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"The Birdcage" by Krista White
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​Matt’s in awe of his wife.
Feisty, intelligent, capable, and now excelling in her first executive sales position. But Jillian’s job requires long hours, and Matt can’t help but suspect an affair. Jillian’s become more suited to her impressive boss than the hapless schoolteacher she’s outgrown.
Jillian’s marriage is slipping through her fingers.
Jill loves meeting the challenges of her new job, despite the unreasonable demands of her misogynistic boss. But she needs to find the balance between being a woman, wife, mother and hard-charging executive. Even a patient man like Matt won’t tolerate her neglect for long.
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ACHTEN TAN SERIES by Debbie Iancu-Haddad
"Speechless in Achten Tan" - Book 1 in "The Sands of Achten Tan" series
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Mila hasn't spoken in the five years since she became an Onra, a first level Everfall witch. After failing the test to reclaim her voice and control her magic, her mentor sends eighteen-year-old Mila to Achten Tan – City of Dust – a dangerous desert town, built in the massive ribcage of an extinct leviathan. To reclaim her power, Mila must steal a magical staff capable of releasing it, from Bone Master Opu Haku's sky-high lair. Her only resources are the magical luminous elixirs of the cursed caverns where she grew up, and a band of unlikely allies; a quirky inventor, a giant-ant rider, a healer, a librarian's assistant, a Tar-tule rider and the chief's playboy son. But in the City of Bones, enemies & friends are not who they seem and trusting the wrong person can be deadly. If Mila fails, she will never speak again and her bones will be added to the wasteland. This book includes a kick-ass female protagonist covered in tattoos, giant ants, first-person present-tense narration, magic, banter, lots of innuendoes, and cute boys kissing.
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"The Bone Master" - Book 2 in "The Sands of Achten Tan" series
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Kaii Haku has lived his whole life in the shadow of his cruel father's magic.
Rebelling against his father- the Bone Master- by drinking and sleeping around was Kaii's main occupation for years.
But when one of his best friends is kidnapped by pirates, Kaii embarks on a perilous rescue mission with two retired pleasure house workers, a shy teen bookworm, and a feisty girl from the pirate crew.
The journey will take Kaii and his allies far from Achten Tan, to a sea ruled by dangerous conditions and ships that travel on the backs of monsters.
For the first time in his life, he has the power to make a difference, but if he wields his emerging bone magic to save the girl he loves, he risks losing himself and becoming like his father - a man who tried to kill him.
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​To get your copy, please click on the link below:
https://www.amazon.com/Bone-Master-Book-Sands-Achten-ebook/dp/B0B37Q3RRR
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THE CHILDREN OF THE STARS SERIES by Debbie Iancu-Haddad
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"The Goodbye Kids" - Book 1 in "The Children of the Stars" series
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A million stars but no friends.
Plus-size teen Haley grew up friendless on a space station thinking she'd never fall in love. She spends her time with her robot dog Nano, dreaming of the day she'll leave the remote station and become an intergalactic pilot.
Haley's plan shatters when Jorden, a boy on a suicide mission, drags her into his lethal scheme.
Jorden Lund isn't the chosen one, he's the guy who volunteered.
Raised by his controlling father in an eco-terrorist cell on Earth, Jorden volunteers for a mission to save the planet. He has four months to travel to the space station, build a bomb, and blow up a spaceship.
Falling in love is definitely not part of the plan.
When Jorden arrives on the space station, disguised as a traveler, Haley's access to the station’s restricted areas makes her an asset.
But Haley has a strict rule: ‘No new friends’, because traveler friends always leave, taking pieces of her heart with them.
As the two grow closer, strange events wreak havoc on the station.
Amidst the growing danger can Haley stop Jorden before he breaks her heart and destroys her home?
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Release date: September 6th, 2023
Preorder:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-goodbye-kids-debbie-iancu-haddad/1143457566
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A talented Dutch author, Sejul Nerve, just published his debut novel, "Uit Het Ritme" which translates to "Out of Pace." The novel is in Dutch, but I hope Sejul will translate it to English soon.
