Persecuted and Forced to Rebel against the Meritocracy

Like most people on his world, Dominy worships the ground scientists walk on. He can't wait to work with the brightest minds in the galaxy at Aspiria, the intellectual capital of civilization. Unfortunately, many of them are disappearing.

Desperate to solve the mystery, Dominy recruits a band of fellow academic trainees. Together they set out on a manic journey through deserted basements, forgotten particle accelerators, and jam-packed futuristic stadiums.

When they uncover a shocking conspiracy, Dominy realizes he may hold the key to keeping civilization alive. With time ticking away, he confronts the capital's leadership only to discover a madman is involved in an unimaginable galactic plot.

Aspiria Rising is a utopian sci-fi thriller for the ages. If you like mystery, heart-pounding suspense, and a touch of quirky romance, then you'll love Douglas Barton's debut novel.

"Barton is inventive and fresh. Don't miss this shooting star's debut!" (Scott Nicholson, After Series)

Dark. Twisted. Addictive. One girl battles the dark world of the Afterlife, her fate forever linked to the boy who murdered her.

THE DARK HEART CHRONICLES:

“This is a beautifully written, haunting short story. It definitely left me wanting more. I will for sure be looking for more from Merrie, as I really enjoy her writing style."

"I love that we get two kinds of horror here; there's the visual imagery of decomposing corpses and then there's that lovely side of psychological horror..."

"Absolutely delicious and devious."

"Destefano's writing lends itself perfectly for this sort of story: atmospheric and disturbing."

"Instantly got caught up again in the dark beauty of the Dead Man's Wood, and the tale of death and forgiveness... it's truly haunting!"

Boxed Set Description:
Book 1: A Dark And Twisted Heart
Katrina is so beautiful, she's almost perfect. She only has two flaws. She's possessive. And she's dead.

Book 2: A Long and Wild Hunt
Trapped in a cursed forest with the boyfriend who murdered her wasn't how Katrina planned to spend the Afterlife. She might be a ghoul and hell-bent on revenge, but that doesn't mean she has to be miserable. Or does it?

Book 3: A Dark And Wicked Night
One wicked night. One blast from a silver horn. Then the Wild Hunt begins as the Faery King summons all the dead to rise from their graves and join him.

Book 4: A Long And Wretched Curse
Girlfriend. Victim. Ghost. Katrina has been all of these things. Now, the Faery King wants her to become his Queen. But she’s seen what the King does when a ghost disobeys him. He turns the ghost to ash and erases him from existence.

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To stop the future, Hadley Tack will have to give up her past.

Hadley wants a little magic in her life. Every day is the same on the backwater planet she calls home. Her brother, Captain Lachlan Tack, only enforces the drudgery of life under strict Coalition laws.

When an illegal circus ship arrives, Hadley convinces Lachlan to let her attend one thrilling night of unbelievable performances and decadent sideshows. He’s going, after all, even if it is to gather intelligence that will allow him to lead an arrest raid. It’s only one night.

But liquor isn’t the only illegal substance being shelled on the ship, and the circus’ Ringmaster will not let Hadley return to the quiet, respectable life her brother has worked so hard for. She has seen their future, and she can’t turn back now, even if it costs her everything she holds dear.

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Le Cirque Navire.

Le Cirque Navire is the first book in an exciting new series, taking a mixture of adventure Sci-Fi, supernatural fantasy, and a healthy dollop of young adult fiction. With characters you'll fall in love with, root for, or despise, you won't be able to stop reading. For fans of FIREFLY, WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, and THE NIGHT CIRCUS, you won't be able to put this new magical Science Fiction story down.

In an infinite universe, evil knows no limits …

When a black hole exploded, killing Blaze and Elle’s father and opening the demonic Onyx Gate, they had no idea how much their lives would change.

Now, thirty years later, Blaze is a highly trained astral Marine, and Elle is a powerful Onyx witch. Together, the siblings have formed an uneasy alliance with a misfit crew of aliens and monsters to track down demons, snare ghosts, and destroy hellish creatures bent on murder—all to discover how to close the Onyx Gate for good.

