Seventeen-year-old Ezren Hart interns in her mother’s terraforming lab, studying Belethea’s deadly storms with the dream of giving her backwater planet open teal skies. But when budget cuts threaten to shut down her mother’s lab, Ezren enters Belethea’s Race Royale, the system’s deadliest and most lucrative race. To win, she’ll have to run, drive, and fight her way across Belethea’s barren landscape while navigating its savage and volatile storms. With her planet’s future, and her family’s, on the line, she can’t afford to lose. But first, she’ll have to convince her handsome royale partner that their planet is worth saving.Foster Sterling is a jaded ex-prodigy royaler still reeling from his partner’s death in a training accident. When Ezren Hart comes charging into his life, her passion reminds him of what he once loved about racing and his dream of returning pride to their planet. Still, no matter how fast they go, they can’t outrun the mysterious string of deadly accidents following them like a curse. As Foster falls harder for Ezren, he races to piece the clues together. But with time running out and their survival on the line, he’ll have to decide if their dreams are worth their lives.Earth was tame. Belethea is not.Perfect for fans of underdog heroes, slow burn romance, and high stakes sci-fi, INTO THE CHURN races across a new planet of savage storms and dazzling tech. Fall in love with Ezren and Foster as they battle side-by-side to save their scrappy world on a ruthless interplanetary stage where appearances are everything, speed means survival, and the only thing deadlier than the storms are the other racers.

+ Winner: NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award for Science FictionAN ANCIENT WARNING CARVED IN STONE. A DEADLY SOLAR STORM. HUMANITY'S LAST DEFENSE. SURVIVAL SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER.The Sun gave us life. Now humanity must survive its fury.From the award-winning author of “Born in Space,” a gripping hard sci-fi action thriller that combines cutting-edge science, unforgettable characters, and a heart-stopping race to save humanity.A 3,000-year-old Olmec mosaic points to an imminent solar catastrophe capable of crippling satellites, collapsing global communications, and plunging civilization into darkness.Humanity's only hope is Kavach, an immense orbital shield built from resources on the Moon. But when its construction falls under the control of trillionaire industrialist Howie Rich, survival becomes a commodity—and Earth's future is sold to the highest bidder.Determined to escape his father's malignant shadow, Arturo Rich takes charge of the project, only to discover that saving the world may require him to defy the man who built it. He finds an unexpected ally in Airi Abe, a fearless test pilot whose survival after a devastating lunar crash changes the course of his life.But as the countdown to imminent apocalypse accelerates, mysterious system failures, political rivalries, and corporate greed threaten to destroy the project from within. With time running out, Arturo and Airi must decide what they are willing to sacrifice—not only for each other, but for every life on Earth.A gripping blend of scientifically grounded speculation, high-stakes suspense, and unforgettable characters that asks a timeless question: who should control the technology that can save humanity? Space Shield explores what happens when the planet’s greatest threat comes not from another world—but from the star that gives us life.

THERE'S LIFE ON MARS Adam Flynn is the only human ever born on Mars. After seventeen years of isolation with only a handful of scientists for company, the arrival of new colonists is a dream come true—until that dream becomes a nightmare. Beneath the planet’s barren surface, something ancient stirs. Something hungry. When an alien swarm ravages the colony, Adam finds himself leading a band of teenage survivors in a desperate battle against an enemy that doesn’t just kill—it can think, plan, and burrow its way into human minds. This adrenaline-fueled sci-fi thriller weaves heart-stopping horror into a story of survival, found family, first love, and the true meaning of home—even when home wants to kill you.

The Princess Bride meets Princess Leia in this snarky-smart space opera that puts a feminist twist on classic fairy tale tropes. Princess Rory Thorne must use the fairy blessings gifted to her at birth to change the multiverse—or possibly destroy it.   Rory Thorne is a princess with 13 fairy blessings, the most important of which is to see through flattery and platitudes. As the eldest daughter, she always imagined she’d inherit her father’s throne and govern the interplanetary Thorne Consortium.   Then her father is assassinated, her mother gives birth to a son, and Rory is betrothed to the prince of a distant world.   When Rory arrives in her new home, she uncovers a treacherous plot to unseat her newly betrothed and usurp his throne. An unscrupulous minister has conspired to name himself Regent to the minor (and somewhat foolish) prince. With only her wits and a small team of allies, Rory must outmaneuver the Regent and rescue the prince.   How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse is a feminist reimagining of familiar fairy tale tropes and a story of resistance and self-determination—how small acts of rebellion can lead a princess to not just save herself, but change the course of history.

Hope is a hell of a thing to weaponize—especially when it’s all you have left. ?? 2026 Independent Press Award WINNER! ??“Engrossing doomsday thriller spliced with heart, humor, and second chances.”—Publishers WeeklyYears from now, the last humans hide beneath glass domes. Outside, swarms of microdrones chew through the last defenses of a drowning world. Inside, a dying scientist and her lifelong love ration hope while Madders—a sarcastic, duct-taped AI—keeps the dome breathing.But time is short. The lights are dimming. Hope is bleeding out. To punch a door into the past, they must shut down everything—including Madders. One jumps. One pays. One is left behind.Decades earlier, Isabel’s life is in free fall. Just as she gets her footing, a stranger steps into her path. Longing flickers in his eyes—then the landmark hotel behind her erupts in flames. His hand lifts like he means to touch her, then drops. His voice comes out rough. “Run,” he says. “Now.” Her next move changes everything.Reality frays. Contradictions pile up. Timelines shear. From the far future, Madders watches three lives slam into the same fracture:A physicist chasing the ghost of a spacetime bridge.A woman whose quiet choices light the fuse.A man tethered to her by love, grief, and time itself.This is the story that begins at the tear—where love and physics collide.Praise for HIVE, Madders of Time Book One“Smart, imaginative.”Kirkus Reviews“A high-stakes, time-bending thrill ride with brains, heart, and a badass AI.”Reader’s Choice Award“Characters that feel real. Emotions that hit hard.”BookTrib“Some books entertain you. HIVE devours you.”G.R. Mitchell, GoodreadsMadders of Time Literary Awards?? San Francisco Book Festival Winner?? Eric Hoffer Book Award – Grand Prize Finalist?? BookLife Prize Finalist?? Readers’ Favorite Awards Finalist?? IAN Book of the Year Awards Finalist?? IndieReader Book Award FinalistSee What All the Buzz is About! Lyrical and unflinching, HIVE is an emotional, character-driven sci-fi thriller where time travel isn’t a gimmick.It’s a reckoning.Start reading today—before the cracks spread and the ending stops being fiction.

A mind-altering regime. Unity and loyalty dictated. Can one man resist the machine and rip away the veil to reveal the truth?Seattle, 2084. Antony Sartori hides his grief. Struggling to find a sense of purpose after losing his wife to a deadly pandemic, the former engineer silently suffers while surviving on welfare payments. Out past curfew after a long night of drinking, the devoted citizen is detained, put on trial, and assaulted by the authority he once served.Plagued by flashbacks that feel more real than the world around him, the fifty-four-year-old begins to question whether his mind or reality itself is unraveling. And though bombarded by reminders to leave the past behind and to live for his fellow man, the seeds of defiance take root in his heart.With every move watched and judged, can Antony wake up before all is lost?Lucid is a thought-provoking dystopian thriller. If you like dangerous truths and high-tech Orwellian futures grounded in hard science, then you’ll love Michael S. Milano’s chilling cautionary tale.