After secluding himself from the outside world, a fearsome old man, Balak, is hired by a teenage girl, Arda, to make a perilous journey across Tartaurus. With the whole continent at war, he is tasked with guiding her safely to the distant castle of Iron Gates. They will have to learn to work together if they wish to make it alive, past the hostile wildlife, enemy territory, and giants, a dangerous journey that is further complicated by the inclusion of Arda’s infant sister. Drawing inspiration from the history and mythology of the Caucasus region and the author’s own rich imagination, the book explores the murky line between justice and revenge, and the lengths some people are willing to cross to get what they want.

The alien invasion was the end of the world for seven billion humans. And the beginning of a new fight for the survivors. LT William "Don't call me The Kid" Bonney leads a rag tag group of misfits on a hunt for tech that's going to give them an edge over the invaders. The aliens took his wife and child. And he's going to make them pay.

Cole decided to leave the underworld and its shadows behind, and to achieve this, he needed to steal the most secure treasure in the realm, the elemental batteries. But he couldn't possibly pull this alone, so, he assembles a group of society rejects, a cursed dwarf, a failed air sorcerer, a stripped of his powers necromancer, and the lowest of the undead, the shade of a beggar. With a group of thieves like those, who needs luck? Join Cole and his group in their ultimate theft of all time, The Elemental Heist.

The Outer Limits meets The Twilight Zone Try this free sample of five science fiction stories and post-apocalyptic tales. About the book: The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories 13 new science fiction stories and post-apocalyptic tales! A journey to the center of the universe. Humanity’s final days. A strange midnight visitor. A faster than light test with unforeseen results. Writings found in a desolate world. These are just some of the short stories in this collection which are sure to kickstart your imagination.

Homicide Detective Terry Parker has a problem. He’s addicted to the high-tech drug Switch. It enhances mental focus and reaction time, but there is a dark side: the more you take, the more dangerous you become. An investigation into a teenage murderer who overdosed on Switch gives Parker the one chance to stop the supply at its source. He must take his addiction to the extreme and risk his career, his family and his life if he’s to catch the ultimate criminal.

Shadows in the Key of Fear and Roland the Headless Mech Driver are both part of the history of the Gurkha Rifles, Nepal’s first mercenary company in the Four Horsemen Universe. The first story, Shadows in the Key of Fear, takes place more or less simultaneously with the events in High Mountain Hunters, my first novel of the Gurkhas. Roland the Headless Mech Driver takes place sometime after that book and its forthcoming sequel, No Cowards Allowed. If you like these tales keep an eye out for Oogars, Guns and Credits coming in late 2021. High Mountain Hunters is available on Amazon, where it is free to read with Kindle Unlimited

Marci, a super soldier and escapee of the Astral’s bio-enhancement military program Zedger, has found new purpose in rescuing others like her. But she can’t do it alone, and not without parts. In need of special supplies to repair the soldiers the Astrals discard, Marci must travel to the last standing city of Tellurians. There, in EsoTerra, she must fight for her right to trade with others for what she requires. She tries to hide her identity, mask her skills, play down her expertise, but too many have heard rumors of her. Soon, she finds herself helping other soldiers that have been dumped from Zedger. Recently disposed soldiers have lost their minds somewhere in the Genesis Hub. Marci must deep dive their cerebral enhancements to figure out why and salvage everyone she can. What she discovers when searching the Genesis stream alerts Astrals to her position. Lead rain falls from the sky in the form of BloodTitans. Can Marci save the soldiers and her people? Or is this the Tellurians’ last stand? Features cursing and violence. "Excellent story with a kick ass heroine and a world that is interesting and compelling... can't wait to read more about Marci. This is the second book that I've read in this series and it just keeps getting better and better." -Goodreads Review (5 stars)

A young man on a quest across the ocean to find his father and the mystical Egg of Xachajya. Washed up onshore in a strange land after a shipwreck and nursed back to health by the Skavyri, cat-people. Can he find a way to resume his quest? Will he ever find his father or the legendary Egg? A mysterious island to the north may hold the answers ...

