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Elysium
Georgia Cline
Synopsis: What do you do when your blood can save another? Only, a few pints aren't enough. Years ago, a demonic strain of the Black Death gripped the continents in terror. Nothing could stop it. It was renamed Red in its early stages. Red for blood.

    That's what it all comes down to: blood. In Eliza Morgan lives the cure--but there's a price. It takes all of it. Eliza discovered that as she watched her mother die, when a small amount fell from an open cut onto her mother's blackened skin. The effect was only momentary.
    Nine years later, men in black suits come to her house, throw a bag over her head, and toss her in the back of a van.
    When Eliza wakes, there's nothing but concrete and prison bars. Her secret is out, and before long she might die for it. There is, however, a rumor--a rumor of an elusive haven. No one finds it--it finds them.
    And for whatever reason, it wants very badly to find Eliza.
Publication Date:
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Science Fiction
Orenda
Ruth Silver
Synopsis: Join forces with a parallel universe.

Dark forces, magical creatures, and the world Lil thought she knew collide when a dream transports her to the strange world of Orenda. Stunned and terrified, Lil comes face to face with her doppelganger, Willow, who possesses the ability to travel between the two worlds. Everything Lil knows logically says that Orenda can’t exist, but a small clue may be proof that it was more than an ordinary dream. With the threat of her sister in danger, Lil crosses dimensions but it may cost her even more than she bargained for.

A sword wielding girl, the eternal suit, and a parallel universe come together in this action-packed Young Adult fantasy adventure that will keep readers of all ages turning the pages. Orenda is the first novel in the Orenda series.
Publication Date:
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Science Fiction
Protostar (The Star-Crossed Saga Book 1)
Synopsis: When Prince William of the Torrian Alliance comes to Earth to assassinate the last Starchild Sydney, he must make an impossible choice between love and duty.

The critically acclaimed, space opera romance, Sci-fi debut from award-winning author Braxton A. Cosby, The StarCrossed Saga is written in the spirit of The Hunger Games and the Divergent Series.
Gold Medal Winner of Reader's Favorite and Literary Children's Classics Award for Sci-fi Young Adult

What Would You Choose: Love or Duty?
As the Torrian Alliance continues its age-old mission of hunting down Star-children, King Gregorio Derry reluctantly agrees to send his only son, William, to planet Earth on a mission to bring honor back to the Royal Family name. The target: Sydney, a young teenage girl, unaware of her alien heritage. When an unforeseen accident delays the assassination, William begins to realize a connection forming with Sydney and struggles to follow through with his orders. With the fear of Civil War imminent back home, William must make the ultimate choice between his irrevocable duty and love, sacrificing everything he believes. But as a hidden menace emerges to secure a vested interest, and impossible odds begin to mount against them, William and Sydney wonder if a connection between two starcrossed lovers is enough to save them from destruction.

Book 1 of the award-winning StarCrossed Saga series, where teen romance blends with science fiction to open a whole new world of action, adventure and discovery! Rated one of the best space opera book series and sci fi alien romance.
Publication Date:
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Science Fiction
The Rule of Lorques: Lorque Exposure
Synopsis: The first book of the TROL trilogy.

Jonas is lost, dazed and confused. His family are gone; his friends are gone. Everything he has ever known has changed; an army of invaders swarm across his planet - Hala. Creatures are falling from the sky, military battalions are breaking the cities, Jonas' home is being destroyed. His fight is dwindling fast. He's no good - he can't win...best to just be lying down; giving in...dying.

But hope appears! A fellow Halan evading the enemy; a wild man on the run. Someone he can trust? Someone who will protect him? Who knows...what choice does he have? The Wild Man has friends; promises him safety. They escape into the mountains, comrades in arms, overcoming their fears...living, running...surviving.

But the wild man knows things. Whispering dark secrets, tales of a clandestine alien race...a race orchestrating the invasion. What do they want? How does the wild man know so much? What does he want with Jonas? Why are they no longer running? Because now they're fighting, rebelling, turning against the invaders...attacking.

Jonas is frightened...he wants his family and home. They're moving...into the heart of the enemy. He's unsure; bewildered. He's told of an alien prophecy; it talks of a weapon that fills him with fear...

…not because it can stop the invasion...

