The stars held more than humanity’s future……they revealed an alien menace that could end it all.First contact wasn’t peaceful. The Zodarks, brutal and unrelenting, tore into the Republic’s defenses. Armed with cunning and unquenchable bloodthirst, the four-armed warriors dominated over every adversary.Caught off guard as the Republic stumbled into an interstellar war it wasn’t ready to fight—against an adversary born from nightmares. Mankind clung to hope as it healed divisions, forged new alliances, and prepared for the war thrusted upon it.Amid the chaos, Ripley Willis Lee, a young officer with a brilliant mind for strategy, rose to face the challenge. His courage and determination inspired those around him, but the burden of leadership grew heavier with every battle. During the invasion of Intus, his decisions would mean the difference between survival and annihilation.The battle for Intus would decide more than victory. Would humanity survive the trials of the stars—or succumb to them?The Intus Invasion is the gripping first entry in a new series set in the Rise of the Republic universe. If you crave high-stakes battles, dark revelations, and the fight for humanity’s survival, this is your next great read.Grab your copy today and step into the fight.

Jon Carver is a man lost in the far reaches of the universe. A tragic encounter with strange alien forces has left him part man, part living metal. Scraping by as a hired gun on a rundown space station at the edge of civilized space, Carver’s the guy you call when you have a job that no one else wants. It’s not much of a life, but it pays the dock fees on his dilapidated ship.Now his past has returned with a vengeance. He’s made powerful enemies… enemies intent on destroying all he’s built. To survive, Carver must fight to protect the one thing he holds most dear and maybe save a galactic empire in the process.Fans of Altered Carbon and Killjoys will love this action-fueled science fiction novel.

What would you do if you knew exactly when you would die?Like everyone else in the 24th century United States, ambitious young scientist Evergreen Mason knows the precise minute she will die. When she hears that a sixteen-year-old girl has surpassed her predicted lifespan, she is compelled to solve the existential riddle of what allowed her to be the only known survivor of her biological clock.But Evergreen’s unrelenting search for answers is not without peril. The shocking truth could bring society to its knees, and those in power will stop at nothing to keep it secret.Can Evergreen expose the government’s ghastly plot, or will the next clock that stops be her own?If you like Black Mirror or books by Michael Crichton, Margaret Atwood, and Hugh Howey, you’ll love the themes of technology and society gone wrong told through the eyes of Means’s compelling characters. Hourglass Is the next thrilling dystopian read for your list!Buy Hourglass and strap in for a futuristic thriller today.