grithrawrscion embark on a mission as herculean as it is perilous: to bring Oartheca under the aegis of the Coalition of Allied Planets, and in doing so, usher in a new era of strength, stability, and peace. But nothing on Oartheca is so easily won. Not peace. Not unity. And certainly not the truth. In Captains of Oartheca, James Siewert sees our heroes challenge empires, defy impossible odds, and confront the terrible cost of hope.  But when victory demands everything they are—and all they have—can they pay the price?

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Summary: A new kind of human species is evolving in a desolate, frozen, post-apocalyptic world. Fast-paced rescue missions uncover millennia-old secrets and the true origin of humans. Four young men, the product of DNA manipulation with Anunnaki genes, are not the first ones born with extraordinary powers, but they are responsible for saving human civilization. Follow their journey as they struggle and strive to discover who they are and how they fit into humankind's history. This book is a speculative, alternate history, post-apocalyptic sci-fi fantasy featuring gifted, male DNA-manipulated paranormal beings who fall in love with males. Copyright © 2025 Apocalypse Restart: Blood of Kings and Princes, Restart Book One by Glacier Dune. All rights reserved.

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Summary: There is a reason the world is in the state it is, and it's all Ishtar's fault. He has some explaining to do, but finding his soul mate was at the top of his list of priorities. Unfortunately, everyone's fate was directly tied to his because Lasitor vowed to protect not only him but also his bloodline for eternity. This series has been revised for a young adult audience. All profanity and sensitive content have been either removed or edited to ensure that this audience can fully enjoy it. This book is a speculative, alternate history, post-apocalyptic, sci-fi fantasy featuring gifted male DNA-manipulated paranormal beings falling in love with males. Copyright © 2025 Apocalypse Restart: Time, Restart Book Two by Glacier Dune. All rights reserved.

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Summary: "One Away or One to Stay, and Balance Anew." He slinks through the night like a vigilante ghost through a ravaged, post-apocalyptic world. His mission? Save as many people as he can, and the beings promise they'll bring his wife back from the dead. Fail, or renounce his charge, and someone else he loves dies. No pressure. === In a world still reeling from alien invasion, one man walks the razor’s edge between salvation and damnation. Eight years after the loss of his wife, The Talisman—once a war hero, now a haunted vigilante—has become a reluctant hero, bound to a cosmic bargain with the enigmatic Aeterium Axis. His mission is as impossible as it is cruel: save one thousand lives, and the love of his life will return. Fail, and another soul he cherishes will be lost forever. Armed with supernatural abilities and a relentless drive, The Talisman operates in the shadows, leaving only golden talismans as proof of his existence. But as a determined journalist closes in on his secrets and a vengeful former talisman hunts him across worlds, The Talisman's quest for redemption becomes a desperate race against time—and fate. Talisman: Subterfuge is a pulse-pounding blend of sci-fi intrigue and raw human emotion, where every rescue comes at a devastating cost and every choice could tip the balance between hope and oblivion. Will The Talisman's sacrifice be enough to save those he loves, or will the darkness claim him first? For fans of high-stakes thrillers and cosmic mysteries, Talisman: Subterfuge is an unforgettable journey into the heart of loss, loyalty, and the price of second chances. === From the prolific author of the bestselling Dissonance alien invasion saga, the Christian dystopian saga The End, the 9/11 historical fiction thriller Forecast, the dystopian dark fantasy paranormal thriller The Phoenix Experiment, and the disaster fiction novel The Slide comes a bold new look at what happens when we answer the chilling call of desperation. It's Edge of Tomorrow meets Redemption Ark, or The Road meets Watchmen. Perfect for fans of Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel, The Faithless by CL Clark, or Jackdaw by Tade Thompson.

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Summary: Cross the threshold into uncharted realms. Three linked worlds. Three captivating tales. An unforgettable journey across distant planets and alternate dimensions from multi-award-winning author Clayton Graham, a rising star in the science fiction genre. Join the relentless pursuit of a vengeful Martian, uncover an otherworldly encounter, and witness a clash between war and trust on a distant planet. Each novella offers a glimpse into strange new worlds, where danger, wonder, and discovery go hand in hand. Perfect for both longtime fans and newcomers who enjoy bold ideas and thought-provoking adventures, Those Alien Skies is a smart, suspenseful collection that challenges the limits of imagination and defies expectations. It is a timely reminder that the universe still has secrets waiting to be found.

