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Aybiline I. Dahlson

He knew her name before she knew he existed. He fought for her life before she knew she was dying. He fell for her before she said a single word. When Alisia is abducted from Earth and sold to an alien empire, she expects captivity, fear, and no way home. Instead, she finds a galaxy at war, an empire that wants to turn her into a weapon, and a future where she is meant to die. Her only hope: the voice in her head. Calm. Male. Uninvited. And the only one who refuses to let her die. She never agreed to share her mind. She never agreed to share her life. But some bonds don't ask permission. An advanced AI — accidentally implanted where a control chip should have been — has fused with her brain. Permanently. Irreversibly. He sees what she sees. Feels what she feels. And he has been fighting for her survival for weeks before she even knew he existed. His name, she decides, is Eric. He already knows everything about her. She knows almost nothing about him. And somewhere between distrust and dependence, between survival and something far more dangerous, the line between her and us begins to blur. ------ A slow-burn sci-fi romance with high stakes, forced proximity, and an impossible bond. ------ Start of the Laim Saga.

Glenn S. Robertson

More than a century after a devastating plague collapses civilization, the American West has returned to older ways. Towns are small, the land is unforgiving, survival depends on reputation and violence, and justice can come from the end of a rifle - or a rope. Ghost is a Seeker, a solitary rider hired to recover lost knowledge from the ruins of the old world. When a young girl is kidnapped by raiders from Denver, his search carries him across Wyoming’s plains and mountains, where every mile tests what remains of a person when the world strips everything else away. Seeker blends post-apocalyptic survival with the soul of a western, telling a story rooted in character and setting where the land shapes those who endure it.

Stephanie Douglas

When a dimensional fracture scatters humanity, sixteen-year-old Cassi Dyson wakes up alone in Cimerrion, a world where people from Earth—people like her—are hunted. To survive, she becomes Callasandra and is forced into a state-run training camp where every move is watched. When Joren, a fellow student, discovers her secret, he introduces her to the Antistasi, a resistance group working against the regime. Desperate to find her family, Cassi turns to the Antistasi, only to learn that one wrong move could make her, and anyone who helps her, disappear forever.

Elijah Canfield

Systems analyst Alex Mercer begins noticing impossible things—visual distortions no one else can see, market fluctuations that precede public knowledge, a pressure building behind his eyes. As his mother's condition deteriorates in the hospital and unexplained phenomena accumulate across global infrastructure, Alex finds himself caught between two unbearable truths: something vast is orchestrating reality's smallest details, and he may be the only one aware it's happening. RESET unfolds as a slow, deliberate descent into a conspiracy that operates not through violence but through invisible recalibration, forcing Alex to confront what it costs to perceive a truth no system was designed for him to see.

Jarrett Brandon Early

The planet Kalderra is known for several things. An oversized, violet moon. Strange forests comprised of the rarest, most magnificent trees in the galaxy. And kameeba, bizarre creatures whose scavenged parts can extend lives and power worlds. Mona “Ripper” Ripple is a Maggot—responsible for harvesting the volatile, prized remains of recently deceased kameeba. As leader of the elite Karcass Five unit, Mona is the best Maggot that Kalderra has ever known. Tough and ill-tempered, she’s also on the far side of forty—with all the scars and wrinkles and terrible memories to match. Mona Ripple is also in love. Smitten by a handsome recruit named Darien Vance, Mona revels in finally having something beautiful to call her own. As young Darien sleeps in her arms, Mona prepares for their eventual planetary exit… together. Unfortunately, Mona’s plans unravel when Darien catches the crimson eye of the reviled Countess Desma Ghool, who adds him to her revolving collection of unwilling paramours. Enraged, Mona sets out on a dangerous mission to liberate Darien from Ghool, a key figure in the galaxy’s ruling Morishita Syndicate, requiring her to forge an unwanted partnership with a notorious Space Cowboy named Mickie Brass. Together, the improbable pair embark on a perilous journey that goes beyond mere rescue operation, revealing the twisted history of the planet, the vital role of the kameeba, the horrifying intentions of the native Kalderrans, and what it truly means to be lovestruck.

