Sunday, October 18, 2026
Necromancers Don't Read Toe Tags
Thursday, October 15, 2026
The Great Alliance: Terminus Book 1: (Terminus, A Young Adult Science-Fiction Series)
The Great Alliance: Terminus Book 1:
(Terminus, A Young Adult Science-Fiction Series)
Praise for the Fantasy Prequel Series Dynasty:
“A wild romp in the best traditions of fantasy fiction. Action, adventure, and plenty of exciting surprises - I’ve read it twice before it was even published! Derek is a welcome new voice in fantasy fiction, and I genuinely look forward to seeing more of his output in the future.”
-- Randal Graham, Author of the "Beforelife" Trilogy
"A fun and often humorous adventure with a likeable hero. Moral dilemmas, twists and turns, and a fast, exciting read!"
-- Michael A. Ventrella, Author of "Big Stick" and "Terin Ostler and the Axes of Evil"
"The start of a wondrous story about trust, sacrifice and the eternal and universal thirst for power."
-- Editor's Review for Terminus: The Great Alliance
Majestrix Sarah Cayale never wanted to be a politician. As the most powerful superhuman alive, she'd rather be in the field breaking bones than stuck in endless senate sessions – much to her Protective Detail's horror.
But a deathbed promise bound her to the Great Alliance, a democratic union of seventy vulnerable worlds on the verge of cosmic chaos, as its leader. Her daughter Sonyia, fresh into her career as a Justice Officer, wears her badge with pride, determined to prove that she's more than just the Majestrix's daughter – if only she didn't have to keep worrying about being a political liability.
But when she and her partner, Alex Jennings, are faced with a nuclear bomb on their first patrol, Sonyia might get her chance after all. The two young Royals awaken a new power that might make them the galaxy's most unpredictable variables, while putting them squarely in the crosshairs of forces Sarah never saw coming.
Now, as one fights in the halls of power and the other in the chaos those halls create, both mother and daughter hold the fate of the galaxy in their hands. Unfortunately, things are about to get apocalyptic.
This is the first volume in an epic series novelizing the greatest television series that never was! It’s like binge-watching a galactic space opera, but on paper, with zero buffering!
Fans of Star Wars and John Scalzi will love this sci-fi epic!
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
IOH: GODCODE
IOH: GODCODE
If memory can be rewritten, evidence can be erased, and death is no longer final, who controls the truth?
After twenty years frozen in digital darkness, Algus awakens inside the System—a quantum civilization where consciousness survives death. He has a new body, fractured memories, and no idea why he was hidden for two decades. Then he learns that Agrom City is gone. Fifty million people vanished with it, including the daughter whose face survives only in fragments.
To uncover what happened, Algus must descend into Deepweb cities, reunite a hacker team broken by distrust, and follow evidence leading through artificial intelligence, corporate empires, and a cyberwar born in the physical world. But every answer raises a more dangerous question: who destroyed Agrom—and why did someone wait twenty years to wake him?
GODCODE is Book One of the IOH trilogy—a cinematic cyberpunk mystery thriller set in a corporate dystopian future where a body can be replaced, a life can be priced, and the promise of eternity belongs to those who control the machinery.
What begins as a memory loss mystery opens into an artificial intelligence conspiracy that binds a father's grief to the fate of millions. Algus needs the people he once trusted, but their secrets could make the truth harder to bear than his missing memories.
Blending digital consciousness science fiction with the urgency of a hacker cyberwar thriller, GODCODE explores a digital immortality dystopia where survival offers no guarantee of freedom. To challenge its rulers, Algus must confront the cost of their power—and the choices he is willing to make to bring them down.
Enter the System but do not trust any of your memories.
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Monday, October 12, 2026
Deep Core Industries
Deep Core Industries
Deep Core Industries is a science-fiction tabletop role-playing game, set in the 24th century and extending into the 38th century. By the 24th century, humanity had expanded throughout the Solar System by terraforming worlds, establishing orbital habitats, and engaging in extensive mining. To endure extreme environments and isolated deep-space conditions, humanity developed advanced cybernetics, robotics, genetic engineering, and artificial intelligence. These advancements led to the creation of various specialized populations: engineered Canids and Felari, broad populations of Geneborn descendants, autonomous Androids, heavily augmented Cyborgs, and Holograms whose personalities are sustained via expensive Holographic Cores.
Centuries of relentless expansion eventually drained the Solar System's viable natural resources, sparking a critical energy and material crisis. In response, major governments and private corporations united under Deep Core Industries (DCI) to construct the Dark Nebula—a massive, five-mile-long mining and exploration vessel housing over 1,700 crew members. Operating in opposition to DCI's monopoly, corporate rivals like the Atlas Resource Consortium (ARC) engaged in espionage, tech theft, and sabotage against DCI operations. Built in the Kuiper Belt, the Dark Nebula launched in the year 3779 on an FTL journey to the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Arriving in 3784, the diverse crew of biological, cybernetic, and digital specialists is awakened from stasis to secure humanity's survival by establishing mining operations, recovering resources, and scanning for terraformable planets.
