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The Voyage Part I

by Robert Vincent

"It is 1832 as the USS Hayes sails the Indian Ocean, guided by its lord and master, Captain Gellins. Meantime a shipmate is wrongly accused of stealing and faces the fatal lash. Likewise, he is just one of many who have been accused of false charges: others who have already met their end at the gratings; all from the lies supplied to the captain by shipmate Penderghast. Who can tell what will happen if certain other shipmates take the law into their own hands to try and right this injustice. An... more

The Fourth Tier

by Penn Fawn

The Fourth Tier is the first book of the Underworld Series, a spin off from author Penn Fawn’s Necropolis dark fantasy novels. It is the part of the underworld that is home to the master of sorcery and dark arts, the necromancer, and his alliance of beasts and the undead.

It is the most terrifying place in the afterlife where only the most unfortunate souls might be downcast. That is precisely where our protagonist, Hespatia, and her peers who’ve fallen from grace find thems... more

The Terminal Code

by J.W. Galliger

How do you solve an impossible murder? Meet Dashiell Kincaid, a cocky security consultant known for his knowledge of SCAPE's virtual reality systems and his problem-solving ability. The Terminal Code takes place in 2050, as Kincaid is called to the scene of a murder in New York City, but is quick to find that this one is much more than it seems, as it somehow crossed the bounds of SCAPE and into every day life. In this modern take of a “locked-room mystery”, most people have abandoned the real... more

Thunder Moon Tussle

by Torn MacAlester

Nils Carmike, a fallen from grace astronaut turned smuggler, forges a new life on the lunar frontier. Harassed by the strikingly beautiful and demanding Deputy Miller, he is faced with fines and conflict, resulting in a tumultuous relationship and ultimatum he can’t refuse. Running for their life they struggle against their pasts, hoping to outsmart the common faceless enemy and forced to focus on the only rule that matters: survive!

Dio in the Dark

by Rizwan Asad

The powers of the pantheon have faded. The gods live amongst the mortals, grasping for what little of their divinity remains. When Zeus – King of the Gods – goes missing in modern-day Toronto, it is up to his estranged son, Dio, to find him. And with rumours of The Darkness coming, Dio will have to race to find his father, and uncover the truth before it’s too late!

Where the Dead Go

by Rasa Samimi

Where the Dead Go is about our afterlife on Earth's dark matter doppelgänger lurking in the space all round us; wherein we live on till a second death (with a few exceptions which manage to solve the great riddle of being).

Sensored Souls: The Secret Life of a Mind-Hacking Neuroscientist

by Jen L. Hanson

A dazzling intersection of mind, body, soul and the senses. When her father goes missing, Persephone Jones’ search for him brings her to a hidden art gallery in Shanghai. As she races to find answers to her questions, a room concealing a collection of glowing glass sculptures grips her. Not knowing who, or what, to trust, Persephone becomes part of a gruesome plot that draws the young neuroscientist into a sinister and suspenseful situation. With time running out, mounting moral dilemma... more

Elmwood

by N. T. Morris

Since discovering a body at the side of the road, horrific, reoccurring nightmares have plagued Aidan every night. He and his wife, Laura, decide to leave the city and its chaos behind them, for some peace and quiet at a beautiful Victorian home called the Lake House, nestled at the edge of the forest that surrounds the picturesque town of Elmwood. But every town has its secrets. From its founding, people in Elmwood have mysteriously gone missing. Locals, tourists, and people just passin... more

The Gatekeeper's Descendants

by Johanna Frank

Once upon a time, there was a curse.

Hesitant to enter the kingdom, spirited and stubborn Pipiera grudgingly accepts a task to save some earth-dwelling boy named Matthew from sabotaging his own future. Challenged with the pull of an obsessive emotion from her past life, she’s unequipped to handle the mission, let alone discern the perplexing interference from a rebel – an unearthly soul who takes great interest in both she and the boy and ... more

A Pause in the Perpetual Rotation

by Vincent H. O'Neil

In a future United States, robots do all the work and there is no need for jobs or money. The major corporations have been turned into government ministries, and the universities train the human staff for those ministries. Everyone gets just about everything they want, but limits are imposed based on what strata of society you inhabit. The top level, called the Swells, get whatever they request. The next level, the Shoals, get almost whatever they want, but not as fast as the Swells. The f... more

Death on the Railway

by Manuel Rose

An erotic, horrific thrill ride you won’t be able to put down, until the unbelievably shocking ending! Death on the Railway is a supernatural crime thriller with an element of romance. This thriller is set in the highly stressed, fast-paced world we live in today and will appeal to readers who enjoy psychological thrillers!

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by Gary Hickman

The Light Reapers were led by Capt. Marcus Webb and Master Sergeant Alec Priest. Along with Shaw, Abarra, Neville, Shin, Doc and Myles, were deployed to a hidden lab in Turkey where an alliance of terrorists were working on a viral weapon. With the spotty intel, the team finds something they did not expect. The virus was stolen by an ISIS faction with their own ideas for it's use. The team follows the faction to a couple of their sleeper cells to acquire the virus and eliminate the ISIS f... more

End of the Immortal

by Cedric Banton

Set in the modern day, Vallyn, an Immortal, is tasked with killing the closest living descendant of the Messiah every few centuries. This is done in order to ensure the survival of his kind. While on his current mission, he meets and falls in love with a young woman named Ahava, only to find out that she is the one who he has to kill. On top of that, a secret cult of Assassins, known as the Broken Circle, has discovered this as well. In the end, Vallyn has to protect her from the Broken Circle a... more

As the Wheel Turns: More Tales from the Weald

by Stephanie Ellis

The Weald is full of strange folk. A rural idyll on the surface, it is home to many a bloody tradition. The novel, The Five Turns of the Wheel, outlined the most horrific of these - or did it? In these short stories, Tommy, Betty and Fiddler reappear alongside others of their kind and continue to spread their unique brand of cruelty across the Weald. The Wheel never stopped turning.

Shadow of War

by J.D. Ruffin

She’s been dead a thousand years. She’s angry. And now she wants her throne back. With the King and Prince dead, Jess is crowned Queen, but is forced to flee for her life with unexpected allies, Keelan and his adopted father and Mage, Atikus. Irina launches her invasion and sends more than sixty-thousand troops across the border with orders to kill all who oppose her, and destroy everything in their path. Declan and Orla return from the mystical isle of Rea Utu to discover death and destruct... more

Daughter of Magic