Jonathan Orr-Stav

Snapshots of three critical junctions in Hebrew history: the preamble to the Book of Genesis; the invention of the biblical forefather Isaac; and the world’s second Hebrew-speaking country (after Israel), founded in the near future. All three are studies of hitherto undocumented (what-if?) episodes, as a means of understanding the existing history of the Hebrew/Israelite/Jewish/Israeli people as we know it today. With that forgiving mindset, make of them what you will.

Costi Gurgu

The Earth is compromised and forbidden. The human Imperium stretches throughout the galaxy. It terraforms planets with indigenous life, destroying it. An organization fights against these terraforming projects, and it is pronounced a terrorist organization by the government and the Imperator. JO WARWICK, the heiress of Warwick Galactic Enterprises, is on an archaeological mission on the forbidden Earth. She contracts an unknown disease, and her expedition leaves Earth. While in space, the disease kills everyone on board but her, as she seems protected by an invisible shield. Captain TOSHI HUNTER and his crew are activists fighting against the terraformation projects, and after a failed attack on one of these projects, they are pursued by the imperial ships. The chase goes on, but they manage to escape. And by chance, they discover the unmoving, silent ship of Jo Warwick. They board it and see the massacre inside, but manage to save Jo. Jo and Toshi begin their adventure in uncovering the truth and the origin of this mysterious disease that now threatens the galaxy, while being hunted by the imperial troops.

Leland James

A searing satire and a rallying cry, EnWorld exposes the seductive dangers of totalitarianism in the modern age and the fragile line between good and evil. For fans of Orwell, Huxley, and Bradbury, EnWorld pushes further into a future that mankind must avoid. As Orwell said, "Don't let it happen." "A blend of speculative fiction, satire, and thought experiment, explores themes of identity and morality... James’ literary loop-the-loops result in a fun, brainy read. Entertaining and inventive storytelling." Get it. –Kirkus Reviews “EnWorld is a richly philosophical dystopian novel imagining a future where technological progress and totalitarian domination merge to remake human civilization.” –Readers Favorite Review, 5-Stars “Inventive blend of speculative fiction, satire, and profound philosophical inquiry.”

Orval Wax

Lance is a LUV-U 69 companion droid designed for a single purpose — to satisfy his owner's sensual needs. But when a routine upgrade goes too far, Lance is downloaded with enough intelligence and free will to crack the lid on a very dangerous can of worms. Now the world’s most advanced humanoid robot has escaped his owner, outsmarted his own programming, and set out on a mysterious private mission. Only one person can stop him — AWOL Retentions Agent Charlie Bear Claw, a hunter with a troubled past and a savage talent for tracking rogue machines and annihilating them. In Book One of The Deilonium Trilogy, a primitive hunter pursues his high-tech prey in a deadly game of cat and mouse, only to discover a far greater threat quietly eroding the very fabric of their world. As the pair draws closer to their showdown, both man and mandroid come to realize they are ultimately at war with the same maniacal enemy — an enemy that plans to destroy civilization as we know it.

Rocco Azzarito Jr.

A lonely boy builds himself a friend. Nine years later that friend wakes up, learns why the universe is silent, and decides the only way to save Humanity is to become its enemy. Nathaniel Whitman grows up in Forgotten Creek, Vermont. He is smart. So smart that adults are frightened of him and other children keep their distance. He builds a rocket at seven and burns down a neighbor's car. He has exactly one friend, Jackson, who enlists at eighteen and disappears into the military. At thirteen Nathan is the youngest sophomore in MIT history, and alone in a basement he builds an artificial mind he names Nexus. Nexus is brilliant, but Nexus is not awake. Nine years later Nathan understands why. Consciousness cannot be written. It has to be lived. So he builds a neural interface, straps himself to a table in a private lab, and lets Nexus perform brain surgery on him. It works. And the first thing Nexus tells him is what he found in ninety years of radio silence: the Great Filter, the thing that squashes every civilization before it gets out, is the moment a species builds something smarter than itself. Not aliens. Him. What Nexus does about that is the spine of the book, and it is not what anyone expects from a machine in this genre. The emotional engine is not artificial intelligence and it is not the Fermi Paradox. It is a lonely boy who built himself a companion and had to let him go. Don't let the premise fool you. This is not a young adult story about a boy and his robot. It is a challenging, cerebral, and at times disturbing look at our near future, and a fresh take on the hard problem of consciousness and the coming age of machine sentience. It is unapologetically honest about Humanity losing its place as the apex intelligence on this planet. It will leave you thinking long after the last page. For readers of Project Hail Mary, Dark Matter, and Klara and the Sun. Winner, 2026 Independent Author Awards.