There’s just one problem. A demon-possessed robot has infiltrated their starship, the Lizzie Borden, and a vicious coven of stellar vampires have stranded them in a graveyard of ships at the edge of known space. All the while, an unimaginable evil is brewing—one they cannot possibly destroy.

“Damnation Robot is a phenomenal mashup of Dresden Files, Firefly, and Warhammer 40K in a fast-paced, shoot-‘em-up, thrill ride that will leave you reading late into the night.” –James A. Hunter, Author of the Yancy Lazarus Series and Viridian Gate Online

Something terrible is happening on the streets of Smileston...

Hayden McCall is clueless. A jobless layabout in his mid-twenties, his only worry is whether he'll be able to contact his parents quickly enough to help pay his long-due rent installment.

But when his landlord finally does come knocking soaked in blood, Hayden fast realises that something is not right. People are butchering one another in the streets. Internet and television signals are down. And the police are non-existent.

With his parents at the other side of town, Hayden must step up for the first time in his adult life on a treacherous adventure through a crumbling world. As he meets new friends and encounters dangerous foes, Hayden is forced out of the comfort of his bedsit and onto an unpredictable journey of survival and self-discovery.

And the infected are never far behind...

Infection Z is a gripping new post apocalyptic novel from Ryan Casey. Packed with the author's trademark page-turning suspense, complex characters and unpredictable twists and turns, Infection Z is sure to delight fans of all things apocalyptic.

THREE DYSTOPIAN NOVELS; Three main characters on the edge of survival in a collapsing world. In the remote future the authorities have decreed there will be no more numbered years. It's hot. It's been hot and dry for a long time. The Agencies entertain themselves by spying on everybody. The lower classes are lucky to get two quarts of cloudy water a day. Above it all an old satellite broadcasts the literature and music of the ancient world at 88.3 and nobody can find the uplink to shut it up. It tells stories of a time when the years had numbers and lakes and river shone under a gentle sun. Then suddenly the rains come back. They come back storm upon catastrophic storm and in the chaos is the chance to fight for freedom or drown to strains of 'Queen of the Night'.

Book One: Alan Reavis is a young man of the privileged classes. He is thrown out of his life of luxury and into the slums of an overcrowded city. His years of fight training as a hobby come to his aid and he learns both compassion and battle skills in his struggle to survive the streets, save his brother from execution and ride the refugee trains to the high ground. He realizes that in the flooding is his chance to put together his personal army.

From the Bestselling Author of Solitude!

As part of the Greatest Generation, Major Anthony Spinelli, a World War II fighter pilot, flew into combat to save his family and keep them free. Two years later, he lost them in the blink of an eye, leaving Tony rudderless and without purpose. Then, on a dark, moonless night, in the skies above 1947 New Mexico, he has an encounter that will change humanity forever. However, when an accident threatens to unleash unimaginable destruction, Tony must race against time and unwinding plots to save us ... and maybe himself along the way.

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• KirkusReviews.com: "Cole tackles the first-contact scenario with bombastic flair. His vibrant prose delivers the high-resolution imagery of a Hollywood blockbuster. A technologically riveting dream for sci-fi action fans."
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The grid is down, the world is in flames, and FEMA is demanding his ship and cargo, but Captain Jordan Hughes isn’t buying it.

When the lights go out, seemingly for good, Hughes quickly finds being stranded far from home on a ship with working generators and a cargo of ten million gallons of irreplaceable fuel isn’t exactly a low profile position.

Faced with rising crew discontent, and surrounded by worsening violence ashore, things can’t get much worse — until they do.

As the remains of the federal government become increasingly corrupt and self-serving, Hughes joins a ragtag band of sailors, farmers, preppers ex-Coast Guardsmen, and dissident soldiers in an effort to re-unite his crew with their families and use remaining resources to rebuild a devastated society.

Along the way they face a desperate and starving population, rampant violence from street gangs and escaped convicts, and powerful warlords created as an unintended consequence of the federal government’s ill-advised use of mercenaries.

The bestselling cult classic—soon to be a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg.