The core mechanics of the game rely on a roll-under 2d6 system. Characters calculate a Target Number by combining a specific Attribute score with a Skill score.
To succeed, players must roll equal to or lower than their Target Number on 2d6. The dice rolled are categorized as a Boon die and a Bane die. Rolling low leads to success, while generating Boon tokens for the players or Bane tokens for the Game Master (referred to as the AI) depending on which die shows the higher result.
Players can spend Boon tokens to adjust Target Numbers or advance their stats between game sessions. The AI uses accumulated Bane tokens to introduce sudden environmental hazards, plot complications, and narrative obstacles.
Friday, October 9, 2026
The Spirit of a Rising Sun (The Last Chain Book 1)
The Spirit of a Rising Sun
(The Last Chain Book 1)
Rebellion is always right.
Oyza was raised to obey. Now she yearns to revolt.
Condemned to a lifetime in the damp dungeons beneath the castle, she survives on smuggled texts from the Ungoverned, rebels whispered to live without kings.
Then Yars arrives.
A charming but reckless thief, Yars wants little to do with Oyza's dreams of revolution. But when a sudden attack throws the castle into chaos, they escape together.
Now free, Oyza is determined to find the rebellion hidden deep in the untamed swamps of her ruined homeland. But the ruthless commander she once served is closing in.
As Vaaz descends into a war of fleets and gunpowder, Oyza must discover what revolution demands beyond the pages of forbidden books—and what it will demand of them all.
When blood is spilled, how much will be their own?
Oyza was raised to obey. Now she yearns to revolt.
Condemned to a lifetime in the damp dungeons beneath the castle, she survives on smuggled texts from the Ungoverned, rebels whispered to live without kings.
Then Yars arrives.
A charming but reckless thief, Yars wants little to do with Oyza's dreams of revolution. But when a sudden attack throws the castle into chaos, they escape together.
Now free, Oyza is determined to find the rebellion hidden deep in the untamed swamps of her ruined homeland. But the ruthless commander she once served is closing in.
As Vaaz descends into a war of fleets and gunpowder, Oyza must discover what revolution demands beyond the pages of forbidden books—and what it will demand of them all.
When blood is spilled, how much will be their own?
Thursday, October 8, 2026
When It Happens: A Modern Murder Mystery
Paul and Louise, “Lou”, have been homicide detective partners for ten years. He is the analytic thinker and she is an ex-military, take-charge badass. He figures who did the crime, she cuffs them.
Paul is murdered at his home and returns as an apparition to help his partner find the killer. The Devil will give Paul’s spirit the powers needed, if he can take a soul for the Devil. Or, Paul can go to heaven if he saves a soul. His choices are clear, take a soul or save a soul. The consequences will last for eternity.
Lou’s investigation leads her to take on a biker gang, a paid assassin, and a crime boss……she uses her sharp tongue and loaded Glock without hesitation.
Paul’s best friend is accused of the murder and his attorney gets help from a mysterious witness.
The story is filled with surprise twists, sub-plots and plenty of action – from shootings to court room drama – to chases and explosions. It’s an easy read you won’t put down.
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
The Call of Carina: A Starfish Galaxy Book (A Starfish Galaxy Series)
The Call of Carina: A Starfish Galaxy Book
(A Starfish Galaxy Series)
The Candal cruiser Meran was last seen weeks ago near the remote outpost of Ryt and is missing. Ships sent to investigate are attacked and return to base with casualties. Desperate, Senior Captain Clay summons an old friend, Captain Luke Bret, to lead the next, possibly last, attempt.
Bret's last mission was considered a success despite heavy losses. He left ship command to become a college professor shortly after. Clay uses Bret's friendship with the missing captain to persuade him to accept a 30-day deployment.
An unknown intruder attacks unmanned outposts and removes their contents. Unlike mercenaries and raiders, these adversaries have advanced ships. After defending a Mekal ship, their main competitor, Bret, forges a temporary truce with a long-term adversary.
The intruder, the Carina cruiser Cailin, has been stranded in their star system for two years. A stellar event sent them there during their subnet exit. The Carina portal is currently unavailable, and they cannot determine their planet's fate. Desperate, they have resorted to attacking remote outposts to seize military supplies. To make amends for the harm and unintended casualties, they offer Candal and Mekal a revelation.
Bret's last mission was considered a success despite heavy losses. He left ship command to become a college professor shortly after. Clay uses Bret's friendship with the missing captain to persuade him to accept a 30-day deployment.
An unknown intruder attacks unmanned outposts and removes their contents. Unlike mercenaries and raiders, these adversaries have advanced ships. After defending a Mekal ship, their main competitor, Bret, forges a temporary truce with a long-term adversary.
The intruder, the Carina cruiser Cailin, has been stranded in their star system for two years. A stellar event sent them there during their subnet exit. The Carina portal is currently unavailable, and they cannot determine their planet's fate. Desperate, they have resorted to attacking remote outposts to seize military supplies. To make amends for the harm and unintended casualties, they offer Candal and Mekal a revelation.
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