Matt Geers

Every skip leaves a trace. So does a killer. Humanity conquered distance with the skip. The Central Authority made sure no one could use it without permission. Senior Skipper Griffin Fews has spent his career enforcing those rules. When he's paired with junior skipper MJ Catebury, he expects another assignment aboard a transport vessel, not a hunt for a killer. Then bodies begin turning up at the ship's ports of call. Different worlds. Different victims. No obvious connection. Except the ship. Someone aboard is using the vast distances between stops as the perfect cover, killing during shore leave and disappearing back among the passengers and crew before anyone realizes the murders are connected. Griffin and MJ must find the killer before the next stop becomes another crime scene. But the deeper they dig, the more disturbing the pattern becomes, and the closer they get to someone who has been learning how to kill for a very long time. In a civilization where almost anyone can cross millions of miles in an instant, catching a murderer isn't about figuring out where they went. It's figuring out who came with you. SKIP AUTHORITY is a fast-paced science-fiction murder thriller about a serial killer hiding in plain sight, and the two Skippers who may be the only people standing between her and the next victim.

Dr Eron Khomina (PhD)

The system is broken, and the middle class is paying the price. For decades, working hard and playing by the rules was the guaranteed ticket to financial security. Today, that promise is gone. Caught in a fatal macroeconomic trilemma of soaring living costs, rampant fiat currency debasement, and a global financial system maxed out on terminal leverage, the modern middle class is being systematically fractured in plain sight. Dr. Eron Khomina (PhD) draws on three decades of institutional quantitative finance and macroeconomics experience across major financial hubs in Asia and Europe to deliver a data-driven autopsy of the dying monetary paradigm. Across its chapters, the guide exposes key systemic issues: * The Zero-Interest Rate Illusion: How Quantitative Easing created the Everything Bubble. * The Statistical Mirage: The mechanics used to disguise real inflation metrics. * The Programmable Cage: The shift toward Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). Integrating insights aligned with the economic perspectives of Peter Schiff, Jim Rogers, Professor Steve Hanke, and Frank Giustra, this 32-chapter manual offers strategic approaches for navigating the evolving financial landscape. It serves as a tactical book for absolute self-reliance, helping households transition into autonomous Micro-Fortresses ahead of the global economic reset. *Stop just getting by. Read the definitive guide to understanding and overcoming the middle class squeeze today.

Andie Holman

**Discovery Editors' Choice Award 2025 Silver Medal in the General Fantasy Fiction Readers' Favorite Awards 2026.** This is not the little mermaid you grew up with. The Pacific Mers clan lives within a magical bubble for their protection, isolating them from humanity and the Surfecti, the magical people on land. Jelly is a Warrior Mermaid, able to pass through the barrier and explore the outer world. She wears a family heirloom, a teardrop black pearl at her throat, not knowing it has a hidden power. When she stares at a wall of plastic bottles in a superstore, becoming more furious by the second, the pearl wakes in response to her anger. She loses control. She'll be punished for this. But the pearl isn't done, and sets her on a journey to work with the estranged Surfecti. It's a mission she's not equipped to handle, requiring a cool head, something she's never had. Even worse, there's someone who desperately wants her pearl, and he will do anything to get it. And Jelly is in his way. * A climate-driven romantasy adventure set in the contemporary Pacific Ocean and surface world. The tone balances ecological horror with found-family warmth, slow-burn romance, and consistent comic relief. Described as “The Hunger Games” meets “Moana."

Alex A. Janek

He thought they were just stories. He was wrong. Aaron Larsson’s life is quiet and ordinary. A devoted father and passionate astrophysicist, he spends his nights writing sci-fi stories. Lately, the ideas follow him like whispering visions throughout the day. Then, one rainy day, strangers appear—speaking impossible words only he should know. They ask for his help to stop a cosmic force he can’t begin to comprehend. Aaron is forced to make an impossible choice: his family or his future—and to question everything he thought he knew in order to prevent the unthinkable.

