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The Blackshade Machine (Book 1: Original Design) by William D. Latoria

A hard-edged and brilliantly imaginative science fiction tale… Latoria examines courage, survival, and individual struggles in this deeply complex, intriguing SF series kicker featuring the gutsy Colonel Blackshade. It is 2072. America and Canada have merged together to form a…
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Battle in the Avenue by Sean McCutchen

A gritty, sharp, and ultimately hopeful tale… A winner. McCutchen’s latest novel is an exciting, page-turning tale of a dystopian world struggling with Fuel Wars threatening to destroy the world and wiping out humanity. Betrayed by his lifelong friend and…
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The Omega Variant (The Apocalyptic Series Book 3) by Sean O’Neil

An intriguing tale of hope, faith, and survival… O’Neal’s engrossing latest combines elements of fast-paced thriller with an unsettling sci-fi what-if scenario of a pandemic variant of lethal COVID-19 wreaking havoc in America. It’s late 2025. The world is still…
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Throwback: The Liam Flannery Chronicle #1 by Joseph Mulligan

Well plotted, engaging, and full of surprises… Not to be missed. Mulligan’s first installment in The Liam Flannery Chronicle series provides a splendid genre-blend of time travel, YA contemporary, and cozy mystery. When nineteen-year-old Charlene Mackinson goes missing, Connor O’Mara,…
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Antuna’s Story (The Antunite Chronicles Book 1) by Terry Birdgenaw

Engrossing and addictive… Unquestionably solid. Well-crafted prose, deft characterization, and a precise eye for details mark Birdgenaw’s debut installment in The Antunite Chronicles series. A wormhole appears out of nowhere in Earth’s atmosphere, transporting several Earth insects to an alien…
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Sheffrou Betrayed: The Color of Treason (The Sheffrou Trilogy Book 2) by Cami Michaels

An engaging space odyssey… An Earth woman and an alien male set out on a quest to save a dying race from extermination in Michaels’s second installment in The Sheffrou Trilogy. It’s been six months since Tamara fell through a…
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Beneath An Alien Sun by R. Garcia Vazquez

A well-plotted, engaging post-apocalyptic odyssey. An alien-controlled futuristic world is the vivid backdrop for this deeply intriguing sci-fi novel from Vazquez. After surviving a bizarre kidnapping orchestrated by his own tech-mogul father, Merlin Stone wants to do nothing but return…
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The Plague: Judgement Day (The Apocalyptic Series Book 1) by Sean O’Neil

A surprising and thrilling apocalyptic tale… O’Neal’s first installment in The Apocalyptic Series is a fast-paced and entertaining fusion of supernatural, sci-fi, and mainstream thriller. When Mike Polson, a husband and father of two, begins to have strange and violent…
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Geniuses® Iii: The Double-R Prophecy Continues by Neil W. Flanzraich

Intriguing and thoroughly engrossing… Flanzraich’s third installment in The Double-R Prophecy Continues series mixes familiar elements of SF and action thriller to tell a tale of sadism, ambition, revenge, and integrity. When the evil Genius Arkady Astrakhan, the Supreme Ruler…
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Mystics of Fortune by Mike Carlozzi

A relentlessly paced, action-packed, and character-driven tale… Un-put-downable Carlozzi’s debut is a mind-blowing fusion of science fiction, thriller, and apocalyptic fiction. It’s been two hundred years since a cyclone of asteroids pummeled Earth. Led by the mighty Reeves Corporation and…
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The Left Hand of Dog (Starship Teapot #1) by SI Clarke

A fun page-turner… Heaps of mystery, laugh-out-loud humor, and space intrigue abound in this fun space opera by Clarke. Lem and her faithful German Shepherd, Spock, arrive in Algonquin Park for hiking and find themselves kidnapped by a bunch of…
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Demons, the Great White North and the Blind Detective: A Peter Straw, Third Eye Mystery by Shawn Adair Johnston

Simply un-put-downable… Set in 2080, Johnston’s latest installment in A Peter Straw, Third Eye Mystery series sees the detective pair on the track of an elusive inhuman criminal. The blind detective Peter Straw and his intellectually-augmented seeing eye dog Watson…
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Jovian Son (The Jovian Duology Book 2) by Kim Catanzarite

A twist-and-turn, intelligent SF thriller… Catanzarite concludes her award-winning The Jovian Duology with this immersive installment, taking readers on Svetlana’s journey across the globe as she tries to look for Evander. It has been ten years since Svetlana sought refuge…
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Christ came from Croydon by John Redstone

Unusual and intriguing… Set in a near future in Croydon, London, Toronto, New York, Shanghai, Geneva, Moscow, and San Diego, Redstone’s debut explores oppression, injustice, courage, and identity. The world has become a chaotic place. A multi-national terrorist group aiming…
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Risen (The Battle for Darracia #3) by Michael Phillip Cash

An emotionally charged and thematically profound conclusion to a fascinating series… Cash’s final installment in The Battle for Darracia trilogy captivates with its ferocious action, poignant emotion, and atmospheric setting. With Prince V’sair captured and the ruling class left for…
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Collision (The Battle for Darracia #2) by Michael Phillip Cash

Artfully constructed and vividly detailed… Electrifying. Cash continues The Battle of Darracia trilogy with this second installment with all the key players separated and searching for answers throughout the solar system. With Zayden on the trail of his uncle Staf…
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Schism (The Battle for Darracia #1) by Michael Phillip Cash

A captivating start to what promises to be an epic space fable… The first volume in Cash’s The Battle for Darracia trilogy is set centuries into a future shaped by violence, bloodshed, and pride, where varied alien races are threatened…
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Inhabitant by Charles Crittenden

An absorbing piece of verse fiction about determination, courage, resistance, and hope… Told in verse, Crittenden’s debut space opera explores the many transitions of life: from rootless to new homes, from failure to success, from hope to despair and back…
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Omitted Pieces by Stephanie Hansen

A fast, intense, action-packed YA read… Hansen concludes the Transformed Nexus duology with this entertaining, imaginative installment. It is 2164. Sierra is in a new body and on a new planet with a new problem. Cromwell, the mad scientist, has…