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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!
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Summary: ALIENS VENMOED ME A TRILLION DOLLARS "The truth is out there... and paying very well." Doug Dawkins lives to debunk conspiracy theories, especially crackpot claims of aliens. So when his dead dad FaceTimes him (giving him crazy money and orders to cover up the truth of extraterrestrial existence), Doug is sure this is a hacker's scam and reports it to the NSA. Then government security servers melt down. NSA agents become convinced Doug and his wife are dangerous spies. But Doug is sure he'd never kill anyone or believe aliens exist. Could he be half right? One problem is that an astronomer just discovered the background static of the universe is actually unfathomably complex, interstellar communications, definitive proof of alien life, and that professor is... Doug's wife, Lena Fierro. Why would he want to turn down a trillion-dollar cosmic bribe, yet still conceal the truth from the world? Book Comparisons: THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM meets THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY. Movie Comparisons: DON'T LOOK UP meets CONTACT and GALAXY QUEST. "Spacetime is money." Reviews: LITERARY TITAN: 5 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Aliens Venmoed Me a Trillion Dollars is a wild, brainy, satirical sci-fi romp... It felt like Black Mirror collided with The X-Files and got notes from Arrested Development." READERS' FAVORITE: 5 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "sharply written, inventive, and fantastic story"
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Summary: Regan Cruz thought grief was his greatest battle—until his late husband Max’s secrets shattered everything he believed about their life together in San Jose, California. When the family attorney calls him in, Regan learns that Max had been hiding a fortune in money and property. Even more shocking is a cryptic letter instructing him to visit a secluded cabin in Boulder Creek, California, where a journal and a man named Lutin will explain everything. At the cabin, Regan encounters an eccentric old man who seems unhinged. Brushing off the bizarre meeting, he discovers Max’s journal, only to find claims that defy reason—Max’s family were Hereditary Witches, and Regan himself is an Elemental Witch. Feeling like the world has gone mad, Regan attempts to leave—until he meets a handsome man who introduces himself as Lutin. As inexplicable events continue to unfold around him, Regan begins to suspect that reality is far more magical than he ever imagined. Can Regan, with Lutin’s guidance, control his newfound elemental powers before they consume him? As the two grow closer, will they remain strangers or become something more? And as Regan comes to terms with his abilities, he may realize there’s more than magic at play—it might be fate.
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Summary: In 1937, Fredrick Rudolf, a steward aboard the LZ 129 Hindenburg, planned to escape the German Reich with his boyfriend upon arriving in New Jersey. However, disaster struck, and as a fireball rushed towards him, Fredrick found himself transported to an alternate reality standing and waiting at the Moffett Field Airship Terminal in San Jose, California, in 2025. In 2025, Leo Asher awaits his new butler, Fredrick Rudolf, at the Moffett Field Light Rail station. As the Concierge/Trainer for the Hawaiian Sun, one of the eleven zeppelins of the United AirShips Family, Leo is eager to finish his preparations for the eighth annual Queer Cruise. Despite a rocky start, Fredrick and Leo quickly hit it off. As Leo gets Fredrick acclimated to the Hawaiian Sun and prepares for two hundred guests from the Queer Community, both men grapple with secrets that could impact not just their lives, but those on the cruise. With Fredrick's mysterious arrival and Leo's concealed medical condition, they must navigate their pasts to carve out a new future. Will they each find love in the skies over the Pacific Ocean? Join the adventure aboard the Hawaiian Sun, where luxury and elegance go on holiday.
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Summary: A near-future high-concept science fiction thriller, told in a noir style and set in the late 21st century, in which much of east London is being abandoned to the rising sea. For Metropolitan Police detective Lewis Drake it begins when he is murdered. After that, it only gets worse: the case he is assigned involves one of the entangled, those who have learned to live in the many worlds of the quantum multiverse without losing their minds. Lewis despises the entangled and hates the drugs they take to join their alternate selves. The case expands into a complex web of murder, corruption, conspiracy and espionage with the entangled gang leader Vidmar at its centre. Lewis’s sister Alice knows all the answers but she is lost in the chaos of a multitude of realities. Only if Lewis overcomes his prejudices and takes the black capsule that will open his mind to other lives will he be able to solve the murders, find the elusive Erica, and protect Alice.
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Summary: A sense of unrest is growing among the descendants of those who survived the asteroid impact. It's been 230 years since it hit earth. Some feel it’s time to leave the retrofitted mine. The mayor enforces the old rules. Only when he feels it's safe will anyone go topside. That’s despite the breakdowns and crop failures. So, the rebellion begins. The rebels have spent years preparing and gathering supplies. They are hoping to escape soon. Will they find a way out? Will they be able to survive topside? No one is sure, but they plan on trying.
