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Mushroom Blues (The Hofmann Report Book 1)

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Mushroom Blues (The Hofmann Report Book 1)
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ENTER THE FUNGALVERSE. BEAT THE WINTER BLUES.

Blade Runner, True Detective and District 9 meld with the weird worlds of Jeff VanderMeer, Philip K. Dick and China Miéville in Adrian M. Gibson’s dark, hallucinatory, fungalpunk noir debut.

Two years after a devastating defeat in the decade-long Spore War, the island nation of Hōppon and its capital city of Neo Kinoko are occupied by invading Coprinian forces. Its fungal citizens are in dire straits, wracked by food shortages, poverty and an influx of war refugees. Even worse, the corrupt occupiers exploit their power, hounding the native population.

As a winter storm looms over the metropolis, NKPD homicide detective Henrietta Hofmann begrudgingly partners up with mushroom-headed patrol officer Koji Nameko to investigate the mysterious murders of fungal and half-breed children. Their investigation drags them deep into the seedy underbelly of a war-torn city, one brimming with colonizers, criminal gangs, racial division and moral decay.

In order to solve the case and unravel the truth, Hofmann must challenge her past and embrace fungal ways. What she and Nameko uncover in the midst of this frigid wasteland will chill them to the core, but will they make it through the storm alive?

Torchship

Torchship
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A captain who’ll take any job if there’s enough money in it.

A pilot with an agenda of her own.

And a mechanic with an eye on the pilot.

The crew of the Fives Full are just trying to make enough money to keep themselves in the black while avoiding the attention of a government so paranoid it’s repealed Moore’s Law. They’re not looking for adventure in the stars . . . but they’re not going to back down just because something got in their way.

Combat Frame XSeed

Combat Frame XSeed
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The future is over.

Civilization on Earth has collapsed. Oligarchs have established a new order in manmade space colonies at the Earth-Moon LaGrange points.

A group of powerful colonies form the Systems Overterrestrial Coalition to re-civilize the earth, but grounders view the colonists as hostile meddlers. The Coalition counters the rising violence with giant manned robots called combat frames.

The independent L3 colonies denounce the war on Earth. In response, Coalition Security Director Sanzen takes L3 leader Josef Friedlander’s wife and daughter hostage. Amid the tense standoff, Friedlander’s son Sieg launches an unsanctioned rescue mission to L1’s Byzantium colony.

The Scrolls of Sin

The Scrolls of Sin
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Enter the world of Mulgara, where conquerors and ghouls and sordid necromancers await.

“In The Scrolls of Sin, David Rose paints a fully realized fantasy realm with ingenious plotting, complex characterization, and cleverly lush language. It’s also viscerally involving. The collection is so steeped in the sin of the title that it plunges the reader into a sordid otherworld of corruption, treachery, violence, torture, lust, murder, and dark magic — though not without fleeting moments that grope toward something like tenderness and redemption.”

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Man of Swords: Legends of the Wandered Lands
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The Wandered Lands. The crucible where legends are forged…

Atop a sacred mountain a young man discovers himself doomed with the cruellest of curses, ever to wander, never to find rest. So begin his adventures through realms of dark peril peopled with men and monsters both, his purpose unknown to all, save perhaps the Gods themselves.

Man of Swords chronicles the first six adventures of the mighty hero Rhoye of Khetaine, wanderer, wildlander, sellsword, as his legend begins. Contains six thrilling tales of dark heroic fantasy, including:

  • The Eye and the Dragon, where the young hero faces his first trial in the Cave of Rite.
  • The Knight Who Would Not Kneel, where Rhoye becomes unwillingly sworn to a dying king desperate to rescue his realm from monsters.
  • The Devil Out the Wych Elm, where Rhoye is saved from sure death only to face a peril all the greater – what is the strange secret of the old spirit’s tree?
  • The Queen of Scorpions, where Rhoye grapples savage pirates and priestesses of terrible purpose in a chase across the Wild Main.
  • The Ember Nixie, a drunken misadventure in the gambling underworld of a snowbound northern port.
  • The Beast Beneath Druihmkirk, where the only escape from an ancient walled city is through the sewers, through the belly of the beast beneath.

Across these six thrilling adventures of sword and sorcery, of chance and fate, and of great deeds, Man of Swords charts the rise of the newest hero to join the Legends of the Wandered Lands.

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SNAFU: An Anthology of Military Horror
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War is Hell… Soldiers fight to survive. They fight each other, and they fight the demons inside. Sometimes, they fight real monsters.

