Christian-made science fiction novels

Discernment, Lauren H. Salisbury

Discernment

A misfit, a fugitive, and a sacred destiny. Everything changes when all three collide.
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The Centauri Survivors, Andrew J. Chamberlain
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The Centauri Survivors

“Stranded on this planet, we face both human and alien enemies; but I have learnt to fight for the ones I love.”
“Imagine an alien invasion, but inverted. . . . This fun, leisurely-paced story brightens a constellation of classic sci-fi tropes.”
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Calculated, Nova McBee
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Calculated

She has many names – Octavia, Double 8, Phoenix, Josephine. She’s a math prodigy, a calculating genius and everyone wants her.
“Nova McBee’s Calculated is a striking novel whose vivid characters and world are brought home by skillful writing. ”
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Brimstone 1, Jasom William Karpf

Brimstone 1

A billionaire launches the first Christian rocket to intercept a UFO responding to interstellar Bible broadcasts.
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Dawn of Vengeance, Ronie Kendig

Dawn of Vengeance

A haunting prophecy upended his identity. Now it demands his life. Marco Dusan is plagued by insecurity as he tours the realm he now rules.
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Charis Colony: The Landing

Charis Colony: The Landing

Persecuted for crimes they didn’t commit, Raj and Shirin Mondal flee the eugenic dystopian state bent on “harvesting” their unborn child.
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Apprentice, Kristen Young
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Apprentice

Moving to the Elite Academy could give Flick the future she’s always wanted. But her search for truth may lead to a danger she cannot escape.
“Common dystopian themes quickly grow beyond clichés in this thrilling search for truth and the meaning of reality.”
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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 Icarus Aftermath, Arielle M. Bailey
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The Icarus Aftermath

With their best captain gone, Talos steps up to lead the Rebellion’s fighters. First objective: take out the Labyrinth. Only problem? No one can find its key.
“Arielle M. Bailey’s The Icarus Aftermath spins a golden yarn of vivid characters and gripping emotion, set in a world ripe for exploration.”
Lorehaven review, winter 2020
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I Call Him HIM, Scott W. Kimak

I Call Him HIM

Can a young girl save a mighty warrior from losing his soul?
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Khali and the Orb of Xona, Mark Stibbe and Steve Brazier

Khali and the Orb of Xona

Faraway on the planet Xona, Khali’s quest to find his missing father results in the discovery of special powers and opposition from enemies.
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Fugure for the Sacred Songbook, Keith A. Robinson
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Fugue for the Sacred Songbook in Eb Minor

Followers of the Great Composer seek to stop the evil Tritonus Overlords in a universe where music flows through creation.
“Fugue for the Sacred Songbook plays a lyrical read, though without much subtlety regarding the author’s ideas.”
Lorehaven review, winter 2020
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Crystal Witness, Kathy Tyers
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Crystal Witness

When Ming Dalamani awakens from twenty years of suspended animation, she recalls only fragments of her former life.
“Crystal Witness exudes a galactic aroma that pulls in readers with strength like the vacuum of space.”
Lorehaven review, fall 2020
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Jabin Kainos and the Manifest Chronicles by Vince Mancuso

Jabin Kainos and the Manifest Chronicles

Jabin Kainos is still displaced and without a family, and now he faces a choice: try his luck alone or volunteer at the Center for Human Advancement.
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The Hourglass and the Darkness, Kyle L. Elliott
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The Hourglass and the Darkness

A disturbing discovery pulls Jake into the middle of an ancient war between the spiritual forces of good and evil.
“Kyle L. Elliott’s novel The Hourglass and the Darkness posits a world before the great Flood, starting a promising series.”
Lorehaven review, winter 2020
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Moraturi Lost, Marti Ward

Moraturi Lost

Trainee vet Eva is junior officer on a pre-colonization mission to the Andromeda galaxy when the ship drops out of the wormhole two lightyears from New Eden—and she must take charge.
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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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Brand of Light, Ronie Kendig
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Brand of Light

Kersei Dragoumis awakens in a derelict shuttle, alone, injured, and ignorant of the forbidden technology that has swept her into a nightmare.
“Sci-fi and fantasy clash in this rapid-fire genre-blender.”
Lorehaven review, fall 2019
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Conflict with Shadows, Mark Castleberry

