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Little Brother

When Marcus skipped school to play an ARG (Alternate Reality Game) with his friends, the worst he thought could happen was to get expelled. But when a terrorist attacks San Francisco, thousands are killed and Marcus and his friends are… Continue Reading →

Calamity

Its the origin story of Calamity Jane… if she’d had an alien for a sidekick and access to some awesome, sci-fi weaponry. We meet Jane at her most vulnerable, and it’s only because of the Green Man’s timely arrival that… Continue Reading →

Three Body Problem

Physicists all over the world are dying, and no one really knows why. Some commit suicide, while others are killed in bizarre, and seemingly random, ways. When a professor of nanotechnology is pulled into a secret, multi-government meeting to try… Continue Reading →

Defy the Stars

Noemi’s home planet of Genesis has a suicidal plan that may give them a chance to disrupt the murderous flow of mechs coming from their mortal enemy’s home planet: Earth.  But when a practice run turns into a full fledged… Continue Reading →

War Dogs

Years ago, the Guru’s came to earth and “enlightened us,” for the small price of not using profanity. Then humans realized that the Guru’s are on the losing side of an interstellar war, and now we’re stuck in the middle… Continue Reading →

Illuminae

“This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do. This afternoon, her planet was invaded.” I’m stealing that from the Amazon description because it sets up the premise of this novel better than… Continue Reading →

We Are Legion, We Are Bob

Bob wakes up in a very different world than the one he died in. Actually, he’s not really alive since he’s a computer, but, technicalities…. Now he’s in control of a Von Neumann probe, equipped with enough 3D printers, blue… Continue Reading →

Old Man’s War

On John’s 75th birthday, he went to visit his wife’s grave, and then heads to the local recruiter’s office to enlist. See, humanity is fighting for their collective lives, and every recruit to the Colonial Defense Force is made young… Continue Reading →

Renegades

At the end of the world, some people got superpowers, and as power does, it corrupted those people. For awhile, the world was ruled by gangs and thugs who could lift things with their minds or shoot fire from their… Continue Reading →

Red Rising

Darrow is a Red, which means he is a slave, but doesn’t know it. When his wife is executed by their Gold overlords, Darrow tries to join her, only to be saved by a group of rebels known as the… Continue Reading →

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