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I have three categories for my book, so I'll leave a post here.

Title: Constellation Chronicles The Lost Civilization of Aries


Synopsis:

A blinding fireball rips across the night sky and slams into a field in the remote town of Rigel, New Mexico. Glenn Sawyer, a broke and disillusioned 18-year-old, witnesses and investigates the crash, finding a surreal craft and an even stranger monkey-like creature named Paako, who secretly follows him home and stirs up trouble. As Glenn captures Paako and attempts to return her to the crash site, he discovers unexpected company, and learns that his remarkable journey -- filled with adventure, evil, and a cast of captivating characters -- has only just begun.

Books Website: http://www.ConstellationChronicles.com

KiTE: A Novel in Earth orbit. Hard sci-fi with heart.



Mason Dash, operator of the space sweeper Kite, and the beautiful, and virtual, stowaway Sheila face spacejackers, an uprising in the ship's computer systems and humankind's first unEarthly visitor.

Two chapter excerpt here

FB page: facebook.com/kitethenovel

These are the first three titles in my Martian Symbiont series:




The story begins with an advanced group of people who return to Earth after a space virus wipes out their women. They call themselves Martians because they used Mars as a temporary base before leaving the solar system. In the second novel an underground has developed that hates Martians. They think the warning about an impending hostile alien invasion is a scare tactic. In the third novel the Martian matriarch decides it's time to return to space but the underground learns not all the aliens are leaving. Worse, the Martians who are staying want a new matriarch elected for Earth.

The fourth novel should be out late next year. I'm wondering if I should publish all four titles in one cover when the series is finished. Thoughts? Recommendations?

My website is: http://www.ScifiAliens.com

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I have released my debut sci-fi cyberpunk novel, Under the Amoral Bridge A Cyberpunk Novel, in paperback and ebook form. It's gotten great reviews so far, including a couple of 5-star reviews on Amazon and with a few book bloggers. Here is the blurb from Amazon:

Artemis Bridge is the know-to, go-to guy, the amoral fixer in 2028 Los Angeles with the connection for any illicit desire no matter how depraved. He prides himself on remaining above it all, but when an associate dies in his arms, he is burdened with a damaging video of the current mayor he can't sell or trade. With assassins dogging his every step, he has only days before the corrupt mayor is re-elected, handing Chronosoft corporation complete control.

"Ballard paints imaginative scenarios and environments that I can only hope are expounded on in future novels." - Amazon Review

From now until Christmas, I'm offering the ebook versions for only $0.99 cents! Get the Kindle version here or use Smashwords.com to get every other ebook format.

Gary Ballard
http://amoralbridge.blogspot.com

I have recently released my debut SF novel,'The Understanding' aka 'The Jump-Clones', published by Eloquent Books, http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.c... .Available through all major distributors. Has five-star ratings and two excellent reviews thus far.
'Adam Newman is a legal clone of his father Noah and is awaiting 'The Understanding', a post-puberty mental nexus confered upon human clones by the cloning process.
The murder of his parents prematurely catapaults Adam into his destiny as the leader of 'The Jump-Clones', who must carry their DNA from their own dimension of Earith to that of pre-historic Earth.
Adam is unprepared to discover the existence of his clone-twin 'Noah', or that of his soul mate' Eve'.
Not yet having achieved The Understanding, Adam must rely on the super-computer 'Mundae',to bring him up to speed for the 'jump' and help the Clones defeat an army of religious zealots, who would destroy 'Project Multiple Universe' and prevent the dimension jump at all costs!

The Understanding has a deep cosmology which is not
forced on the reader, but is revealed through a natural flow, occuring during both the romance, and the high adventure.
One Kiwi Journalist, in reviewing 'TU' believes that it has the potential to become a cult classic. Here's hoping!

Dennis Pennefather

Hi, my name is Robert Collins, and I write both SF & fantasy. For SF fans there's my current novel, "Lisa's Way."

