by admin | Sep 21, 2025 | Fantasy |
A striking new reissue of an epic fantasy by popular Harper author Shirley Rousseau Murphy, featuring a princess’s dangerous quest to reclaim her throne…and, of course, cats!
There is a door in an artist’s garden: an elaborate carved passageway into a realm ruled by a dark sorceress queen. There entities strange and wondrous roam the Netherworld––yet none as astonishing as the shape–shifting Catswold…
Raised by the oldwitch Mag, Melissa discovers a perilous secret. She has more than one form––human girl and magical cat––and once inhabited two worlds. And it is her destiny to return to a mystic realm of wonder and terror, to do battle for her people’s liberation and the crown that is rightfully hers.
A man beset by tragedy, painter Braden West is intrigued by the calico cat who has charmed her way into his studio. But his “guest” is more than she seems, and Braden’s very existence will be radically altered as he follows Melissa from the Hell Pit into the dread perils of an evil ruling court, thrust into the heart of a magical conflict with more at stake than he could possibly have imagined.
by admin | Sep 21, 2025 | Science Fiction |
A failed human prototype. That’s all she is…
Born and raised as an experiment, Selena’s life has been filled with torture, betrayal, and distrust… but one night changes everything.
Sold, attacked, and on the run, Selena is picked up by a colony ship. Struggling to find her place on this ship and trying to understand the draw she feels toward two alien males, her already uncertain life becomes downright unimaginable when she learns new life is growing inside her.
Terrified her captors will find her and take her and her children back to a life of horror and captivity, she must learn to trust her saviors, and herself.
With the help of her two mates, Selena will fight for her freedom—or die trying.
Found is the first book in a space fantasy alien romance series which will have the heroine travel through the galaxy, experiencing new things and meeting multiple aliens along the way. Her collection of very alien-looking alien love interests will grow throughout the series. There will be steamy scenes between the human heroine and her very alien heroes. If this offends you, then this may not be your cup of tea.
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by admin | Sep 21, 2025 | Science Fiction |
“The Twin Paradox is one of the best science thrillers to come along since Andy Weir’s The Martian.” — Chris Weitz, Screenwriter, Rogue One
With ten years passing for every three minutes on a remote stretch of Texas coast, planes fall out of the sky, evolved species are on the hunt, and people die inside one of the most vicious ecosystems ever grown—all a result of the government’s efforts to slow down time.
A lot can happen in ten years. That’s the point. Governments are always racing for supremacy, for scientific breakthroughs, for technological advantages—and these things take time.
Until something goes wrong.
With the grounded yet massive world-building of READY PLAYER ONE, thrilling scientific questions of JURASSIC PARK, and the time-bending teen drama of BEFORE I FALL, Wachter’s THE TWIN PARADOX is a brilliantly plotted tale that is both intimate and massive, relentless yet deliberate, and explores the themes of self-acceptance, self-confidence, and natural selection in a richly hued and unforgettable world. Ultimately the eternal question of Nature versus Nurture is boiled down into this fast-paced thriller told over the course of five days and culminates in one single question:
Do we get to choose who we are?
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by admin | Sep 21, 2025 | Science Fiction |
Young Kiwi tech entrepreneur Regan Stein has just sold ten percent of her company for a massive price. The buyer, aerospace and defence giant USDynamics wants a share of Arteis, her new cyber defence system. Plus they’ve picked out Regan as a fresh creative genius and want in on whatever she has planned next.
Washed out from negotiations and cash rich Regan decides to take a break for six months and freshen up her thinking. Tramping off track, at the top of New Zealand’s South Island, she accepts a Satphone appeal for help from an unknown caller. Doing the right thing finds her the rescuer of a comatose man, human but yet strangely alien. Within hours her life has changed.
While in orbit at the mercy of a quirky artificial intelligence and acting as nursemaid to the injured alien she finds out traitorous moves have been made against her company by foreign business powers. Trapped on the ship she is unable to fight back and instead embarks on the journey of a lifetime, assisting the AI to return the man while leaving her trusted team to deal with the attack at home. The two month interstellar journey sees a growing relationship with the AI and a formidable partnership developing. They arrive at their destination in the midst of a political crisis. Meanwhile, at home on earth her team have their own problems. They find themselves collateral damage in a corporate war full of intrigue, murky politics, and betrayal.
Will Regan survive the trip across the galaxy? How will her friends deal with the threats? Will her company survive the attack? And who would want to be in Regan Stein’s sights if she returns at all?
This is classic science fiction, the first part of a series that includes technology, androids, interstellar travel, action, politics and mystery. The series tracks sixteen years in the life of the remarkable Regan Stein and her friends. It will entertain you, challenge you and provoke your thinking on everything from the nature of the human heart to the nature of evil.
Review By Heinz Zwack on June 10, 2014
Format: Kindle Edition Verified Purchase
With the Renaissance of space opera that indie publishing and e-books brought about this is refreshingly different. It is space fiction with lots of action and lots of exotic technology – but not the usual rehash of space battles and Galactic empires.
In almost 60 years of reading science fiction – probably 2000 or 3000 books and at least as many stories in the Golden age of SF magazines – I haven’t found a character like Ham very often. He certainly beats “Hal” of 2001 hands-down.
5.0 out of 5 stars: A sorely needed new heroine
Review by M Travison August 19, 2014
Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase
I think this was a terrific beginning to a new series but more importantly a new heroine for the scifi genre. It’s also refreshing to read an intelligent scifi novel without galactic space battles or alien earth invasions. Regan is by no means a genius but she’s ambitious, focused, assertive and especially knows how to assemble a good team to make her dreams reality.
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by admin | Sep 21, 2025 | Science Fiction |
Humanity needed a hero. It got a karaoke DJ.
Leo MacGavin is not the brightest specimen of humanity. But when he inadvertently rescues a flirty alien heiress, he’s promoted from second-rate lounge entertainer to captain of the galaxy’s most sophisticated cruise ship.
Before he can flee in terror, a human-hating executive gives Leo an ultimatum—complete the vessel’s maiden voyage or mankind’s last colony will be turned into a sewage dump. To make matters worse, a militant cyborg is undermining his authority, a giant spider is terrifying the passengers, and a sentient plant keeps stealing all the beer.
If Leo ever wants to see his home again, he’ll have to keep the guests happy through seven days of onboard antics and madcap shore excursions. As strange malfunctions tear the ship apart, can he hold his rag-tag crew together, or will he flush the last bastion of humanity down the crapper?
Galaxy Cruise: The Maiden Voyage is a hilarious science fiction comedy adventure for readers who love The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Space Team. And moviegoers who love Galaxy Quest, Spaceballs, and Guardians of the Galaxy. And TV watchers who love Red Dwarf, Futurama, and The Orville. And people who basically just want to see The Love Boat on a spaceship.
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