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Science Fiction

Author: Ken Doggett
Book Title: Ship of Storms
Genre: Science Fiction
Release Date: December 2013
Websites: http://kendoggett.weebly.com/my-books...
Mars is Earth's most distant colony, and for good reason. But now even Mars is breaking away as its rebel leaders risk total war. To make matters worse, an old psychological problem has resurfaced, and the one man best able to help with the solution has his own agenda. Using the war as a pretext, he attempts that agenda in Earth's premier battleship, but finds himself haunted by recollections from his past. Ultimately, he's forced to either make peace with that past or sink deeper into the madness that threatens to kill him.

Available as ebook, paperback, or hard cover.

Author: Ken Doggett
Book Title: The Villain & The Golden Apple
Genre: Science Fiction
Release Date: 2014
Websites: http://kendoggett.weebly.com/my-books...
Short story collection, two novellas and a short-short:
In the first novella, THE VILLAIN is a member of the Enclave of the Villainy who goes outside the rules. Using his power for just the “party displays” practiced by the others was not enough. Forging his own path, specializing in Illusion, he violates not only the rules of his Enclave, but of society itself. Now, after years on the run, he must use his illusions and all of his skill to defend himself against its power.
THE SECRET OF LIFE, THE UNIVERSE, AND EVERYTHING, a short-short that explains pretty much everything.
In the second novella, THE GOLDEN APPLE is a prize asteroid fought over by both Earth and its former colony, Mars. But it appears that the squabbling factions have crossed paths with the wrong man. After he loses everything to the war, he finds a drastic way to end it.

Author: Ken Doggett
Book Title: Places Of Time
Genre: Science Fiction
Release Date: December 2013
Websites: http://kendoggett.weebly.com/my-books...
Short story collection, 5 short stories:
In PLACES OF TIME, not everyone was happy with the breakup of the old Soviet Union—least of all an eccentric genius, Sergei Lichizev, who blames America for its downfall. So, when he creates a machine that allows him to manipulate time, his first and greatest ambition is to eliminate America, and restore the Soviet Union to its former glory. But it's complicated...
TIMESTOPPER shows us an inventive professor with a unique way of manipulating time, while his beautiful female assistant has absolute and adoring faith in his brilliance. Or does she?...
THE FLOWER THIEF features a young man earning extra money peddling flowers to passersby on the street, but he gets his wares from a very unsavory supplier, and that's just the beginning of his troubles.
And two stories featuring the character Jackson Cruz:
In LITTLECLOUD, Cruz is part of a team that clears and evaluates orbital debris around Earth, and on one particularly routine day he finds something that changes his humdrum life; in THE ULTIMATE SPY he's back on Earth job hunting and takes on a job that he hopes will be challenging, but which ends up being much less—and much more—than he had hoped for.

My debut novel, The Orthogonal Galaxy is now free on Kindle at Amazon.com from December 29th through January 2nd.

This is the first book of the Galaxy Series, and I'm hoping to get plenty of honest feedback so I can improve my writing as I progress through the series.

Fight for Dawn

My debut novel is called Fight for Dawn: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RPOMGKG
Genre: Science fiction
Release date: January, 2015 (hot off the press!!)

A new drug, eblEEd, is introduced to the world, and Shigeru Ochi finds himself crushed under its impact. Ochi is a veteran police officer in a Tokyo suburb that has become the drug’s main distribution channel. His effective eblEEd raids cause dealers to target him, personally.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the world Marlon Jackson retires from the NYPD to be a hit-man for the Vaina mob family. The family sets him on the impossible mission of wrestling control of eblEEd distribution.

Fight for Dawn is a science fiction adventure built on action and human drama. While Shigeru Ochi fights to protect his family, Marlon Jackson struggles to appease his employers and return to his wife who becomes increasingly frustrated by his absence. The story travels the globe, from gritty New York City to dark London, historic Florence, quaint Tokyo suburbs and cramped space stations. The action is furious, and eblEEd’s power is immense.

The Crossing Hour
Quoleena Sbrocca


Imagine if an early 19th century slave was to find herself awakened in the 21st century. What if she knew that in one year, she would have no choice but to return to her harrowing past, or else history would be forever changed.

