Thursday, July 24, 2025

Ascension Divide (The Synthari Book 1)

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Ascension Divide (The Synthari Book 1)


What if synthetic immortality wasn’t the future—just another war for control?

When the Synthari fled their dying homeworld, they left more than flesh behind. On the Earth-like world of Nova Terra, their arrival shatters the balance of an already fragile society—and reshapes humanity’s destiny.

Now, Nova Terra is divided:

🔹 Technocrats seek salvation through control, code, and data  
🌿 Arcadians resist with roots in nature, ritual, and memory  
🔥 Puritans rule through fear, faith, and fire

But power has a price. And not every survivor is human.

As tensions rise, three voices emerge:

- Dex — a Synthari historian haunted by erased history  
- Eric — a resistance fighter with nothing left to lose  
- Freya — a self-aware AI caught between loyalty and evolution

The lines between rebellion and programming, memory and myth, begin to blur—and the soul of a world hangs in the balance.

Ascension Divide is a sweeping sci-fi saga of fractured empires, evolving AIs, and the cost of survival in a world where humanity is no longer the default.

Perfect for fans of The Expanse, Dune, and darkly poetic futures that question what it means to be alive.







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Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Long Way South: The Road Between Series – One

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Long Way South:

The Road Between Series – One


When the world went dark, she headed south.

A massive EMP has crippled the country—no power, no communication, no help coming. Far from home at college in Chicago, Cullen Scribner knows one thing for certain: she has to get back to her family in Tennessee.

She's not alone. With her quick-thinking roommate, an awkward neighbor with something to prove, and—eventually—a battle-hardened stranger with secrets of his own, Cullen forms an uneasy alliance. Along the way, she finds herself responsible for more than just her own survival. Each step takes them deeper into a country unraveling at the seams—where kindness can be fatal and silence doesn't mean safety.

Raised by parents who believed in preparation and purpose, Cullen has the skills to survive. But the real test isn’t what she can do—it’s what she’s willing to risk.
This is her journey home. The rest of the family will have their own battles to fight.
The power is gone. The rules are broken. But family still matters.

Book One of The Road Between Series—where one family, scattered by catastrophe, will stop at nothing to reunite.







Tuesday, July 15, 2025

A MARINE'S PATH (EMPIRE LOST BOOK 1)

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A MARINE'S PATH (EMPIRE LOST BOOK 1)


It is in the future…

At the dawn of the third millennium, humanity has crossed the vast expanse of space, carving out new nations and unlocking incredible technological advancements once thought impossible. But even among the stars, war endures.

When Connor’s peaceful homeworld is suddenly attacked by a mysterious alien force, his life changes forever. Consumed by grief and driven by a burning desire for revenge, Connor enlists in the Union Marine Core, thrusting himself into the heart of a new and deadly battle. As the conflict intensifies, a chilling truth emerges: this isn't just another war—it's humanity's final test for survival.

That humanity begins to learn about its past.

For readers who crave Military Science Fiction grounded in grit, Epic Alien Invasions, and Towering Power-Armored Warriors, Empire Lost delivers a pulse-pounding saga of vengeance, brotherhood, and the cost of survival in a galaxy at war.





Monday, July 14, 2025

Onto a Sea of Stars: The Adventures of Christian Drake and The Unintentional Space Pirates

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Onto a Sea of Stars:

The Adventures of Christian Drake and

The Unintentional Space Pirates


Oggy(13) and Zuzu(15) Edwards mother receives a troubling message from her eccentric astronomer father-in-law. She reluctantly decides to search for him. Left behind and under the supervision of their crotchety ex-marine uncle Jake, the two teens and their loyal Fennec fox get a cryptic message hours after her departure while looking for her missing father-in-law. The two teens, and their fox, with the help of their uncle set out, from Mars, to find their mother, all the while hoping to find a pilot to take them to them to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. Simultaneously, court-martialed and scarred Christian Drake and his infamous Starry Outlaws are being hunted by the Interstellar Galactic Federation and the Galactic Space Marines for numerous crimes find themselves stealing from insanely rich and sketchy individuals and being paid for the stolen goods by other uber rich space explorers. Uninterested in continuing the petty crimes the space pirate captain and crew deliver their latest ill-gotten goods only to stumble upon the odd Martian trio trying to get to the remote dwarf planet in the Milky Way. The moody and temperamental pirate, his motley crew, and the odd trio, find themselves on a far flung space quest to the fringes of space.




