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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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	100 Days in Deadland (Deadland Saga, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 2,021 ratings — published 2013 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Space Junk (Waymaker Wars #1) 4.27 avg rating — 1,098 ratings — published 2022 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deadland's Harvest (Deadland Saga, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 1,084 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fringe Runner (Fringe #1) 3.80 avg rating — 1,117 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deadland Rising (Deadland Saga, #3) 4.26 avg rating — 799 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Sheep (Flight of the Javelin, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 812 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flight of the Javelin: The Complete Series: A Space Opera Box Set (Flight of the Javelin Box Sets Book 1) 4.36 avg rating — 548 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freezer Burn (Waymaker Wars #2) 4.37 avg rating — 530 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Malfunction Junction (Waymaker Wars #3) 4.48 avg rating — 515 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Free Station (Flight of the Javelin #2) 4.37 avg rating — 446 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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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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Series by Rachel Aukes

Deadland (3 books)
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4.17 avg rating — 4,057 ratings

Fringe (5 books)
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Flight of the Javelin (3 books)
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4.27 avg rating — 2,214 ratings

Waymaker Wars (3 books)
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4.34 avg rating — 2,143 ratings

Bounty Hunter (4 books)
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4.09 avg rating — 1,001 ratings

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Gordon Ramsay Quick and Delicious: 100 Recipes to Cook in 30 Minutes or Less

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“Whatever you didn’t plan for, that’s what’s going to happen.”
― Rachel Aukes, 100 Days in Deadland

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

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“When you play God, God might decide to play back.”
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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%

Doreen Ladoux: Patron Saint of the End of the World by D.A. Dentinger
2012, 271 pages, AR 4.8
$1.99 Kindle

2 votes, 12.5%

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“If you come to a fight thinking it will be a fair one, you didn't come prepared.”
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“Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind. ”
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“Who we were shapes us into who we are, and who we are shapes us into who we’ll become.”
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“Whatever you didn’t plan for, that’s what’s going to happen.”
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“You do have a story inside you; it lies articulate and waiting to be written — behind your silence and your suffering.”
― Anne Rice

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