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New release from Saxon Andrew

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The Unknown Enemy Will Kill You (The Death Prophecies Book 3) Kindle Edition

by Saxon Andrew (Author)

From the bestselling Science Fiction Author, Saxon Andrew, comes the third book in the Death Prophecies Series, The Unknown Enemy Will Kill You. The Bosrean and Earth Alliance has finally gained control over the threats in the Milky Way and they are now turning their attention to the aggressive civilizations on the other side of the black hole in the center of the galaxy. Poul has warned them that the civilization that originally built the Prophet’s Eyes was under attack from an advanced aggressive species.
Earth is not going to wait to see if that species will send warships though the black hole to attack the Alliance. A pilot has been chosen and he will be the first to attempt to pass through the singularity. If he fails, then more will be selected to follow him. Fleet Leader Steve Connor expects the worst but hopes for the best. He is also frightened by the defenses the Darkness Civilization has built around the black hole in the Andromeda Galaxy. The evidence is clear that something came through their black hole and attacked the dangerous civilization that rules Andromeda. Whatever it was, it clearly frightened them to build the massive defenses around the event horizon.
The Darkness must be scouted and that task falls to the Prophet’s Eyes and his sister, Stella. What they find will turn Earth’s attention away from its black hole to the threat in Andromeda. This new enemy to mankind is beyond anything they imagined.
The Traugh are gone but a new more powerful civilization is coming and there’s not much time to stop them. Buckle in and enjoy the ride. This one will keep you turning pages well into the night.
Excerpt: The Unknown Enemy Will Kill You.
“How many ships do you wish to send through the black hole?”
“As many as you will allow. You should know that the ships we would send through would not be capable of defeating your warships. They will pose no threat to you.”
“Will you give us the technology you use to penetrate the black hole?”
“If you will give me your promise that you will accept us as an ally and not attack us in the future, I will.”
“That cannot be decided quickly. However, we can approve your proposal to scout what’s happening on the other side.”
“I have a question.”
“What is that?”
“Why have you forced all intelligent civilizations to leave this galaxy?”
There was a long pause and then the voice said, “You were right about a ship coming through the black hole long ago. We lost more than three hundred thousand warships before we defeated it and we determined that if we’re forced to use our towers to defend us against a future incursion, then no planet would be safe in the interior of this galaxy if the conflict expanded away from the black hole. Our towers would destroy many of the stars they orbit. It was in the best interests of those civilizations to move outside the galaxy and out of range of our weapons. We then made sure that none of them would violate our space.”
“I wondered why you allowed them to live in the Halo.”
“That tells me you’re not from the Halo.”
“That’s an issue that isn’t important at the moment. What lies on the other side of the black hole is what we should concern ourselves with now.”
“You are right. We will allow a thousand of your ships access to the black hole.”
“When?”
“Seven days from now.”

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New Release – COLD WATER

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Stories and poems of mystery, suspense, horror, comedy, drama, and more can be found in the newest Top Writers Block collection based on the theme “Cold Water.” Immerse yourself in the depths and enjoy these wonderful short stories with the works of Barnaby Wilde, Tracey Howard, Cleve Sylcox, Melissa A. Szydlek, Elizabeth Rowan Keith, and Suzy Stewart Dubot.

Your purchase of this ebook not only supports the creative outlets of independent authors, but also supports charity. Top Writers Block is an international group of writers who continue to donate ALL of their proceeds to Sea Shepherd in France, an organization that devotes itself to preserving our seas and oceans and the life within. The authors’ donate their proceeds to charity.

This Weeks Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book of the Week – Prison of Souls: a sci-fi thriller by Xander Gray

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Prison of Souls: a sci-fi thriller Kindle Edition

by Xander Gray (Author), Adam J. Nicolai (Editor)
Joshua Briar is in prison for a murder he did not commit.
When the prisoners in his cell block begin to vanish, he remembers frightening medical experiments performed on him long ago.
And he discovers he must face a timeless evil…
To save the woman he loves.
To prove his innocence.
To save his species.
Can he solve the mystery before it’s too late?
To find out, read Xander Gray’s mind-bending sci-fi thriller: PRISON OF SOULS
FROM THE EDITOR: 
Fans of Wayward Pines take note: you’ll want to check this one out.
Haunting and surreal on one page, achingly wistful on the next, Prison of Souls is a powerful debut by Xander Gray. As Joshua Briar’s trip down the rabbit hole stretches deeper, he reaches the places where science and spirit intersect. The narrative’s questions are suspenseful and introspective by turns, including everything from “What is going on?” to “What does it mean to be human?” Fascinating, harrowing, and thought-provoking, Prison of Souls is the sci-fi thriller you’ve been looking for.
– Adam J. Nicolai, Editor

