by admin | Sep 12, 2025 | Dark & Urban Fantasy |
A betrayal. A deadly secret. An unlikely ally.
Valerie Darkmore’s entire life has been building up to this moment—her initiation into the Marionettes, the prestigious league of witches sworn to serve the vampires. As one of the last remaining blood witches, her spot is almost guaranteed. At least, so she’d thought.
The academy is full of sabotage and secrets as the tasks begin, and Valerie quickly realizes she has more than her spot on the line. Her survival seems just as uncertain.
The closer she gets to the final trial, the more she learns everything—and everyone—around her isn’t quite what it seems.
Inspired by The Vampire Diaries, Vampire Academy, and True Blood, The Marionettes is a dark new adult fantasy romance series best suited for mature readers with a taste for angst, twists and turns, and a little blood and a little spice.
The heat level increases with each book in the series. Book one is not indicative of the spice level overall.
by admin | Sep 12, 2025 | Dystopian & Apocalyptic |
Adrian forgave himself. The undead have been banished and he’s accepted the love of friends, family, and some strangers. He’s started a better life.
Bastion grows day after day as pilgrims come to put down roots near the vaunted Trinity. Crops are growing, babies are being born, supplies are being salvaged, restful dreams are being had, and there’s even talk that the government is surfacing to reform.
All his problems should be getting better now, right?
But some battles start after the last shot is fired.
They call themselves The Northern Valley Cooperative.
Adrian’s known about them for years. Always on his fringe, never in his face, they built a fortress out of a ski resort, and brought everyone near them to heel. And now, with winter bearing down on Adrian’s world, the NVC is marching south.
Are they friends, or are they foes?
Either way, Adrian’s got a loaded gun on his hip, and he’s surrounded by people he’d die for.
He just might.
The Dealer of Hope contains Adrian’s Journal entries from September 21st, 2013 through November 30th, 2013. It also contains the side fictions Desperation, Junkyard Dogs, Strange Bedfellows, No One’s Home, A City Laid Asunder, and One Last Hurrah.
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by admin | Sep 12, 2025 | Dystopian & Apocalyptic |
Oliver Banks joined the military to follow in his father’s footsteps but found his calling in the process. Through dedication and perseverance, Oliver earns a coveted position within the elite group of operators of the Regimental Reconnaissance Company. As Oliver battles from the deep jungles of Columbia to the treacherous peaks and valleys of Afghanistan, he learns Bravery and Honor come with a steep price. Beaten down, unsure of his future, and haunted by the fallen brothers he’s left behind. Banks arrives in his hometown of Franklin, North Carolina, hours before a solar flare destroys the power grid.
With lines of communication, technology destroyed, and a deadly virus burning through the rural countryside, Banks finds himself alone and unsure how widespread the carnage is. In a tale fraught with danger and unexpected tests around each corner, Banks is faced with hard choices. Banks can hide away in his mountain refuge or head west in one final bid to locate other survivors and assist with the survival of humanity.
Call Me Stone is the gritty telling of a warrior’s struggle to survive not only the dangers of living in a harsh world but also the conquering of his dark past. Readers will find themselves wondering where their own limits lie long after putting this book down.
by admin | Sep 12, 2025 | Science Fiction |
SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE THE WORLD TOOK A WRONG TURN … WHAT IF IT DID?
Read the Amazon bestseller about facing the constant anxieties of the twenty-first century, the thin line that separates comfort from chaos, and the role fate plays in our lives. Controversial when it was first released, Branches accurately predicted much of the dystopian reality playing out in America today. It’s perfect for readers of mind-bending books like Dark Matter and The Midnight Library.
For one man, the past few years have been a downward spiral. A series of unexplained seizures. The sudden loss of his mother. The rise of a fascist leader and a successful coup to retain power—a nightmare that unfolds through endless doomscrolling online and grows worse by the day. But there’s a way out.
Explore alternate realities and the paths not taken in this thought-provoking novel about a man who discovers he’s living in the wrong timeline and seeks to escape a dystopian life that readers will find eerily familiar. Take a trip through alternate presents that could soon become our future. And find an answer to the biggest question of all: what matters most in a world that’s spinning out of control?
REVIEWS
“A powerful piece of inventive and topical science fiction [that] will undoubtedly resonate with readers in a way that many stories reach for, but few achieve.” –The BookLife Prize
“Rings frightfully true. A precision hit on a raw nerve.” –Stella Jorette, author of Harmony Lost
“A story of emotional discovery and depth that left me breathless by the last fateful word.” –BookBub
“Branches by Adam Peter Johnson is a unique piece of time travel fiction, and for a first novel, it’s essentially a masterpiece. … If you’ve enjoyed Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library, or are looking for a science-fiction book dealing with alternate histories and time travel, then I think you’ll fall in love with this novel.” –Bookwormex
“This book gave me an existential crisis, but in a good way. It’s incredibly thoughtful sci-fi.” –Kevin E. Carlson, author of Jade Fall
“Several weeks later, the book has stayed with me. Especially the ending, which the author gets absolutely right. He has something important to say.” –Paul Clark, author of The Price of Dreams
“Part dystopian, part all-too-familiar reality … walks an imaginative line between what we think we know and what actually is.” –Stories on Stage Davis
“Lovers of alternate histories will find much that fascinates [in] this bold experiment in timelines and trauma.” –BookLife
“This is sci-fi with both brains and a heart. … A brilliantly insightful debut. ?????” –BookBub review
“I did not want to put it down, and I did not stop thinking about it after. ?????” –Amazon review
“If you were a fan of Blake Crouch’s Dark Matter, this is for you. ?????” –GoodReads review
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by admin | Sep 12, 2025 | Science Fiction |
“An interplanetary Ocean’s 11. Well worth the read.”—Jeffery H. Haskell, Author of The Grimm’s War series.
A smuggler in the wrong place. An ancient alien technology. Now, everyone is after him.
Kai Fletcher thought he could go straight, until he couldn’t. And when his last “last” job goes wrong, he finds himself stowed away in a starship belonging to an alien crime syndicate.
Forced into servitude to pay the debt for passage off world, Kai bargains with the syndicate. All he has to do is help them rob the Vakness Empire, the most powerful alien empire in known space, and he gets to go home.
Easy Peasy. Until it isn’t.
Planning the heist, Kai discovers that the Vakness Empire has stolen ancient alien technology that will allow them to achieve their dream of ruling over all other sentient species. He’s never been a good guy, but even he has limits.
Hunted by both the Empire, and the syndicate, he manages to get on the wrong side of everyone in the galaxy who wants the discovery for themselves.
Kai just wanted to get back to Chicago, but instead, he’s become the Galaxy’s Most Wanted in this Sci-Fi thrill ride from Michael LaVoice!
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