Conflict With Shadows

A fast-past story of invading darkness. The first in a series of light versus darkness; and the connection with the past to help fight for the future. When the Bathshe invades, the Republic and the Federation must come together to […]
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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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Amish Werewolves of Space, Kerry Nietz

Amish Werewolves of Space

A resurgent zombie horde and mysterious nightly howls signal doom, not only for the Amish, but for the entire galaxy.
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After Moses by Michael F. Kane
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After Moses

His gruff exterior hides a man who wants to do the right thing. But running from trouble won’t work when the planets need a hero.
“Michael F. Kane’s novel After Moses fuses themes of grace and redemption into this sci-fi story with a classic Western feel.”
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Remnant, Daniel Peyton
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Remnant

When primitive alien life is found and science declares God is defeated, how does the last vestige of Christianity respond?
“Daniel Peyton’s sci-fi simplifies complex themes while raising important challenges to faith.”
Lorehaven review, spring 2020
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Beatitudes and Woes, editor: Travis Perry
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Beatitudes & Woes

Explore the beatitudes and woes of the Bible through the stories of thirteen Christian authors in this uniquely powerful anthology
“Beatitudes & Woes is a bold experiment . . . the showstopper entries by themselves are enough to justify the price of admission.”
Lorehaven review, fall 2019
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Jordan's World, Allen Steadham
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Jordan’s World

If you were at death’s door and God gave you a chance to live, would you promise to go against your own hopes and dreams?
“Jordan’s World provides engaging escapism with a cast of likable characters.”
Lorehaven review, winter 2019
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2085: The Rise and Fall of The Sisters, Christopher J. Weeks

2085: The Rise and Fall of The Sisters

In the year 2085, militaristic feminism rules and a small group of renegade Christians holds the key to the world’s survival.
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Conquests and Consequences, Lee Watts

Conquests and Consequences

After being shot down, Alexander Lyons struggles to survive on an untamed world full of gargantuan beasts.
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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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Samuel’s Legacy, K. A. Cummins

Snow Globe Travelers: Samuel’s Legacy

Twelve-year-old Sarah Ann Reisende wanders into a mysterious shop where snow globes double as portals to other worlds.
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The Line Between, Tosca Lee
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The Line Between

Cult escapee Wynter Roth finds herself face-to-face with the apocalypse her former cult taught her to fear all her life.
“Tosca Lee’s thriller quests toward truth among apocalyptic madness.”
Lorehaven review, spring 2019
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Though Nations Rage, Gregg Davidson

Though Nations Rage

As armies advance and human rights are steadily eroded, the only hope against self-annihilation of the human race rests on a Mulapin defection.
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Princes and Principalities, Gregg Davidson

Princes and Principalities

Acting as religious and cultic spirit guides, aliens steadily lead humanity to the brink of global war—hindered only by the prayer of a street urchin from Mumbai.
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Rhats Too!, Kerry Nietz

Rhats Too!

“Frohic again. Listen, I got home to find squatters living in my family’s hovel and no clue as to where father, mother, and the rest of the family went.”
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Auxland, M. B. Aznoe

Auxland

Khomar finds his homecoming marred by old prejudices and rivalries.
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Seed: Judgment, Joshua David
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Seed: Judgment

After judgment, a renegade soldier searches for a spirit that might turn back the darkness.
“Joshua David’s Seed: Judgment marries The Thing, Resident Evil, and Mad Max to generate a post-apocalyptic tale of frenetic intensity.”
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Enclave, Thomas Locke
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Enclave

Fifty years after America’s collapse, Caleb has a plan that could help secure his enclave’s future.
“After America falls, white-hat heroes work for a better world.”
Lorehaven review, winter 2018
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Shadows of the End, Gregg Davidson

Shadows of the End

Aliens are few in number with no hope of clearing the planet of humans on their own—until they realize humanity can be set against itself.
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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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Etherno: Rise of the Dragongirl, Aaron DeMott

Etherno: Rise of the Dragongirl

Onin’s life is changed when he meets a mysterious new student with a fiery dual dragon nature.
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Conviction, Lauren H. Salisbury