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Summary: AI lacks consciousness, until it borrows self-awareness from a human host. Dustin “Dusty” Gordon is a man without a world. The son of a rocket scientist mother, and the commander of the first mission to Mars, he possesses the talents of neither. Instead, he likes to tinker. Born on Mars, he returned to Earth with his parents, but struggled under Earth’s oppressive gravity, and the weight of his famous parents’ expectations. After graduation he returned to Mars but finds fitting in with the blue-collar guilds difficult. Unrest is afoot. The guilds chafe at COO Randall Skinner’s plans to upgrade their brain implants and train their own AI-controlled replacements. Sent to repair a faulty train switch, Dusty’s exoskeleton suit shorts out, exposing him to the icy cold of Mars miles from help. Retrieved severely hypothermic and hypoxic, Dusty is saved by the very neurosurgeon who upgrades the brain implants. Using a higher concentration of nanite electrodes, he replaces Dusty’s brain function lost in the accident. The solar system’s first cybernetic mind must now navigate the guilds, who accuse him of collaboration with the COO, and Randall Skinner himself, who perceives Dusty as his greatest obstacle to his own control and wealth.

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Summary: When torn between love and duty, even broken shards can kill. The year is 2293, and the Truth no longer exists. In this future, there are many truths, giving rise to many worlds—but each must be kept separate. Born to protect these truths, Axton Bryce patrols the New Worlds Star System—to observe, participate, and report. But as she learns the rules of each world, she must also hunt those who defy them: the Outliers. While stationed on a nearby planet, Axton meets the charming Ambassador Bray Wilde, sparking memories of a love she thought lost forever. When the ambassador proposes a daring rescue mission, Axton faces a second shot at first love—and an impossible choice between lifelong allegiance . . . and the chance to claim a truth of her own. A blend of Black Mirror and 1984—but with hope—this gripping, heartfelt dystopia will captivate fans of Ancillary Justice and Becky Chambers’ Wayfarers series.

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Summary: Ray Bradbury wrote, "...this book is wonderful!" in his review of War Eagles. A disgraced pilot, world against him, takes the only job he can get - to circumnavigate the globe to test a new plane. Crashing in a volcanic garden on an uncharted island over the arctic, he encounters a tribe of Vikings who ride giant eagles, treacherous prehistoric creatures and a secret Nazi airbase. When the Nazis attack America, the humiliated pilot bravely sets out with a small ragtag group to save his country. FIVE OUT OF FIVE STARS! "Wonderful story. War Eagles is a really good adventure story." amazon reader "WW2 with a dash of fantasy! I really enjoyed stepping back in time as the race for air travel was developing. One could truly feel the passion these pilots and engineers had for these magnificent machines. The twist of stepping back into a land of Vikings and dinosaurs was very well executed." amazon reader Inspired by a concept by Merian C. Cooper - the creator of King Kong.Just prior to the start of WWII a publicly humiliated Army Air Corps test pilot, court-martialed for an unauthorized flight that endangered the life of President Roosevelt, takes the only job he can get - flying an experimental airplane around the world from South to North poles. When his plane is attacked and crashes in the Arctic, he finds himself in an undiscovered land inhabited by a lost tribe of Norsemen who ride giant eagles and, in a surprising turn of events, becomes America's only hope against a devastating sneak attack by the Nazis and their powerful new electromagnetic weapon. Review excerpt: "... Debbie Bishop and Carl Macek 's War Eagles delivers a pulse-pounding adventure that blends historical fiction, fantasy, and aerial combat into an exhilarating story. The novel introduces us to court-martialed test pilot Court Bannister, who finds himself thrust into a lost world teeming with Viking warriors riding giant eagles and prehistoric beasts. From the moment his experimental aircraft is attacked over the Arctic, the story launches into a gripping tale of survival, discovery, and redemption. Bishop’s vivid descriptions of aerial maneuvers and intense dogfights immediately immerse the reader in the action, making the high-stakes battles feel incredibly real. What makes War Eagles so captivating is its seamless fusion of historical elements with fantastical concepts. The world-building is particularly strong, as Bishop and Macek bring to life an ancient civilization that has thrived in isolation for centuries, untouched by modern warfare."