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"Out Of Pace" takes you to a future world, where millions of people grow dependent on a new social media app called Auris. The app seems a life-changer at first, but a lot of users develop serious mental disorders and lose their sense of reality. Julius is one of them.
What will happen to Julius? Will he wake up, regain control, and fight to get back what is real, or he will succumb to the dark side of the virtual world?
Read the book and find out!
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Watch the book trailer here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fkjrX8ANTc
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Follow Sejul on https://twitter.com/SejulNerve or https://www.instagram.com/sejulnerve/
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Elana A. Mudgan is a living, breathing Dragon Queen. Her book, Dragon Speaker, won the Grand Prize in the OZMA Fantasy Awards at the CIBA Conference in Washington State. And it's honestly no wonder. The Shadow War Saga is a must-have for anyone who loves dragons as much as I do (and I really DO LOVE THEM), no matter the age.
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Apart from The Shadow War Saga, Elana published three novellas - Eighteen Moons, The Champion's Squire, and The Guardians - all a part of the same world of Allentria, where the Shadow War takes place.
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Visit Elana's website here: https://www.allentria.com/
Follow Elana on: https://twitter.com/dragonspleen
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"Kill Your Darlings" by L. E. Harper
Fantasy author Kyla knows dreams don't come true. Isolated and grappling with debilitating depression, she copes by writing about the realm of Solera. Fearless heroes, feisty shapeshifters, and mighty dragons come alive on her pages. She adores her characters, but she doesn't believe in happy endings. And if she can't have one, why should they?
Kyla's on the verge of giving up on everything when she wakes one morning, magically trapped in her fictional world. Now she's with her most cherished characters: the friends she's always yearned for, the family she's never known. There's even someone who might be Prince Charming (if Kyla could get her act together and manage some honest communication). She'd surrender to the halcyon fantasy, except she knows a nightmarish ending awaits. Solera is at war, and its defenders are losing against the insidious villain spawned in the depths of Kyla's mind. He feeds on the energy of dreams, seeks the destruction of all who oppose him-and Kyla's become his number one target.
Kyla must trade her pen for a sword and fight to change her story's ending, but this isn't a fantasy anymore. No happily-ever-after is guaranteed. And mental illness has robbed her of everything she needs to succeed: love, fighting spirit, hope. If Kyla can't overcome the darkness inside her, she'll die with her darlings.
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To get your copy, please click on the link below:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/kill-your-darlings-l-e-harper/1142791495
What lies beyond the known?
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An anomaly in space attracts the curious and the obsessive. An artificial intelligence expresses very real needs. A civilization lives out its last days on a doomed generation ship.
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From the recesses of a closet to the dark side of the Moon, from mysterious islands to alien worlds and the furthest reaches of unexplored space, join eleven authors as they explore the mysteries that lie within our technology, our universe, and ourselves.
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Embark on a science fiction expedition … Into the Unknown.
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Into the Unknown features eleven new short stories by up-and-coming science fiction writers:
"Alinda" by Rohan O’Duill
"The Pet" by Wendy Wee
"Deliverance" by T. E. LaMonte
"Extramural" by Duncan Ellis
"Birds of Fortune" by Emma Berglund
"The Baron of the Moon" by Briana Bedore
"Marbles" by a. Raven Demory
"Oort" by S.A. Sackinger
"Marriage Clause" by H.L. Hinkle
"It's Not You, It's the Anomaly" by J.P. Reynolds
"Always Become" by Jason Clor
​To get your copy, please click on the link below:
https://www.lowerdeckspress.com/books-multiformat/into-the-unknown
They may soon live among us: cyborgs, genetically enhanced humans, interspecies hybrids, androids, artificial intelligences, aliens in disguise. How will they feel and act toward their human siblings? How will humans react to them? And how will all our lives change as a result?
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These questions are answered in 22 short stories by amazing authors in Beyond Human: Tales of the New Us, the second anthology from Lower Deck Press. What awaits at the intersection of the strange and the familiar is … Beyond Human.
