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Bigfoot of Yonah Ridge

by Billy Plant

Henry Davidson has a sublime encounter with a strange creature while leading a survey crew through the remote hills and hollows of Yonah Ridge. His curiosity about the creature turns to horror when he learns of two deadly attacks in the vicinity. His horror turns to outrage when he realizes local officials are unwilling to draw attention to the incidents due to a planned development they hope will bring jobs to the area's depressed economy.

Vispilio

by Audrey D. DeBoer

Antony Bronson has never known his past-as far as he knows, he's the second son of his father Bron and has lived an unremarkable life in the village of Barnswood, other than a fateful fall from a tree that caused him to lose memories. But when rumors of a lost prince-the Prince Adrian who was supposed to have died in an act of war ten years before-begin to surface among the kingdom of Southborn, Antony begins to wonder if he's been told the truth. So does Adelaide DuMont, the girl who had been d... more

AXION: The Memory Rights Uprising

by David Shulman

AXION: The Memory Rights Uprising is a provocative cautionary tale set in the very near future when dramatic breakthroughs in neuroscience and the first complete molecular decoding of a human memory triggers an unthinkable gold rush to privatise human memory. A high stakes courtroom battle parallels the dramatic rise of a militant ‘Memory Rights’ movement which will stop at nothing to block the world’s first ‘memory tax’.

The Amulet's Power

by Kendra Powers

From the shadows of midnight Paris, two destined souls clash. Meet Alistair, a billionaire vampire with secrets as deep as the Seine. His world is turned upside down when Iris, a fiercely independent time-traveling witch, arrives on a mission, wearing a mysterious red amulet. This relic, tied to her enigmatic past, guards the fate of their supernatural world. Bound by fate, opposed by history, they are enemies turned lovers under the glimmering city lights. Their bond ignites with a revelation... more

Republic Shattered: Sins of Before

by Michael J. Brooks

Guardian Randal Scott faces the grim reality that his friend and former comrade, Jarius Ford, may be enduring brutal torture or may have already met a tragic fate.

Randy’s heart aches to secure Jarius’ freedom or mete out justice in his name. However, he finds himself in a moral quandary. The perpetrators responsible for Jarius’ abduction are products of the Commonwealth Defense Force’s (CDF) sins, scarred souls seeking retribution. Their leader,... more

Dragged Down Deep

by Michael Okon

Logan Osborne, a cryptozoologist with a shadowy past, is always chasing after the one that got away. An old friend reluctantly pulls him into a missing person case in The Hamptons. Logan hates The Hamptons. It is the place where his father disappeared twenty years ago and the source of all his nightmares. He is drawn into a scenario where his past and present worlds collide. He must decide if some things are left better untouched and unremembered.

Heavy Metal Forever

by Jack Lawrence

WHILE ZOEY LOOKS AND SOUNDS LIKE AN ATTRACTIVE WOMAN IN HER TWENTIES, NOBODY KNOWS THAT SHE'S ACTUALLY A ROBOT FROM SPACE WHO WAS PROGRAMMED TO BE AN INTERGALACTIC AGENT FOR THE MYSTERIOUS FIGURE KNOWN ONLY AS THE MASK. HER NEXT MISSION IS TO BRING HIM A BOTTLE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS LIQUID EVER CREATED; THE SECRET SAUCE. FRUSTRATED FROM HER TOXIC BOND WITH THE MASK, ZOEY IS READY TO TAKE ACTION, BUT DISASTER IS IMMINENT WHEN SHE ENTERS A LOVE TRIANGLE WITH LULU, THE PARTY ANIMAL AND CHASE, THE M... more

Eye Cutter

by John Bruni

Layne Gates has done it all. Murder, cannibalism, sadism, you name it. His most recent racket: kidnap or purchase young women known as oracles so he can cut their eyes out, thus intensifying their gifts. He then uses them to extort money out of people who will suffer some misfortune by offering a way to avoid it. The only problem is, one of his oracles has discorporated and is now a part of his ship, the Mammon. Meet Corbin Marsters, a former slave and gladiator who now buys slaves to set the... more