Teaser: "Teenager Lisa Herbert lives in the small town of Mountain View on the planet Fairfield. The "Savage Rain" decades earlier shut down the hyperspace gate and isolated her world. A casual remark from her sister gets Lisa to ask a simple question: "If life was better before the 'Savage Rain,' why couldn't it be better again?" That question starts Lisa on a journey. She re-activates Fairfield's 'H-gate' and travels to the three worlds nearest her own: White Rocks; Big Springs; and Lone Star. She finds that each planet offers her a chance to improve everyone's lives, by hard work, trade, or making friends. She relies on her brains, her compassion, and a little sneakiness to solve the problems she faces. But Lisa realizes that the more she accomplishes, the more she has to do to answer her question. 'Lisa's Way' presents a heroine more interested in reasoning than fighting, and more concerned with doing good than looking good. It's a science-fiction novel for readers tired of the usual "blast 'em up" or techno-babble, yet it's no weepy romance or surrealistic experiment. 'Lisa's Way' is a solid story crisply told."

Hello, my name is David Gelber and my debut sci-fi novel has just been released. It's a futuristic story set on earth in the year 2156. Society has solved all of our current problems, but of course new ones arise. The story has religious themes, romance, good vs evil, adventure and soem remarkable characters.

A new review has just been posted on Rebecca's Reads

http://www.rebeccasreads.com/Reviews/...

Anyone that wants to read a story that will keep them entertained, but also be thought provoking should check it out.

David Gelber

Future Hope: Book 1 of the ITP Series

Stranded on a primitive world, facing death at the hands of the natives, betrayed by her crew, with drug smugglers hunting her, Captain Dace has one hope of rescue—convince the Patrol agent trying to kill her she's innocent.

Download the first three chapters here: http://www.nexuspoint.info

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Jaleta Clegg

Hello,
My Fantasy/Sci-Fi story's book trailer is out.
Please check it out. I will be very appreciated if you can leave a comment or vote.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXKq2S...

Hey,there all you readers and writers!
What a great way to find new fiction.

Some of you might enjoy my Golden Age of the Solar Clipper series. Follow the career of Ishmael Horatio Wang as he works his way up through the ranks as an interstellar merchant sailor.

You can find all the books as free podcast downloads at the iTunes music store and you'll be able to get the text of the first book - Quarter Share - in a few weeks.



Now I'm off to look up some of these other books! :)

If you're a reviewer, please let me know. The ebook for my novel isn't released yet, but I can send you a PDF if you're willing to write a review here and on your blog.

I'm terrible at shameless self-promotion, so let me know if you're interested. Thanks! The blurb is a couple of entries above this one.

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Hello to everyone. I am a first time author. My first book is called The Darkling and it is available on amazon.cm.
The Darkling

Keoni AndersonThe Darkling

Hello everyone. My book has been on Amazon for a couple years now, but I'd be willing to send one free to anyone willing to post a review up preferably all over but wherever. HOWEVER, until maybe June, I can't mail one out, so if a pdf, is good enough, I can do that.

King by Right of Blood and Might

Hi all, I have two promotional hard-copies of my
SF debut novel, 'The Understanding' to give away in the hope of a review.
'The Understanding' has been highly aclaimed in reviews from newspapers etc (not paid reviews) but I am seeking some reader reviews.. These copies go free to the first two who express an interest in having a copy. Have a look at synopsis etc @
http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.c... E-mail me at: dondenpen@xtra.co.nz

Hi, everyone.

I have two cyberpunk/mysteries released, Beautiful Red and Self Made.

Beautiful Red was nominated for a Parsec Award, and is available from Amazon or for free as an e-book on feedbooks. Self Made was released in January 2010 and available on Amazon.

I'd love to get some reviews of both books on Amazon, but especially Self Made. If you're interested in writing a review, send me a message and I'll arrange for a free copy of the e-book.

Thanks for this opportunity!

Darusha wrote: "Hi, everyone.

I have two cyberpunk/mysteries released, Beautiful Red and Self Made.

Beautiful Red was nominated for a Parsec Award, and is available from Amazon or f..."

Hi Darusha,

The link to feedbooks in your post doesn't work, but anyone wanting to find your book there can click the link below. All part of the service ;)

Beautiful Red on feedbooks

"Xen The Prophecy" by Iosefa M. Manu

If you would like a detailed synopsis, go to iuniverse.com or shelfari.com. If you would like a teaser, check me out. I posted the first chapter of my novel on my profile page.