Beyond Human: Tales of the New Us features short stories from:
Emma Berglund, Briana Bedore, Jason Clor, A. Raven Demory, Greg Derrickson, Duncan Ellis, Amber Forbes, Vera M. Key, Jim W. Lai, Tiffanie LaMonte, A. L. MacDonald, Ramona Marr, Donn Martyn, Marten Norr, B. K. Ntouris, Rohan O’Duill, Anna Otto, RLNPK, Rachel A. Rosen, S. A. Sackinger, Wendy Wee, and Ben Winter.
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To get your copy, please click on the link below:
https://www.amazon.in/BEYOND-HUMAN-TALES-NEW-US-ebook/dp/B0C1HVG5XJ
"Undiscovered" by Ashley Anglin
Sometimes truth is stranger than folktales.
Bilingualism and plate tectonics were the only kinds of shapeshifting Arden Araujo's troubled geoscientist dad prepared her for. But it turns out, the outlandish prediction that wrecked his career–a devastating North Sea tsunami–might not be the unlikeliest truth he took to his grave.
In the 2097 tsunami's aftermath, environmental first responder Arden expects her mission in hard-hit northeast Scotland to involve the usual grunt work, maybe a little freediving if she's lucky. Instead, she stumbles upon a critically endangered species of Orkney and Shetland legend, hiding in plain sight among the refugees.
They trust that she can help restore their kind, despite storms, aftershocks, and policy decisions way beyond her pay grade. Increasingly at home on the shores of their life-giving sea, she may have found her calling; true love might not be a mere children's story either. Yet the deeper she's immersed in their tale, the less sure she feels that she's the right hero to protect the hidden treasure of their existence.
UNDISCOVERED is a unique sci fi/fantasy fusion:
climate fiction, hopeful fabulism, and a feminist hero's journey,
told in lyrical prose (and occasional Spanglish).
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THORN WITCH TRILOGY by Katharine J. Adams
"Tonight, I Burn" - Book 1 in the "Thorn Witch Trilogy"
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A thorn witch with the power to walk between the realms of Life and Death finds herself at the center of a magical rebellion—and a dangerous romance—that could destroy her coven and her soul in this dark and decadent debut.
Thorns, Tides, Embers, Storms, and Ores. All five covens are bound in servitude to the tyrant High Warden of Halstett.
Penny Albright is a daughter of the thorn coven, forced to patrol the veil between the realms of Life and Death. Each night, one thorn witch—and only one—must cross the veil by burning at the stake. Each morning, that witch draws on their magic to return. Failure to follow the rules risks the veil and risks them all.
But one morning, Penny's favorite sister Ella doesn't return. And that night, determined to find her, Penny breaks the rules. She burns in secret. And she discovers that all isn’t as it seems in Life or Death.
Her journey leads her to Malin, a devastating lord with too many secrets; to Alice, a mysterious captive prophet; and to a rebellion brewing in the shadows beneath the city. And as Penny's world splits, she’ll face a devastating choice. Because it’s not just her sister’s life that hangs in the balance. It’s the fate of all magic.
All it takes is one witch—and one spark—to set the world ablaze.
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Release date: November 7th, 2023
Preorder:
https://www.amazon.com/Tonight-Burn-Thorn-Witch-Trilogy/dp/0316551813/ref=monarch_sidesheet
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"Tell Me How It Ends" by Quinton Li
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A coming-of-age cozy fantasy with a queer cast, witches, and tarot. Perfect for fans of Legends & Lattes and Our Flag Means Death.
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Iris Galacia's tarot cards do more than entertain gamblers.
With the flip of her fingers she can predict the future and uncover a person's secrets. But under the watchful eye of her mother, she is on thin ice for pursuing a passion in the family business, and then cracks start to form until she eventually she falls through.
She is given an ultimatum — a test to prove her worth: earn a thousand coins or leave the business, and the family.
Enter Marin Boudreau, a charming young person who can scale buildings and break off door knobs, who comes for her help to rescue a witch who's been falsely imprisoned in Excava Kingdom.