Hofen is both thrilled and terrified when the peacekeepers' guild adopts him a year early, but he painfully learns surviving until his thirteenth birthday--when his guild training begins--won't be easy. Bullied inside and out of the guildhall for being an "outskirts" boy and denied access to the fighting skills a peacekeeper apprentice studies, he must secretly learn to protect himself on his own--even though discovery of his clandestine spying means expulsion. Fused between rigid traditionalism and inexplicable technology, the Scriptures of Bellisprodus dictate all the rules for this moralistic, guild-based culture. The peacekeepers are sworn to enforce and defend these Scriptures with their lives. So when the peacekeeper masters learn of a plot that threatens the very fabric of their society, Hofen must overcome his fear of losing this new life and home he's come to love in order to preserve it.

Join four award winning authors in eight realms of fantasy and science fiction. Otherworldly adventures to touch your heart and thrill your imagination. -A deadly secret lurks in idyllic fields of flax -Chatting with the dead, even when you're a fraud, can't end well on Friday the 13th -A blue trunk-nosed alien sniffs out the truth behind a smuggler's delivery -Mining Jupiter's storms leads to an unexpected discovery and more engaging stories

The hermitic Magician, the Guru of Bebuniyaad Jungle, claims he can lead people to tranquillity and enlightenment. That he can even help gifted youths control their powers. Three families put themselves in his hands, risking the jungle and all its perils. But will he truly help them? Or does he have secret plans for them of his own?

Sara is an addict with a serious lack of money, withdrawal symptoms, and a desperate need to eat sometime soon. When she begs her brother for help he hooks her up with a mysterious woman in a limousine on her way to dispose of a dead body. The job she offers Sara isn't even close to what she'd been expecting, but it comes with a promise of a better life if Sara can do what it takes to survive it.

Peacemaker Academy Graduate Reynor was nervous about his confirmation mission. Thankfully, he had the guidance of a senior Peacemaker, the Besquith Sempay. Besquith were renown for ferocity and carnage. Basically, everything Reynor was not. When their transport ship has to make an unexpected stop to fix a problem with the hyperspace engines, Reynor convinces his partner to visit the backwater planet in the system. Once they arrive on world, Reynor learns the hard way that you can’t come at every problem straight on. Sometimes it requires a tangential approach. The pair hide they are Peacemakers and find themselves embroiled in a conflict involving two rival warlords with a local spaceport caught in between. A corrupt cop and an observant bartender are all the allies Reynor and Sempay have to prevent the enslavement and slaughter of everyone on the planet. Mark Stallings is an Amazon Best Selling Author, member of Pikes Peak Writers, speaker at International conferences on Technology topics, is a writer of Wuxia, Fantasy, Thrillers and Military Sci Fi. He is a competitive shooter, avid martial artist, drinker of craft beer, and motorcycle enthusiast.

he name's Sam Kletchka. Perhaps you've heard of me: captain of the Star Runner, military contractor for Earthfleet, and interstellar privateer. But before all that, I was a hired gun, freelancing across the galaxy one gunslinging job at a time. This, my friends, is how I went from being stranded in the armpit of the galaxy to becoming the luckiest human being in the universe. Not that it was easy, of course. I've looked death in the face so often, he's practically an old buddy of mine. But when all your worst enemies are immortal, that's a buddy you want on your side. Stay frosty, my friends. You never know what you'll find at the next star.

When Hannibal and his apprentice warriors break through the forcefield of the last bastion of their enemy only to find themselves trapped behind enemy lines, he and his boys must battle their way to the enemy's palace and put an end to the war before more of the army falls into the same trap. When victory is the only path to peace, there can only be one direction they will go; Forward, and damn the consequences! Get this book delivered to your email account! Over 2000 other readers have already downloaded and enjoyed the story. By providing your email above, you can join them on the author newsletter, where, in addition to receiving the book a chapter a time in your inbox and the chance to read the entire story, you will also get updates on other great book give aways and new releases going on in the same genre! Download it today, because this adventure is just the beginning.

War on Nibiru has caused environmental damage resulting in climate disaster. The cities on the surface have moved underground, and a search for the means to restore the climate is beginning. Two brothers have entirely different ideas of how to rule the planet and save the people. Only one of them can be right. Anu wants to use the planet’s resources to further develop the infrastructure of the underground cities, whereas Alalu wants to search for the legendary planet, Tiamat. The legends tell of it having deep veins of gold. If he can find it, the gold can be used to create an atmospheric shield, and life can return to the surface.