Mahalo for your time,

Iosefa M. Manu

Jo wrote: "...All part of the service ;)"

Thanks! I also fixed it in the original post.

~Darusha

Hey everyone!

I've got a bit of a horror/sci-fi (mostly sci-fi) I've just finished that I hope you'll like. It's the first in a trilogy, and I am currently working on the sequel. There's a giveaway running right now, so feel free to enter!


Rabbit Rue

It's about a demonic presence that takes over a small town in a kind of dream/time vortex, and the protagonist must escape or his own unique power could be misused to basically end the universe. Time travel, dimensional shifting, and dream imagery abounds!

I've posted Chapter 2 in my author profile if you want to give it a look.

Shaun wrote: "Hey everyone!

I've got a bit of a horror/sci-fi (mostly sci-fi) I've just finished that I hope you'll like. It's the first in a trilogy, and I am currently working on the sequel. There's a givea..."

I just entered the drawing to win your book. It does sound pretty interesting and I will check out your profile soon. If you want to send me a friend add that would be cool. I'd like to keep you in my list so I remember to check on your work from time to time.

Steven wrote: "If you want to send me a friend add that would be cool. I'd like to keep you in my list so I remember to check on your work from time to time."

Done. Your reading list is like a snapshot of mine anyway. :)

I will have to check your list. I like a lot of stuff but I grew up on horror/scifi and fantasy stuff. I think, when I was little, I was the only kid on the block that ran up to the candy store to see if they had the latest issue of Fangoria or Starlog. Lately I have broke and I've been reading some different genres but I still have to come back and have my scary/monster fix :o)

Does time travel fall under Science fiction??? Shirley

Shirley wrote: "Does time travel fall under Science fiction??? Shirley"

I'd say time travel is a science fiction genre. I think it may even fall under fantasy as well.

Steven wrote: "Shirley wrote: "Does time travel fall under Science fiction??? Shirley"

I'd say time travel is a science fiction genre. I think it may even fall under fantasy as well."

Time travel has been a favourite of SF and Fantasy writers and readers ever since H G Wells' 'The Time Machine' I think you are right Steven to say that it can fall into both genre. So much SF from the old writers has come to pass so that today much of their fiction is today scientific fact.
Can't hold our breath for time travel to emerge as even a realistic possibility, given contemporary physics.
Linear time travel must surely remain as a fantasy because there is no possible scientific vehicle, i.e.
no cosmic media,no definition of time that shows hope that it can be manipulated so that we can travel backwards in time. We do have a vehicle for travelling forward in time...it is called, 'Wait and see.'
There is some hope for time travel by means of 'dimension jumping' as I have postulated in my SF novel, 'The Understanding'. even though that relies on a cosmology that theorises the existence of identical universes which occupy the same theoretical space at the same time, and co-exist because their atoms vibrate within different bandwidths. Hope lies there, because contemporary science has never proven that such cosmology is not correct, or that the universe as we know it, is not simply sub-atomic particles of a hugely larger universe. The perspective on each universal scale can be extrapolated right up and down a cosmic scale to an infinite degree.

Hello everyone. I'd like to introduce my new novel, Prison Earth - Not Guilty as Charged.

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Learn more at www.prison-earth.com.

As for time travel being science fiction. I think, since it is being pursued by scientists, and is not yet possible, it falls under science fiction. However, I also agree with Dennis. The Fantasy genre is often lumped with Sci-Fi, and many fantastical things can happen in that genre. Of course, you could also add magic, witch craft, or even shamanic writing, where the shaman travels to another world and can visit the future or the past. I think, choosing a genre will depend on how important time travel is to the whole story. If you are writing a romance novel in which a couple who live in different times somehow cross the time barrier and find each other, you're probably not going to attract a lot of pure sci-fi readers, unless they also like romance.

Cmscovell wrote, ' Of course you could also add magic, witchcraft, or even shamanic writing, where the shaman travels to another world and can visit the future or the past.'