And Marin is willing to pay a high sum for her talents.
But saving a prisoner from royal hands isn't easy, nor is leaving home for the first time in eighteen years.
Now Iris must learn to trust in herself, Marin, and this new magical world, while racing the clock before the royals decide the fate of the witch, and before any secrets catch up to her.
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TELL ME HOW IT ENDS features LGBTQ+, disabled, neurodivergent, cultural, and mental health representation. The main character, Iris Galacia, is a lesbian tarot reader with anxiety and autism. The second main character, Marin Boudreau, is an aromantic asexual non-binary person with ADHD.
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THE SMOKESMITHS SERIES by Joao F. Silva
"Seeds of War" - Book 1 in "The Smokesmith" series
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"He ran like the monster he was. And the smoke followed."
GIMLORE is a single mother and war veteran turned crime boss set on protecting her family and her town.
ORBERESIS is a petty thief pretending to be God to protect a terrible secret.
REDNOW is the world's most feared mercenary, but his best days are behind him and there's one job left to do.
In a world of dangerous monsters and devastating smoke magic, the seeds of war are being planted. Allies must be treasured and enemies defeated.
The Smokesmiths is a gritty epic fantasy series with a harsh world of smoke magic, alien creatures and ancient secrets where characters do their best to come out on top. Peace will not last.
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To get your copy, please click on the link below:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1739365607?tag=books2read02-20
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Ruins of Smoke: An Epic Fantasy Adventure - a prequel novella
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The Usharian Empire rules the Known World with an iron fist. Imperials protect their world from the tainted hand of the Deceiver, but he is back with an avatar capable of breaking the Empire and grounding humanity into ash.
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JEHA is a sentinel of the Empire, willing to fight and die for kinship and duty.
AGOR is an imperial general. Disgruntled by the darkness he sees seeping into everything he loves, he makes his move.
MATALA is a young smokesmith who sees his courage tested as Ushar burns.
ALAMAKAR is the world’s most powerful man, but even strong blood ties can hold him down and tear him apart.
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As the Deceiver threatens the Usharian Empire’s heart, fiends walk the streets of the capital. Men and monsters clash in a battle fit for gods. And the smoke follows them.
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To get your copy, please click on the link below:
https://www.amazon.com/Ruins-Smoke-Fantasy-Adventure-Smokesmiths/dp/1739365615
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Thorns of War - Book 2 in "The Smokesmith" series
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One breath. One jump. One death.
The Known World is in peril once again. Old grudges are made anew and settled only on the battlefield, with threads of smoke flowing in the air.
Gimlore saved her town and her family, and she has even learned that trusting people may not always be a bad thing. But with ancient powers stirring, her whole world is shaken again, and the pains of the past come back stronger than ever.
Rednow's retirement plan was successful but didn't last long. He is both in the eye of the storm, and the storm itself. Blessed or cursed by powers he wants to reject, he questions whether the faith everyone seems to deposit in him is even warranted. After all, he's still just an old man with bad lungs.
Orberesis blossoms under the tutelage of a new master and awakens ancient, forgotten arts. He rose from thief to the impersonator of a god, and now true divinity might just be well within his grasp.
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To get your copy, please click on the link below:
https://www.amazon.com/Thorns-War-Smokesmiths-Book-2-ebook/dp/B0CVG1J99K
MAGES OF OBLIVION SERIES by Elyse Thomson
"Poisoned Empire" - Book 1 in "Mages of Oblivion" series
Cinderella (feral) meets The Lies of Locke Lamora in this lush romantic fantasy inspired by the Eastern Roman Empire.
Black-marketeer Selene has poison magic and the cynicism to match. When she and genius metals mage Iliana are arrested by the same scheming, noble fathers who tossed them out at birth, they suspect apologies won’t be forthcoming. Forced to either impersonate their half-sisters or die, the friends are stuffed into fancy dresses, packed off to the capital, and thrust into the perilous, glittering world of the imperial court.
