*****READERS' FAVORITE 2023 BOOK AWARD FINALIST"From the icy wastes of the Northern Zone to the opulence of Thio's castle, this is a rich and detailed world...There were moments reminiscent of DUNE as well - strong character work and a grand sweeping scale of world and story..." - Jim Maher, Reedsy"Intricate and complicated in the best way possible, Beyond the Father had me entertained and wanting more. I was lost in Xzyber's intricacies and its four regions..." Rabia Tanveer, Reader's FavoriteThe first of 8 books that will give you pause and make you ponder...“Beyond the Father” sets the scene for the 8-book Sci-Fi Epic “gods on Trial: The Series™,” delving into life’s determination to transcend all limitation. A uniquely different world to explore...Set on the planet X?yber, citizens of the Sub-Median Region, imperfectly reborn into metal, oppress those who are organic. Elsewhere, in the Central Kingdom, religion supports royalty’s brutal domination of the lowest class. Rife with mounting tension...War over scarce resources is coming, revolution within each region is brewing, and none know of the eccentric god who created them. This being watches, has fascinating conversations with his often-wiser companion, occasionally learns, and rarely intervenes. A struggle for survival and existence...The many levels and threads of struggle distract nearly all from a far greater threat. Meanwhile, the young Prince Anglid’s vision quest into the unexplored Area X may ultimately change everything. However, just when you think you know the direction of the story, the author has yet another surprise.

Her mission to the past is in shambles. Her future’s in deadly peril. Can this resourceful spitfire stop the present from going sideways?Wilda Firestone suffers no fools. And the seasoned retiree refuses to be tempted by the thrill of time-traveling shenanigans and instead buckles down to train her clueless new protégé. But when a bomb reduces the time machine next door to ashes and reduces her life’s work to rubble, the angry woman takes on a dangerous investigation…Ignoring her own battle scars from past time-hopping adventures, Wilda convinces her trainee to jump to 1850s France to lure the elusive terrorists out of the shadows of history. But when their malfunctioning contraption dumps them hundreds of miles away, the savvy agent fears something far worse is out of whack in the time stream.Can she unravel this mind-boggling mystery before it’s “off with her head?”Threads of Time is the snark-infused second book in the Toronto Time Agents science fiction series. Brace yourself for witty banter, nail-biting intrigue, and historical escapades that will make your head spin. If you crave witty characters, whiffs of conspiracy, and a lively romp through history, then C. N. Jackson’s rollicking adventure is a must-read.Read Threads of Time to untangle a lethal conspiracy today!

“Fast-paced, gripping hard SF with death in hard vacuum waiting at every turn.” — Arthur C. Clarke Award winner Adrian TchaikovskyAD 2118. Humanity has colonised the Moon, Mars, Ceres and Europa. Captain Ellisa Shann commands Khidr, a search and rescue ship with a crew of twenty-five, tasked to assist the vast commercial freighters that supply the different solar system colonies. Shann has no legs and has taken to life in zero-g partly as a result. She is a talented tactician who has a tendency to take too much on her own shoulders. Now, while on a regular six-month patrol through the solar system, Khidr picks up a distress call from the freighter Hercules…This is the first book in Allen Stroud’s epic science fiction trilogy, The Fractal Series, which features the novels: ‘Fearless’, ‘Resilient’ and ‘Vigilance’.?FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launched in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.

Thirty years after the Ragnarok meteor devastated Earth, humanity survives in sealed underground bunkers. Sixteen-year-old Alex Keener has never seen the sun—and in Bunker 108, that’s considered a blessing.When a recon patrol rescues a survivor from a neighboring bunker, they bring back more than they bargained for. The man carries the xenovirus, an alien pathogen that hijacks its hosts and twists them into violent, explosive monsters.Within hours, Bunker 108 falls. Now Alex is on the surface, alone, unprepared, and hunted. But surviving the Wasteland is only the beginning. The xenovirus didn’t arrive with Ragnarok by accident.Something sent it. And it isn’t finished.

Buy a planet and disappear...That's all Cole wanted.He spent thirteen years hiding on the fringes of society, piloting freighters for criminals and building a stash to do just that.But life happens when you're busy making plans.When Cole chooses to save an ejected castaway and stumbles into a crew of his own, he starts down a path that will force him to choose.Will Cole protect those who have become his people? Or will he slip away quietly in the night?Read Now to find out!

Enjoy the first five books of the Starfire Angels: Forgotten Worlds series—A New BeginningThe Rule of YonderVault of the CelestialsIn Darkness, LightThe Destruction of WallsAdventure and excitement interrupt Nya's life and force her to expose what she is—one of the Keepers of the Starfire crystal—but the Starfire has another plan for her.When a strange human from another galaxy is rescued on the remote mining planetoid where she hides, Nya is assigned the responsibility to return with him for one purpose--to stop a new enemy from obtaining the power to destroy the universe. However, that simple mission turns into much more than she could ever expect.Join Nya in a series of adventures, making new friends and new enemies along the way, learning that her people aren't the only ones touched by the Starfire, and being forced to make choices that challenge everything she values.