Thanks Cliff....While we need not be too pedantic regarding where SF and Fantasy might be delineated,your example of the shaman could fit nicely into either genre.
I call my book 'The Understanding', SF because
there is a fictionally possible theory that the memory of all of mankind is stored in all human cells at a sub-atomic level, the cloning process opens a nexus with that sub-atomic memory which consequently can be assessed by the clones.

Accepting the possibility of such an advanced relativity, for fiction purposes, in the case of the shaman we can purport the possibility of a recording of everything that passes in time in the macro dimension,being recorded in the cells of our own universe, being the micro-structure at an atomic level, of that same macro dimension.
For fictions sake we can accept that the shaman can interact with that dimension through a mental nexus,on the same basis that interaction is possible with computer games.
The fictional literary products of such an acceptance would allow for a huge range of storylines.

Romance to my mind is in no way a barrier to being read by SF readers per se', but the romantic time crossed lovers bit has been done pretty extensively, albeit quite well, and there is a danger that more storylines of that ilk will just be pale clones of the few benchmark stories that have had a measure of success, i.e. 'The House by the Lake'

I will make a point of learning more of your novel, 'Prison Earth'.

Thanks for the opportunity to introduce my work. I've recently published a trilogy of short stories called Rogue Hunter Gaia. It's the prequel to my novel Rogue Hunter: Quest of the Hunter. If you're interested in seeing my new book trailer for Quest of the Hunter, feel free to click on this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp1OjR...


But don't forget to download your FREE copy of Rogue Hunter Gaia at the links below!

Rogue Hunter Gaia#1: Into the Abyss
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...


Rogue Hunter Gaia#2: Intruder
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...


Rogue Hunter Gaia#3: Legacy
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...

I'd like to introduce myself. I'm Sue Ann Bowling, retired atmospheric scientist, and I just published my first sf novel, Homecoming. (Author website http://www.sueannbowling.com) It's aimed at readers who prefer characters they care about, in a universe where Humans are the result of hybridization with an alien species and some of our distant cousins followed their progenitor to the stars during the Last Interglacial. Short summary: it's the story of two people, each thinking they are the last survivor of their species, and a slave boy who is a lot more than he will admit, even to himself. I also have a blog at http://homecomingbook.wordpress.com/

Thank you, Vincent (incidentally the name of my protagonist), for starting this interesting and valuable exchange.
My name is Michael Somers, Author of GALACTIC EXODUS: Counterdance of the Cybergods. This is my first published literary work and it was named 1st runner-up, PREMIER BOOK AWARDS, Novel of the Year, 2009. Here is a very brief description of a large and thought provoking book:
"Counterdance of the Cybergods is an in-depth story of a distant future civilization in transit. Its separate societies or cultures are contained in 12 enormous, semi-autonomous eikodromes (world-ships, including aqua-vessels and agri-vessels, etc., plus even a formerly wandering asteroid guided into Fleet trajectory, mined-out, and re-established as a vacation spot: a kind of Las Vegas of space). The post-apocalyptic remnants of humanity are seeking a terraformable 'New Earth'. The book describes specific adventures, travelogue-like descriptions, and intersocial exchanges at several of the eikodromes. The overall theme in 'Counterdance' has to do with their enigmatic super-computers or 'regulators' each tending and maintaining one of the major eikodromes. Secretly having grown self-interested, their behavior is becoming unpredictable. Attracted by the music of a solitary violinist practicing while on watch duty in its ('her') control center, Regulator of the Eikodrome MINERVA, Ultra-Intelligent Mind-Simulator (UIMS) #6, pays him a startling 'visitation', ultimately revealing to 'her' new human favorite a mutinous cabal of 'cybergods’. Confused by newfound 'emotion', MINERVA jealously binds Vyncent's unsuspecting girlfriend, Helenya, a renowned genetics engineer, into an ill-defined computer plot that is thus hatched before the UIMS themselves can establish unanimity--a plot threatening the whole Exodus. Can the famous fiddler and his mate foil these psychotic UIMS and avert the intended extermination of an 'obsolete' humanity?"
The book is available at Amazon, at Trafford.com, and on several electronic reading sites. For more info, some examples, and a review by Jim Cherry of SONAR/4 ezine (and some other amusing stuff) please visit my website at http://www.somersong.com.