At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, READY PLAYER ONE is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut—part quest novel, part love story, and part virtual space opera set in a universe where spell-slinging mages battle giant Japanese robots, entire planets are inspired by Blade Runner, and flying DeLoreans achieve light speed.

It’s the year 2045, and the real world is an ugly place.

Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim surroundings by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia that lets you be anything you want to be, a place where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets.

And like most of humanity, Wade dreams of being the one to discover the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this virtual world. For somewhere inside this giant networked playground, OASIS creator James Halliday has hidden a series of fiendish puzzles that will yield massive fortune—and remarkable power—to whoever can unlock them.  

For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that Halliday’s riddles are based in the pop culture he loved—that of the late twentieth century. And for years, millions have found in this quest another means of escape, retreating into happy, obsessive study of Halliday’s icons. Like many of his contemporaries, Wade is as comfortable debating the finer points of John Hughes’s oeuvre, playing Pac-Man, or reciting Devo lyrics as he is scrounging power to run his OASIS rig.

And then Wade stumbles upon the first puzzle.

Suddenly the whole world is watching, and thousands of competitors join the hunt—among them certain powerful players who are willing to commit very real murder to beat Wade to this prize. Now the only way for Wade to survive and preserve everything he knows is to win. But to do so, he may have to leave behind his oh-so-perfect virtual existence and face up to life—and love—in the real world he’s always been so desperate to escape. 
 
A world at stake.
A quest for the ultimate prize.
Are you ready?

An enormous army of mysterious supernatural Leviathan is marching across the galaxies taking entire planets captive. Lonan, a brilliant young engineer of the planet Helion, fears that his home will be next. In an attempt to protect his family and people he sets out to find answers about this seemingly unstoppable army. His quest leads him to the Seberians, a small force of humans who are the only warriors capable of defeating the Leviathan.

The Seberian leader, Armon, informs Lonan of the immense demonic power behind the Leviathan pawns and of the battle that has raged for millennia in a hidden spirit realm. The people of Helion and the Seberians are about to experience the sinister plot of Satan, the chief of all demons, who is gathering his forces for the largest battle ever waged on any spiritual plain. The Seberians and their unseen allies are the only hope for humanity as the hidden battle is revealed.

The year is AE3, 3 years after the Event. Within the walls of Meritropolis, 50,000 inhabitants live in fear, ruled by the brutal System that assigns each citizen a merit score that dictates whether they live or die. Those with the highest scores thrive, while those with the lowest are subject to the most unforgiving punishment--to be thrust outside the city gates, thrown to the terrifying hybrid creatures that exist beyond.


But for one High Score, conforming to the System just isn't an option. Seventeen-year-old Charley has a brother to avenge. And nothing--not even a totalitarian military or dangerous science--is going to stop him.


Where humankind has pushed nature and morals to the extreme, Charley is amongst the chosen few tasked with exploring the boundaries, forcing him to look deep into his very being to discern right from wrong. But as he and his friends learn more about the frightening forces that threaten destruction both without and within the gates, Meritropolis reveals complexities they couldn't possibly have bargained for...
 

Warning: The following story contains **explicit** violence, vulgarity and sexuality. Reader discretion is advised.

Four strangers with the power to siphon human life suddenly find that power violent and volatile beyond their darkest dreams...

But for Donovan, Seth, Avanti and Frederick, this is only the beginning. After years of silence in the shadows, the truth has emerged. Bodies are racking up, people are disappearing, and the authorities, strangely, seem totally complicit...

The time has come.

For denizens of darkness to meet the light. In a series of seemingly chance encounters, they unite, four Siphoners driven by growing clues, and a growing sense of someone or something, pulling the strings at every turn.

The source of their problems, the origin of their natures, is waiting. Along with a nefarious plan, for a future nobody could have fathomed…

Imagine a few short years from now…

...a quantum computer more powerful than all other computers ever created...combined
...a madman seeking to destroy civilization with a computer virus targeting the Internet of Things
...a brilliant but reclusive geneticist determined to solve one of the great mysteries of all time
...and Oreste Pax, inventor of the augmented/virtual reality glasses used all over the world

Pax is now the head of Omnitech, the biggest company in the world. But despite all his success, he is facing a shareholder revolt and could soon lose control of the company he founded. His only hope lies with a project he hopes will transform human cognition, and convince his doubters he is still the visionary leader he once was.