Traitors lurk in Prince Belisarius’ court, and only his loyal strategos Marduk is above suspicion. As noble-born villains siphon away the souls of their daughters to magnify their magic in secret, Belisarius plots to expose them all—by inviting every noblewoman in the empire to compete for his hand in marriage. But two infuriating imposters in attendance quickly become his bane.
When the friends are discovered, they expect imprisonment—not a deal. Vast riches are on offer if Selene poses as fiancée to the handsome prince while Iliana simpers for the towering strategos—a ploy to lure traitorous enemies to the capital. Yet even as they help secure the throne, false affections flirt with real passions, and Selene and Iliana are convinced they’ll either lose their hearts… or their heads.
This steamy fantasy is perfect for fans of Jeffe Kennedy, Grace Draven and T. Kingfisher.
To get your copy, please click on the link below:
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"Conspirators' Kingdom" - Book 2 in "Mages of Oblivion" series
A disgraced villainess
Daughter of a dead traitor, lightning mage Taisiya and her surviving family live as pariahs. Taking on the new, unwanted role of diplomat for the isolated empire of Lethe gives the proud mage a chance to reverse her family’s misfortunes and regain her once-respected status. When arrivals from abroad include a handsome fae prince in need of a wife, she rushes to play matchmaker in return for riches.
A prince plotting a coup
Fae Prince Mereruka has kingly ambitions and six siblings who stand in his way. He is convinced the king’s command to marry a barbarian from a cursed land will either kill him, or worse, ruin his schemes. Yet meeting the ruthless, enterprising Taisiya gives him hope he has found his perfect—vicious—other half.
And a match made in hell…for everyone else
They strike a deal. Wealth and power for a bride. Except the price of failure is a favour—in whatever form he chooses. As they trade in innuendos and barbs, and bride candidates become scarce, Mereruka can hardly wait to see her fail in order to claim his favour—Taisiya’s hand in marriage. But it is her heart he must win if he hopes to survive his brother’s bloodthirsty court. Only a couple united in villainy can slay their way to the throne, and if he fails, their heads will roll.
The Cruel Prince meets a gender-swapped Cleopatra in book two of the Mages of Oblivion series, perfect for fans of morally grey characters, lethal court intrigue and steamy fantasy.
THE TEREGRIN SERIES by Katy Metzger
"The Talismans of Teregrin" - Book 1 in "The Teregrin" series
Gemma and Oliver are twins, but that’s about all they can remember.
Bound by handcuffs.
The twins wake in a strange laboratory and through a daring escape, find themselves in the forest on an isolated island.
No memories except for each other.
As they try to piece together their identities and get off the island, they discover they have unique powers gifted to them by their captors.
Inked with mysterious tattoos.
With danger lurking around every corner and monsters on the loose, the siblings must band together with other escaped teens to survive. As they train to harness their powers, their search for answers soon reveals not everyone can be trusted.
With a greedy plot threatening their lives, Gemma and Oliver must make a choice: remain loyal to their newfound friends or sacrifice everything for a chance at freedom.
To get your copy, please click on the link below:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C4X5JK61?ref=d6k_applink_bb_dls&dplnkId=9aedbcba-6540-416f-a716-3c15fc50ca42
"The Firebreather’s Curse" - Book 2 in the "The Teregrin" series
Sometimes salvation comes at too high of a price.
Master the Chaos.
Oliver and Gemma, along with their new band of friends, begin their hunt for the second talisman they need to escape the island, but Oliver fumbles in his new role as leader, struggling to protect his new teammates with his out-of-control power.
Control the Heart.
Gemma has become a force with which to be reckoned and the group’s secret weapon. But missing Dominic and unable to move on, she makes a questionable decision that threatens to splinter their team beyond repair.
Make a Choice.
With the constant threat of Morphers, the lab, and vengeful Aidan, the pressure to succeed reaches dangerous new levels, leading to a suspicious alliance with a rival faction. When the twins learn that acquiring the second talisman will cost a friend more than he’s willing to pay, they must decide if escaping the island means they can’t protect everyone.