…not because it can bring home his family...

…but because the weapon...

...is Jonas.
Publication Date:
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Science Fiction
Flashes of Fiction (Volume 1)
Synopsis: Five short stories for quick, fun reads. Each volume contains stories in various genres, so there is something for every reader.

Volume 1: Metro Dome-(sci-fi) In the future, families live domes to protect themselves for the scorching sun, but one man longs for the days when families lived in houses and the worlds seemed endless.

Viral Smiles-(humor) A young lady decides to put the theory to test that smiles are contagious with some humorous results.

Shannon Elizabeth Riley- (mystery) A little girl finally finds her way home after being lost for 30 years

Operation Onion- (sci-fi/speculative fiction) Samuel is born with a strange affliction that makes him emits different odors based on his moods and this makes people shy away from him. But, Samuel‘s mother says God has a plan for everyone, so does this mean Samuel will find his place in this world?

The Handbag- (sci-fi) Sara finds a handbag that seems to make money on cue, but all good things have a catch. Right?
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Age Level: Mature Young Adult
Genre: Science Fiction
Birthmarked
Caragh M. O'Brien
Synopsis:

IN THE ENCLAVE, YOUR SCARS SET YOU APART, and the newly born will change the future.

Sixteen-year-old Gaia Stone and her mother faithfully deliver their quota of three infants every month. But when Gaia's mother is brutally taken away by the very people she serves, Gaia must question whether the Enclave deserves such loyalty. A stunning adventure brought to life by a memorable heroine, this dystopian debut will have readers racing all the way to the dramatic finish.

Publication Date:
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Science Fiction
Ameca J and the Revenge of Rex Ultar
Synopsis: Overwhelmed with grief at the murder of their father, Ameca and Fraya jump at an almost unbelievable chance to return him to life. They must return to their world with three Mythranian companions - Artrayor the Elf, Delar Prince of Trenaria, and Gravellux, High Magi of Mythrania. Together they must seek and locate a magical artefact that has the power to return life to the dead.
But all is not as they left it on their world. Their mother is missing, and so are they according to the local newspapers, a complication that has triggered a massive police hunt that threatens their mission.
As well as this, the foul High Priest Bellatrix is tracking them, happy to let them find the artefact that can also be used for evil as well as good. He plans to use it in conjunction with 21st century satellite technology to transform the population of the planet into the Scelestus' deadly shock troops - the ferocious Werethralls.
Ameca and her sister must avoid the police and the minions of Bellatrix to achieve their aim, but there is one final complication. Who is the insidious Rex-Ultar, and why does he want to revenge himself on the girls?
Publication Date:
Age Level: Any Age
Genre: Science Fiction
UnEarthed
Jodi Moran, Rebecca Bloomer
Synopsis: If you’re going to colonise a planet, you’d better be willing to fight for it.
Within Anphobos, there grows a new race.  The first generation of humans never to set foot on Earth.  They are pale skinned, large eyed and worship no god but science.  They possess technological skills and processes Earth has refused to acknowledge.  Until now…
“We are Martian. Your religion isn’t ours. Our god is Mars. Our religion is science. Anything we do in the service of Mars, is good. Make no mistake, Earth girl, we are both right and good.”
Fresh off Earth, Jodi Scarfield doesn’t really care for Mars or its politics. Still, accusations of treason will get a girl’s attention...
Publication Date:
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Science Fiction
Black Blood
Melissa Pearl
Synopsis: She never should have broken the rules.

But she did.

And now they’re going to make her pay…

What do you do when everything you thought you knew turns out to be a lie?

A mysterious stranger is questioning Gemma’s lineage. She doesn’t want to believe him. But could he be right?

A trip back in time will reveal a sickening truth she doesn’t want to accept. Thanks to her parents, Harrison’s family line is broken…and he no longer exists.

Can Gemma change the past and bring her boyfriend back?

To do this, she must trust a stranger and learn everything she can before she loses Harrison forever.


You’ll love Black Blood, because Gemma is about to find out that she’s capable of more than she ever thought she could be. Mysteries will be revealed as the fight for true freedom begins.

Get it now.