When Theresa visits her sister in the garden of their family home, the dynamics begin to shift. Does Theresa already know what Stella is? Family histories hidden in blood and secret is about to be revealed.

in a time of great invention one stood above them all, A Rocket to the Blasted Moon!

Professor Douglas Keller meets extraterrestrial Aldrea, a beautiful Quenterian scientist stranded on Earth, while hiking in the Adirondack Mountains. Hunted by the FBI and a warring faction of Aldrea’s people called the Radicals, she turns to Doug for help. Doug is no hero, but after Aldrea used her telepathic abilities to heal him from a lethal wound, a psychic bond formed between them that opened their minds to each other in ways Doug cannot understand and Aldrea cannot explain. In a nightmarish turn for the worst, Doug, Aldrea, and the FBI agents find themselves very far from Earth in the middle of a violent galactic coup engineered by the ruthless Radical leader, Veera, who aspires to dominate the galaxy. They must defeat Veera before Earth is enslaved—or destroyed. Out of their league and out of time, only the bond between Doug and Aldrea might prevent disaster, if they can figure out how to use it to defeat Veera before it’s too late.

Jane Carter never thought she'd be the first human in the galaxy to be sold at an alien slave auction. As a xenolinguics major, she always wanted to explore new frontiers, but not like this. As the bid price rockets to staggering heights, it becomes increasingly clear that only one man can rescue her: the one who sold her out. Thankfully, there are alternatives to being rescued.

Bain Neldson has a vision of Wolfhead Waterfall, a vision of a golden fiddle. Passing through the watery curtain, he is transported to another realm. There, he discovers a war between the benevolent Fossegrim and the villainous Ijirait. Can he learn the magic of the golden fiddle? Can he help the Fossegrim defeat the Ijirait? And will he ever be able to return home when the waterfall runs dry?

Sion Zona’s collegiate career ended in one cataclysmic moment. Now, the world’s most powerful empire has framed the Wind Wielder for a crime he did not commit. But Sion isn’t the only one about to run from the Tamurian Empire. Brother-sister duo Mikko and Valkyrie Siskonen never knew they were walking into a trap. Having illegally snuck from the Republic of Nordica to Tamuria’s South Nordican Colonies for years, why would this go-around be any different? Unfortunately for the Siskonen siblings, they’re about to find themselves stuck in South Nordica, where Elementals are often persecuted for their power. Chronicles of the Elementals is the Prequel to the upcoming Elementals of Nordica Series. If you love complex plots, non-stop action, elemental magic, and sword and sorcery, make this modern-day epic fantasy your next great read.

The day Carl Kearsley proved that time travel was impossible was the day he received a visit from his future self. But was it too late to finally realize his dream? The answer would change the course of his life for all time. This story appeared on The New Accelerator in January 2019.

When man reached for the stars, their minds couldn't take it When Hogon, member of the alien Wa’bah’nja’kae, cleanses a station worker's mind, he learns that a murder is about to be committed at the Solarian League Peace Conference. He can't tell the authorities as no Human knows the truth about his people. Hogon's best friend is assassinated and he is framed for it. How can Hogon stop the murder of the Emerlee delegate, clear himself of his buddy's death, and find the assassin preventing a resumption of hostilities between Emerlee and the Solarians. Mark Stallings is an Amazon Best Selling Author, member of Pikes Peak Writers, speaker at International conferences on Technology topics, is a writer of Wuxia, Fantasy, Thrillers and Military Sci Fi. He is a competitive shooter, avid martial artist, drinker of craft beer, and motorcycle enthusiast.

Lex has a big problem. He was supposed to have used his wizardry to dispatch the great Gorum the Red for the Duke of Chavalle. Instead, he made a backroom deal with the dragon, giving the creature the whereabouts of the duke's secret gold mine in exchange for the dragon's agreement not to plunder the duchy. Now Lex is between a rock and a fireball. He's trapped along with the Duke's men inside Gorum's lair. Someone's not going to make it out alive, and that someone might be Lex. Dastardly deeds abound in this must-read tale of medieval deception.

In the tradition of Robert E. Howard, three friends cast on the shores of a distant island discover that not all the minions of capricious gods are human.

One of the greatest sci-fi stories’s ever told has been told by the heroes, it’s been told by the villains but it has never been told by the people who were there but did not really care because they just worked there, until now!

A scientist reflects on the last perfect summer and how the pursuit of environmental perfection caused him to lose the one thing he loved.