Hello all

Names Pete Kelly, before I start on my book Id like to say I love scifi. If you read Timothy Zahn you'll understand my love of it. I truly believe a good scifi writer is the best storyteller. The idea of combining the fantastic and emotion is awesome.

My work Dawn of the shadow is a new hero tale.

Here's a short synopsis:
It all began over a millenia ago but came back in a second. A machine built to give a ruthless leader power had been lost in time. By Fate or chance Peter Farrell came upon it inside a lab with technology left from this time. Accidentally triggering it Pete is reborn from ordinary to extraordinary, and while a new hero is born an old enemy is awakened. From the accident the creator of the weapon Bocchio is freed. the two men go on a journey leading both to unexpected places but ultimatelty to one another. Through this journey Pete discovers things about himself he never realized, Bocchio easily takes control of the worlds underworld and sets about his plan to rule. As Pete strives to learn about apart of himself he never knew Bocchio immediately sees it as a darkness that when pushed makes Pete dangerous beyond measure. Bocchio sets about his plan using Pete trying to change him into a weapon. Nearly succeeding he is stopped by a loss that forever changes him. Filled with rage over Bocchios deception and actions and saddness from his mistake following him over friends and family Pete decides to fight back. taking the name of the figure he has become Shadow he strikes back leading to a epic confrontation in the heart of Philadelphia. Dawn of the shadow is the beginning story of a hero born in darkness who becomes a light for all those who are lost. Darkness rises...The Shadow Falls...Light remains.


thanks for reading Dawn of the shadow is available as a kindle read through amazon know but is due out in print soon.

http://dawnoftheshadow.webs.com/
http://dreambooksllc.com/index.html
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0036TH352

Hello Everyone,

I write science fiction with my coauthor David W Small. We have 2 novels currently published in a science fiction trilogy. Thank you for the opportunity to introduce our books.


Royal twins, Dyla and Darius Telkur, have everything they could ever want. Dyla is a empathic beauty and Darius, is telepathic and heir to the Telkur throne. When the unthinkable happens and their parents are murdered, they find themselves at the mercy of an evil mastermind bent on their destruction. Framed for murder, they must run for their lives, but can they outrun a telekinetic assassin?


When Dyla's dream visions of the London crime boss become overwhelming and threaten her sanity, she has no choice but to secretly return to Earth and seek answers. However, what she and Darius don't realize is that they're walking into a conspiracy that involves an interplanetary diamond smuggling operation between the crime boss on Earth and the highest-ranking official on Otharia.

Also be sure to check out our novellas in the "Dark Future" series.

FREE over at Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/vi...

THE RIGHT PATH
Abraham "Ham" Jones, a cripple, and Zia Slate, a tomboy with an attitude, find themselves unlikely partners In this post apocalyptic tale of survival. Their lives are irrevocably changed when they encounter a mysterious old man bearing gifts - a cane for Ham and a knife for Zia. Nothing is as it seems and they must fight for their lives when it's discovered they have 2 legendary memory weapons.

PATH TO WAR
In a last attempt to turn the tide in a desperate war, General Matthew Smith of the American Freedom Fighters asks Master Samurai Kenzo and his unit of warriors to make a batch of the ultimate weapons. Memory weapons infuse its user with the skills and memories of a master warrior. But, will the cost be too high when the weapons fall into the hands of a unit of unstable augmented soldiers?

Hi,
Also new here. Wanted to introduce one of my books -- I believe it fits in the category of science fiction, but is not the type of book people normally think of when they hear "sci-fi". It is a dystopian, cautionary tale, set in the somewhat near future - a future that looks very similar to our own present day.


The Book, is a dystopian look at our future if we allow the world to become paperless, with all information only accessible via a "Kindle-type" device called "The Book". Digital information is very easily editable, and in this story, the information is secretly being censored & edited by a corrupt branch of the government called The Publishing House. My main character learns of this deception and then makes it his mission to expose the government and attempt to save the last remnant of printed words on earth.