New Release From Saxon Andrew

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Defending Earth-Discovery Means Death Kindle Edition

by Saxon Andrew (Author)
From bestselling author, Saxon Andrew, comes the final book in the Escape to Earth and Defending Earth saga. The Alliance has mapped the full extent of Death Feeder territory and the numbers they’ll have to face is unimaginable. The Feeders were decoyed to a distant starcluster a hundred and fifty years earlier but now they are returning to search for their new enemy on a different course. If their fleets can’t be delayed, the Alliance will be found and Discovery Means Death. The Alliance is woefully unprepared to meet the coming tsunami of warships. However, sometimes fate has a way of throwing a curve and discovery isn’t what it appears.
The action never lets up as the Alliance is forced to meet an enemy that has never been defeated. Discovery Means Death is a fitting conclusion to the story began in Escape to Earth and will keep you turning pages into the night.
Excerpt from Discovery Means Death:
Jill went to the last ship on the list that had moved outside of the zone they were in and saw a new list appear on her visor. She destroyed the huge red warship and skipped across the fleet to the outer edge. She killed twenty warships before the rest of the Feeder Fleet arrived and began chasing the source of the brilliant white beams. The twenty first ship fired a huge beam as she arrived and the light ship was rocked. She fired at the ship and saw that every Feeder Warship was now continuously firing their main beams.
Jill gritted her teeth and began skipping in on her targets in the gaps between their beams. The light ship was invisible until it fired and most of the time, the targeted ship couldn’t move a disruptor toward her ship. The ship was rocked again and she wondered how many of those hits the ship could take. She could feel the missiles leaving the hull at an incredible rate and suddenly, she only saw the blackness of the void in her visor. A few moments later, it disappeared and she saw the missile transport below the ship.
Jill collapsed back in her chair and started shaking. She looked at her panel and saw on her panel that the huge magazine in the ship’s armory was empty. She looked at Rocky and managed to say in a shaky voice, “You, you cut that close.”

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Interview with Vikki Kestell

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Interview with Vikki Kestell

Thanks for inviting me to this interview, Cleve! I appreciate the opportunity to connect with new sci-fi/fantasy readers.

  1. Tell us a little bit about yourself.

Well, I actually wrote my first book during one of the darkest periods of my life. It was 1988. I had a pen and a notebook and wrote in that notebook everywhere I went. In three months I had a complete story—and was amazed.

Someone offered to let me use their computer—a Commodore 64! (Woah!) If you don’t know what a Commodore 64 is, let me say that a) it didn’t even have a hard drive, b) each time you used it you had to reinstall the software into (wait for it!) a whopping 64k of RAM, and c) you had to save your writing to five-and-one-half-inch floppy disks! In any event, I learned to use it and have been a technophile ever since.

When I wrote my first book it proved to me that I could start and complete something difficult, and it gave me the courage to go back to school at age 39. I worked and went to school for the next 14 years! I earned my bachelor’s degree in English/professional writing, took a semester off and went back to earn a master’s degree in communication, took two years off and went back to earn a Ph.D. in organizational learning and instructional technologies.

But after working and earning three degrees, guess what? I figured I could write more books! LOL! That is exactly what I am doing now.

  1. Who are your favorite authors?

So many to choose from! Let’s see. I can mention Tom Clancy, Dick Francis, Vince Flynn, Michael Crichton, Brad Thor, James Patterson, and many more. You can see that my reading appetite is varied but tends toward action/adventure and thrillers.

  1. Tell us a bit about your books.

Most of my books are historical fiction. Nanostealth is a new series and a new genre for me, but not a new interest. I love good sci-fi and “hard-science” sci-fi best of all. That’s prolly why Stealthy Steps is an example of contemporary hard-science sci-fi. Not only is the science cutting edge, the setting is real.

I worked for the Department of Defense’s Nuclear Weapons School on Kirtland Air Force Base here in Albuquerque. Among other things, the school taught military personnel how to respond to nuclear or dirty bomb attacks. Part of the school’s instruction was conducted in the old Manzano Weapons Storage Facility where much of the nation’s nuclear stockpile was once stored.

The Manzano facility is composed of a labyrinth of tunnels carved into a small mountain located on the base. The facility inside the mountain was built during the Cold War and includes some very secret “devolution” caverns. Those devolution sites were intended as safe locations for the president to direct the government in the event of a nuclear attack. They were later abandoned without ever being used. They sit empty today.

The first time I set foot in the tunnels I thought, “This is the setting of my next book.”

  1. If you could travel back in time to any place and period in the past where and when would you go?

Hard to say, because I don’t like to think backward. I prefer to think forward. That said, I often think, “Gee, I wish I could have been a fly on the wall when . . .” usually followed by an unsolved crime or a secret meeting between world leaders. Actually, the invisibility that Kari struggles with in Stealthy Steps came out of just such thoughts. Can you imagine what you could see and overhear if you were invisible?

  1. What attracts you to writing in your genre?

A genre to me is more the setting than the objective. My characters are real to me. I could put them in any genre and they would thrive, but the genre and setting allow my characters “license” that they could not get in another setting. Most of my readers tell me that, in addition to loving my unpredictable plotlines, they become emotionally invested in my characters almost immediately.

  1. Are you planning to participate in any anthologies? Any hints about your story?

I don’t have plans to contribute to an anthology now, but Nanostealth is definitely going to be a three-book series:

Stealthy Steps, Nanostealth | Book 1 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00UZEDYVS

Stealth Power, Nanostealth | Book 2, fall 2016

Stealth Beyond Borders, Nanostealth | Book 3, 2017

  1. What do you like to do to relax?

My husband and I have taken up zip lining! We did eight lines in Hawaii over the rain forests on the Big Island and just came back from the Sacramento Mountains in southern New Mexico where we rode the Wind Rider at Ski Apache.

  1. What are you currently working on?

My next release is Tabitha, a story of the Great War. It releases November 2, but is on preorder now at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B015HTU4Y0

  1. How can readers connect with you?

I’m always on Facebook, but I’m frequently on Twitter, too. My readers can connect with me on my website (http://www.vikkikestell.com/), on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/TheWritingOfVikkiKestell), or follow me on Twitter @faithfilledfic.