SNAFU collects stories of ancient myths, time travellers, horrors in the old west… and the soldiers who fight them. Featuring some of the best writers working in the field today.

Jonathan Maberry, Greig Beck and James A Moore lead the way, with a contingent of emerging authors to back them up. Fight or die.

Lensman serie by Edward Elmer Smith

Lensman serie by Edward Elmer Smith
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E.E. “Doc” Smith is considered as one of the creator of space opera subgenre of science fiction with Edmond Hamilton,

The lensman serie was a runner-up for the 1966 Hugo award for Best All-Time Series, losing to the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov

Triplanetary: Science fiction novel and space opera by American writer by E. E. Smith: Embark on a thrilling space odyssey with Triplanetary, a science fiction novel and space opera by E. E. Smith. Set in a vast and epic universe, this captivating story follows the adventures of daring heroes, interstellar battles, and the struggle for control of the galaxy. Prepare to be transported to a world of high-stakes action and cosmic wonders.

Key Aspects of the Book Triplanetary:
Expansive Universe: Triplanetary introduces readers to a vast universe filled with intricate planetary systems, advanced civilizations, and cosmic phenomena. E. E. Smith’s world-building creates a rich tapestry of diverse worlds and cosmic forces that captivate the imagination.
High-Stakes Adventure: The novel is a thrilling space opera, packed with pulse-pounding action, interstellar battles, and heroic quests. It follows the journeys of courageous protagonists as they face daunting challenges, grapple with moral dilemmas, and strive to protect their worlds from the forces of evil.
Epic Cosmic Conflict: Triplanetary explores the struggle for power and control in a grand cosmic conflict. It delves into the clash between opposing factions, each with their own agendas and ambitions, showcasing the epic scale of the narrative and the far-reaching consequences of their actions.

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Immerse yourself in the gripping world of science fiction and space opera with E.E. Smith’s monumental work, “Triplanetary.” This novel is not just a space adventure; it’s a journey into the vast cosmos, where interstellar sagas unfold, and the fate of worlds hangs in the balance.

The Skylark of Space

The Skylark of Space
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The Skylark of Space is considered to be one of the earliest novels of interstellar travel and the first example of space opera. Originally serialized in 1928 in the magazine Amazing Stories

Brilliant government scientist Richard Seaton discovers a remarkable faster-than-light fuel that will power his interstellar spaceship, The Skylark.
His ruthless rival, Marc DuQuesne, and the sinister World Steel Corporation will do anything to get their hands on the fuel.

When they kidnap Seaton’s fiancee and friends, they unleash a furious pursuit and ignite a burning desire for revenge that will propel The Skylark across the galaxy and back.

Eldritch Investigations: Lovecraftian Tales of Occult Detection

Eldritch Investigations: Lovecraftian Tales of Occult Detection
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Two things spring to mind when you think about the golden age of pulp magazines, weird fiction & detective stories. In these pages, those two worlds collide as an assortment of sleuths fight against the machinations of the Great Old Ones and their earthly allies.

From the Victorian era to the present day, in locales ranging from the streets of San Francisco to the windswept Cornish moors, these tales promise to pack a punch.

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14 Tales of Eldritch Investigations by; Glynn Owen Barras, Simon Bleaken, Gavin Chappell, B. Harlan Crawford, Matthew Davenport, John A. DeLaughter, Stephen Herczeg, Jonathan Inbody, Tim Mendees, C.T. Phipps, Robert Poyton, Mark Rankin, Charles Reis & Jasiah Witkofsky.

Alien Horrors

Alien Horrors
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In the deepest, darkest depths of space, the stars are cold, malevolent eyes looking across a vast graveyard of the unknown, the unnameable, and the undead. Here the planets are tombs and the moons haunted catacombs. And here are extraterrestrial nightmares beyond imagining. There is no benevolent first contact. No utopian worlds. Only alien horrors.

Some of the stories included in Alien Horrors:

Flypaper – An expeditionary team is trapped inside an alien machine that offers them anything they want at a terrible price.
City of Frozen Shadows – The last living man on Earth hides in a gutted city, hunted by alien exterminators.
The Black Ocean – Astronauts adrift in a misty alien ocean are attacked by a gigantic predator.
Charnel World – Mercenaries track the most lethal life form in the galaxy in the green hell of the planet Xenos.
Migration – A mining camp is directly in the path of a migrating alien hive.
Stowaway -The crew of a starship is stalked by a shapeshifting alien bloodsucker.