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    Wayne Basta

    Firefly with aliens, Star Wars without the force . . . and a dash of the American Revolution. ?The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.? — Thomas Jefferson Zeric Dustlighter has been a soldier his entire adult life. Give him a gun and tell him who to shoot, and he'll get the job done. He always knew he was never cut out to be in command. But now, cut off and trapped behind enemy lines, Zeric faces his worst nightmare: the fate of thousands of lives?and possibly the entire Union?is in his hands.
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    The Year of the Hydra

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    William Broughton Burt

    A richly told, diagnosably insane, meandering yet captivating journey through everything good and bad about sex, drugs, and China ? plus a wildly improbable tale about saving the world. In short, not to be missed.

    ? H.C.H. Ritz, author of?Absence of Mind?&?The Lightbringers

    Could a dark agenda be woven into the architecture of China?s most sacred ancient temple? An agenda that only Julian Mancer is seeing? Or is Julian off his meds again? If the structure were in fact a doomsday device awaiting an astronomical tripwire?could Julian stop it? Julian is determined to discover the answer, as soon as he concludes a far more pressing matter involving a sixteen-year-old girl with a?most?intriguing mutation.
    • Author lived in China during SARS epidemic, now makes his home in Mexico
    • Intended for an adult audience, contains mature themes
    • Don't miss William's non-fiction health & fitness book,?Tai Chi: Moving at the Speed of Truth
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    Jason Kristopher

    The zombie apocalypse isn't coming, it's already here. In this collection of supplemental short stories, Kristopher takes the reader on a behind-the-scenes journey into the rest of the world he's created in the main series. From the first known zombie incursion (Outbreak One: Washington Territory), to Nazi-created monstrosities (The Coldest Winter), through the 1981 Libyan Crisis (Blood and Sand) and the story of what befell one of our favorite characters (Whatever Happened to Thomas J. Reynolds?).
    • Readers will receive updated ebooks as new stories are released (email signup required)
    • 100% 4- and 5-star reviews on Amazon.com
    • Short stories supplement and expand upon the backstory of End (#1), Interval (#2), and Beginning (#3)
    • Two audiobook versions are available!
    • NOT AVAILABLE IN PRINT (yet!)
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    H.C.H. Ritz

    In the face of death comes courage. Single mother Helen Dawson always wanted to be a hero. Now she's about to get her chance - but only because she's about to die. Given forty-five days to live, Helen sees this tragedy as a calling to do what others can't: turn her increasingly dystopian society upside down. In a world ruled by economic injustice, Helen plans to steal from the rich and give to the poor - after providing for her teenage daughter. But with no thieving skills and no money, Helen will have to find the right allies and a ton of luck. Can she accomplish all the good she wants in the time that's left - and conquer the dangers to come? The Robin Hood Thief?is the third stand-alone novel by near-future science-fiction author H.C.H. Ritz. If you like fast-paced stories with a futuristic twist, you'll love this book. Begin this remarkable and exhilarating story today!
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    H.C.H. Ritz

    When perfection is mandatory, revolution is the only answer.

    Gaylen is devastated when his wife leaves and takes their only child. But in a utopian society built on positive thinking, grief is not okay - and the government steps in to fix him. Confronted with the dark truth of his seemingly perfect world, Gaylen soon finds himself a reluctant member of the resistance. But his new role could cost him his life. Even as the revolutionaries struggle to strike a powerful blow for freedom of thought - even as they are betrayed by the ruthless denizens of the underground and pursued by the murderous secret police - Gaylen still dreams of getting his family back. But if he survives long enough to put the revolutionaries' plan into motion, Gaylen will have to go up against the calculating masterminds of his vicious society... The Lightbringers?is a classic dystopian story and the debut novel by near-future science-fiction author H.C.H. Ritz. If you loved?Brave New World,?1984, and?Fahrenheit 451, you will love this masterfully penned and captivating tale. Start the adventure today!
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  • Leo King

    "An ending that left me speechless and a fascinating plot, this is now one of my top 30 books." ?- E. Gonzalez

    "This was a fantastic book. If you're looking for a gripping, page-turner of a thriller mystery, you can't go wrong with this book. I can't wait for the second installment." ?- B. Erickson

    "King's book is a very exciting and titillating read. New Orleans becomes a central character itself."

