The Sparrow and the Stream by F. C. Shultz

Sparrow and the Stream

Naive to the outside world, like her closed-circuit flying robot companion, Sparrow must conquer her fears and leave home to search for her mom.
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The Pilgrim's Progress Reloaded, David Umstattd

The Pilgrim’s Progress Reloaded

The Pilgrim’s Progress is a classic story of redemption, allegory, and theological poignancy. It’s also a story with a total lack of robots, space marines, or talking platypuses. So we fixed that.
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Steal Fire From the Gods, Clint Hall
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Steal Fire from the Gods

On the run and hunted by the war machines, Gunnar discovers that an ancient, life-based strength has awakened to help humanity fight back.
“Clint Hall’s debut Steal Fire From the Gods casts readers into a compressed-epic world of uncertain powers yet certain morality, plus elemental conflicts between human choice and technocracy.”
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Tumult's Edge by H. Halverstadt

Tumult’s Edge

Space pirates took his ship. Now he’s his crew’s only hope of rescue.
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Please Return to the Lands of Luxury, Jon Tilton
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Please Return to the Lands of Luxury

Jane vows to return the doll to its rightful owner. There’s just one problem—nobody has left the island before, thanks to the tyrannical robots.
“Jon Tilton explores complex topics like memory loss, personal and societal responsibility in this light sci-fi story.”
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Gemini's Key, H. Halverstadt

Gemini’s Key

Over a thousand years in the future, one young man must prove himself innocent, find his father’s killer, and discover God’s epic plan for his life.
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Lost Bits, Kerry Nietz
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Lost Bits

Hampered by imperfect memory, an obsolete body, and limited battery life, 404 sets out to find his home.
“Lost Bits boldly leads fans out of dead wastelands, exploring the nature of humankind through the lenses of a human creation.”
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Awakened, T. E. Bradford

Awakened

When Cara finds herself wounded and defenseless in the middle of a battle zone, she has no choice but to use the only weapon she can find: a disabled robot soldier.
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The PRISM Conspiracy, Mary Schlegel
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The PRISM Conspiracy

A gullible artist’s dream job gets complicated when she’s partnered with an infuriating android who is much more than he seems.
“Mary Schlegel’s gentle sci-fi The PRISM Conspiracy offers an attractive blend of possibility and sweet romance.”
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The Blue Door, Chris Solaas

The Blue Door

A boy genius who travels to another dimension with his family to save his grandfather and prevent a war.
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Veiled Sun, Brett Armstorng

Veiled Sun

Project Alexandria is rewriting history, and one teen’s only allies are criminals as dark as the forces he’s fighting.
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Realm: Horizon's Edge, John Leslie Battenfield

Realm: Horizon’s Edge

As young Madison Janz follows the God King through a prophesied yet perplexing paradise, she will lose nearly everything.
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Prelude and Abduction in A Minor, Keith A. Robinson
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Prelude and Abduction in A Minor

In a universe where music can manipulate nature, ancient Overlords plot to recover powerful artifacts and wage war against the followers of the Great Composer!
“Prelude and Abduction: in A Minor strikes up a distinctive melody in the key of Star Wars by providing music-based powers to alien races in conflict.”
Lorehaven review, fall 2019
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Nick Newton: The Highest Bidder, S. E. M. Ishida

Nick Newton: The Highest Bidder

Nick Newton dodges mechanical baby strollers, fencing sisters, and auction bids, all as he’s trying to help his friend put his android back together.
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Fraught, Kerry Nietz

Fraught

After debugger ThreadBare’s master is assassinated, his implant goes haywire, terrorizing his mind with unpredictable pain.
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Nick Newton Is Not a Genius, S. E. M. Ishida
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Nick Newton is Not a Genius

Nick Newton is an ordinary boy from a family of extraordinary geniuses, but that doesn’t stop him from making his own discoveries—whether they be unusual inventions or unexpected friendships.
“Children and grown-ups alike will be charmed by this gentle, creative tale.”
Lorehaven review, summer 2018
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Diary of a Robot, Lewis Jenkins

Diary Of A Robot

Robotics Law One: “Do no harm to people or property through action or inaction.” Intelligent machines have a large problem: What is harm?
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Jupiter Winds

In 2160, a teenager becomes the bait to capture her missing revolutionary parents she thinks are long dead.
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Luckbane

In a dystopian future, online gaming is the ultimate escape … until one corporation lets lucky players play their favorite game on a distant planet.
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The Crystal Portal

In the city of Balal stands an archway of stone, a portal that opens doorways to other times and places. Lehkahn the elf pursues his nemesis through this gateway and finds himself in future Earth. Book 1 of the Tales of the Portal series, fantasy/science fiction for readers of all ages.
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The Discipling of Mytra, Rich Coffeen

The Discipling of Mytra

A young woman travels to the depths of the galaxy to open a tyrannical planet, but everything changes when she abducts a young resistor facing execution.
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