Conviction

On a planet where Esarelian rule is slowly crushing all resistance, two humans learn to trust God, and each other, with every secret they have left.
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Thoughtreal, Michael Gryboski
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Thoughtreal

Two people who have developed the power to bend reality with their minds have come to the Washington, DC metropolitan area for mysterious reasons.
“Michael Gryboski has thought up an intricate narrative that avoids potential tropes while touching on important issues.”
Lorehaven review, winter 2018
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For Us Humans, Steve Rzasa
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For Us Humans

A disillusioned believer must help a Christ-seeking alien solve the art theft of the century.
“This adventure morphs into a complex fusion of intergalactic conspiracy, prejudice erasure, redemption narrative, and call to personal revival.”
Lorehaven review, spring 2019
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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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Bad Company, Joshua C. Chadd

Bad Company

Two brothers try to survive the end of the world with their faith and humanity intact.
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No Road Among the Stars, A. Walker Scott

No Road Among the Stars

In a world where humans are just one small part of the InterStellar Commonwealth, one young linguist has to find an unmapped road for his life.
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Sheik of Mars, Ben Wheeler

Sheik of Mars

Can a man save his true love from the tyrant of Mars?
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Rebirth, R. J. Amezcua

Rebirth

Rogue elements of the sisterhood by divine providence are captured, while a dreadful prophecy has begun to unfold.
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Rhats!, Kerry Nietz

Rhats!

A naive man-sized rat goes on a space adventure.
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Diverse Similarity, Sharon Rose

Diverse Similarity

An enemy—or a friend? No way to know except the forbidden touch of an alien mind.
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Strength, Lauren H. Salisbury

Strength

In an Esarelian court rife with intrigue and prejudice, the Ra’hon’s daughter will need powerful allies to help protect her adopted human son.
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Experiment 93, R. S. Burghardt
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Experiment 93

Thomas knows the girl that he’s just met isn’t human—and she needs his help.
“Good storytelling mechanics … serves a light and enjoyable read.”
Lorehaven review, fall 2018
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Courage, Lauren H. Salisbury

Courage

In a galaxy where Esarelian rule is absolute, one woman defies the empire in order to save her son’s life.
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Wolf Pack, Joshua C. Chadd

Wolf Pack

Two brothers try to survive the end of the world with their faith and humanity intact.
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Castaways, Jes Drew
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Castaways

When four youths are cast away on an apparently deserted island, they begin to realize they might not be so alone after all.
“A memorable and entertaining tone … younger readers will take delight in this light, sweet tale.”
Lorehaven review, fall 2018
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The Tremblers, Raquel Byrnes
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The Tremblers

Branded as traitors, Ashton and Charlotte brave the treacherous floating sky ports of Outer City to hunt down an elusive inventor.
“Crack open this rip-roaring tale of post-apocalyptic steampunk peril. ”
Lorehaven review, spring 2018
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Freedom's Heroes, Celesta Thiessen

Freedom’s Heroes

Two couples are forced into marriage, tasked with saving everyone, and sent away on the former prison starship, Freedom.
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Realm: The Age Between Breath and Fire, John Leslie Battenfield

Realm: The Age Between Breath and Fire

In a renewed, Edenic age under God’s rule, one family must redesign civilization and battle an unseen evil.
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Android Uprising, Den Warren

Android Uprising

In a future despotic country where God is never discussed, a young boy has the audacity to ask if God is real.
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Decimation, R. J. Amezcua

Decimation

Rogue elements of the Marium Kahnet discover and destroy a secret enemy base where the Leviathan races are being created.
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The Bachelor Missions, Jes Drew
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The Bachelor Missions

The good guys, the bad guys, and the wild card. It’s the ultimate game of cloak and dagger.
“Jes Drew’s The Bachelor Missions follows our hero, Kristian Clark, through three separate but connected espionage adventures with plenty of romantic difficulties.”
Lorehaven review, summer 2019
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Jewel of The Stars: Earth's Remnant by Adam David Collings

Jewel of The Stars: Earth’s Remnant

A cruise ship goes on the run through unexplored space after Earth falls to an alien occupation.
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Walking on the Sea of Clouds, Gray Rinehart
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Walking on the Sea of Clouds