To get your copy, please click on the link below:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGL1X7LJ?&linkCode=sl1&tag=version1a10-20&linkId=5d4143fe9de8042503bc89e9ea892314&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl
"The Menace of the Morphers" - Book 3 in "The Teregrin" series
The most dangerous threats come from within.
The Price of Power
After her last battle with Aidan, Gemma must deal with the consequences of her growing power, memories from before the island that trap her in her own subconscious. While Dominic’s presence helps to keep the visions at bay, a disagreement over how to handle Aidan drives a wedge between them and leaves Gemma to manage on her own.
The Hazards of Haste
During a routine task, Oliver fails a teammate and rushes to make amends. But his actions start an unfortunate chain of events that land him in far greater peril, placing a target on his back for Chloe and the lab.
The Fear of Failure
With their team fracturing, Aidan out for blood, and the lab hot on their trail, Oliver seizes an opportunity to fix his out-of-control power that could cost him his humanity. As he battles the transformation, Gemma faces her greatest trial yet: a choice between saving her brother or everyone else.
To get your copy, please click on the link below:
https://www.amazon.com/Menace-Morphers-Three-Talismans-Teregrin-ebook/dp/B0CW1G9J1Y
THE OFFSPRING TRILOGY by Charlotte Goodwin
"The General's Son" - Book 1 in "The Offspring Trilogy"
Game of Thrones meets Guardians of the Galaxy this action packed, cross-genre adventure.
Garrad's skill with a sword is unsurpassed, and his military career is flying, but fate has a way of changing things. His temper sees him lose it all, and when he finds himself in the gutter, only his bloodline can save him. The Prince of Vorn gives Garrad a second chance.
Banished to Earth, Aran was left without a kingdom, without magic, and without power. But magic is leaking to Earth, and when he finds the source, he finds a new route home, and a chance for revenge on those who saw him lose it all.
Garrad had no idea there was life on other planets and he’d never heard of Earth. But when Prince Tom is drawn to his homeland, Garrad must go too. Tom must save those he loves, Garrad must live his father’s legacy. In a world without magic, guns and a heroic swordsman will have to do.
All the while the Zargons watch, study and don’t interfere, at least, they never used to...
"The Queen's Daughter" - Book 2 in "The Offspring Trilogy"
Princess, sorcerer, soldier - she was born of two worlds, she was raised to save one. 
 
​Eliza’s father and uncle have vanished and now war looms. With Vorn’s two most powerful sorcerers missing, there are few left with enough power to defend their army; Eliza must go into battle.

The Zargons have embarked on a new era of interference, and they want to see chaos on the planet of Gemini. They’ve skewed the odds in the conflict they instigated, they gave the enemy magic, and they brought Tom and Mark home, to Earth.
​The wormhole entrance is in Australia, Tom and Mark are on the other side of the world. They have to get back to Gemini, but with no money and no ID, it’s no easy task. The race to save Vorn has begun.
"The Prince's Nephew" - Book 3 in "The Offspring Trilogy"
When trauma meets magic, darkness descends…
After following his uncle to a faraway planet, Mikey has found a new life and a chance to escape his past. Except that he’s being watched, and his alien observers, the Zargons, don’t want to let him forget, they want him to unleash chaos.
He becomes embroiled in a war he doesn’t even know exists. A war to save Gemini, the magical planet he’s adopted as his new home. Little does he know he is nothing but a pawn as the Zargons fight for Gemini’s future.
While war rages in the stars, chaos is unleashed on the surface. Mikey is lost in a world of darkness when an old enemy returns. An enemy with more power than ever and with one last chance to reap revenge.
EMBERS OF WAR TRILOGY by Gareth L. Powell
"Embers of War" - Book 1 in "The Embers of War" Trilogy
Winner of the 2018 BSFA Award for Best Novel!
Finalist for the 2018 Locus Award for Best SF Novel!
