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The Wanderer: The Planetary Fixer Trilogy Book 1 by P.R. Ramos

A high-octane thrill ride… In Ramos’s exhilarating debut installment in The Planetary Fixer Trilogy, an intergalactic fixer living in a distant future becomes embroiled in a perilous mission to destroy a swarming mass of menacing monsters. It might seem like…
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A Day in the Life by Andrew Masseurs

A stark and captivating dystopian tale… A man discovers he may be the only human to have survived a catastrophic event in Masseurs’ debut novel. Michael wakes up to find himself in a world where everyone has vanished without a…
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The Lost Family Robinson by Alan Priest

Intriguing, well-written; a clever and amusing romp through time. This highly enjoyable novel by Priest is replete with nonstop action, specks of theoretical science, relentless tension, and realistic family squabbling. The Robinson family of four brothers – Fred, Ernie, Jack…
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A Place of Fog and Murder (Lou Tanner, P.I.) by T. E. MacArthur

A mystery that has it all: wit, smarts, relentless twists, and a sassy heroine to root for… MacArthur’s fearless and soignée Lou Tanner investigates a mystery as intriguing as it’s dangerous in 1935’s San Francisco. Lou Tanner was dying to…
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The Wall by Brian Penn

Grim, gripping, and entertaining…. A young man gets caught up in a terrifying rebellion in Penn’s engrossing dystopian tale. It’s 2099.  A wall divides the former United States in two parts; Zion and MiddleLand. Stuck in MiddleLand, Asher longs to…
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Terra Utopia: A Novel by Phil Moore

An absorbing, rousing space thriller… A group of five interstellar travelers find themselves trapped on a mysterious planet in Moore’s latest SF tale. While on a mission that involves the reconnaissance and settlement of a distant planet, Proxima B, in…
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In The Oblivion of Borrowed Time by Kate Barny

An absorbing, rousing SF adventure tale with a compelling heroine… A young woman struggling with her personal demons fights to protect what’s left of the planet’s fragile ecosystem in Barny’s slender SF novella. In a dystopian future where the world…
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The Surge by Monica Abbott

Intriguing and thoroughly engaging… Abbott blends hard science with faith and ancient history to deliver an intriguing SF tale. Baghdad, Iraq 2003. Operation Iraqi Freedom is in full swing. Major George Hahn unearths an ancient mausoleum while leading a group…
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The Pilgrim – Part I: Immortality Wars by A. Keith Carreiro

Dense and complex… An exquisitely plotted SF tale. In his fourth installment in the Immortality Wars series, Carreiro ably weaves an intricate, immersive and often exciting tale within a grim futuristic setting. It is 2562, Old Earth Time. When Pall…
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The Arcadian Match (Rising World) by Anne Mortensen

Fascinating and intriguing; a cinematic reading experience. A Q-score mastermind gets caught up in a sinister conspiracy of national consequences in Mortensen’s gripping latest in the Rising World series. 2032. Sweden is the very first crime free, eco-ideal nation. In…
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Pyramids of Meridian by Sam Arnold

A high-stakes science-fiction thrill ride; fun through and through.   Space opera, speculative fiction, and romance combine to form an imaginative, intriguing post-apocalyptic story in Arnold’s debut novel. When Michael Rene Gostani arrives in the afterlife after his death in…
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A FEW CASUALTIES SO WHAT by Wilson Jackson

A darkly intriguing mix of SF and crime drama… Jackson amalgamates a near-future sci-fi setting and a murder mystery plot into a dark crime saga in his latest Chubby Pone novels. Chubby Pone is content being a troubleshooter, leaving his…
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The Space Between Dark and Light by Jan Krause Greene

A thoroughly addictive, intriguing SF story with a supernatural twist… Set in multiple timelines, including distant future, Greene’s latest novel with its elements of sci-fi and human drama, highlights survival and human resilience. When Joe Geist, accompanied by his brother…
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Critical Habitat by Terrence King

A fast-paced, exhilarating dystopian tale that hits all the right notes… King’s first installment in the planned dystopian series features grim conflict, a corrupt utopian government, and social upheaval steeped in hunger, starvation, and survival. A world devastated by war…
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The Silver Prison by Peter Shokeir

A perfect fusion of SF, steampunk, and action thriller… A misfit group of strangers set out on a mission to stop the dangerous villains in Shokeir’s thrilling debut. When a mysterious superpowered man, Slate, is dug up at a semi-secret…
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Crystal and the Underlings: The future of humanity by Jack Kelley

Intricate, intriguing, and wonderfully engaging… Kelley’s epic dystopian tale brims with vivid characters and subplots. Part of the seventh generation of Elite humans, Crystal is considered the best warrior and strategist. When her twin brother goes missing in the Mojave…
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Forever Child by Mark Lavine

An intriguing dystopian tale that is both unsettling and thought-provoking… Vividly wrought imagery, steady pacing, and an intriguing cast mark Lavine’s engrossing dystopian tale. 2315. The world has changed. There are a chosen few, known as the forever children, whose…
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Time Paradox: Tales of a Bounty Hunter Book 2 by Athena Stamelou

A winding, fast, freewheeling adventure… Stamelou impresses in her brilliant and compulsively readable second installment in the Tales of a Bounty Hunter series, which picks up immediately after the events of The Last of the Time Lords. Novah, the last…
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Forever Child by Mark Lavine

An intriguing dystopian tale that is both unsettling and thought-provoking… Vividly wrought imagery, steady pacing, and an intriguing cast mark Lavine’s engrossing dystopian tale. 2315. The world has changed. There are a chosen few, known as the forever children, whose…
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Isle Lacion by S.C. Chin

Engrossing and intriguing; an involving SF adventure. Chin’s smart tale combines fantasy and hard SF, taking readers on an ex-soldier’s extraordinary journey to contentment and fulfillment. Serving in the Anima War in Babek for six years has left nothing but…