A journey into darkness in search of salvation.

In a world deep underground, beset upon by evils born of the ancient past, Arden must find a way to save his people.

As his home hurtles toward all out war, Arden undertakes a perilous quest for salvation deep into the subterranean darkness in search of a mysterious forlorn city, revealed to him in his dreams. Within this long abandoned and deathly silent ruin, he discovers the very thing that could save his people—an ancient artifact of unimaginable power.

But its discovery sets in motion events that could lead to the end of everything, propelling Arden and his people to their doom.

Will he be able to change the course of fate or will he have unwittingly brought about their destruction?

THIS IS THE PREQUEL TO THE LOST SUN WORLD AND DOES NOT REQUIRE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF THE LOST SUN SERIES.

“Your Majesty, I take life. I am not certain that my skills actually extend to preserving it.”

There are always those who are willing to pay for someone else’s death. Having grown up amongst the Family of Assassins, ELEN-AI knows well the prices people are willing to pay to see their enemies fall quickly, quietly, and discreetly. When she is asked to preserve life rather than take it, she is surprised. Upon hearing that her charge is the Queen’s only child GIDYON, who is secretly being groomed to succeed his mother, she is horrified. To ensure political stability, no man has ever sat on the throne of the Queendom of the Seven Lakes. Yet one does not easily refuse a Queen, and so reluctantly, Elen-ai accepts the contract.

Her fears only deepen upon meeting the sixteen-year-old Prince Gidyon, who treats her as no better than a petty murderer. However, following an attack on his life, Elen-ai is forced to admit that the danger of leaving this boy-prince alone may be even worse than leaving him to his own devices. Elen-ai reluctantly accompanies Gidyon across the country to identify those within the seven most powerful families who are responsible for the attempt on the Prince’s life.

Somewhere in their travels from the calm waters of Lake Tak to the looming cliffs above Lake Bertak, the two form an unlikely yet profound friendship, and Elen-ai begins to see that Gidyon has the makings of a great ruler within him. As they meet with the families of power, it becomes increasingly clear that secrets and power games run far deeper throughout the Queendom of the Seven Lakes than either of them ever suspected.

From USA Today bestselling author Robert Swartwood, a heart-pounding conspiracy thriller of riveting mystery and suspense.

A message courier pushed into the path of a train. A young woman commits a terrible act of violence. A family man puts a gun to his head.

John Smith suspects these aren't random events — someone engineered them. But who — or what? And why is John Smith their next target?

PRAISE FOR LEGION AND ROBERT SWARTWOOD

"Legion is an excellent thriller that does what most thrillers set out to do. Keep the readers hooked with a fast paced story, sprinkled heavily with jaw-dropping twists that end on a climax, which will leave the readers wanting more." —Fantasy Book Critic

"Robert Swartwood is the next F. Paul Wilson — if F. Paul Wilson's DNA was spliced with Michael Marshall Smith. If you haven't yet read Swartwood, you're missing out." —Brian Keene, bestselling author of Dark Hollow

"Robert Swartwood is a sharp writer, his prose lean and mean as a razor blade. He notches up the tension from chapter to chapter like a master story-teller, keeping you reading long into the night." —The Man Eating Bookworm

The world says those with superpowers are either heroes or villains. But what if you’re both?

The last thing Mathilda Brandt ever wanted to be again was a super-villain. But a secretive government agency gives her a stark choice: either return to prison for life, or infiltrate the Scourge, the world’s most notorious Empowered criminal organization. She’ll have to fight to survive in the Scourge, with dangers on all sides. She’ll have to use her superpower to commit crimes.

She can’t trust anyone. Being exposed would mean losing her life. Failing her mission means returning to prison. Failing also means jeopardizing the lives of her sisters, her grandmother, and thousands of other innocents.

Only one thing is for certain: Mat never backed down from a fight before, and she’s not going to start now.

Toronto, 2058. A future without death, where life is cheap—and memory all that matters.

Finsbury Gage should be dead. He and his wife were victims of a freak car accident, smeared across the highway by a crazed bit-head piloting a stolen urban assault vehicle. Luckily for Fin, a Second Skyn recovery team snatched his mind from his ruined body moments before it faded forever. They declared his wife unrecoverable at the scene.

Six months later, with his salvaged thoughts uploaded to a custom bioSkyn replacement body, Fin was welcomed back into his life as a Detective with the Toronto Police Service. But all he could see was the face of the man who killed his wife—a split second of memory, locked in his mind.