The warship Trouble Dog was built and bred for calculating violence, yet following a brutal war, she finds herself disgusted by conflict and her role in a possible war crime. Seeking to atone, she joins the House of Reclamation, an organisation dedicated to rescuing ships in distress. But, stripped of her weaponry and emptied of her officers, she struggles in the new role she’s chosen for herself. When a ship goes missing in a disputed system, Trouble Dog and her new crew of misfits and loners, captained by Sal Konstanz, an ex-captain of a medical frigate who once fought against Trouble Dog, are assigned to investigate and save whoever they can.
Meanwhile, light years away, intelligence officer Ashton Childe is tasked with locating and saving the poet, Ona Sudak, who was aboard the missing ship, whatever the cost. In order to do this, he must reach out to the only person he considers a friend, even if he s not sure she can be trusted. What Childe doesn’t know is that Sudak is not the person she appears to be.
Quickly, what appears to be a straightforward rescue mission turns into something far more dangerous, as Trouble Dog, Konstanz and Childe, find themselves at the centre of a potential new conflict that could engulf not just mankind but the entire galaxy.
If she is to survive and save her crew, Trouble Dog is going to have to remember how to fight.
"Fleet of Knives" - Book 2 in "The Embers of War" Trilogy
Shortlisted for the 2019 Locus Award for Best SF Novel and the British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel.
The former warship Trouble Dog and her crew of misfits are called upon by the House of Reclamation to investigate a distress call from the human starship the Lucy’s Ghost, whose crew have abandoned their crippled ship to seek refuge aboard an abandoned, slower-than-light generation ship launched ten thousand years before by an alien race. However, the enormous ship contains deadly secrets of its own.
Recovered war criminal, Ona Sudak, faces a firing squad for her actions in the Archipelago War. But, at the last moment, she is smuggled out of her high security prison. The Marble Armada has called for her to accompany its ships as observer and liaison, as it spreads itself across the human Generality, enforcing the peace at all costs. The alien ships will not tolerate resistance, and all dissenters are met with overwhelming and implacable force. Then her vessel intercepts messages from the House of Reclamation and decides the Trouble Dog has a capacity for violence which cannot be allowed to endure.
As the Trouble Dog and her crew fight to save the crew of the Lucy’s Ghost, the ship finds herself caught between chaotic alien monsters on one side, and on the other, destruction at the hands of the Marble Armada.
"Light of Impossible Stars" - Book 3 in "The Embers of War" Trilogy
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Low on fuel and hunted by the Fleet of Knives, the sentient warship Trouble Dog follows a series of clues that lead her to the Intrusion—an area of space where reality itself becomes unstable. But with human civilization crumbling, what difference can one battered old ship make against an invincible armada?
Meanwhile, Cordelia Pa and her step-brother eke out their existence salvaging artifacts from an alien city. But when Cordelia starts hearing the city’s song in her head, strange things start happening around her. What extraordinary affinity does she have for this abandoned technology, and how can it possibly help the Trouble Dog?
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THE CONTINUANCE SERIES
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From the multi BSFA award-winner comes a stunningly inventive action-packed science-fiction epic adventure. A brand-new series for fans of Becky Chambers and Ann Leckie.
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"Stars and Bone" - Book 1 in "The Continuance" series
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The human race has been cast from a dying Earth to wander the stars in a vast fleet of arks. Ahead of the fleet flies the scout ship the Furious Ocelot, crewed only by Captain Eryn King and a snarky talking cat. When Eryn’s sister disappears during a routine mission, she insists on being part of the crew sent to look for her. What she discovers on Candidate-623 is both terrifying and deadly. When the threat follows her back to the fleet and people start dying, she is tasked with seeking out a legendary recluse who may just hold the key to humanity’s survival.
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"Descendant Machine" - Book 2 in "The Continuance" series
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When Nicola Mafalda’s scout ship comes under attack, she’s left deeply traumatised by the drastic action it takes to keep her alive. Months later, when an old flame comes to her for help, she realises she has to find a way to forgive both the ship and her former lover. Reckless elements are attempting to reactivate a giant machine that has lain dormant for thousands of years. To stop them, Nicola and her crew will have to put aside their differences, sneak aboard a vast alien megaship, and try to stay alive long enough to prevent galactic devastation.