    In 1972, the city of New Orleans was terrorized by a serial killer known as the Bourbon Street Ripper. Although he was captured, convicted, and?executed, his deeds left a scar on the city. Now, twenty years later, the murders have started again, and the secrets of the past left buried for so long must be uncovered in order to stop this new horror. From author Leo King comes a gritty tale of murder, mystery, and suspense set in the Big Easy. The?Sins of the Father trilogy begins in?The Bourbon Street Ripper, continues in?A Life Without Fear, and concludes in?Face Behind the Mask.
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  • A. K. Klemm

    "Why was I angry after reading A.K. Klemm's?The Bookshop Hotel? Because I wasn't ready to end my time with her characters."? --Melinda McGuire,?Hefner Falls

    The Bookshop Hotel took a deep breath... For so long, the building had longed for heavy hearts to grow light and for weary souls to find laughter. Returning to her hometown of Lily Hollow, AJ Rhys sets out to fulfill her childhood dream of restoring the old hotel on Aspen Court. Only after the renovations are in full swing does it become clear that the hotel is having an effect on the town and everyone in it. Memories still haunt both AJ and Lily Hollow, but they begin to release their grip as the hotel binds its patrons together. The first book in a series,?The Bookshop Hotel is a story of family, tragedy, forgiveness and the power of books. Join AJ and the residents of a small town where the past is never far away and secrets remain just below the surface. Don't miss the sequel,?Lily Hollow, and the extra story?Nancy & Uhtred!
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    William Broughton Burt

    From the author: Please don?t try to learn Tai Chi by rote memorization. That?s the usual way, and it?s a Confucian teaching device for a Confucian age. This book devotes nearly three hundred pages to fresh, original explanations of what Tai Chi is and how it works. You want my advice? Learn Tai Chi. Just however you can. It?s that good. But do yourself a favor and read these pages first. You?ll feel very empowered when you line up for that first lesson, and you?ll stay loose and light all the way through the learning curve. That?s important because you never reach the end of it. Tai Chi is all learning curve.
    • Author lived in China during SARS epidemic, now makes his home in Mexico
    • Intended for readers from teens to adults
    • Broad appeal to many different types of readers
    • Don't miss William's debut novel, the sci-fi thriller?The Year of the Hydra
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  • Spindown

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    TBR Pile - 5 star awardGeorge Wright Padgett

    For over a hundred and fifty years, the rarest and most valuable substance in the solar system has been mined from the only location where it exists in significant quantity: Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede. For all of this time, the remote mining outpost has been serviced by clone slaves who are drugged into mindlessness, and all of it has been monitored, controlled, and administered by the artificial intelligence known as Prinox. But what happens when a failed rescue mission causes a small band of escaped clones to begin questioning their lives, their society, and their very existence? Hunted by deadly killing machines, confused and scared, these renegade slaves are about to find out–for better or worse–just what it means to be human.
    • Inspired by such classics as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Lord of the Flies, THX-1138, Brave New World, Logan's Run, and The Black Hole, Spindown will appeal to all fans of "hard sci-fi" writers such as Clarke, Asimov, Bradbury, Gibson, and Heinlein
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    • 85% 4- and 5-star reviews on Amazon.com
    • Audiobook available on Audible, Apple Books, and Amazon.com
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  • Susan Adger

    A rollicking, hilarious collection of tales from the 1930s with crazy characters that will remind you of your own family! In the 1930s, the fictional town of Toad Springs, Florida, is filled with the adventures and daily whatnots of worthy, down-to-earth folk such as Flavey Stroudamore, owner of a three-legged gator named Precious who also just happens to have a birthmark of Jesus on his side. Joining Flavey are Buck Blander, pastor of the Church of Everlasting Liability, who honed his preaching skills in prison but doesn't tell his parishioners, and Sweetie Mooney, whose attempt to run a beauty shop in her aunt's home fails after tragedies with head lice and henna hair dye. This lively, heartwarming collection of tales from the Sunshine State will inspire you to smile!
    • 82% 4- and 5-star reviews on Amazon.com
    • Audiobook read by the author
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    Wayne BastaCONTEST-BADGE-SEMI-FINALIST