Time travel is a naturally occurring phenomenon, and the aged scientist, Stanley Graf, has discovered it in a planetary black hole in northern Delaware. Only those in his inner circle know of the existence of time travel. He appoints his granddaughter, Leigh, a psychology doctorate graduate, to await the latest black hole event. When the traveler turns out to be a 28-year-old runaway slave, Harriet, Leigh discovers there is even more to her grandfather’s theory and research than she knew. With the aid of her brother, Stan, an FBI agent in D.C., she slowly uncovers a world of secrets and mystery. Just when Leigh is certain she has uncovered all, a mysterious traveler arrives, and new secrets unravel to the end.

EXCERPT:
Harriet’s body tensed as she stood motionless, drowning in a furious wave of stark, blinding whiteness. Through burning eyes she cowered at the paralyzing scene: the brightness of the building, the strangeness of costume, the squeaking of shuffling feet on the stark-colored, glossy, hard surface; the loud, scratchy voice bouncing off the walls and echoing through the halls; the buzzing, the beeping, and the clicking of a thousand sounds she could not understand.

“Never been in a hospital before? Lucky you,” the driver commented, attempting to understand her reaction. He turned to offer his arm and found himself frozen as the glass doors opened and closed repeatedly behind them. For the first time seeing her in a clearly lit setting, he fell enchanted by the sheen of her chestnut skin. It seemed to shimmer and effervesce in its milky darkness as if emanating the light of all the stars in a galaxy.

To Summon The Blackbird
Genre: Science Fiction
Release Date: January 18, 2015
Websites: http://kendoggett.weebly.com/my-books...

Description: This is military/space opera with a lot of action, but also features characters with much more depth than the usual never-say-die hero.

From the ashes of the outer remnants of the First Empire, a powerful rival to its ancient glory has risen. After ruthlessly dominating its neighbors, the New Empire launches yet another campaign, and this one will take it deeper than ever into the old empire's former realm. Its target is the small Hellsbridge Sub-Federation Tri-System, but when the assault begins with a force that should have been overwhelming, the result is more than puzzling. As reinforcements are fed into the battle, it quickly becomes a clash of interstellar empires, in which the fates of entire worlds ride on the outcome of a macabre chess game played on an epic scale.

Book Title: Falaha's Journey: A Spacegirl's Account in Three Movements

Genre: Science Fiction, Epic

Release Date: July 1st 2014

Description:

A young girl with ambition.
A desperate man on a mission.
An ancient enemy set to wipe out their entire race.

When a seemingly simple space rescue mission turns into a nightmare, Falaha, a Danna Commander Trainee with a power she can't use properly yet, has her skills put to the ultimate test as her world begins to collapse, throwing her to the center of the conflict that might wipe out her entire race.

The Danna are a species of humanoid aliens who share the Milky Way with humanity. Unlike humans, they have been around for at least three billion years and are the oldest species in the Galaxy. Born with an alien artifact in their blood, they possess abilities surpassing anything any living creature can dream of. However, both their superb space technology and their unusual blood legacy have attracted danger no one expected. Abandoning their home Galaxy, the remaining population sets out in secrecy to their last resort, Kan Diona, the place to witness their victory or to become their grave.

FALAHA’S JOURNEY is a vivid tale of alien species, races, and cultures, a family saga spanning multiple generations and extending across the Universe, a tale of identity, exploration, and self-discovery amidst a devastating struggle for survival, and a love story that touches the stars.

Websites:
Author's Blog -- http://jenomarz.com
Amazon -- http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LGXSFAW/

Title: Daimones
Genre: Science Fiction
1st ed: Sept. 2012

Blurb: Nothing prepared them for the last day. Death has swept away the lives of billions of people, but Dan and his family were spared. By whom, and why?

Surviving, to give meaning to their lives, and looking for other survivors lead Dan to discover the truth about the extermination of the human race.

The past and the present come together and upset the fragile balance, physical and mental, which allowed the Amentas to find a new meaning to their existence.
Dan discovers his final role in a plan with million years roots, and the survivors have to choose a future that has no past, or remain in a past with no future.

More Info:
Massimo Marino
Author of the "Daimones Trilogy" - Now Author at Booktrope Publishing
2012 PRG Reviewer's Choice Award Winner in Science Fiction
2013 Hall of Fame - Best in Science Fiction, Quality Reads UK Book Club
2013 PRG Reviewer's Choice Award Winner in Science Fiction Series
2014 Finalist - Science Fiction - Indie Excellence Awards L.A.
2014 Award Winner - Science Fiction Honorable Mention - Readers' Favorite Annual Awards
http://Author.to/MassimoMarino
http://massimomarinoauthor.com
http://www.facebook.com/MassimoMarino...
https://plus.google.com/+MassimoMarin...
http://twitter.com/Massim0Marin0

Title: Once Humans
Genre: Science Fiction
1st ed: May 2013

Blurb: The rebirth of the race of man is closely watched, and the Selected, the transgenic humans created by the Moîrai, guide and care for the wellbeing of the remaining humans in their various Communities around the planet.