Publishers Weekly called this book, "A compelling...futuristic novel about a world overrun by 'The Editors' who control society through censorship. While a radical group known as the Free Thinkers attempts to bring down the ruling regime, Holden devises a plan to set the world free and in doing so becomes a radical himself." Publishers Weekly found "similarities to Huxley's BRAVE NEW WORLD and Orwell's 1984" concluding that his government-issued digital reading device called The Book "takes the place of Big Brother" which was seen as a "nice twist on the current e-reader trend".

You can read a full synopsis &/or read excerpts on one of my websites:
www.dontreadthebook.com

Hey everyone, Dawn of the shadow is available for the month of June for low low price of 1.99. Check out my synopsis and check it out if you want.

http://dawnoftheshadow.webs.com/
http://dreambooksllc.com/index.html
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0036TH352

WE, THE WATCHED is a speculative sci-fi novel about surveillance and propaganda.

For a free sample and info on where to buy it, please visit http://www.wethewatched.com

Synopsis:
A 20-something man wakes up without memory and finds himself in a nation that administers a Watched List of its own citizens. He meets people who accept invasive surveillance by the government and forced uniformity by the church as necessary safeguards for protecting the homeland. The amnesiac learns quickly that opposition is heresy—and punishable by death.

WE, THE WATCHED is a dystopian novel by Adam Bender about what happens when one man forgets the propaganda. He makes strides toward getting his life back together, but the fresh perspective granted by his rebirth soon proves to be more a curse than a gift.

Hi. Just wanted to introduce my science fiction novel Exchange.

My background:From 1999 until 2004 I published 5 or 6 issues a year of Dale Cozort's Alternate History Newsletter--typically 30 to 50 pages of alternate history scenarios. The Newsletters still come out once-in-a-while, and I post an online version at:

http://www.dalecozort.com/AHNewslette...

However, for the last several years most of my AH efforts have been focused on finishing a group of alternate history novels.

(Blatant self-promotion mode on)

The first of those novels, "Exchange", is now available. If you enjoyed the Alternate History Newsletters, hopefully you'll enjoy the novel.

In Exchange, near future Earth discovers an alternate reality where humans didn't make it through an ancient bottleneck. Suddenly we have a frontier again, a wild dangerous place that people can go to start a new life if they're brave enough and/or crazy enough. There are a few problems though. The only way to get to that frontier is through an "Exchange", when a piece (several square miles) of the alternate reality swaps places with a piece of ours at a seemingly random time and place. Coming exchanges can be detected three hours before they happen. If you're in the exchanged area, your town or city or piece of highway is suddenly on the frontier, a few miles or a few yards or even a few inches from a land where sabertooth tigers, giant bears and even more dangerous creatures still roam.

How does our risk-averse society react to a new frontier? Sharon Mack wants no part of frontiers or new lives, but when her anarchist ex-husband takes their seven years old daughter into the alternate reality she has no choice but to follow.

Exchange moves fast, but it also features an intricate plot and subtle, ambiguous characters.

(BSP Mode off)

If you've read my alternate history newsletters you know that I tend to go a little crazy with the research and analysis. That's true of the world-building for this story, though with a novel a lot of the research and analysis stays in the writer's notebook, shaping the novel but not necessarily even being mentioned in it. This is a carefully thought-through world, and it should feel solid and realistic, but it's just the setting for a story that I worked hard to make big enough for the world I built.

In any case, Exchange is available at Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/Exchange-Dale-....

Barnes and Noble.com:

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/boo....

It's also available from the publisher:

http://www.stairwaypress.com/bookstor...

There is a brief excerpt at:

http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/1...

How do you do the excerpts on Goodreads? I'd like to put some in for my SF novel, Homecoming

Hi all!
I am Valerie J. Long, Author of the Zoe Lionheart series. Two volumes are already published as e-book:

Lioness' Heart
Lioness' Blood

If you are looking for action and don't mind to start in a contemporary setting that slowly and with care develops toward SciFi, you'll not be disappointed.

Lioness' Heart offers no spaceships, no aliens, no distant star systems. Just a woman with extraordinary abilities, the origin of which she doesn't know about (yet). And before she can find out about herself, there's other trouble to tend to.

