by admin | Sep 1, 2025 | Dark & Urban Fantasy |
Kill . . . or be damned.
A demon’s assassin for centuries, Maliha Crayne has gone rogue, determined to save a life for every one she’s destroyed in order to free herself from an eternity of enslavement, damnation, and excruciating torment. But as the powers that sustained her in the past fade, she is wary of trusting those closest to her?especially her lover, Jake. And her closest friends are beginning to disappear, one by one. Amid her anger, suspicion, and sorrow, her life is spiraling out of control.
Worse still, a beautiful Renaissance murderess is recruiting Maliha as her new assassin. Maliha is turning into a lethal puppet with an evil Immortal pulling the strings, forced to kill innocents or see her missing friends die horribly. Suddenly trapped in a moral no-man’s-land, Maliha is damned if she does and damned if she doesn’t . . . and time is rapidly running out.
by admin | Sep 1, 2025 | Science Fiction |
Unique visions and astonishments—new stories by:
Tobias S. Buckell and Karl Schroeder
Cory Doctorow
Neil Gaiman
Kathleen Ann Goonan
Alastair Reynolds
Michael Swanwick
Last year’s best short-form SF—selected by acclaimed, award-winning editors and anthologists David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer—offers stunning new extrapolations on what awaits humankind beyond the next dawn. The art of the story is explored boldly and provocatively in this powerful new collection of Year’s Best speculative fiction.
by admin | Sep 1, 2025 | Dystopian & Apocalyptic |
The vampire Dorian fights to stay alive in a world ruled by the undead.
Dorian thought he had it all figured out with eternal life at his fingertips and the world at his feet. But when a mysterious virus sweeps across the globe, turning the living into the undead, Dorian’s eternal life becomes a curse.
As he navigates this new, dangerous world, Dorian must not only fight off the mindless undead that roam the streets, but also a group of humans determined to rid the world of all vampires.
But as he battles for survival, Dorian begins to question what it means to be truly alive in a world overrun by the undead. Can he outwit the humans and the horde, or will he succumb to the eternal hunger that plagues him? Find out in this thrilling tale of survival.
by admin | Sep 1, 2025 | Science Fiction |
After the collapse of the Coalition, the Inner Cluster is besieged by new and old threats. In the power vacuum left by the destruction of the skip network, a new military force called the Black Sun has taken form and is rampaging across human space. Meanwhile, old hatreds are flaring up in the Inner Cluster and threatening their social cohesion and peace. Finally, danger from the void of space has made itself known. Khalihl and Meiind must fight both the demons of human nature and the demons in their own hearts and minds if they are going to survive the storm of violence, hatred, and ignorance swirling around them.
Praise for The Void Beyond:
“Tkacz has an amazing story to give us, in a cerebral and thoughtful package. This is more Picard than Star Wars, and there is no clear hero’s journey here. He paints motivations and fears for each character, giving us not only a great action packed novel, but a galaxy of hope and of hopelessness, all tied together by the lives and very souls of his characters.”
“Well written with a good flow… this saga presented an engaging, immersive depiction of the way humans seem to always take their personal beliefs too far.”
“The books made me think — about life, humanity, history, inability to learn from history, and continuation of extremist fundamentalism extending centuries into the future with some of the same destructive and divisive results.”
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by admin | Sep 1, 2025 | Science Fiction |
Three Humans, an intergalactic conspiracy, and a battle to save Earth.
From 2019 Georgia Author of the Year Nominee (First Novel) and 2019 James Tiptree Award Nominee Samantha Heuwagen, Dawn Among the Stars examines what it means to be human in this multicultural space romance.
The Reluctant Ambassador. Kayin Aves’s everyday life becomes complicated when the La’Mursians, an alien race focused on unity, come out of hiding to build a diplomatic relationship with Humanity. After a second alien race attacks Earth unprovoked, Kayin finds herself both entangled in intergalactic politics and drawn to the Prince of Selucia with alluring lavender eyes. Now, Kayin has to fight for Earth’s future without letting her heart get in the way.
The Misguided Do-Gooder. Henry Rickner wishes he could take back all of his mistakes, including letting the love of his life go before the attack on Earth. Within the chaos of war, he tries to reunite with those he holds dear and atone for everything he’s done up until this point.
The Stubborn Survivor. Melissa Pebbles only has one goal: to keep her family alive during and after the attack. While she fights to keep her loved ones safe, Melissa learns that family is more than just blood. The first member of her expanded family unit? The mysterious La’Mursian who has decided to help Melissa and the Pebbles clan survive intergalactic war.
Can these humans trust their new allies or will they lose the only home they’ve ever known?
The Complete Starless Series:
Dawn Among the Stars
Stardust Emerging
Fading Starlight
In the Wake of Stars
BONUS: Moonlit
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