Gamma Raids I (The Adventures of Kat and Lee Book 1)

R. Lynn Hanks

Saving the galaxy was never in their plans.In their final year with the Raider Program, Gamma cadets Kat Hanneman and Lee Waters live for adventure. Their dreams of exploring distant galaxies and making a difference are well within their reach. But when a routine assignment goes awry, Kat and Lee uncover a volatile secret that threatens to destroy everything they have worked towards. Sparks fly and old wounds chafe—with more than one heart on the line—as they race to save not only their mission and the galaxy, but the very future they hold most dear. Gamma Raids I is a space opera romance, the first installment in the Adventures of Kat and Lee.For fans of Firefly and Star Trek, Gamma Raids is a new adult, low spice/slow burn space fantasy full of heart, with epic friendships, romantic tension, and fun banter that will leave you kicking your feet and ready to enroll with the Raider Academy.

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Son of Osivirius: A Science Fantasy Novella

Cathryn deVries

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The Poet Empress

Shen Tao

Debut author Shen Tao introduces readers to the lush, deadly world of The Poet Empress, a sweeping, epic and intimate fantasy perfect for fans of The Serpent & the Wings of Night, The Song of Achilles and She Who Became the Sun. Wei Yin is desperate. After the fifth death of a sibling, with her family and village on the brink of starvation, she will do anything to save those she loves. Even offer herself as concubine to the cruel, dissolute heir of the blood-gutted Azalea House—where poetry magic is power, but women are forbidden to read. But in a twist of fate, the palace now stands on the knife-edge of civil war, with Wei trapped in its center. . . with a violent prince. To save herself and the nation, she must survive the dangers of court, learn to read in secret, and compose the most powerful spell of all. A ballad of love. . . and death. The Poet Empress is an epic fantasy that explores darker themes, subjects, and scenes that may not be suitable for all readers. Please see the author's content note at the beginning of the book.

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Son of Osivirius: A Science Fantasy Novella

Cathryn deVries

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Annihilation

Jeff VanderMeer

Area X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; the second expedition ended in mass suicide, the third in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another. The members of the eleventh expedition returned as shadows of their former selves, and within weeks, all had died of cancer. In Annihilation, the first volume of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy, we join the twelfth expedition. The group is made up of four women: an anthropologist; a surveyor; a psychologist, the de facto leader; and our narrator, a biologist. Their mission is to map the terrain, record all observations of their surroundings and of one another, and, above all, avoid being contaminated by Area X itself. They arrive expecting the unexpected, and Area X delivers—but it’s the surprises that came across the border with them and the secrets the expedition members are keeping from one another that change everything.

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