Peace and security are shattered with acts of sabotage disrupting the fragile equilibrium of the growing society. Betrayal, fear, and a cosmic conspiracy risk sending the planet to the brink of self-destruction. Will Dan Amenta be able to come to terms with the logic of alien minds? Who is behind the sabotage and why?

Death and blind violence walk in the secret alleys and in the depths of the planet, from the coldest lands to the bottom of the oceans; someone is at work with an evil agenda dictated by greed and lust for power. Ancient aliens, a galactic struggle, the control of a unique resource, meld to dictate the fate of humankind.

More Info:
Massimo Marino
Author of the "Daimones Trilogy" - Now Author at Booktrope Publishing
2012 PRG Reviewer's Choice Award Winner in Science Fiction
2013 Hall of Fame - Best in Science Fiction, Quality Reads UK Book Club
2013 PRG Reviewer's Choice Award Winner in Science Fiction Series
2014 Finalist - Science Fiction - Indie Excellence Awards L.A.
2014 Award Winner - Science Fiction Honorable Mention - Readers' Favorite Annual Awards
http://Author.to/MassimoMarino
http://massimomarinoauthor.com
http://www.facebook.com/MassimoMarino...
https://plus.google.com/+MassimoMarin...
http://twitter.com/Massim0Marin0

Title: The Rise of the Phoenix
Genre: Science Fiction
1st ed: August 2014

Blurb: In a dark future, a first contact and an alien colonization changes forever the destiny of the race of man. Aliens have regenerated a new, transgenic species of humans called the Selected.

The last humans--the 'spared ones'--have all died but Hope, the second of Dan Amenta's human daughters, though she's living her last days, too.

Dan has seen Earth become a different world as the new civilization rises. A new neurological drug, Fusion, is heavily produced on Eridu and has created the path for a rapid evolution of the new humans, richness and good fortune.

Once Hope leaves this life, a moral obligation suddenly is no more. Things can change, and they must. A new order and a new course will put in place the events the Moîrai have sewn and destined to rip apart the foundations of the galaxy.

More Info:
Massimo Marino
Author of the "Daimones Trilogy" - Now Author at Booktrope Publishing
2012 PRG Reviewer's Choice Award Winner in Science Fiction
2013 Hall of Fame - Best in Science Fiction, Quality Reads UK Book Club
2013 PRG Reviewer's Choice Award Winner in Science Fiction Series
2014 Finalist - Science Fiction - Indie Excellence Awards L.A.
2014 Award Winner - Science Fiction Honorable Mention - Readers' Favorite Annual Awards
http://Author.to/MassimoMarino
http://massimomarinoauthor.com
http://www.facebook.com/MassimoMarino...
https://plus.google.com/+MassimoMarin...
http://twitter.com/Massim0Marin0

Paul Levinson
The Plot to Save Socrates (Sierra Waters trilogy #1)

science fiction
2006 (Hardcover), 2012 (Kindle)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VXQ1RFW/r...
"A thinking person's time travel story... I felt like I was there." - SF Signal ... "resonates with the current political climate . . . . heroine Sierra Waters is sexy as hell . . . . there's a bite to Levinson's wit" - Curled Up With A Good Book ... "challenging fun" - Entertainment Weekly

Paul Levinson
The Silk Code (Phil D'Amato series #1)

science fiction
1999 (hardcover), 2012 (Kindle)

Winner of Locus Award for Best First Science Fiction Novel of 1999

"As a genre-bending blend of police procedural and science fiction, The Silk Code delivers on its promises." -- The New York Times Book Review

Rhett Bruno
The Circuit: Executor Rising (The Circuit book #1)

Science Fiction

- 2015 National Indie Excellence Award Finalist

Blurb: Centuries after Earth was rendered an uninhabitable wasteland, humanity was forced from its homeworld and founded the Kepler Circuit, a string of colonies throughout the solar system. These settlements provide resources to the remnants of humankind, the most important resource being the newly discovered element--Gravitum--found only in the Earth's unstable mantle.

