Dreams were once sacred. Now they are state property. Under constant surveillance, citizens grow up knowing their subconscious is monitored, cataloged, and judged. At sixteen, the most dangerous dreams are selected — and their dreamers are forced into the Black Trials. Thousands enter. Not all return. Fanya has spent her life trying to outrun the nightmare that haunts her sleep. Now she must face it head-on in a government-controlled dreamscape where fear becomes flesh and trust can shatter in an instant. But as the lines between nightmare and reality blur, Fanya uncovers something far more terrifying than her own recurring dream: The Trials were never meant to save them. They were meant to control them.

An unknown object crashes into the ocean, revealing secrets that could change the fate of humanity. From the depths of Earth's waters to the vastness of space, a team of pilots, scientists, and a time-displaced AI must navigate the unknown. They uncover an ancient weapon, face interstellar threats, and grapple with the possibility of Earth's destruction. In a race against time and adversaries from beyond, can they harness this technology for humanity's survival, or will they unleash an apocalypse? Join LUNA, Dusty, and Dr. Gardner in a high-stakes journey where every decision could be the last. PROJECT VIRTUS - Unravel the mysteries, secure the future, or witness the end.

The first in a series of “lively tales of swashbuckling capitalism in space,” featuring a fascinating alien culture based on the social structure of lion prides ( Locus ) Chaos breaks out when the captain of an all-female alien crew agrees to rescue a human male wanted by their enemy . . . No one at Meetpoint Station had ever seen a creature like the Outsider. Naked-hided, blunt toothed and blunt-fingered, Tully was the sole surviving member of his company of humans?a communicative, spacefaring species hitherto unknown?and he was a prisoner of his discoverers and captors?the sadistic, treacherous kif?until his escape onto the hani ship, The Pride of Chanur . Little did he know when he threw himself upon the mercy of The Pride and her crew that he put the entire hani species in jeopardy and imperiled the peace of the Compact itself . . . for the information this fugitive held could be the ruin or glory of any of the species at Meetpoint Station.

"Pulse pounding action coupled with a look at the cost of war - Weapons Free grabbed me from the first page." - USA Today Bestselling Author Rhett C. Bruno Thirty-five years of peace. One vicious attack destroys it all. Reservist Lieutenant Justin Spencer loves every minute of flying fighters through space during his annual two-week tour with the Coalition Defense Force. The job back home isn’t nearly as thrilling as blowing up asteroids with the squadron under his command, but it keeps him close to his wife and daughter. After all, joining the CDF was only for the free education. Justin never expected a battle, much less a war. With one shot across his cockpit, peacetime fades into memory. An unexpected enemy emerges with overwhelming force designed to obliterate the Terran Coalition. The League of Sol has a different name, but it’s the same communist regime that chased away much of Earth’s population hundreds of years ago. Illusions of returning home are shattered in a single instant. Simulated battles become all too real, and it’s full-on engagement or permanent elimination. Death and destruction erupt across the Terran Coalition and leave Justin in a protracted war with only one truth remaining. The battlefield will leave no one unscathed.

One last mission… After a long and exalted military career, General Connor Gates thought he was finally ready to retire. He was wrong. When interstellar probes sent to Earth’s star system report back 40 years earlier than expected, the colonists learn that humans somehow survived the cataclysmic events of the past…but so did the enemy. The colonists owe their lives to the sacrifice made by the people of Earth, but the survivors are struggling and the colonists have the technology to turn the tide. Someone must lead an expeditionary force back to Earth. Connor might have been ready for retirement, but Earth calls, promising answers to what happened so long ago. Can Connor and his friends survive one last mission and pay back the huge debt of sacrifice made long ago? Expedition Earth is the 14th book in the bestselling military science fiction series, First Colony. Read the 14th book in this sprawling space opera today! Science Fiction for those who long to explore!

Two troubled homicide detectives race to find a serial killer in a town filled with surgically reformed murderers, in this captivating near-future SF thriller. In a small religious community rocked by a spree of shocking murders, Detectives Salvi Brentt and Mitch Grenville find themselves surrounded by suspects. The Children of Christ have a tight grip on their people, and the Solme Complex neurally edit violent criminals - Subjugates - into placid servants called Serenes. In a town where purity and sin, temptation and repression live side by side, everyone has a motive. But as the bodies mount up, the frustrated detectives begin to crack under the pressure: their demons come to light, and who knows where the blurred line between man and monster truly lies. File Under: Science Fiction [ Pure & Savage | Hard Boiled | Bright Spark | Finding Serenity ]