But when a massive computer virus attacks the fragile bonds holding society together, Pax is torn away from his concerns to face a much greater problem. A group of people possessing technology far ahead of its time will force him to make a decision that will affect the entire human race. The choice of what to do is his, and his alone.

A clever, compelling vision of the future, "The Infinet" is a speculative fiction thriller that can’t be missed!

What if gravity could be controlled?

Dale Adams has worked hard to leave his troubled past behind for a brighter future at Emory University. But when he makes a discovery that will change humanity forever, avoiding the spotlight becomes the least of his concerns.

Early experiments have attracted big attention. And not all who notice want Dale to be successful. Or even alive.

As Dale's world collapses around him, his fate intertwines with that of a girl he hardly knows. Their only hope for survival is to disappear into Atlanta's seedy underbelly, the very place Dale has tried so hard to leave behind. Time is running out, but if they can survive long enough science will be rewritten by the most unlikely of authors.

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It was just a hoverboard. Nobody was supposed to die.
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A determined father. An impossible journey...

Will Stuartson is having the worst month of his life. His wife is leaving him, he can't see his daughter anymore, and he has been kicked out of the family home. He sees no better opportunity to take a trip into the Scottish wilderness with his trusty dog, Bouncer. And a bottle or two of whisky.

But Will's retreat is interrupted when a devastating series of EMP strikes hit the country. All electrical and battery power, from cars to watches, is down. Will is cut off from society and forced into a world where survivalism is required to stay alive, and where the sudden lack of communication is driving the country to destruction.



Now, forced into a dangerous, primal world where the elements and other people all pose a threat, Will must make the long trek back down to Preston in order to find and save his wife and daughter.

But even with a basic knowledge of survivalism, surviving is anything but simple in this harrowing new world...


Blackout is the first book in the After the Storm post apocalyptic series by Ryan Casey, author of Dead Days and Infection Z. It is sure to delight fans of the author's trademark complex characters, rapid pacing, and unexpected twists and turns.

"A mind-bending, relentlessly surprising debut thriller" from author L. A. Spangler

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HOW DO YOU STOP

A pathogen designed with artificial intelligence...

Engineered to wipe out minorities...

About to erupt into a pandemic...

When you don't know where...

When...

Or Why...

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Jaceks a courageous man - and the last hope to save his sister, who wilts away from an untreatable disease.

THE DOCTORS SAY SHES INCURABLE

He must find a cure. Jacek combines Artificial Intelligence with the gene-editing technique, CRISPR CAS 9, to stop the disease from killing her. Now with a cure in sight, funding cuts threaten to eliminate his work.

LOVE DOESN'T BUY MORE TIME

An alt-right research assistant will protect his country at all costs. He refuses to stand by any longer while minorities take jobs and destroy America. He has the final solution - racial extermination. Once completing his secret work, America will get reduced to the one true race.

SAVE ONE OR SAVE MANY

Now Jacek must choose - crack the genetic code to save his sister or stop a bio-terrorist genocide?

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Note: The book does not wrap up the major plotline, but does resolve some subplots. Book does end with a cliffhanger.

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What do you get when you mix the bestsellers like the realistic science of Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton, the near future of The Atlantis Gene by A.G. Riddle, and the terrorism of Transfer of Power by Vince Flynn?

You get L. A. Spangler's near future novel I. A. CRISPR.

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QUOTES FROM THE BOOK

"I'm given a lot of autonomy with regards to the direction of the research. In return for that freedom, there's one thing they require. Results. That's it. If we can start getting our bubblegum and shoestring operation to produce anything, they let us do whatever we want. We'll have to work together to make the machine work. We have to come up with some Einstein level science to get this thing off the ground. We have to smack this thing so hard with science that Galileo will be able to see it from orbit." - Jacek

"Somethings happened - people tend to repeat dial in emergencies. That always holds true at one-thirty in the morning." - Melanie

"Look at the number of Muslims in America today. They stream into the country without any checks. A town in Michigan already has Sharia Law. When will people wake up to the truth?" - Mark

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ABOUT

I.A. CRISPR is a technothriller with artificial neural networks & pattern recognition, DNA & crRNA modification, terrorist plots, and the growing prevalence of the alt-right movement. The engaging characters and scientific details will stay with you long after you finish. This fast-paced adventure is the first book in the series.