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Summary: A planet on the brink of annihilation. A technological breakthrough. A battle for survival that will decide the fate of two worlds. From multi-award-winning sci-fi author Clayton Graham, author of the Milijun Series, Looking for Life and Those Alien Skies, Saving Paludis is a thrilling sci-fi adventure packed with futuristic technology, high-octane paranormal action, and alien political intrigue that fans of Arthur C. Clarke will enjoy. 2020 Top Shelf Awards Winner 2018 Readers' Favorite Book Awards - Finalist Book Excellence Awards - Finalist 2023 N.N. Light's Book Heaven Award ★★★★★ "In this story, the humans are the hostile invaders. A twist that definitely keeps you hooked." ★★★★★ "This is what you look for when searching for the perfect science fiction. It simply has it all… tension, aliens, colonization, and classic science fiction elements that wrap neatly together to create a cohesive book." ★★★★★ "If you like good sci-fi, good writing, and a plot that screams adventure, you'll like Saving Paludis." ★★★★★ "So well written that all scenes fall into place without as much as a delay in the flow of the book. I couldn't put it down." In the distant future, humanity has mastered space travel and colonized distant planets. One such world is Paludis, a mineral-rich planet known as Musk by its native inhabitants. When scientists from Paludis share a groundbreaking technological discovery with Earth, peace quickly gives way to deadly conflict. Caught in the crossfire, local police agent Stefan Lattanzis is thrust into a whirlwind of intrigue, rising tensions, and cosmic danger. As the situation worsens, Stefan teams up with a determined botanist and a mysterious seer. Together, they must rely on trust and teamwork to confront the growing threats to their world. The oppressed Muskans seize the chance for change, while a rogue human faction plots to exploit the new technology for its own mysterious ends. In this volatile environment, who can be trusted? With Earth threatening destruction and the Paludis economy crumbling, Stefan must risk everything to save his home—even if it means facing an unstoppable force.
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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: Prima che ci fosse la squadra tre, c'era il blackout. La prima guerra mondiale ha spinto l'umanita all'orlo dell'estinzione. Nello spazio di dieci ore, la civilta era sparita. Tagliato fuori dal caos di una pandemia mutata dalla guerra nucleare, un gruppo di sopravvissuti si raduno in una valle di montagna appartata. Quelli che hanno vissuto l'inverno hanno fondato la vista. Ma non si tratta dei sopravvissuti, si tratta della prima generazione successiva. Venti anni dopo, sono divantati tutori della loro valle isolata. Un segreto oscuro, che alcuni di loro sono diversi, qualcosa di leggenda urbana, li unisce per proteggere la loro casa. Avventurarsi nel mondo sara pui pericoloso di qualsiasi cosa abbianio affrontato. Cosa faresti per proteggere la tua casa?
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Summary: Strap in, turn down the lights, and enter worlds that will stretch your imagination to the full… From the multi-award-winning author of the First Contact Series, Milijun, Saving Paludis, Silently in the Night, and Those Alien Skies comes a spellbinding collection of short stories that promises hours of captivating entertainment. Experience tales ranging from a stranded alien comedian to the darkest corners of the human mind; from breathtaking galactic adventures to hidden extraterrestrial schemes on Earth. Each story is crafted to keep you guessing and enthralled at every turn. 2022 IAN Book of the Year Award: Short Story Collection - Finalist 2022 Incipere Book Awards - First Place 2022 Global Book Awards - Gold Winner 2021 Readers' Favorite - Finalist 2021 Literary Titan Gold Book Award 2021 Top Shelf Award - First Place 2021 Authors Shout Top Pick ★★★★★ "The writing style employed by Graham is unique and powerful. His wording is beautiful and well-crafted, making the act of slipping into the worlds that he creates an easy task. The characters, situations, and places are all created with care and depth. I loved the style of this author." ★★★★★ “Looking for Life is a spine-tingling, thrilling compilation of stories you mustn’t miss." ★★★★★ “Clayton’s way with words and his descriptions of both place and characters in distant and strange encounters and worlds are painted with elegance and authority. He leaves us with not a ‘what if’ attitude, but with a ‘when?’ and that is the essence of a fine science fiction author.” ★★★★★ “I fell in love with the book from the very first story. The plots varying from dark conspiracies to direct threats keep high suspense in all stories.” With tales of alien invasion, deep space mystery, time travel, and dystopian future Earths, this is a collection which takes inspiration from the much respected ‘old masters’ of Science Fiction.
