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A great cataclysm has changed the face of the earth. A hybrid race is kept in ignorance of a devious ruler's intent by claiming power through his wise owl-like all knowing "Source." A space city with innocent Hybridites, guided by a loyal captain, is unknowingly headed for destruction. An archeologist searches the desert sands for history while his people cry out "We are not animals!" Lovers have secrets that keep them apart. These are elements in...
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It's been one thousand years since the exodus from Earth and the rebirth of civilization among the stars. All Matt Becker wants is to go home to his wife and son, but he finds himself thrust into a desperate struggle for survival. Reptilian Alcari invaders ruthlessly advance as they flee the Dark Plague, and the collectivist Joinder seek to avenge their ancient defeat. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Brisbane is soon embroiled in a three-way battle...
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Revelations - From Dawn to Dusk is a book, which mixes religious elements and themes with the world of space travel and colonization in a science fiction setting. The main protagonist of the story, Megan Knight, learns that her young daughter who she presumed was murdered over four years ago by the antagonists of the story - the 'Dawn of Revelations', is actually alive and being raised by the cult on a faraway dwarf planet named Sedna.
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As part of a wicked plot, an evil ambassador has stolen the queen`s jewels. They are the power behind her throne, and her planet stands on the verge of civil war. Without these royal stones the queen cannot save her planet from dreadful war. Her daughter Princess Diana, calls upon and old friend, a Starship commander, from a powerful distant empire of their galaxy, to find and return the stones in the 72 hours her planet has left, or all is lost....
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"Pyramids of Meridian" contends with the reality of a veritable afterlife, with inspirations from the novel "Hyperion," the anime "Evangelion," and the movie "The Matrix."
After Michael Rene Gostani dies in the Vietnam war, he discovers that he alone can change the imprisoning afterlife. Utilizing this newfound gift, he frees billions of trapped souls and builds them a grand capitalist city called Meridian. In the process, he awakens an all-consuming...
6) The Champion
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After his most successful season yet on the field, Quentin's sister (his only family) is lost in the Portath Cloud, an area considered to be the "Bermuda Triangle" of the galaxy. To save her, Quentin and his teammates must first escape team owner Gredok the Splithead, and acquire a ship capable of surviving the unknown dangers that await. Quentin's leadership and intelligence are put to the test as Becca, the Tweedy Brothers, Denver and more risk...
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On the outer edge of the galaxy, some salvage jobs are easy and some you don't come back from. Working for the mob can be like that. For Booker Ward and the crew of the salvage ship Kristi, this new job they've just been handed will end up being more than they bargained for.
The crew's employer found what it thinks is a Centurion class battleship from the fall of the Realm. Nothing like the ship has been seen in the galaxy for centuries. Images...
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Taking place in the UNU Universe, the events of Ikaeu Princess takes place around the founding of the UNU nation and the dying Olim Ikaeu Imperium in the first half of the 8900s. Victima Politica Tragic CCCI, the princess of the ikaeu species, lives in a traditional outdated society, as her nation comes to terms with human annexation. Unlike most nobility she likes humans, in particular the son of the human president she met when she was six. Augusto...
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The settlers of Splendor raised their families in peace for hundreds of years, living a pastoral life on a new world. This all changed when a steam-driven spaceship appeared above the Planet Splendor, carrying with it the hate of a queen from their old world, Earth. The settlers of Splendor had unintentionally released a technological plague upon Earth hundreds of years earlier that had destroyed its civilization and its people. Now a new Earth civilization...
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Aerial artist Eve has always felt like a freak. What else can a girl believe about herself when born to a family who operates the sideshows in a traveling circus? So excuse her when she thinks the Tall Grey alien looming over her is her cousin Vinney. Mistakes happen.
Adomas is the seventh son of the Khimairan Alpha and has never conformed to his place within the hierarchy of his sire's House. Courage and honor have always compelled him. Always will...