From award-winning author Gareth L. Powell, comes a gripping, fast-paced and brilliantly imagined science fiction thrill ride.
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"Children of the Fall" by H. S. Down
Hypatia is a companion child, a cyborg with the consciousness of a child, designed to help her non-verbal human sister, Alexandra, navigate the world.
When a flash knocks out the power and a civil war erupts, the sisters are forced to travel through powerless cities and dangerous country roads in search of refuge on the eastern coast of the United States.
Realizing that without access to a charging station it's only a matter of time before her battery fails, Hypatia must deliver Alexandra to safety before it's too late.
Yet, as Hypatia and Alexandra encounter other companion children that have gone berserk, Hypatia begins to suspect the flash may have done more than just take out the power. Can Alexandra trust her sister, and is Hypatia exactly what she seems?
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"Orbiting fortunes" by A. L. MacDonald
Alan Mercier's life as a cop on Mars was years and almost two hundred million miles behind him. After his partner is killed he is ready to let others do the good deeds, play the hero, and suffer the consequences. He is ready for the wild, lawless world of flying a space junker.
The toughest part of space junking isn't the flying: it's keeping the find away from other space junkers, and staying on the good side of the beautiful station manager, Kate. Then there are the finds in orbit: some are duds, some extremely valuable, and some cause more trouble than one can imagine.
It's the latter such find that leads Alan from orbit to a remote island in the Pacific, then halfway to Mars, and all the way back to facing what really drives him - even if it could get him killed.
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"Dark Woods, Deep Water" by Jelena Dunato
In the depths of a remote forest, an enchanted castle preys on unwary travellers. The servants of the Goddess Morana sacrifice to their dark mistress every soul who crosses its threshold. One terrible night, three people who should never have met find themselves trapped there: a spoiled lady escaping an unwanted marriage, an aging warrior-prince on a deadly mission, and a resourceful rogue caught up in a botched heist. As their destinies entwine and the dawn approaches, the solution to the castle’s riddle becomes clear: if they want to escape, one of them must die.
A dark fantasy tale inspired by Slavic folklore, Dark Woods, Deep Water is the debut novel by Croatian author Jelena Dunato. Set in an intricately imagined world that staggers the line between fairytale and brutality, this novel will appeal to fans of Katherine Arden and Naomi Novik, as well as lovers of classic Gothic fiction.
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COLD RISING: A Cold Rush Novella by Rohan O'Duill
After a job gone wrong, Special Agent Olgo is trapped within the bowels of Mars with no means of escape. The device that imprisons the trauma within them is about to fail, and the past terrors kept hidden by it must be contained for Olgo’s sanity and everyone's safety.
From the darkness comes a tiny voice, and a tinier hope: "Hello?"
The first book in the ‘Cold Rush' Verse follows Agent Olgo as their corporate masters give them what could be their big break: a mission to Mars.
But trying to change the working conditions in the planet's underground cities proves more challenging than the agent could have imagined. When a wearable device Olgo uses to block emotions begins to fail, an unlikely friendship changes everything as Olgo struggles to prevent spilling more blood on the Red Planet.
Content warning: Profanity, violence, torture and murder
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"Of Us and Them" by T. L. Coughlin
HAVE YOUR LAST BREATH
Seventeen-year-old Evren was born for one purpose: to serve as a vessel for the Leviathans, an alien species hidden in global dragon lore. She longs to join the secret society who concealed them in history—and as last of the twelve prophesied Paladins, she needs to. With the world in ruin, their unification will signal the Leviathans’ return to Earth to protect humans from their worst enemy: themselves.
But Evren’s ambitions are dashed when a Paladin is found dead. The murder sets her world ablaze and now she must stop the saboteur, or risk destroying a celestial plan millennia in the making. However, finding the truth—and the killer—in a society built on deceit won’t be easy, especially with Evren’s fierce and guarded mother as its leader.
Can Evren salvage what’s left of her fate? Or will dark discoveries make her the next victim?
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