Other books available in this series...
Golden Blood & Pure Blood

Publication Date:
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Science Fiction
Lazarball: Book One of the Anumal Empire Series (eBook)
Synopsis: written by Darren Jacobs and David Ayres

Anumal Empire: Lazarball was awarded the "Flamingnet Top Choice Award".

"Mr. Jacobs and Mr. Ayres have created a story so engrossing that you just can’t help but get lost in it for hours, and during that time, you truly believe that this world exists. " - Night Owl Reviews

"The Hunger Games meets The Lion King... Anumal Empire is one of the best fantasy novels that I have ever read. Haunting, terrifying and dangerous; never a boring moment." - The Selkie Reads Stories

The race of man is extinct… A new breed has risen... Anumalkind shall inherit the Earth...

After merging human and animal DNA together, the anumal race turned against their creators…and wiped them out.

Now, centuries later, an ancient pact between warring clans has been broken. Dark powers are surfacing, threatening the survival of this hybrid race…and the fate of the anumal species lies in the hands of a single lion…Clinton Narfell.

Hailing from the desert village of Wooburn, Clinton’s meager life is catapulted out of control the day he steals food to feed his younger brother. As an extraordinary chain of events begins to unfold, Clinton is forced to use skill and cunning to keep himself alive…and is hurtled towards a destiny he did not realize he was born to fulfill…

Facing savage scavengers, vicious anumal clans, and worse, Clinton soon realizes that power does not come from books or spells, but from something far deeper within us all…

"What a cool cover. Great excerpt too..." - Charles Gramlich

"The writing is muscular, thrilling. It draws you right inside the skin of the protagonist..." - Elaine Ash
Publication Date:
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Science Fiction
The New Mars
John L. Manning Jr.
Synopsis: The story starts out with an introduction of investors investing into a project of turning Mars into a vacation spot with a retirement community. The workers of this project are looking for more to do during their off hours besides eat and sleep. Some of these workers build pod racers out of old rovers and other discarded mechanics to race around the terrain of Mars.


These workers have formed teams to race each other and the Mars Dome wants to join in with the fun. The Mars Dome was the first three story dome that has grown into three Domes. The third dome is being constructed as this book begins. The third dome of the now Mars Domes is a Hotel Dome for vacationers. This dome is built faster than they expected, so the extra workers from the Hotel Dome project join the Tent project.


A separate tent has been started for the retirees with a big mall at the other end of a street from the entrance of this tent with condominiums on each side. This Mall has a gym and spa for the retirees to get there exercise with a food court and restaurants this mall even has all of the stores that you would expect in a shopping mall. But on the second floor of this mall, is a hospital with rooms for the retirees that need full time care. Because of the less gravity of Mars, these retirees are active at the park and sports facilities.


The Pod races grow and a team from the Mars Domes join the teams of racers from the Tent project. The racers from the Mars Domes want to have spectators for these races, so they construct six one room domes with stands inside around the race cores. These teams of racers from the Tent project are made up of Builders, Technician, and Freelance workers. The Team from the Mars Domes have the advantage from scientists and newer materials, so there is a bit of complaining.


As the construction of the Tents goes on and the races get bigger, one of the managers get the idea of building a sports tent. The idea sports facility is a hit with the investors to build a vacation spot that is full of activates. This sports tent in cases a small creator with a racetrack around the inner crust of this creator there is room for an active retiree community in this creator and much more. There is even a stadium in this Tent B and a gaming center with all kinds of games.


A small group of vacationers that want to be one of the first gusts on Mars show up and they explore the three tents and just love the Pod races. After they go there are some extreme sports stars invited to brake in the park, and they bring their family to join in with the fun. The story ends with the now called "The New Mars Project" with all three tents ready for hundreds of guests.
Publication Date:
Age Level: 8 - 12
Genre: Science Fiction
Nighthawks at the Mission
Synopsis: In today's universe, it's The Oberon is last place a settler from the USA can find the old American dream alive and well. Thousands of settlers from America have come to live in this mysterious land on another world accessed only by an energy portal in the South Pacific. Facing a futureless existence and betrayed by her long-time boyfriend, Sarah Orange is one of those settlers that leave the Earth. There she falls in with a group of illegal salvagers that operate at night in the empty ruins there. Sarah risks death from both The Oberon's corporate overseers as well as the murderous hatred of the alien Ni-Perchta that hate the human settlers who are pilfering their world that is filled with magic and ancient technology left behind by an extinct civilization. With her life spinning out of control from drug addiction, Sarah searches for love and money in a world so close to- and yet so different from- our very own while surviving a terrorist threat that slowly begins to consume her new homeland with destruction.
Publication Date:
Age Level: Mature Young Adult
Genre: Science Fiction
Hunter No More
G.D. Tinnams
Synopsis: -ATTENTION-