But a powerful religious faction known as the New Earth Tribunal has risen to preside over most of the Circuit. Though there is barely a faction left to challenge them, a string of attacks on the Tribunal's freighters causes them to suspect their mortal enemies, the Ceresians, of foul play.

Tasked with solving the problem is Sage Volus: Tribunal Executor. Spy.

Sage quickly infiltrates the ranks of a roguish, Ceresian mercenary named Talon Rayne, seeking to discover the truth behind the attacks, but the longer she works amidst Talon and his squad, the more she finds her faith in the Tribunal tested.

While her quest for answers only unearths more questions, a new threat is on the rise, and it plans to bring down the Tribune once and for all.

The Dragon Dreamer by J.S. Burke
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Arak is no ordinary dragon. Ever since he was a hatchling he could mind-travel. "Worthless dreamer!" Determined to prove himself he leaves the clan, is caught in a fierce sea-storm and seriously wounded. A fearless, undersea shape-shifter named Scree heals him, and an unlikely friendship begins. When an undersea volcano erupts it triggers a towering tsunami and a deadly chain of events. How can Arak use his unique talents to save the dragons?

The Dragon Dreamer is a YA science fantasy with flying dragons, an undersea world, and a dangerous quest.

Blurb: “In space, fate rests in the hands who created the craft. Wits and creative risk separate life from death while navigating the three-dimensional sea or marooned on an alien planet. The trust between captain and crew unifies a mission. And sometimes, the final take-off is the hardest.”

* “Astrotrash” by Fred Adams Jr.

* “The Demon on the Mountain” by Larry Ivkovich

* “Evaline Transcendent” by Timothy Bateson

* “Roam” by Joseph Castellano

* “Sector Three-Three” by I.E. Castellano

The Orthogonal Galaxy by Michael L. Lewis

Blurb: "When a college professor's dream of discovering a parallel Earth is in jeopardy, an astronomical phenomenon sends a trio of research students scrambling to unravel a mystery that will lead them to the discovery of a lifetime. With a compelling set of data that yields more questions than answers, NASA turns to a pair of unlikely astronauts, who undertake a mission of staggeringly poor odds to learn more about the galaxy in which they live. The Orthogonal Galaxy is the first novel in the Galaxy Series by one of Science Fiction's newest authors."

Author: Sunshine Somerville
Book Title: The Woman of the Void
Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy.
Release Date: 2015
Websites: wwww.SunshineSomerville.com
Summary: Raised in an isolated village, a talented girl named Vedanleé uses her gifts to draw magic from the ancient lands of her coastal home. The Clan Eldress, the most powerful woman in the village, has a vision about the prophesied Woman of the Void - a woman destined to wield more power than anyone before. Vedanleé is named as this woman.
Then Thurston Olander, Lord High Commander of the Dominion global tyranny, comes to the village to fulfill an old custom. The women of the clan uncover a whole new danger, and Vedanleé must go with Thurston to ensure their safety.
Years later, Vedanleé's power over the void has grown. But she lives in fear, for Thurston is not what he seemed.
Will she ever truly become the Woman of the Void? Escape is her only option, but where will she ever be safe to live a life worth living?

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Author: J. G. Remeng

Book Title: Duarana Zero



Genre: Science Fiction / Fantasy / Action

Release Date: Dec 23, 2015

Websites:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B019S5WWIA
http://duaranazero.tk

Summary:

Planet Duarana is in trouble, yet under the cozy flow of entertainment very few admit this fact. Change will be evident when a pair of visitors arrive to shake things up.

”Duarana Zero” is the first part of a series that focuses on the fictional planet Duarana: its nature, its people, its problems, and the changes that happen under the influence of alien visitors.

Anna Faversham



Science Fiction/Speculative Fiction/Christian Fiction

New release - 21st June 2020

Let me warn you, you aren’t going to like Chester; he’s not sure he likes himself. Having achieved his burning ambition to become a successful investigative reporter he is forced to hide from others who also don’t like him; in fact, they want to kill him.

Living off the grid in New Zealand, his quiet life is shattered when a stranger knocks on his door and takes him to the gates of Hell and back. He holds onto his sanity through the hope of returning to the only girl he has ever loved.

You are invited into this mystery: intriguing, exciting and deadly.

I hope you will accept the invitation and tiptoe into Chester’s strange life.

Immortality: This Is Probably a Novel