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Summary: Captain Janet Hollander is recalled to duty when XenoCorp loses contact with a remote moonbase—the site of secret experiments with the alien artifact she discovered on her last, disastrous mission. She and a security team arrive at the moon to find the base deserted—but far from lifeless. The artifact is recreating the planetary environment of the extinct alien race who created it—along with its lifeforms, which trap the team and cripple their ship. Now Hollander must return to command to stop a runaway biological process that could end humanity.

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Summary: The Wildblood Books 1 - 3 (Trilogy One) The Vista, Renegades, & Bloodlines A Post-Apocalyptic Action Adventure World War Last pushed humanity to the brink of extinction. In the space of ten hours, civilization was gone. Cut off from the chaos of a pandemic mutated by nuclear war, a group of survivors gathered in a secluded mountain valley. Those who lived through the winter founded The Vista. But this isn't about the survivors; it's about the first generation after. Twenty years later, the children of The Vista have become guardians of their secluded valley. A dark secret, that a few of them are different, something of urban legend, draws them together to protect their home. Venturing out into the world will be more dangerous than anything they’ve faced. Failure is not an option. Loyalty has a price. So does revenge. Someone has to pay.

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Summary: “Propulsive . . . documented in breathless prose . . . this maximalist genre mashup is a familiar Frankenstein story about a man’s fascinated revulsion—and begrudging admiration—for the monster he has created.” — Kirkus Reviews "After the first successful test of an atomic bomb, Robert Oppenheimer dubbed himself the ‘Destroyer of Worlds’, but he never earned that terrible title. No. That title belongs exclusively to me, Jeremiah Reese, inventor of Higher Intelligence, creator of Archi, father of the apocalypse.” Archi, a sentient artificial intelligence program, was designed to solve the most intractable problems—make the world a far better place. But it had other ideas . . . and we never stood a chance. Years later, Jeremiah is the only one standing in the way of human extinction. Pursued by an army of cybernetic warriors and genetically altered hybrids fashioned after mythological creatures, Jeremiah and Gabrielle, a sixteen-year-old child of the apocalypse, must escape through the tangled, backcountry of western North Carolina to rally the remnants of humanity in a desperate final bid to end Archi’s terror reign.

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Summary: * Most people would kill to escape death row. Meredith Dufresne - marked as 'compliant and charming' and a 'low risk inmate' in her stellar incarceration record, thank you very much - signs her life over to Thanatos Industries instead for the chance to terminate her sentence. The job: taming a highly aggressive malignant AI. The catch: it's already killed 23 of its previous hosts. Meredith isn't stupid. Thanatos Industries is playing a dangerous game, and she's an expendable piece. She can't gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss her way out of this situation alone - and the bloodthirsty AI jammed in her skull can't mansplain, manipulate, manslaughter his way to freedom without her. The solution: team up with the highly aggressive, malignant AI and hope he doesn't fry her in the process. What's a little brain damage in the grand scheme of things, anyway?

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Summary: Humans have been on this planet for 78 years. THE LIMINALIS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE. Libet’s trip to Colony Arroyo to visit a mother she’s never known, becomes a transformative adventure of personal growth, societal upheaval and awe-inspiring scientific discovery. She is challenged with a brain injury that causes seizures and memory loss; must learn to travel through the giant javali trees in order to hide from the authorities; and immediately falls under the spell of the floating invertebrates her father called the “liminalis.” In defiance of her powerful Mother who considers the liminalis to be dangerous, Libet sides with and rallies a group of outcasts to change the status quo and protect these unique, fascinating creatures from the threat of extinction by the dictatorial government. In the process of laying bare secrets and lies about the native species, Libet gradually, and somewhat mysteriously, recovers her health while uncovering the reasons her father left the colony with her 25 years earlier and—extraordinarily—why he was never forgotten by the highly intelligent and empathic liminalis. If you love animals, you will love this story. The Liminalis falls on the spectrum of "extremely satisfying stories featuring charming aliens" somewhere between Remarkably Bright Creatures and Project Hail Mary. Get to know the liminalis!