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Rachel Aukes

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in Manchester, Iowa, The United States
October 03

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Rachel Aukes is the bestselling author of over forty books, including 100 Days in Deadland, which made Suspense Magazine’s Best of the Year list. She writes in a number of genres, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, thriller, and more. Her series includes Waymaker Wars, Space Troopers, Flight of the Javelin, Fringe, Deadland Saga, Colliding Worlds, and Guardians of the Seven Seals. Her novels have repeatedly been Amazon Top 100 bestsellers and #1 bestsellers in Horror, Post-Apocalyptic, Space Fleet, Space Marine, Galactic Empire, Colonization, Alien Invasion, and Cyberpunk. When not writing, Rachel can be found flying old airplanes with an incredibly spoiled dog over the Iowa countryside.

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Rachel Aukes I'm thrilled to hear you're enjoying the series! The third and final book of the Deadland Saga doesn't have a release date set yet, but I'm confident …moreI'm thrilled to hear you're enjoying the series! The third and final book of the Deadland Saga doesn't have a release date set yet, but I'm confident it will be out before the end of the year (I'm writing it now). I'll revise this message as soon as I have a firm date. Thanks so much for asking!(less)
Rachel Aukes Thanks, Matthew! I love hearing that you've been enjoying the Deadland Saga, and I don't think you'll be disappointed in the third. ;) …moreThanks, Matthew! I love hearing that you've been enjoying the Deadland Saga, and I don't think you'll be disappointed in the third. ;) (less)
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Fringe Runner is out today!

Fringe Runner
Yay! Fringe Runner, the first book in a new space opera series, is available in ebook and paperback everywhere! Audiobook is coming out this summer. If you're one of the super-lucky Goodreads winners of a signed paperback, your book will be mailed late this week.

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Books one and two were good. Looking forward t book three. The action is good and sequence of events are good."
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I got an early copy of Flash Point from the author, and wow, what a great start to a new thriller series that doesn't feel like anything else out there. It's a thriller with solid science theories, and the science is enough fringe that it definitely ...more
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“Whatever you didn’t plan for, that’s what’s going to happen.”
Rachel Aukes, 100 Days in Deadland

“She had no doubt the 51st Division, a joint Army-Air Force operations task force focused on space warfare, was here.”
Rachel Aukes, Collision

“When you play God, God might decide to play back.”
Rachel Aukes, The Lazarus Key

Polls

What would you like to read this month to discuss in September. (Remember, if your vote is the winner, come back for the discussion Sept. 1st.)

100 Days in Deadland by Rachel Aukes

2013, 450 pages, AR 4.14
£0.99 Kindle UK, $1.54 Kindle US


 
  6 votes, 37.5%

Infected by Scott Sigler

2008, 342 pgs, 3.86 AR
$1.99 Kindle, cheap used

 
  4 votes, 25.0%

The Bradbury Report by Steven Polansky
2010, 336 pages, AR 3.05
$9.99 Kindle, cheap used

 
  4 votes, 25.0%

 
  2 votes, 12.5%

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