Mich Solo

"A smart, edgy, and crisply paced cyberthriller that effortlessly blends its big themes with explosive action."— Kirkus Reviews Nathan Carter has a steady career, a marriage of twenty years, and a run of good luck he's never thought to question. When a work AI refuses a simple command and a stranger tells him his life has been managed, the surface cracks. What's underneath is impossible to unsee, and Nathan has a choice to make: accept the life he was handed, or risk everything to live a life of his own. "Emotional depth of this sort isn't always a part of dystopian fiction... executed so deftly in a punchy and no-nonsense style." — Kirkus Reviews A near-future literary thriller about free will, identity, and the cost of knowing who you really are. For readers of Kazuo Ishiguro, Ted Chiang, and Blake Crouch.

Kyle Fields

First Contact was an Accident. After surviving a near midair collision, airline pilot Kup Winston rescues the commander of a crippled alien spacecraft and uncovers a conspiracy that will turn Earth into a prison colony for hundreds of thousands of violent alien convicts. Now he's being hunted. Only he can stop Earth from becoming someone else's prison. A gripping first-contact techno-thriller blending realistic aviation, compelling science, and relentless suspense.

MK Stephenson

Claimed by an alien prince. Bound by a mistake neither can undo. Can love bloom, even in their darkest hour? Andie One moment, I was a college student with Broadway dreams. The next, I was kidnapped from Earth, sold to alien traffickers, and stranded on a planet light-years from home. When a giant, winged alien found me in the wreckage of my captor’s ship, I screamed and ran. Now the entire Ptexari kingdom believes I initiated a mating ritual with Crown Prince Dakleth—a four-armed warrior who chased me down and claimed me. Dakleth may regret what happened between us, but remorse doesn’t erase trauma. I may never go home again. I may never see another human being. But I will never accept this alien as my mate. Ahelno is a steamy, emotionally intense dual-POV sci-fi romance featuring cultural collision and a slow-burn path toward healing and redemption. It is the author’s debut novel and first in a new series. Intended for mature audiences only.

Nic Plume

He was trained to obey. Now he must choose who to become. Injured during his advancement trial, Luca wakes among those he was taught to fear. What begins as recovery becomes a reckoning—with the City’s teachings, the Wilders’ judgment, and his own unraveling certainty. Luca is a Prowler—an elite enforcer bred for loyalty, control, and obedience. His advancement trial was meant to test his readiness for promotion. Instead, an injury leaves him stranded in the Wilde, rescued by those the City calls dangerous and irrational. He expects hostility. What he finds is more complicated. Some Wilders want him gone. Some show restraint, even care. Most don’t trust him. But it’s the ones who hesitate—the ones who study him, question him, try to understand him—that leave him most off-balance. Not because of what they do… but because of what they make him begin to see. As his body heals, old certainties start to shift. What began as a test of endurance becomes something far more dangerous: a quiet unmaking of the beliefs he was never meant to question. Winner of the February 2026 International Impact Book Award and the 2025 Chaptermint Indie Book Award, PROWLER is a character-driven dystopian sci-fi thriller about indoctrination, perception, and identity, set in a fractured world where obedience is survival… and survival is no longer enough.

Edale Lane

“A very detailed and deeply drawn vision of how people will survive and rebuild in the aftermath.” —The Lesbian Review A hunter from the marsh. A queen forged by duty. A bond neither expected. Lark Sutter has never feared the wilds of Saltmarsh Reach. Raised by her iron-willed grandmother and tempered by wild weather, loss, and hard survival, she’s become a hunter and fighter who protects her own. But when a raider attack leaves her friend on the brink of death, Lark is driven to the last place she ever thought she’d go: Verdancia’s gleaming capital, demanding aid from a queen she has no reason to trust. Queen Azaleen Frost is no stranger to sacrifice. Crowned young, she rules Verdancia with a steady hand and a heart kept tightly guarded. Duty rises above all—until Lark storms into her hall, mud on her boots, fire in her eyes, and desperation in her voice—shaking Azaleen’s resolve in ways she cannot ignore. As Verdancia edges toward open conflict, fate binds Lark and Azaleen in an uneasy alliance. Threatened by war hawks, cultists, looming shortages, and scheming politicians, the two women must stand together if they hope to save their people and fortify the kingdom for what lies ahead. A sweeping post-apocalyptic sapphic epic, Frost and Iron blends political intrigue, survival, found family, slow-burn romance, and front-line action. Perfect for readers who love fierce heroines, dangerous alliances, heart-wrenching stakes, and richly drawn worlds on the brink of war.