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Summary: They called him chosen. They always do. But Egorh Bronbeck was never meant to wield the Orinium. It wasn’t gifted to him—it was cursed into his blood, sealed by betrayal, and bound in silver. In one world, he was a prince. A rider. A Keeper of ancient power. Until his blood proved more precious than his life. They murdered him for it. And still, he lived. Now Egorh must cross worlds, outwit gods, and face monsters older than memory—not to save the world, but to reclaim it. This is not the story of a destined hero. This is the story of a boy who refused to stay dead. The Keeper’s Blood is a dark and lyrical epic fantasy that blends myth, magic, and slow-burning revenge––For readers who crave immersive worldbuilding, flawed heroes, and stories where the line between destiny and defiance runs razor-thin.
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Summary: Wade When my little brother was fifteen, he kissed a boy. Someone from our werewolf pack saw him and told Alpha, and that was the end. The end of his life, because wolf packs have ironclad rules and one of them is, Thou shalt not be gay, ever. Shawn died. And the extra gut-punch on top of losing my brother was that the man who obeyed our Alpha’s order to kill Shawn was Dustin, our Fixer, a man I’d thought was my good friend. The man I’d secretly had a crush on. Once Shawn was dead, once Alpha let me loose, I ran fast and far. I wanted to kill Dustin, to smear his guts out on the ground and dance on them, but he had four inches, thirty pounds, and fifteen years of fighting experience on me. He was pack Sixth to my Fifteenth. In a fight, I’d always lose. Still, as I made a new life a long way from the pack, I vowed that one day, I’d find Dustin and end him. Then, one spring night, I woke to a very familiar wolf peering in at me from the fire escape. I had my shot at revenge at last. Dustin Pack Fixer is a title, a job, an avocation. It’s also a prison, bound by vows to your Alpha and one sole commandment: protect the pack. My father, who was Fixer before me, taught me all kinds of ways to cover up evidence that might reveal werewolves. I could pick locks, alter photos, confuse, drug, blackmail, and eliminate threats. I was up on all the new technology that was growing by leaps and bounds here in the 1970s. I understood video, knew what a motion detector could do. And I used my skills to kill an innocent boy. Well, that’s what my Alpha thought I’d done, what he’d commanded of me. What Shawn’s brother Wade believed, when he escaped our pack and vanished. In fact, Shawn was still alive and I was no longer Fixer. But it took me seven years to find Wade, to give him the good news. Question is, will he kill me before I can tell him he still has a brother? Fixer is a hurt-comfort, second chances prequel novella set in the 1970s, thirty-seven years before the events in Unacceptable Risk.
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Summary: An unexpected inheritance. A potion shop in a sleepy little town. An aloof neighbour with walls around her heart. When Mira receives a letter from a distant relative bequeathing her an old potion shop in the small town of Emberglen, she grasps this opportunity to flee a miserable job in the city and start anew. With little experience but ample enthusiasm, Mira throws herself into running her late uncle’s shop right at the edge of the beautiful Honeywood. While Mira is busy fixing up her new house, making friends with the townspeople, and learning how to brew, things in Emberglen turn out to be not quite as idyllic as they appear. Mira’s former employer is already in town, and the mystical spring that has let the villages along the Honeywood flourish for so long is drying up. With her fledgling business at stake, Mira teams up with her equally grumpy and attractive neighbour Yoni and her childhood friend Kayden to try and save the town that is just beginning to become her new home. Of Potions and Honey is a cosy, sapphic romantic fantasy for fans of The Spellshop and Stardew Valley!
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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: The second book in the Post Host cozy fantasy series: Dana Everet’s peaceful retirement is collapsing faster than an over-mixed souffle. A visiting army legion is quartering soldiers in Starwatch, forcing the magical-artificer-turned-postmaster to deal with messy, unwanted guests in her workspace. But the situation reaches a boiling point when Tarban, the meringue-loving minotaur, is accused of murdering a centurion with an artificer’s weapon. Because the military investigators refuse to work with the local sheriff, Dana starts sleuthing on her own. She uncovers a mystery going back decades. And with a dangerous plot brewing, food supplies running short, and the Sapphire Knights snooping around her doorstep, Dana may be on a collision course with the proverbial frying pan and fire. Can Dana uncover the real killer, save her friend, and keep herself out of hot water, or will they both end up in the soup? Desserts for the Deserter is the enchanting second novel in the Post Host Cozy Fantasy Series. If you like charming characters, warmhearted stories, and foodie fun, then you will love J.S. Ruff’s delightful tale.
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Summary: In the ten years since his parents died in a fire he predicted but couldn't prevent, seventeen year old Matt is trying to stay out of trouble, biding his time until he graduates and ages out of foster care. All he wants is for the world to leave him alone so he won't be tortured by seeing someone's future he's powerless to change anyway. But his plans for keeping himself aloof fail when he interrupts a vicious attack on Amara, a girl he recognizes from school. Despite his best attempts to push her away, he can't ignore the connection they've formed. That's when glimpses of Amara's dangerous future start to invade the present -- a future he fears is his fault. Now Matt has something to lose again . . . and something to fight for.