In less than a month he was dead again, his memories lost, reportedly working as a hitman for a notorious bithead terrorist.

Now, Finsbury has restored from the brain bank yet again, but this time on a cold slab in a dingy basement skyn shop. He's wearing a stranger's face and a body built for speed, and his wife's death is the last thing he can remember. He's hiding under an assumed name, somehow wanted for a murder he doesn't remember committing—and as if all that weren't enough, a mysterious woman says they're in love and refuses to leave his side, while a venegeful superintelligence wants them both erased.

Finsbury doesn't know what to believe, or who he became, and the truth of his lost time lies hidden in a dangerous underworld of jacked-up brains and superhuman bodies. Will he discover his innocence, or come face-to-face with the monster inside him?

Second Skyn is the first book in the Lost Time series, a mind-bending sci-fi noir in the spirit of Blade Runner, Altered Carbon, and Neuromancer. If you love your sci-fi relentless and armed with twists, this is the series you've been looking for.

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This book contains material previously published as Lost Time: Part 1 [Second Skyn] and Part 2 [Headspace]. If you're all caught up with the first trilogy (previously parts 1 - 5), jump ahead to the next chapter in Fin's story in the new Lost Time Book 4: Winter Overrun, coming in August.

The first book in the emotionally charged post-apocalyptic series: THE ENDING SERIES.
 

HER MIND IS MORPHING BY THE MINUTE…PREPARE TO HAVE YOURS BLOWN!

Cancel your lunch and dinner dates, and clear out your inbox at work before picking up DISSENT, the SEVENTH installment of the action-packed reverse harem sci-fi fantasy series, Rise Of The Iliri! Because this is the truth: This epic series, spellbinding from the first, only becomes more powerfully enthralling with each adventure. Start DISSENT at your peril if you have looming deadlines!

Author Auryn Hadley goes deep rather than wide on this one, reveling in the relationships that are the source of power of Salryc Luxx, commander of the Anglian army and leader of all iliri. Danger surrounds her on all sides: from the enemy’s encroachment on the borders of her former homeland, to the many humans who still perceive the iliri species as an enslaved inferior race. The thing that Sal fears most though, is losing her mind; all members of her lineage have been driven mad as their powers increased--and Sal’s mind is morphing by the minute.

Even before Sal joined the Black Blades, they were the best of her country’s elite forces, bred to be ferocious predators and trained to be deadly soldiers. They think as one, feel as one, yet possess their own special abilities--and Sal is their center. Their deepest secret, that the Black Blades are all crossbred iliri, is now out in the open. With the addition of Sal, a purebred iliri, they have become the most deadly creatures on the continent. Now the country that disbanded them needs them to defeat the invading Terrans. Sal desperately wants to defeat the Terrans and their leader, who will stop at nothing to wipe out the iliri. Ironically, saving the country that enslaved her people is the only way to save them.

As the strain begins to show, Sal is trying to let herself lean on the Blades, a band of brothers, some of whom share her bed – and it’s getting really crowded in the bedroom! The more of them there are, the more adorable these guys get, like puppies piled up around a warm fire. Although some of the human males in Sal’s world aren’t quite used to the reverse harem model of family life the iliri favor, the smoking (but tasteful) sex scenes are guaranteed to please readers.

Rise Of The Iliri will keep epic fantasy and action-adventure fans—as well as crossover romance and mystery readers—hypnotized into the wee hours. (Grown people. Magical though they may be, these are definitely not books for the underage crowd!) Because of the exotic sexual instincts of the iliri, DISSENT may not be suitable for humans under 18.

Fans of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern will find Sal's planet Ogun an irresistible destination for their next fantasy fix, and some fans may be reminded of Avatar without the scary beasts, or Game of Thrones. (But happier.)

They’re back, and the message can’t wait…
 
When a massive meteor lights up the sky over the remote island of Kerguelen, the world holds its breath. In Birchwood, Colorado, Dan McCarthy gets to work.
 
Following his incredible experiences of the previous year, Dan knows this was no natural occurrence. The Messengers are back — to finish what they started — and they didn't come all this way for nothing…

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Not Alone: Second Contact is the long-awaited sequel to Not Alone, a multi-time Kindle Unlimited All Star title and Audible.com ‘Best of 2016’ finalist.

It's possible to enjoy this book without being familiar with Not Alone, but the books are intended to be read in order. The combined print length is 1,400 pages and there are no cliffhangers in sight.