    Firefly with aliens, Star Wars without the force . . . and a dash of the American Revolution. A former naval starfighter pilot, Maarkean Ocaitchi once fought to protect the Alliance and its principles of freedom and democracy, but his sister's rebellious past forced them both into a life of smuggling. He nevertheless refuses to believe her assertions that the whole system is corrupt... until she is arrested and condemned to death as a traitor. Now, Maarkean must decide where his loyalty lies, and will either spark a rebellion or help crush the spirit of democracy once and for all. The experience will challenge everything he thinks he knows about resistance, loyalty, and friendship.
    • 2012 Semi-Finalist in the Kindle Book Review's "Best Indie Books" contest
    • 90% 4- and 5-star reviews on Amazon.com
    • Audiobook available on Apple Books, Audible, and Amazon.com
    • Get the rest of the series: pick up A Little Rebellion (#1) and Tree of Liberty (#3) today!
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    John Morano

    "Morano does something few writers do. He provides us with a unique perspective - that of the exploited animal. In doing so, he demonstrates just how profound and pervasive humans' effect on the ocean is." Roger Rufe, President of The Ocean Conservancy

    For nearly one hundred million years, the coelacanths have lived in the ocean depths. They are living fossils, humble and powerful. They have hunted, borne young, and prayed to the spirit-fish. But for the canth called Maputa, all that is about to change. SeaTopia is an aquarium run by the man-tide. The Director, Dave, is an empathetic man who tries to help both humans?ocean whiz-kid, Kemar, and neglected teen, Samantha?and fish, but no measure of kindness can turn a prison into the sea. Out There, Somewhere?continues the outstanding focus on environmental concerns, personal fulfillment, friendship, self-awareness, and the tenets of eco-literature that Morano created in his unforgettable first two novels,?A Wing and a Prayer and?Makoona. Like those,?Out There, Somewhere is a children's book for adults and a young adult novel with universal themes, a story that you can enjoy by yourself or share with the entire family. Don't miss more adventures in Flocks of One (#4)!
        • Features a special introduction by Roger T. Rufe, Jr., President of the Ocean Conservancy
        • Environmental/conservationist themes with an uplifting, hopeful message
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        A. K. Klemm

        Nancy?Harrigan would never wear anything but a?pantsuit?in a solid color. She wakes up at precisely?7:30?every morning, and she hasn't used a sick day?in two years. She organizes?Tuesday?and Thursday Bingo, and she feeds the stray cat in the backyard but would?never?let him inside. And she would never read anything other than a classic. Until, fed up with her book club's response to her favorite,?A Scarlet Pimpernel, she tries something altogether new and meets Uhtred of Bebbanburg, the hero of the Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell. Now, what will happen to her perfectly tailored life? This charming novelette (about 40 pages) is a light-hearted tale of Lily Hollow, the same lovable setting as A. K. Klemm's previous works?The Bookshop Hotel?and?Lily Hollow. It will make you smile and keep you turning the pages as you wait to see how Nancy?and Uhtred's adventure turns out. Will?Nancy?ever be the same again - and will she even want to be?
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        Susan Adger

        When an old church is torn down in the small Florida town of Toad Springs, a trunk full of stories written by the inhabitants in the 1930s is discovered in the attic. You'll meet Midge and Smitty Mallet, who end up in Toad Springs after being led astray by one of the Tennessee binder boys, Chuck Barber and his plans to get rich starting up a 'game of chance,' and Ginger Perkins who, after being jealous for years of her best friend's successful singing career, learns to be careful what you ask for. Laugh along with these heartwarming and hilarious down-home tales from another era in the sequel to Seashells, Gator Bones, and the Church of Everlasting Liability.
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        John MoranoETWG Book Cover Award [Finalist, Literary Fiction, Web]

        "Sometimes it takes a book like Makoona to remind us just what amazing sights are lurking beneath the surface... It brings the ocean and its life to us... reminding us of its value and what needs to be done." ?Kathryn Fuller, President of World Wildlife Fund

