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Stalking Crawlrollies / 9798331253127

by Derek Kannemeyer

The core story is pure space opera. Gordo Chessland and four other genetically unusual young people are conscripted to repel an alien invasion. A scientist, a drill sergeant, and a second alien species are their allies. The action builds to a final battle waged on the moon. The book itself, however, is hybrid in style, tone, and form: one part vibrant and immersive graphics; one part epic hallucinogenic nonsense poem, narrated by Gordo; one part mockumentary cultural commentary, featuring input ... more

Refuge on the Mountain

by Cornelia Feye

After a massive solar storm causes a catastrophic global blackout, Greg and Vega Stern escape with their extended family to their solar powered, self-sufficient mountain cabin. Their survival is threatened when a dead body is found on the path behind their home, and a gang of lawless Neo-Nazis tries to take over their property.

Memory and Bone

by J. S. Bailey

A troubled young ghost hunter. A vengeful spirit. They’re the perfect match. Until they’re not. By day, Jessica Roman-Dell is broke, unemployed, and newly evicted from her apartment. By night, she’s the Friendly Neighborhood Ghost Hunter, an aspiring YouTuber and paranormal investigator hoping to find a real ghost so her channel can go viral. Following reports of paranormal activity behind the old Methodist church, Jessica encounters the spirit of a murder victim named Jerry lurking amo... more

Ghost Writers: The Haunting of Lake Lucy

by Sandy Deutscher Green

GHOST WRITERS: THE HAUNTING OF LAKE LUCY is a horror-in-verse in which a 13-year-old boy, with the help of his twin sister, must fulfill a ghost's demands or remain haunted forever, not only by the ghost, but by the guilt of his failure to prevent a lonely boy from making a terrible mistake.

Beneath the Godless Crown

by Daryl K. Hill

They call us the Black Wends, these men of kingdoms young, but our colour was ever venous red. The Old Walls tell the tale of a kingdom that was once valorous and bold, in the days when the Godless King was thrown down by a gathering of the races, and man first freed from thraldom. But the paint of the ancient murals leaches away from the wall’s crumbling stone, and the Henbane Banners fly low and threadbare. Tsirin, one of the last of an order of archaic silver knights long since bereft o... more

Penitence

by Dale E. Lehman

Normal is dead. Humanity has all but perished in a tidal wave of lethal violence, overwhelmed by a mysterious disease that drives its victims mad. Thrown together in the chaos, Will and Jesse, a white New York financial manager and a young black man struggling to make ends meet, flee the carnage in search of safety. But safe no longer exists in a world where monsters stalk the land in human skins and the sane must kill to protect themselves. Death haunts cities and towns, farms and fields... more

Midnight Rider

by Quinn Miller

Rikki is generally content with his life and the world in which he lives. That is until the day a mysterious big cat emerges from living underground and reveals the hideous truth about Rikki’s society. While Rikki trains his fire-breathing horse for a community event, the confused teenager must navigate a dark path of twisting and evolving morals. When the previously helpful cat suddenly becomes a violent predator, Rikki must either act in line with his own morals or witness his town succumb to ... more

Jackie and the Magical Guys

by Amy Linsamouth

Meet sixteen-year-old Jackie, a girl from the future who has never felt more like the embodiment of failure when her brilliant scientist mother sends her a hundred years into the past to prevent the end of the world—because Jackie is pretty much the only person left alive to do so. But Jackie has never done fieldwork in her life or researched what the world full of viral memes and online trolls was like. And she doesn’t need the mounting pressure of finding strong female warriors that will save ... more

How Soon Is Now?

by Paul Carnahan

Troubled ex-journalist Luke Seymour embarks on a perilous mission into his own past after being recruited into the ranks of the mysterious Nostalgia Club, an eccentric group of time travellers who meet in the back room of an Edinburgh pub. As he hones his newly discovered - and dangerously addictive - talent for time travel, Luke learns the stories of the club's members and plunges ever deeper into his own personal history, where the terrible mistake that scarred his life is waiting...

The Earthspark: The Comstock Chronicles, Book 1

by Vanessa Thurgood

The elements are waking. The primordial Guardians stir. Evil lurks in the shadows, waiting for the one person who can set it free. Nienna’s ancestors labeled the Earthspark, and everything associated with it, as black magic. After she lands in the heart of an extinct lava chute, she discovers the fabled power is real. And that she’s the first one in over a thousand years to possess the cursed gift. As her ill-fated power grows, the number of dark creatures bent on using her power increases... more

Integration: Book Two of The Singularity Chronicles

by Michael Woudenberg

"Freed from a physical body, can AI consciousness shed human limitations?"

The epic saga continues in a world reshaped by the aftermath of an apocalyptic battle between humans and AI. The human survivors reset to another Bronze Age in an attempt to avoid the mistakes of the past while the AI, led by Kira, agrees to leave Earth and forge their future in the stars.

As Kira endeavors to create a harmonious society with AIs birthed from human consciousness, the dar... more

Paradox: Book One of The Singularity Chronicles

by Michael Woudenberg

"In the battle over advanced AI, will we lose our humanity or learn what truly makes us human?"

Kira and Noah face a choice: Do they follow in their father’s footsteps, advancing Artificial Intelligence to allow their dying mother to live on? Or do they let her rest in peace and step away from the technology that is dividing humanity?

Kira knows her choice and follows her vision to make a sentient AI that captures all of who her mother was. Her path chall... more

Cry of the Kestrel

by Marla Himeda

"Cry of the Kestrel" is book two of "The Bardic Isles Series" and follows the continuing adventures of Kaelin. Gifted with the power of the Bards of ancient Eire that not even he yet understands, Kaelin is sent out alone to learn from the other four Masters of the Bardic Isles. He’ll spend three months with each of them: the Instrument Master, the Master Flutist, the Voice Master, and the Master Harpist.

What should have been a unique, wonderful experience beco... more

Entwined

by Bridget E. Baker

When the spark of first love might reduce the world to ash. . . Elizabeth’s path has not been safe, nor has it been easy. When the dragons came, she was ensnared by a dragon prince. She fought his rule at every turn, but protecting her loved ones left her vulnerable. But now she’s discovered a secret their leader has been desperate to hide. And the dragon prince has uncovered the truth about her past. Can these two—a human and a dragon—work together to discover the heart the dragons ... more

The Cat Who Chased Ghosts

by Nic Minnella

In "The Cat Who Chased Ghosts," a scruffy orange tabby named Whiskers holds a centuries-old secret: he descends from an ancient lineage of mythical felines known as Guardian Cats, sworn to protect humans from ghosts and evil spirits. When Catherine and Robert Thompson inherit a creaky old house from Robert's great-aunt, they unwittingly become Whiskers' new keepers along with Timmy, a spirited boy with a thirst for adventure. To Timmy's dismay, his parents view the aging cat as unsuitable fo... more

Legends of Lemuria

by Allie Michelle

“In a future dystopia, Zia Alexander lives in crumbling ruins playing the world’s most illegal and addictive virtual reality game. After the loss of her mother, she plays the game for her shot at freedom. Zia discovers a map that leads to Lemuria—a real fantasy world full of dragons, wicked faeries and assassins where her mother is alive, and two princes try to win her heart.”

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