Everything comes too easy to nightclub owner Gabriel Tanner, aka Emerald, as if his life is a dream. His recurring nightmare of a futuristic world where he is murdered seems more real. A beautiful cybernetic assassin who knows the truth comes into his life. Is she his savior or here to finish the job?

How far would you go to help a parasitic insect from the stars?

Tweeskzaht nudges human civilization and technology forward from the shadows. Unaware of the war in the stars above it, Earth is in the cross-hairs of both sides. To save her adopted home, she must reveal herself to a small band of humans. Will Mike’s self-sacrifice, Kindra’s cunning, and David’s intelligence be enough to save Earth from becoming a hunting ground?

Three thousand years ago the world fell into darkness, when the great mouth of the Rot ravaged the land. Across the glorious library city of Aradabar its dark tongues hammered down, leveling the glass towers of learning and entombing the bookyards in a thick blanket of lava. Those few who survived settled at the edge of the cooling lava field, to slowly dig into the secrets of what was lost.

But not everything was lost.

The Queen of Aradabar leaped across the millennia, along with her son; an infant with a prophecy carved into his skin, promising the rise of a legendary hero powerful enough to slay the Rot for good.

Now that child is a young man, beginning to question the meaning of his many scars…

Now that settlement is a bustling industrial city, teeming with a thousand strange castes and ruled by a jealous King who seeks a prophecy written in skin…

Now a dark beast is watching, an Unforgiven, seeking to fulfill a promise made long ago…

And now the Rot has returned, its great black mouth gaping in the sky once more, bringing chaos and fear to a world where no heroes endure…

The first book in The Ignifer Cycle, a new epic fantasy saga.

Strap in for the ride of your life! Witty, fast, funny and moving. What more could you ask for?

Clunk's grateful when his boss sends him for a refit, because old robots are usually junked. Being old and wise, he knows there's a catch, but at first it doesn't seem too bad.

The workshop performing the refit is located on a nearby planet, and Clunk's boss wants him to carry out a trivial task while he's there: help a freelancer pick up some cargo.

It's a simple job, straight in and out ... but don't be late.

How can Clunk refuse? He's a certified co-pilot, so landing in a deserted field under cover of darkness, avoiding customs ships, orbital lasers and trigger-happy warships along the way, is not a problem. Plus Clunk's a robot, so he has no choice but to obey.

Unfortunately the freelance pilot is a much bigger challenge, because Hal Spacejock is a bit of a jerk. Obstinate, over-confident, and woefully under-skilled, he's never going to let a lowly robot fly his precious ship. This, even though Hal's creditors have just given him twenty-four hours to pay for his precious ship, or he'll lose it ... and his life.

Can the two of them sort out their differences and deliver the cargo, or will they still be wrestling over the controls when both deadlines expire?

A Robot Named Clunk is one part buddy movie, two parts laughter and three parts how-did-he-survive-that?

Set in the distant future, where humanity spans the galaxy and robots are second-class citizens, this is the first novel in the Hal Spacejock series. (The first three novels are available in a box set called Hal Spacejock Omnibus One, which is usually much cheaper than buying them individually. Hal Spacejock Omnibus Two is also available.)

These novels are self-contained, with a beginning, a middle and a proper ending. They're not sequels, they don't end on a cliffhanger, and you could start or end your journey with any book in the series. Some events from earlier books are referenced in later ones, so it makes sense to read them in order, but it's not essential.

If you get a smile or two out of Hal and Clunk's first outing, I guarantee you will love the rest of the series. (Just take a look at the reviews for book two and later!)

By the way, there's also a new spin-off series, Harriet Walsh, featuring the popular Peace Force character from Hal Spacejock 4: No Free Lunch. The first two books are already available, and the third is not far off.

Here I am.
The year is 2151, Earth is gone. A hellscape. I've been unfrozen after 72 years of cryosleep on a medical facility on Saturn's moon, Titan. I have nothing, no home, no friends, no concept of this new world, these Titans.
All that remains is the old conflict that has blackened my veins and memories of the ones I loved still fresh in my heart. Forgotten for decades.
But it seems war hasn't forgotten me, no, even in my slumber. My name is Captain Victoria Ann Belic, I was a wife and an ace fighter pilot, and have been revived for one reason--to die again.

Single dad David Holtz needs a new heart. 

Humansare nothing more than pets.

Sincelosing his parents, Hal Eriksson has lived an average life as ablacksmith in an ordinary town - with one small exception: his entirecommunity exists in a terrarium maintained by a giant alien. Trappedand unaware or life outside their tank, Harl's people worship theirjailer as a god.

