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Goddess of the Gillani by Jim Hamilton

  A delightful, engrossing read… After Colony Ship New Hope, Jim Hamilton returns with a sophisticated sequel. Cassiopeia Evanland and Griffin Mayfir’s exploratory jump rides across the universe continue until a disgraced variant decides to exact revenge for Cassiopeia’s part…
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My Diary of You by Haley Peterson

  A chorus of emotional teenage voices… Peterson’s short collection captures delicate moments of love and heartbreak in high school years as the protagonist talks about falling in love, the misery of a broken heart, her regrets, and her grief.…
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Journey to the Son by Carla Carlisle

  Multi-layered, emotionally charged read… Journey to the Son narrates Carla A. Carlisle’s eight-year struggle filled with mental turmoil and moral dilemma to get Devon, her foster son, back from a difficult system and a manipulative, abusive birth mother. Years…
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Scooter Nation, Unapologetic Lives Series Book 2 by A.B. Funkhauser

  Brilliant… A must read. With a captivating prose, an excellent characterization, and her ability to revitalize the most mundane events with paramount implications, Funkhauser delivers her second book in the Unapologetic Lives series with an extra oomph. Funeral directors…
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Prairie Fire: A Top Secret Presidential Novel by Mike Shallenbergar

With its high narrative energy and fast-paced action, Prairie Fire makes for a quick read… After Recover and Terminate, his first Top-Secret Presidential novel, Shellenbergar returns once again to espionage genre with this absorbing, tightly plotted action thriller about uncovering…
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Birth Right: Galak’s Rising by Christina Goebel

  A brilliant start to the series… In a cyborg-ruled world where destruction of technology has reduced civilization to a few ancient tribes and secret underground dwellings, humans and Valki, the genetically enhanced humans, are barely surviving their brutal treatment…
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Piper Robbin and the American Oz Maker by Warwick Gleeson

Dark and surprising, Gleeson’s modern twist on the world-famous classic tale is rich in characters and world building… Expertly combining hard-core science fiction and high fantasy, Gleeson tells the story of twenty-first century’s greatest sorcerer who sets out to save…