Two pioneering couples are determined to survive and succeed in this near-future technological drama of the first permanent lunar colony.
“In Walking on the Sea of Clouds, Gray Rinehart depicts a world of claustrophobic vistas and high-tech deprivation”
Lorehaven review, spring 2018
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Ending Fear, Deanna Fugett

Ending Fear

One teen must bravely face the insanity of the Gliding Lands to rescue a young girl from the harems.
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Contagion, Marcy G. Dyer

Contagion

Weaponized rabies and power-hungry politicians make for a deadly combination. Zombies roam the earth. Three families stand to lose everything.
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Infusion, Alyssa Thiessen

Infusion

When an ordinary girl is brought from death, she discovers horrifying creatures determined to invade the human dimension.
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The Null Prophecy, Michael Guillen

The Null Prophecy

Space weather scientists in Northeast Canada have spotted holes opening in Earth’s magnetosphere.
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Battleborn, Joshua C. Chadd

Battleborn

Two brothers try to survive the end of the world with their faith and humanity intact.
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Logic's End, Keith A. Robinson.
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Logic’s End

Evolutionary scientist Rebecca Evans must survive on an alien planet whose only law is “survival of the fittest.”
“This bleak and alien world’s only law is ‘survival of the fittest.’”
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Whispers in the Dark, Pam Jernigan

Whispers In The Dark

She’s a preschool teacher. He’s kind of a zombie. It would never work.
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Retribution, R. J. Amezcua

Retribution

Decades after global infanticide, the merciless Necrogog legions seek to to kill the promised Mantis messiah.
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Outbreak, Joshua C. Chadd
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Outbreak

Two brothers try to survive the end of the world with their faith and humanity intact.
“Outbreak will doubtless thrill readers who enjoy a good zombie yarn.”
Lorehaven review, spring 2019
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Day Moon, Brett Armstrong
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Day Moon

Eluding the authorities, one teen holds the past and future’s key.
“Immersive descriptions and ornate prose . . . presents a richly layered world and magnetic plot with need for a sequel.”
Lorehaven review, summer 2018
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The Remnant, William Michael Davidson

The Remnant

Colton Pierce apprehends Abberants who display symptoms of faith. Then he learns his own son is targeted for extraction.
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The Terran Summit, Anna Zogg

The Terran Summit

Special Agent Eva Hilliard is on a mission to retrieve two interplanetary fugitives, but the secrets she harbors may fracture the politics of the known universe.
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Skipjack and the Baleful Banshee, Geoffrey Keith Werner

Skipjack and the Baleful Banshee

Pilot-Captain Jack Anders, his patrol ship crew, and med-rescue team stumble into a clandestine war between galactic governments.
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Harvest of Prey, Alexander Preston

Harvest Of Prey

A team of naturalists find themselves face to face with an abomination spawned by unimaginable evil.
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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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The Xerxes Factor, Anna Zogg

The Xerxes Factor

Special agent Kelli Layne is determined to save a child’s life, even if it means traveling to an alien planet and becoming a fugitive from the law.
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A Time to Rise, Nadine Brandes

A Time To Rise

Parvin Blackwater is dead. At least that’s what the Council—and the world—thinks.
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Jupiter Storm, C.J. Darlington

Jupiter Storm

Light and darkness blur as two young women stand on the brink of an interplanetary war.
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Sparrow, Mandy Fender

Sparrow

As an army rises, so does one girl’s faith … and it will change everything.
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The Word Endangered, Steve Rzasa

The Word Endangered

A conspiracy threatens to unravel the progress the Five Realms made in the last decade. Not to mention, strain the development of Zarco and Ria’s marriage.
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Monster, Mirriam Neal

Monster

In 2053, WorldCure scientist Eva Stewart’s medical career becomes a nightmare when she discovers writing on her Subject’s cell wall. “I still have a soul.”
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Frayed, Kerry Nietz
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Frayed

When an atypical chore brings debutter ThreadBare into contact with Sandfly and HardCandy, things get complicated.
“This slow-burning psychological drama holds rich rewards for those who unravel its thematic threads.”
Lorehaven review, spring 2018
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Circumnavigation of Shatterworld by Lelia Rose Foreman

Circumnavigation Of Shatterworld

When sixteen-year-old Rejoice returns from her mission in space, she volunteers to join her family in a year-long sea voyage around New Earth.
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