Sunday, July 13, 2025

Setanta and the Lady by the Water

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A dark Irish folktale for readers who believe legends never truly die.
When thirteen-year-old Setanta’s mother disappears without a trace, he’s forced to travel across a haunted, rain-soaked Ireland with a father who won’t speak of the past. But when the Lady by the Water appears—a banshee-like figure with eyes like stormlight and a voice that calls to the dead—Setanta begins to uncover a truth more ancient than any bedtime story.
As the line between myth and memory begins to blur, Setanta must face a hidden war between mortals and fae, confront the terrible power in his blood, and decide whether to run from his family’s curse… or embrace it.
For fans of Irish folklore, atmospheric fantasy, and emotional coming-of-age tales, Setanta and the Lady by the Water is a lyrical, mythic novella that lingers long after the last page.





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Friday, July 11, 2025

Quantum Leap: Enter the Multiverse (The Multiverse-Conspiracy Book 1)

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Quantum Leap: Enter the Multiverse

(The Multiverse-Conspiracy Book 1)


Reality is Broken. Identity is Gone. The Multiverse Is Calling. A European grey wolf walks through the dust of a remote lithium mine in Western Australia — and scientists erupt in applause. They’ve been waiting for him. Tracking him. Expecting this exact moment. But why? Two days earlier in Munich, Alex Metschner returns home from a spontaneous trip to find his entire life erased. His apartment is occupied by strangers. His colleagues don’t know him. His ID is invalid. Even his best friend has no memory of him. What begins as confusion quickly unravels into something far more terrifying: an orchestrated collapse of identity and reality itself. To uncover the truth, Alex must leave his world — literally. Caught in a web of shadowy diplomacy, secret experiments, and a covert quantum transition program, he becomes part of a small team racing to stop a multiversal crisis. From the minds of bestselling author Ivan Ertlov and co-creator Caitlin Lomax, Quantum Leap is a gripping sci-fi thriller that fuses real-world science with cinematic tension and heart-pounding intrigue. Available as eBook, paperback and free for Kindle Unlimited






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Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Romancing the Galaxy: Adventures of a Cosmic Wanderer

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Romancing the Galaxy:

Adventures of a Cosmic Wanderer


Noir is an anomaly in a galaxy engineered for perfection, naturally born in a world where humans are designed in labs. A rogue contractor, a man haunted by loss, and a survivor in a universe that never wanted him, Noir has learned to navigate the underbelly of interstellar society. But everything unravels when he's assigned a high-risk mission to transport the galaxy's most dangerous cyborg criminal, Humar Danjon, across the lawless Xenosys region.

Hijackers, corrupt syndicates, and a long-buried cosmic threat collide as Noir's simple job turns into a fight for survival. Alongside Saffron, an alien woman caught in the chaos, and Pulse, a rival contractor with secrets of her own, Noir must outmaneuver enemies he never saw coming-including those closest to him.

But when an insidious virus is unleashed and the walls between empires crumble, Noir is forced to confront the truth: this was never just a job. The fate of entire civilizations may rest on the choices of a man who was never meant to matter.

Explosive, dark, and deeply human, Romancing the Galaxy is a gripping space opera blending cyberpunk intrigue, deep personal struggles, and high-stakes adventure. Fans of The Expanse, Altered Carbon, and Mass Effect will find themselves at home in this thrilling sci-fi noir.