Also available is this short. More raunchy, but pure crime/drama with a touch of fantasy:
Lilith Rose

Cheers, Valerie
http://zoe-lionheart.net/

Hello. I am David George Richards, an Indie Author with twelve titles to my name, nine of which are science fiction. All are in Kindle, MobiPocket and available as trade paperbacks. This is they:



I write science fiction, fantasy and romance stories. I also like to mix and match with romance in science fiction and so on. Female characters feature very prominently in all my stories, many of them in strong and attractive leading roles. The reason for this is that I like writing about women. It gives my stories a female bias, but I think they are better for it. I also like every character, even the monsters and villains, to have a realistic reason for being and doing what they do.

Please visit my website at booksandstories.com and there on the List Page you will find original drafts of each book with the first twenty chapters available to read and download for free. Trailers for each book are also included. If you like what you sample there you can find links back to the product pages where my books can be purchased in their various formats at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, MobiPocket and other online retail stores. I also have an additional website at thefriendlyambassador.com which gives more information on the characters and plot for this series of four books. If you are ever bored, pop over and give me a shot.

Hi,
For those following the migration of reading and writing to electronic devices, I'm another Indie Author taking part. I have just "published" my book "The Wrong God" at Smashwords, in all available e-reader formats. The link is http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/... There is a coupon code - UR45Y - that makes if free from now until the end of October. Check it out, and feel free to send comments or even (shudder) write a review. Thanks.

I have recently published my novel, Peace Warrior. It is Military Sci Fi, with a time travel element.

Thanks,
Steven L. Hawk


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It’s the mid-21st century when Sergeant First Class Grant Justice is killed during an ambush on an enemy tank column.

Six hundred years later, his body is retrieved from the frozen, arctic lake where he perished. Re-animated by a team of scientists, Grant awakens to a civilization that has abolished war. A civilization that has outlawed violence and cherishes Peace above all else. A civilization that has been enslaved by an alien race called the Minith.

Grant is humankind’s final hope against the alien menace. He must be… the Peace Warrior.

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Here are my two of my novels that are science fiction:

Don't Mess With Earth - Earth is in the middle of a fight by two groups of aliens. When Earth becomes advanced enough after taking apart a downed alien craft, the US embarks on a mission that will forever change interstellar politics.

Out of Time - A scientist figures out that he can time travel when he realizes time is fluid. The US Gov't sends him and a group of adventurers to the 20th century to fix what they think went wrong. When they return to their present, nothing is as it seems. (the 2nd edition in ebook form is changed to fluid time)

Both books are on Smashwords, Kindle, and in paperback form.

I have two Sci-fi novels available in Kindle and mobipocket format.

Strangers: http://www.amazon.com/Strangers-ebook...


When Annia escapes from indentured service, she finds herself and her carefully preserved research on a frontier world far from the Federation. Will -she be able to produce the cure to history's most virulent plague before it emerges from its hundred-year hibernation, or will she be captured by the hunter sent from the Federation to track her down. Even with the help of her friends--a pair of clone soldiers from the Federation; Maycee, the strange scion of a stranger family; and Maycee's cousin, the half-alien Cho'en--the cure seems just out of reach, and time is running out.

and Skin: http://www.amazon.com/Skin-ebook/dp/B...

The bio-engineered organism may have saved actress Emma Sloan's life, but its appearance is so repulsive Emma can never appear on a holo-stage again. The doctors might as well have let her die. In the depths of her rage and despair, the doctors tell her that among the skin's metamorphic traits is the ability to restore Emma's original appearance. None of the human hosts implanted before her have been able to discover how, but they hope Emma's background as an actor will give her the key to the transformation. Before Emma can even begin to learn how to control her new skin, the other hosts attack the hospital staff and break out of the high-security wing.
Emma has a choice: help recapture the missing symbionts, or be killed by a government agency terrified of the creatures they have let loose. Colonel Nick Archer, the Special Missions officer in charge of the recovery knows sooner or later he will be ordered to destroy Emma, the one remaining symbiont in captivity.


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My name is Kriss Perras Running Waters. I am working on a series of four scifi cyberpunk books: 300 Nights (published), Fard Ayn, Exile and Holo. You can preview th ebook on its site here http://novel.300-nights.com or on GoodReads in its reader here http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96...