Cancelled: The Shape of Things to Come

by Danny King

New Britannia is a wondrous society of diversity, love and inclusion. Through progressive politics and social justice, its leaders have weeded out the bad apples and transformed the nation into a shining beacon of hope. One of its most loyal citizens is Sienna Clay, a star auditor for a market-leading cancellation company who lives in Woking, a model metropole for a new age. She spends her days trawling the data of unsuspecting citizens looking for problematic views. Every offender she identi... more

For Home and Hearth

by Ethan Warrener

Life in the ravaged wilds of Appalachia is dangerous, and most folks don't live past fifty. Even if sickness or starvation doesn't get you, the rival clans, or shifty nomads, or the unbred monsters that roam the hills will. Strangers are not to be trusted. But when a wandering drifter turns up with an army of ravenous pigmen at his heels, Ella Holland and the rest of her clan will have to confront the harsh realities they've kept sealed outside their walls, the lies they've told themselves, and... more

The Edicts of Evolution And Other Tales

by Mark J. Schultis

The ten-episode Kindle Vella series collected here for the first time! Ciras, an advanced race of artificial humanoids, populate the distant world of Dialectica, working in unison to propel their society forward. Their prosperity is due to a set of edicts that drive every choice, every action, and because of these rules, there is no violence, there is no poverty, and there is no doubt in their leadership. But when an important Cira stumbles into an emergency ward on the brink of core failure,... more

Death and the Dragon

by David Hankins

Sequel to the 2024 IAN Book of the Year for Outstanding Humor/Comedy/Satire, Death and the Dragon is the wild ride through Hell that Dante wished he’d had. Demons, nightmares, and bureaucrats await the Grim Reaper as he scrambles to stop a coup in Hell, forestall Armageddon, and rescue the Devil himself. After Lucifer played fast and loose with the Rules governing soul management—after he stole Abigail’s soul without Judgment—Grim storms into Hell to have words with the Lord of Lies. But one ... more

Newcross

by Steph West

In Newcross, Author Steph West lures readers into the unusual Appalachian town of Newcross, Ohio, the year 1975, where protagonist Fin Baker must get her bearings quickly after being whisked through time from New York City, the year 2020, by a captivating man claiming to be her father. After growing up in a foster home, our sly police detective with extraordinary gifts must suddenly confront the father who says he is immortal, and a human mother she must get to know as a teenager in the 1970s.

The Minstrel and the Prophet

by Larry Z. Daily

Times are strained in the Federated Kingdoms: animals are born deformed, crops fail overnight, and raiders strike from within the neighboring Kelmar Empire. In his backwater village, Lauren dreams of becoming a minstrel, the itinerant musician scholars of the Federated Kingdoms. His father, though, demands that Lauren train to be a warrior. When his father attacks him in a drunken rage, Lauren flees to the minstrel’s college at Songhaven. During his training, Ambrose – master of the college and ... more

Sagittarius Stronghold

by Dennis Ideue

The second volume of the epic New Terrans series! After the events in Aurora Ascending, peace settled in the Orion Arm. But when ships sent to explore the Eagle Nebula in the Sagittarius Arm disappear, Elliot Greyjoy and his team uncover a deadly threat: automated defensive drones with the power to destroy entire fleets. Worse still, the AI controlling the drones has determined that humanity must be extinguished. Elliot has been chosen to lead the combined forces of the Aetherian Empire, C... more

ALL THAT SHIMMERS

by Kady Ambrose

Your destiny is a man of silver and gold… By a woodland fairy, her future is foretold. While World War I rages in Europe, Vanessa Perkins, a vivacious nanny with a whimsical imagination, enjoys summering with her wealthy Boston employers at a glamorous lakeside resort. There she meets Avery, a gentle botanist, and Ned, a dashing aristocrat. Raised in a brutal orphanage, Vanessa dreams of being part of a close family like Avery’s, but Ned’s charm and privileged world are intoxicating. Whil... more

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