        Welcome to the inspiring story of Binti, a female octopus who lives in the Makoona coral reef, and Kemar, a Cambodian boy who fishes the reef. As a mollusk without a shell, Binti believes she's missing something... but the reef is a dangerous place to search for anything, let alone the shell that will make her complete and let her communicate with the spirit-fish. But helped by her friends and a psychedelic octopus who speaks in Grateful Dead lyrics, the search is on. Fifteen-year-old Kemar, a boatperson fleeing the Khmer Rouge, fishes the waters around Makoona where he crosses the path of a strange octopus and befriends both a Vietnam vet and an old American mechanic who claims she was once a world-famous aviatrix. Makoona?will make you laugh out loud as it transports you into the world of the coral reef and takes you on an island adventure that never loses sight of environmental concerns, personal fulfillment, friendship, self-awareness, and the tenets of eco-literature that Morano created in his unforgettable first novel,?A Wing and a Prayer. Don't miss more adventures in Out There, Somewhere (#3) and Flocks of One (#4)!
            • Features a special introduction by Kathryn Fuller, President of World Wildlife Fund.
            • Environmental/conservationist themes with an uplifting, hopeful message
            • Finalist in for the East Texas Writer's Guild Literary Fiction Book Cover Award
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            Lunch with Charlotte

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            Readers' Favorite 5 star logoKBR Finalist BadgeLeon Berger

            THE TRUE SAGA OF AN EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN, SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF HISTORY Every Friday for the last 25 years of her life, I had lunch with Charlotte and each week she told me more of her extraordinary story. To all appearances, she was a strong and dignified survivor, with old-world courtesies, a twinkling sense of humor, and a lilting Austrian syntax. Yet deep within, she'd been scarred by a profound personal trauma. Finally, just before she died at the age of 91, she chose to entrust me with this profound secret and all at once I understood how it had affected her entire adult life.
            • Includes photo archive
            • 95% 4- and 5-star reviews (4.7-star average) on Amazon.com (400+ reviews internationally)
            • Reviewed & recommended by a senior curator at the Holocaust Memorial Centre of Montreal
            • 2013 Finalist in the Best Indie Book Awards from The Kindle Book Review
            • Reader's Favorite 5-Star Book Award Winner (readersfavorite.com)
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          • A. K. Klemm

            Return to the quintessential American small town, Lily Hollow. Learn more about our favorite complicated and lively locals, and about everyone's favorite bookstore,?The Bookshop Hotel. In the first book,?A. K. Klemm made us fall in love with the colorful and surprising folks of this cozy community. Come back and discover decades of heartache, a patriarch who hid some secrets until he died, and a lost manor in the woods. Welcome back to Lily Hollow! And don't miss the extra story,?Nancy & Uhtred!
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            Invasion at Miratev (The Omega Chronicles #1)

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            Brian Nicholson

            If humanity is to survive, the alien T'Kharr must be stopped... even if it means sacrificing tens of thousands.

            Grand Commander Brandon North and his fleet must liberate a research facility taken by mankind's most ruthless and deadly enemy, the T'Kharr. The new technology developed there cannot be allowed to swing the decades-long war in the enemy's favor, even if it means sacrificing tens of thousands of lives... including his own. Reminiscent of David Weber's Honor Harrington, John Scalzi's Old Man's War, and John Ringo's Legacy of the Aldenata, this thrilling debut novel will appeal to all fans of military space sci-fi, intrigue, and bloodthirsty aliens bent on humanity's subjugation or destruction?whichever comes first.
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            Jason Kristopher

            The zombie apocalypse isn't coming,?it's already here. ?Becoming a zombie was much more painful than he had expected.? The world has ended, and 99.999% of the human race is dead... or mostly. It's up to those few survivors to carry on and maybe, just maybe, discover a way to claw humanity back from the brink of extinction. Fans of The Walking Dead will enjoy this series' character-driven story and the close-knit, survival-oriented relatable cast. For as we all know, the worst monsters in the zompocalypse aren't the walkers at all... but the humans themselves!
            • Kindle Book Review "Best Indie Books of 2013" Top 5 Finalist
            • Available in audiobook formats on Amazon, Audible, and Apple Books
            • 94% 4- and 5-star reviews on Amazon.com
            • Story begins in End (#1), concludes in Beginning (#3), and don't miss The Walker Chronicles?(an add-on short story collection)
            • Over 3,800 copies sold
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            Horse