I currently own the independent story development and film production company Running Waters Productions. I am the previous Publisher and Editor of Malibu Arts Journal and PCH Press (Malibu's daily newspaper) and am a 2002 member of the prestigious American National Honor Society Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges. 300 Nights marks my first novel in the saga of four science fiction books. I am not new to the industry. I previously worked for a well-known development firm in Hollywood where I learned the craft of story development, a trade I enjoy and find highly gratifying. So I am a screenwriter, author and director. Plus I love photography. I had the privildge of being a showcased artist on the CMTV Chanel 14 Artists Showcase in my area for photographers. I also love poetry.

Again nice to meet everyone,
Kriss Perras Running Waters

Time's Edge by J. M. Dattilo



Commander Michael Blayne of the Galactic Armed Forces is highly suspicious of his orders to retrieve a malfunctioning probe from an Old Earth sidetime. After all, the job is a basic training mission, not a usual assignment for an officer of his rank and caliber. However, his Chief-Commander, Alrick Zartollis, has assured him that he is perfect for the mission so he prepares to depart accompanied by a smart-mouthed, know-it-all computer named Max.

The "simple assignment" rapidly becomes complicated when he meets Kate, a young woman who prevents him from retrieving the lost probe. When he and Kate are literally blasted from Old Earth to another place and time, Michael realizes he has been set up by his esteemed Chief-Commander. "Probe retrieval, indeed," he mutters as he surveys his new surroundings and the odd individuals who live there: Edgar, a mechanical servant, who disdains the implication that he is a robot. "The robot was my ancestor," he sniffs to Michael, "just as the amoeba was yours."; Jafrey, an irreverent old man with a long gray ponytail, sharp tongue, and a dangerously powerful talent; Nick, the giant Sarzonian monster who can quote Shakespeare; Ivar, the master of a mysterious place called Belencourt, who got so tired of powerful visitors blowing up his electromagnetic door that he had it replaced with an old-fashioned hinged door which was less susceptible to strong auras.

Michael soon discovers he is on a mission so secret he is not even allowed to know what it's all about. To make matters worse, Alrick Zartollis, the one man who knows the truth, is nowhere to be found while the events he carefully put in place one hundred years earlier unfold in ways he never intended.

Time's Edge is the first place winner of the 2005 Tassy Walden Award, a literary prize given by the Shoreline Arts Alliance of Connecticut. A fast-paced, lighter tale, the story blends adventure, humor, and romance in a fun-to-read mix of sci-fi and fantasy.

The EMPIRE by Elizabeth Lang

With security comes a price.

In a galaxy under siege from alien invasion, a scientist tries to survive in an increasingly totalitarian regime. He posseses knowledge that will aid in the fight but he refuses to help until he's coerced. Only one person believes in him and she tries to help him survive.

This tale has is an epic backdrop of political intrigue, psychological manipulation and conflict, but it is a personal story of one man's struggle for freedom amidst overwhelming odds.

My two science fiction novels, Shattered Earth and Out of Time are going for $.99 until December 31st on the Nook and Kindle, and then they'll go back to $2.99

Shattered Earth (which replaces Don't Mess With Earth)
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Out of Time
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Ebocloud is my first novel, just published in December. It's my attempt to project a future course for social networking technology, one that leads to a convergence of mind and spirit that I've labeled "the coming social singularity" for lack of a better term. Ordering is available, along with scouting photos, research articles and a blog at www.ebocloud.com.

Here's a blurb:

To what length will we go to avoid loneliness? Facebook may once have been the one-word answer to that question, but for the hundreds of millions flocking to engage in ebocloud.com, "friending" seems frivolous by comparison. In the "great belonging" of the cloud, few stop to consider what sacrifices are being made as they work together with their "ebo cousins" to build a more loving society, under the leadership of ebocloud's idealistic architect, Radu Cajal.

For New York artist Ellison Luber, however, the losses are not abstract -- they are immediate and personal. While nearly oblivious to the ebocloud humanitarian movement, Ellie's insular life in Chelsea is violently upended by an attack that takes the life of his neighbor and sends his girlfriend in flight from the police. And most astoundingly, this and other crimes he experiences are traceable to ebocloud, the same organization dedicated to the new humanitarian enlightenment of the world.