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Skiathos || 2018 Wattys Shortlist - Sample Chapters by mhunyadi
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|| Sometimes in Space Things Disappear || Nadja Bikram traveled to the distant and alien world of Skiathos to work one problem, a puzzle that had vexed her for seven years. But on reaching the savage desert world, she found the planetary survey team she was to join in disarray and its leader missing. It was up to her to take command and to sort things out, but she swiftly discovered the harsh and brutal planet held a hidden danger, one so lethal and dreadful that it threatened them all. Nadja would need to use her every wit and to risk her life and the lives of those around her to find out what it was. But would she find the answer before it was too late? 2018 Wattys Shortlist || Magic Awards 1st Place in Science Fiction
Shepherd Moon by rjproctor
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On the run from the Earth government and military forces, wanted former terrorist Maddy Hawthorn seeks a new life on Mars. When she discovers plans for another terrorist attack, her only hope to prevent a global catastrophe is to seek the help of other insurgents. But everyone wants her dead, including the people she is trying to save. With the help of a runaway Elite teenager and a band of renegade slaves, Maddy fights to save the very government system she despises. Nothing lasts forever. Although it alludes to events in the previous Maddy Hawthorn book, "Days of Iron", this is a separate story and is designed to be read and understood independently. Cover art by BeyondBookCovers. www.beyondbookcovers.com
Firestorm: Descent by AlanCPorter
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A world ravaged by war; humanity on the brink. A stranger comes from another time. Is he the saviour mankind has been waiting for... or something far darker? When an accident with an experimental Time Machine plunges David Tweed into another dimension, at first he thinks he got lucky. He's alive, and the world in which he finds himself seems remarkably familiar. Soon, however, he begins to realise how strange this world really is, how tangible is the evil that crawls across the shattered landscape. But strangest of all, everyone he meets seems to have been expecting him. How do they know who he is, and just what have they been waiting for him to do? Alan Porter weaves a deceptively simple story of one man's courage in the face of overwhelming odds. Yet Firestorm is also a fiendishly complex puzzle, where time twists in on itself and nothing is ever quite what it seems. *Firestorm: Descent is also available in paperback or Kindle formats from Amazon. (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Firestorm-Descent-Alan-Porter-ebook/dp/B00792I3KQ/) You can also keep up to date with news of new releases, follow me on Twitter, or like my Facebook page. For more information, see alancporter.com. Your support is appreciated. Thanks for reading!
Stealing from Wizards by raconsell
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Volume 1: Pickpocketing Living in secret and stealing to eat is a hard life , but it's all Kuro has ever known. Fear and necessity honed him from a young age into the finest young thief in in the wizard kingdoms. Nobody can hide forever, though, and a run of poor luck lands Kuro in a place where his quick hands and quiet feet count for nothing: Avalon Academy, school of magic. Out of his depth and unable to escape, can Kuro find a place among the other misfits at the school, or will his past return to ruin the one chance he has to leave his life in the shadows? I'm also publishing this on Royal Road.
Ranger's War: Duel by LostDMBFiles
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Never create a killing machine you can’t control. Tasked with purifying the breeding stock of an advanced human race known as Hibernarii, the Templar live on the edge of a decadent, multi-galactic empire in decline. After 300 years of constant slaughter, Ranger 878 emerges as the ideal assassin—ruthless yet creative. When Ranger loses a fateful battle on the obscure hibernaculated culture of Sizlack Prime, his world descends into chaos. Forced to partner with smugglers, Ranger must reconcile his violent past with his emerging future to save the Hiberverse. "Ranger's War is a space-operatic-love-triangle between a human killing machine, a woman bearing the genetic cancer he’s conditioned to exterminate, and the AI designed to hold him accountable."
Into the Void by Poundcake93
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It is the year 2351 and the galaxy is expanding. Planets all across settled space are preparing for the next great wave of expansion. Ships are sailing out into the black in search of new homes for humanity. As the next wave of colony ships prepare to leave the frontier, pilot Nate Levin finds himself alone and destitute on a backwater space station. The void is a dangerous place and when pirates attack his home, Nate is left with one choice: leave everything behind and pray for a fresh start on a new planet. When his ship arrives, Nate and his crew find that their new home is nowhere near as safe as it seems. Danger is all around, help is light-years away, and it's up to the crew to pull together and save themselves.
Species XD-63 by ellaxrosexb
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#1 in alienromance 28/03/20 A New Breeding Program. They sent a message across space for one thing - females. The Species XD-63 or Xyons are a dying species. The last generation of female Xyons had died out leaving the remaining males to look into space. The answer remains on Earth. Xyon males and human females are found to be compatible. A survey is sent out across Earth for willing females to partake in the new breeding program - Lola is one of them.
A Time Travelers Guide To Time Travel by equalis0r
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A place, no a time, where everything does not make sense.