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            IPPY Silver MedalLeon Berger

            This bittersweet chronicle about how a working horse finally gains his freedom was inspired by a real animal and true events, yet its underlying theme is about the universal value of friendship. The hero is a sturdy draft horse: old, eccentric and irritable. His name, suitably enough, is Groucho. By day, he hauls a tourist carriage around the heritage streets of Montreal. By night, he goes home to a stable in a run-down, working-class district. When his owner dies, Groucho feels the loss and is helped through it by the ancient stableman, Doyle, who is also set in his ways. This is the story of how they cope with each other, as well as the threat which endangers their entire way of life.
            • Silver Medal for Best Fiction Ebook of the Year from the Independent Publisher Book Awards (2013)
            • Inspired by an actual horse, ?Catari,? and stable from Montreal, ?The Horse Palace?
            • Featured in the Montreal Gazette
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            Charlie Brooks

            My favorite part of the book was definitely Sarah?s companions, all of whom stole the show??it was quite heartwarming to see them forge a strong bond of friendship and loyalty to each other and to Sarah. ? Si Ning Yeoh for?Readers' Favorite?(4 Stars)

            Greystone Valley is a land of wizards, dragons, and warriors ? and one young girl who ends up there quite by accident when her idle wish is granted. Sarah discovers that not everything in the valley is as magic as she might've wished ? especially the nearly illiterate wizard, the mouse-sized dragon, and the warrior who can't stand the sight of blood. Being hunted isn't helping, either. Will Sarah survive this new life of hers, and can she make it home? And, more importantly, will she ever be the same again?
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          • John Morano

            "...that?s why John Morano?s books are important. He puts us in the minds of some lesser-known, perhaps unloved creatures. The octopus we all know, of course, but how many of us spare daily thoughts for a coelacanth or a petrel?" ? Andrew Sharpless, President of Oceana

            Glyde, Gonzo, and Azul have one thing in common: they?re all flying as flocks of one. Other than his father, Lup?, Glyde has never seen a pure Guadalupe petrel, so when he hears of a similar petrel in danger, he implores his father to join him in a daring rescue attempt. Along the way, Glyde is joined by Gonzo, an endangered ivory-billed woodpecker, Zomis, the last remaining passenger pigeon, and a barred owl who speaks only in Shakespearean English. Meanwhile, after losing his mate and being smuggled out of the shrinking Caatinga, Azul finds himself in the care of a celebrated conservationist. However, not everything is as it seems, and the Spix?s macaw must fight to return to the place he knows best. But with a disappearing habitat and without a mate, can his journey lead him home? The John Morano?Eco-Adventure Series?is back with a fourth installment that asks the question: What does it mean to be home in a changing world? As the climate warms and habitats are lost, will the man-flock help the birds before it's too late, or will these?flocks of one become flocks of none?
              • Features a special introduction by Andrew Sharpless, President of Oceana
              • First Eco-Adventure available in hardcover!
              • Continues series started in A Wing and a Prayer,?Makoona, and?Out There, Somewhere
              • Environmental/conservationist themes with an uplifting, hopeful message
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              Michael Wentela

              Vann Arnett may be the last man to survive the end of civilization, unchanged by the plague that brought about The Collapse. For him, life is a daily battle not only to stay alive, but also to keep from going crazy. So when his carefully structured world is turned upside down by a force of outsiders beyond his control, his fight for sanity takes a backseat to that of survival.?In a world populated by the dead, the crazy, and the murderous, what can one sane man do?
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              Leo King

              The Bourbon Street Ripper is dead, and the mastermind behind him stands revealed. His end game for both sets of?killings is simple:?Sam Castille cannot die. Now Sam lies in a coma as the remnants of the Knight Priory and Dr. Lazarus' fledgling group battle over her and all of New Orleans. Spanning five years and the intertwined lives of five characters, the explosive climax to this?supernatural thriller trilogy?will change the world forever! The?Sins of the Father trilogy begins in?The Bourbon Street Ripper, continues in?A Life Without Fear?and concludes?in Face Behind the Mask.
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