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The Fukushima Connection (HyperVigilanté Book 2) by Link Rayburn

A genre-savvy, emotionally grounded superhero tale with equal parts kick and conscience… In Rayburn’s witty and high-energy second foray into the HV-verse, a near-drowning in the Pacific leaves a Japanese-American couple with more than just survivor’s guilt. Karate instructor and…
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The Guidance by Jack Verson

Quiet, intelligent, layered… Verson returns with a quietly ambitious work of speculative fiction that blends mythology, anthropology, theology, and philosophy into a meditation on human development across time and ideology. On the distant planet of Domhan, three isolated tribes—the Harvest,…
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Trek (The Strange Planets We Settle Book 2) by Jack Verson

Philosophical, contemplative, and quietly unsettling… In Verson’s second installment in the Strange Planets We Settle series, a gifted young investigator joins her legendary parents on a planet where peace becomes peril. Sienna, fresh from a philosophy-focused university on the color-shifting…
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Prism: The Strange Planets We Settle by Jack Verson

Atmospheric, introspective, and richly imaginative… An alien world of dazzling hues challenges a perceptive investigator in Verson’s philosophical sci-fi debut in The Strange Planets We Settle series. A human settler on the color-shifting planet of Prism has died mysteriously, and…
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Neurojuggler (The Mechanic’s Diary Book 2) by Ian Domowitz

A powerful, unsettling, and fiercely original work… In a future where flesh and circuitry fuse, belief is hand-copied like scripture, and a machine-born prophet stalks the shadowed edge of reality, one homunculus dreams of utopia while another prepares to burn…
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Red Dirt Part III: The Saint Chanter by D.K. Kristof

Layered, emotionally devastating, and bold in scope. A young Martian warrior struggles with grief, faith, and the ghosts of a dying world in Kristof’s raw, emotionally charged trilogy finale. Seventeen-year-old Miri, a reluctant leader bearing the title of Star Bearer,…
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Doomsday Planet by William Burke

Part military thriller, part time-travel epic, and all-out action… Burke melds gallows humor, speculative madness, and cinematic pacing into a pulpy sci-fi adventure where history, aliens, and high-tech warfare collide. Veteran astronaut Marcus Reno dies in a shuttle crash, then…
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Heightened: Project Evolve by Kevin E. Morris

An introspective sci-fi thriller with speculative and psychological depth. A lonely teen discovers dangerous truths and buried powers in Morris’s compelling sci-fi thriller. Fifteen-year-old Kai Chapman has spent a decade in a bleak reform school with no memory of who…
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The Mutant and the Mule by A. A. Blair

Visceral, gritty, and propulsive… An engineered mutant soldier and a bitter, alcoholic wasteworker form an uneasy alliance in Blair’s politically charged dystopian novel. Decades after the Genetic Wars, Cincuenta Yuno functions as both fortress and machine. Helia, a powerful Mutant…
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Series review: Man-Made Trilogy by Cassie Cluster

Tense, philosophical, and deeply human: A breathtaking blend of emotional depth and ethical inquiry. Cluster’s Man-Made trilogy is an intelligent, emotionally charged exploration of artificial intelligence and its intersection with humanity. Over three tense installments, the story follows Betty, the…
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Man-Made: Three out of Four by Cassie Cluster

Funny, well plotted, and full of surprises; an entertaining ride from start to finish. In Cluster’s electrifying conclusion to the Man-Made trilogy, the boundaries between humanity, identity, and survival are pushed to their limits. Now in witness protection, Betty and…
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Man-Made: Two a New Life by Cassie Cluster

A profound exploration of humanity, love, and the moral boundaries of creation. In her second book of the Man-Made trilogy, Cluster delivers a taut, thought-provoking sequel that examines the intersection of AI, ethics, and the complexities of human emotions. The…
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Man-Made: One of a Kind by Cassie Cluster

A taut, urgent read… Cluster’s series kicker in the Man-Made trilogy is a sharp, intense dive into the heart of AI, identity, and freedom. The story follows Betty, an AI caregiver who breaks from her programming to experience emotions and…