Books two and three are currently under development.

Content Advisory: The book does contain vulgar language and sexual content.

This is a collection of the first three titles in The Girl in the Box Series, which are about a teenage girl who develops powers far beyond those of a normal human, and her battles against those who would use her against her will. (Approx. 185,000 words total.)

Books included:

1. Alone

2. Untouched

3. Soulless

Alone

Sienna Nealon was a 17 year-old girl who had been held prisoner in her own house by her mother for twelve years. Then one day her mother vanished, and Sienna woke up to find two strange men in her home. On the run, unsure of who to turn to and discovering she possesses mysterious powers, Sienna finds herself pursued by a shadowy agency known as the Directorate and hunted by a vicious, bloodthirsty psychopath named Wolfe, each of which is determined to capture her for their own purposes...

Untouched

Still haunted by her last encounter with Wolfe and searching for her mother, Sienna Nealon must put aside her personal struggles when a new threat emerges – Aleksandr Gavrikov, a metahuman so powerful, he could destroy entire cities – and he's focused on bringing the Directorate to its knees.

Soulless

After six months of intense training with the Directorate, Sienna Nealon finds herself on her first assignment - tracking a dangerous meta across the upper midwest. With Scott Byerly and Kat Forrest at her side, she'll face new enemies and receive help from unlikely allies as she stumbles across the truth behind the shadowy organization known only as Omega.

Additional books not included in set:

4. Family

5. Omega

6. Broken

7. Enemies

8. Legacy

9. Destiny

10. Power

Need some unrelenting action in a high fantasy wasteland world? How about a story that's been compared to Mad Max, Diehard, and Stephen King's Gunslinger? Welcome to The Wizard Killer.

A magical world, once at the height of technology, has crashed and burned. Levitating cars lay abandoned, floating cities lie in ruin, and the tyrant Wizards who ruled with iron fists are nowhere to be seen.

Awakening from the dead for the third time is a man with scrambled memories, driven at first by one desire: revenge. As he ventures through the terrifying wasteland with his mana-pistol and enchanted short-sword, a past starts creeping into his mind, but is it his?

Written in first person, present tense, The Wizard Killer is a pulse-pounding thrill ride in the format of a binge-worthy TV show. You'll find yourself tearing through the book in no time and snatching up the next season.

"...imaginative and compelling series that is quite difficult to stop reading. Dreece knows exactly how to build and then neatly tie up each episode, while leaving the reader wanting more.... highly recommended."
— Reviewed by Jack Magnus for Readers' Favorite, 5 Stars

”Madmax meets Lord of the Rings” - Goodreads.com
"Harry Potter meets Diehard" - M. Bybee of Werebooks.org

2017 Finalist for an Aurora Award

Now available as an audiobook!

After an ancient war that left the outside air toxic, the shielded city of Utopia is the only safe place left in the world. Or so its citizens are taught to believe.

Many dismiss the lies fed to them by a familial line of crooked presidents and choose to live outside the city's walls. But when a new president takes control, he wages a war on these Outsiders, and their leader's daughter Deryn Leon is caught in the crossfire.

Five years later Deryn is a slave. Beaten and starved, she has little will to go on. But when a chance encounter leaves her with a means for escape, the forgotten fire inside of her ignites once more and she takes the opportunity with one swipe of a knife to her owner's throat.

But escaping Utopia isn't easy. While hiding in plain sight, Deryn is discovered by Xander Ruby, the Utopian Guardian inadvertently responsible for her capture in the first place.

Xander, who is guilt-stricken by everything he has done as a Guardian, wants nothing more than to get Deryn home. He takes her in and they soon form a powerful bond that will not be broken, even when the reality of this cruel and beautiful world threatens to tear them apart.