11) Hitchhiker Gods
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This story uses the explosion of technical knowledge of how the universe works, as we understand it today. We follow Tucker on a journey through our galaxy, the Milky Way, and the Local Neighborhood, including Andromeda, Triangulum and a host of dwarf galaxies. The path continues to the larger structures of the universe, and how they are being held in place by Dark Matter and torn apart by Dark Energy.
Time is a relative concept and takes on a different...
12) Xeno Tryst
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Sierra is the vocalist for the symphonic metal band Maranadda. She has a no-nonsense attitude, is a sexual freedom advocate, and a swinger in the Lifestyle. There is never a dull moment with her job as a Galactic Emergency Medical Technician, where she is always on call to help during galactic disasters.
When she responds to a distress signal from a frightened and seemingly delusional space traveler in the mysterious Shardaa Sector, an eerie feeling...
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How far would you travel to save the Earth? Captain John Russell and the crew of the Starship Destiny are sent on a mission to deliver one hundred colonists to Mars, with a secret secondary objective: to prepare for and annihilate a religious cult, known as the Dawn of Revelations, whose sole purpose is to destroy humanity, and possibly the world. While on route, Destiny is flung far into the Andromeda galaxy, millions of light years from home. There,...
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Earth had become a noisome place. War. Disease. Death. No one was untouched, and there was no escape. The Alexander family, with a group of like-minded citizens, dare to leave it all behind and start over on a habitable planet in the Lyra constellation… but they don't make it to Lyra. An unimaginable event thrusts the pioneers into a journey of hardship, heartbreak, and adventure on an uncharted planet with no way back. Cheer for the intrepid settlers...
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A Crisis at Tranquility! takes place in the year 2182 on the Moon's orbiting casino, Tranquility. Marc Acer, his Core Crew, and the casino's AI, Irma, are preparing to celebrate their fifth year in business by hosting the first off-Earth auction of Rock 'n' Roll and Hollywood memorabilia. Shortly after the guests arrive on Tranquility, the crew is suddenly thrown into a battle against the workers of the auction house. But a computer virus, which was...
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Thericia, Princess of the planet Alscras, was only sixteen. She was not involved in the world of interstellar politics, as her older brother, the Crown Prince, was. She was like a younger version of her mother, staying home day after day, finding ways to make herself useful with state dinners, riding exhibitions, and other public relations opportunities. Was she prepared to leave the comfort of her circle of attendants and their trivial pursuits to...
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2013 Nibiru's Shadow It has been two years since Nemesis destroyed life on earth. After beginning new lives on the small planet of Nibiru, Rachael Marks and the crew of the Emperor begin the long task of rebuilding the human race via the precious cargo of DNA they risked everything to preserve. But as the Olmec numbers dwindle, their gaze is once again drawn to earth's refugees, watching the crew as they celebrate the birth of the first children of...
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"Celestial Palace: Galactic Band of Renown" is a delightful journey through the cosmos following the exploits of a band of musicians that play music (shushzia) unlike any other shushzia in the universe.
Travel with band: Siggy Wont, CosmicConcussor player extraordinaire; Twan "Sheer Bliss" Toody, PhilimentPhretster maestro; Wokman Waleed, Synthorgiano genius; Blaydee Dood, best Seismicizer player this side of MultiVerse; and Rocket Oobleekay, RecTech...
19) Back of Beyond
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A second chance is a difficult thing, more so when it's on Pluto. For the new Solar Constabulary commander on that far away frozen world, they face a difficult new reality. They try to put their past life behind them and come into their new identity after they are reassigned following a violent series of events at their former posting. They are quickly swept up in the turmoil of a young and vigorous human settlement when an accident causing several...
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The Hiriculans have moved a gigantic space station to the very edge of neutral space. It is in the perfect location to spring a surprise invasion on Alliance territories. The Alliance must determine the station's true intent and respond to this latest provocation before it's too late. Captain Solear now has to evaluate an entire crew of humans. Once again, he finds himself directly in the midst of the interstellar conflict. This time, however, he...
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