Whena deadly accident reveals the truth, Harl is thrust into a surrealworld on a titanic scale. As he battles to understand the true scaleof his existence, the future of mankind teeters on the brink ofextinction.

CanHarl rescue the remnants of humanity, or will the false idol be theirdestruction?

"Afantastic and unique science fiction world" - Beta reader

NASA discovered the alien ship lurking in the asteroid belt in the 1960s. They kept the Target under intense surveillance for decades, letting the public believe they were exploring the solar system, while they worked feverishly to refine the technology needed to reach it.

The ship itself remained silent, drifting.

Dr. Jane Holloway is content documenting nearly-extinct languages and had never contemplated becoming an astronaut. But when NASA recruits her to join a team of military scientists for an expedition to the Target, it’s an adventure she can’t refuse.

The ship isn’t vacant, as they presumed.

A disembodied voice rumbles inside Jane’s head, "You are home."

Jane fights the growing doubts of her colleagues as she attempts to decipher what the alien wants from her. As the derelict ship devolves into chaos and the crew gets cut off from their escape route, Jane must decide if she can trust the alien’s help to survive.

Time is an illusion.

It is a product of the human mind.

After suffering a traumatic brain injury in a shocking terrorist attack, sixteen-year-old Sam Rayner wakes from a coma having developed seizures that transport him into the body of his past or future self.

At first these episodes seem more like a disability than anything useful, but when he collapses at his father’s funeral and finds himself flung several hours ahead, Sam learns of an imminent bomb blast at the headquarters of the British Security Service.

Could his strange new ability hold the key to preventing another atrocity before it even happens? Can Sam somehow manage to defeat the sinister forces that wish to use his powers for their own ends, save his family from violent deaths that are already in the past and, maybe also, win the girl he loves…by turning back the pages of time?

Join the adventure and start reading today!

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Mix one shot of George R. R. Martin with one shot of Robert A. Heinlein for a potent cocktail of epic battles, thrilling adventures, non-stop action, and astonishing marvels!

When a young woman is whisked away to a planet populated by kidnapped humans and strange extraterrestrials, she faces perilous swordfights, flying battleships, mind-controlling alien lifeforms, crocodiles with wings, snakes that devour horses, an extinct race that communicates through its singing sculptures, an “uncertainty sink” that warps time, an interplanetary translocator guided by disembodied human brains, a gloomy castle seething with secrets, and labyrinthine catacombs filled with deadly assassins.

In 2017, the course of human history was forever altered. A cataclysmic event, which would come to be known simply as The Infection, swept across the globe. The world population was decimated and civilization as it was known came to an end.


All Malcolm Evans wants is to find his sister and her kids and get them some place safe. As an ex-CIA agent, he finds himself in the role of leader of a ragtag group of survivors heading to a promised sanctuary in the Great Lakes.


Veronica Alpert spent her childhood preparing for the end of the world, thanks to her paranoid survivalist father. Little did she know that decades later, her father's eccentricities would prepare her and her siblings to survive in this new world...especially when tragic circumstances tear the family apart.


Jackson Webber had always been seen as no good white trash. Good people crossed the road when they saw him coming. So, how he ended up saddled with the care of two orphaned girls, he had no damn clue. Last things these little girls need is a screw-up like him looking out for them. Course, at the end of the world, it ain't like they got many other choices.

A Dystopian Novel Loaded With Adventure!

The Super Summer flu is devastating the United States. Meanwhile, Scarlett Lewis, an ordinary grade school teacher, mopes around her condo, recovering from a painful break-up. She finally gathers the courage to reconnect with society—oblivious to the pandemic.

Until . . . she begins noticing the bizarre events unraveling around her.

During Scarlett’s desperate search to find her sister and the rest of civilization, she meets other survivors who may not have her best interests at heart. With hope as her last weapon of defense, Scarlett must learn to survive the creeper-infested world without sacrificing her own humanity as she discovers the dark fate of the Human Race.

This is the first book in the Only the Dead Don’t Die series. Check out the novel fans say begins like an eerie Hitchcockian tale and morphs into a full-blown dystopian saga. The author’s engaging characters immerse you along their perilous journeys, for surviving the pandemic’s un-deadly aftermath is only the beginning.
 

If you’re in the mood for a thrilling apocalyptic adventure like The Stand meets The Walking Dead—this is the book for you!