The Hunter Class Spacecraft designated 'The Amberjack' disappeared during a routine mission to Seek, Locate and Destroy the enemy Machine Mind contingent known as ‘The Ochre’.

Conclusion: It was either destroyed by the Ochre or went rogue for reasons unknown. If sighted, approach with extreme caution.

On the planet Borealis, a violent revolution forces Samantha Marriot and her parents to flee their home for the relative safety of ‘The Rainbow Islands’. Once there, Sam discovers a secret her father has been keeping from her all her life, a secret that will change everything. Meanwhile, The Machine Mind Hierarchy of Earth dispatches a ship to rid themselves of the planet’s troublesome human population.

The only hope of a defence lies with a damaged binary Hunter unit that has long since abandoned both its programming and weaponry. In order for the unit to succeed it must call upon the aid of an ancient enemy, and prove, once and for all, it is a Hunter no more.
Publication Date:
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Science Fiction
Robinson Crusoe 2244
E.J. Robinson
Synopsis: This thrilling sci-fi twist on the Daniel Defoe classic has been remastered and re-edited since its original publication!

Two centuries after mankind drove itself to the brink of extinction, a new civilization rises from the ashes of what was once Great Britain. But when deadly strife breaks out among their ranks, the teenage son of one prominent family finds himself fleeing in the dead of night only to wind up shipwrecked on the forbidden continent of America. Armed with only his wit and the most unexpected of allies, the teenager struggles to survive in a wasteland filled with unspeakable horrors and in the end must uncover the one secret that can save his own people or spell doom for mankind forever.
Publication Date:
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Science Fiction
ECHO's Revenge: The Other Side: Part 1
Synopsis: Book 2, Part 1 in the ECHO's Revenge series

Luca Esposito, creator of the bestselling online video game, ECHO’S Revenge, can’t wait to release the next and most ambitious version of his game monster—a real, artificially intelligent, 35-foot-tall extreme predator designed to engage gamers in a new gaming arena.

But unknown to Luca and his AI developer, Prentice Petty, ECHO-7 has changed the rules of the game even before its release. As the monster completes its final testing cycle, something goes horribly wrong. The super-intelligent predator, clad in impenetrable armor and possessing the power to shape-shift, has a plan of its own.

Can Luca and Prentice solve the ultimate nightmare of a self-motivated, artificially intelligent game boss on a rampage?

Echo’s Revenge: The Other Side delivers non-stop, adrenaline-pumping action and a question for the future: What happens when you lose control of an artificially intelligent game predator—in the real world?

"For all you gamers out there—not to mention all readers who enjoy horror, sci-fi, or just want an amazing story that will keep you on the edge of your seat—this is THE series to choose." -- Amy Lignor, Author of The Angel Chronicles
Publication Date:
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Science Fiction
STORM FALL
Tracy Banghart
Synopsis: In the action-packed sequel to Rebel Wing, Aris battles for life and love . . . and not everyone will survive.

Aris Haan gave up everything to join the Atalantan Military: her family, her boyfriend, even her identity. In the end, though, it didn’t matter that she was a war hero. When the all-male Military discovered that she was actually a woman, she was sent home and erased from history.

Now she has a chance to go back to the battlefield—as herself. But as hard as it was to be a soldier in disguise, it’s even more difficult now. The men in her unit undermine her at every turn. The Safaran army has spies everywhere, perhaps even on Aris’s stationpoint. And she’s falling for her mysterious superior officer, Milek. But their relationship is forbidden, just stolen moments between training sessions and missions. There’s no room for love in war.

Then Aris discovers that Safara’s leaders have set their sights on her, Atalanta’s hero. And she must find them before they find her . . .
Publication Date:
Age Level: Mature Young Adult
Genre: Science Fiction

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