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The Boy King of Carradine

by Aaron Frale

The Holy Church of Dave has mocked Zeb all his life for the silly notion that the almighty Dave was once a man. Determined to prove them wrong, he finds the DNA of the savior. The resurrection of his lord turns out to be Pete, and the apostles are the time-traveling pals Clara, Misako and Unk. Now, Zeb and the outta time gang are caught in a holy war between the Davist and Davidite factions. If the papacy leaders, the Holiest of Holies Chappelle and Schwimmer, don’t see eye to eye about the t... more

Alessia in Atlantis

by Nathalie Laine

It’s not unusual for twelve-year-old Alessia to lose control of her emotions and create a scene at school. It IS unusual when she’s then attacked by a giant frog monster and plunged into the underwater realm of Atlantis in an overturned boat. On arriving in Atlantis, she learns that her long-lost father may have been from there. Determined to investigate, she stays and enrolls in Atlantide school: The Octopus’s Garden. But uncovering the truth is not easy when the tyrannical Atlantide ... more

The Servant's Grace

by Claire Leggett

A tyrannical ruler. A hidden heir. Can a simple handmaiden save her realm from doom? Lady’s maid Shan works for a privileged family, though she longs to see all servants treated fairly. But when she’s caught with equality propaganda, no favours can keep her from execution. With no other way to save herself, Shan reveals her ability to turn invisible and agrees to a risky mission spying on the emperor. Slipping through the palace corridors to collect evidence of the callous monarch’s plans, S... more

Crisis at Calista Station

by Andrew J. Harvey

Tania is tired of not having any friends because, every time her mom changes her job, they have to move. But then her mom gets the job as the security officer on Calista Station, and Tania meets Mark, and his friends Windracer, and Shr’un. When Shr’un’s father and Tania’s mom disappear, it is up to Tania and her new friends to solve the mystery.

The 13th Sign

by Kate Warren

Imagine if you could get another shot at it, a chance to go back in time and do things differently... When Will unleashes the power of The Book, he is transported back to the 13th Century inside the body of Ashur, his past life incarnation. Ashur witnesses the murder of his family by the king, over a book hidden in the walls of his house. Consumed with vengeance, he bides his time working as an apprentice for the king’s blacksmith, where he becomes entangled in a deadly love triangle with the b... more

Hive Sample Chapter

by Jeremiah Ukponrefe

The Collective military has spent its years destroying the last remnants of The Hive, an alien force which devastated the old world, bringing forth the apocalypse , and ushering a new age of warring factions. Alexander King is a Collective soldier who during a mission monitoring the outskirts of Zone 6, discovers evidence that The Hive's presence is stronger than commonly believed. With his new information it becomes vital that the Collective acts fast, for if they don't the world will be bro... more

Swallow

by A.M. Holly

In a future United States, a military pilot learns she's been an unwitting perpetrator of horrific human experiments and embarks on a dangerous path to expose the government's crimes.

MONO

by Alex Exarchos

Fantasy, sci-fi and the avant-garde combine to form this ambitious Pandora’s box of a novel that leaves its readers guessing, though they might not be sure which questions to ask. What happens in these pages is not easily described, but it’s even less easily explained. Divided into 10 wildly different sections, the book first begins in a Spartan room inhabited by a boy and an artifact as mysterious as the monolith in Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. The object resurfaces throughout the book. ... more

Ramjet Warriors of the High Command

by Patrick Tibbits

The Navy has retired his beloved F-14, and Jimmy Smith, desperate to fly, signs on to jockey a ramjet space fighter moored at the International Space Station. Station defense falls to a rabble of pilots from Russian attack helicopters and US Marine Corps jump-jets. Each is a combat-tested stick-and-rudder hand, unattached, and anonymous, save for a sublimely beautiful Russian woman who might be a famous missing cosmonaut. But why are the fundamentalist mullahs of Iran heaving kinetic kill... more

Invisible Magic Wand to the Rescue

by Rafael Jacimin

Caspian and his cousin Belinda are visiting Grandpa's house. Belinda wants an Invisible Magic Wand, just like Caspian's. The wand allows the children to speed up time, or slow it down. While Grandpa is getting the wand, an earthquake shakes the house. Thanks to the wands, all three escape, unscathed.

A Drowned Kingdom

by P.L. Stuart

Once Second Prince of the mightiest kingdom in the known world, Othrun now leads the last survivors of his exiled people into an uncertain future far across the Shimmering Sea from their ancestral home, now lost beneath the waves. With his Single God binding his knights to chivalric oaths, intent on wiping out idolatry and pagan worship, they will have to carve out a new kingdom on this mysterious continent—a continent that has for centuries been ravaged by warlords competing for supremacy and m... more

ZODIAC SAGA 2 The Balance of Power

by Kaitlyn McKnight

Zodiac Saga 2: The Balance of Power, is the second book in the award-winning finalist for most promising series of fantasy/sci-fi. Zodiac Saga 2 continues the story of a bullied young boy named Cyrus O’Hara, a believer in Zodiac gods. Cyrus is now known as Lancaster in The Balance of Power. The Zodiac gods are known as the Sacred Twelve or the Elders of Zodia. There is an unknown powerful force seeking to destroy the Zodiac gods and the entire universe. Lancaster embarks upon a suspense... more

Avery Black: Pleased to Meet You

by Mimi Cocquyt

When All Hope is lost, a door will appear. A single man will step forward. Eternity has a protector. Mankind has it's Man. Avery Black. Written and Illustrated by Christopher Harvill.

Porridger1

by Caroline Hartmann

Cosmo and his spaceship, Nova, search the galaxies for a better breakfast than the usual icky, lumpy, porridge he has every morning. Tasting everything from snowballs and ice, (which are too cold and made Nova sputter away) to meteorites (which are tasteless and heavy and prevent Nova from doing her favourite cartwheels), Cosmo almost gave up his search until they came upon a pretty blue planet and a girl named Aggie. Guess what happens to Cosmo and Nova when Aggie serves them breakfast?

The Cobalt Moon's Fury

by Lou Hernández

Teenage hemophiliac, half-Vampire joshua Puig grapples to survive the final 24-hour period of life-altering events thrust upon him by the cyclical-and deadly- arrival of the cobalt moon.

The Curse of the Cobalt Moon