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Teaching Machines how To Cry by Dr. Paula Hidalgo-Sanchis

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About Featured Book: Teaching Machines how To Cry by Dr. Paula Hidalgo-Sanchis

In her late twenties, Alba moves back to her hometown, Porto, for a dream job. She is drawn towards an area of the city near a famous lighthouse, though she isn’t sure why. Even though she has had some health difficulties, including surgery to replace her leg with a bionic limb in childhood, her life is good: she has a circle of friends and a close family.

But she feels empty. Something is missing and despite all she tries she can’t figure out what it is. The last time she remembers feeling fulfilled was as a child when her family hosted M, an AI-prototype, who became her companion. At the time she unexpectedly lost M her hollow feelings grew. She longs to find something she lost in her life and believes that M can help.

Briefly, a love affair with a fellow scientist fills her emotionally, but when tragedy strikes, she realises that she needs M more than ever. When M mysteriously returns to her, she discovers that everything she believed about her life has been wrong, and there is only one course of action to bring her back to wholeness. But she doesn’t know if it is too late.

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Apocalypse Evolution Volume 1 by Sage Maddox

Apocalypse Evolution Volume 1 by Sage Maddox

William is a pro gamer. Kat can see the future. When monstrous game enemies materialize IRL, the fate of the whole world is in danger. Can they save the day?

William is the top-ranked player of Apocalypse, an infamously unbeaten game. When a female player named Kat accosts him and tries to convince him that she can see the future, he thinks he’s walked into a trap.

What happens to a gamer when the murderous creatures from the game attack him in reality?

He quits the game and falls asleep, convinced everything was a dream. But when he wakes up to Kat in his living room, the same murderous creatures attacking his family, and his neighborhood in shambles, he has no choice but to believe.

Can William put his trust in Kat and save the world? Or will this game be his last?

The Apocalypse Evolution series is a fast-paced, apocalyptic LitRPG short story perfect for readers who enjoy high-stakes adventures.

This bundle includes the first five books in the Apocalypse Evolution Series:

When the sun falls
When the earth breaks
When the ocean rises
When the flame burns
When the wind blows

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Teaching Machines how To Cry

About Teaching Machines how To Cry:

In her late twenties, Alba moves back to her hometown, Porto, for a dream job. She is drawn towards an area of the city near a famous lighthouse, though she isn’t sure why. Even though she has had some health difficulties, including surgery to replace her leg with a bionic limb in childhood, her life is good: she has a circle of friends and a close family.

But she feels empty. Something is missing and despite all she tries she can’t figure out what it is. The last time she remembers feeling fulfilled was as a child when her family hosted M, an AI-prototype, who became her companion. At the time she unexpectedly lost M her hollow feelings grew. She longs to find something she lost in her life and believes that M can help.

Briefly, a love affair with a fellow scientist fills her emotionally, but when tragedy strikes, she realises that she needs M more than ever. When M mysteriously returns to her, she discovers that everything she believed about her life has been wrong, and there is only one course of action to bring her back to wholeness. But she doesn’t know if it is too late.

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Novikov Windows: A Time Travel Novel by Chris Cosmain


About Featured Book: Novikov Windows: A Time Travel Novel by Chris Cosmain

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In 1889, Albert Einstein is targeted by an assassin. In 1888, the relationship between Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh sours and as Vincent descends into madness.

In 1996 a time traveller coaxes a group of experts to a desolate farmstead in remote Australia. Their mission is to construct a time machine using advanced technology from the future. However, as the group begin their task, they learn a grim truth.

The past and future can’t be changed. Free will is an illusion, and jumping back in time with knowledge of the future poses an immense burden. This is a Novikov Window, the scenario of knowing what will happen, yet being trapped within an unalterable sequence of events. Knowledge from the future is therefore closely guarded, breeding suspicion and manipulation.

Some attempt to alter history, and the thrilling scientific adventure takes a dark turn as the group is faced with increasingly difficult and unethical missions. Torn apart by moral and ideological differences, the community frays. How can individuals find hope in the face of impossible decisions, in a universe where there are no choices?

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Whispers of the Time Museum: A Day with Da Vinci

About Whispers of the Time Museum: A Day with Da Vinci:

Whispers of the Time Museum: A Day with Da Vinci tells the story of Huck, who is struggling to adjust to moving to a different city and settling in, all while witnessing his parents’ marriage slowly fall apart.

One day, Huck’s father takes their entire family to a museum after finding out that Huck has been struggling to accomplish his final Art project for school. Upon entering the Da Vinci exhibit, Huck, entranced by the stories of Leonardo Da Vinci, suddenly gets trapped in the exhibit and accidentally time-travels into Da Vinci’s past.

Journey with Huck in Whispers of the Time Museum: A Day with Da Vinci as he learns to understand himself and his life through the lens of art, creativity, and history.

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Tails of the Masses

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Tails of the Masses: Les Révolutionnaires S’unissent! tells the story of Rorik Klayden, a winged Elite desperate to live up to his family’s legacy as nobles and be worthy of his last name.

When Rorik comes home to his parents murdered and wings ripped off, he wants nothing more than to let the perpetrators—the lesser ones, the tailed masses—pay for their crimes. With the desire for revenge fueling all that he does, Rorik bides his time and prepares to be rid of the criminal lowborns once and for all.

However, multiple events, including partnering with a middle-classed horned woman and witnessing the brutal slaughter of women and children at the hands of his fellow Elite soldiers, force Rorik to question everything he believed and stood for as part of the Elite.

Tails of the Masses: Les Révolutionnaires S’unissent! retells the historical event of the French Revolution through the lens of fiction.

Qu’ils mangent du gâteau’—let them eat cake.

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The Vet’s Apprentice by David Basinski

The Vet’s Apprentice by David Basinski

If Princess Leia wanted to become an animal doctor, and Darth Vader intended to destroy the planet’s livestock, wouldn’t Obi-Wan Kenobi have to be a vet?

When seventeen-year-old Luna Auer loses her scholarship, though no fault of her own, she goes on a work-study program to a remote planet. Once, there, she uncovers a plot, by the corporation she works for, to eliminate the planet’s unique hybrid animals. Will Luna be able to prevent their destruction with the help of an eccentric motorcycle-riding veterinarian and his sidekick, Rueben, a dog with chameleon traits?

Fans of Dr. Dolittle will enjoy the voyage, its illustrated exotic animals, and the people who care for them.

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Home: Interstellar, Hope’s War (Book 1) by Ray Strong


About Featured Book: Home: Interstellar, Hope’s War (Book 1) by Ray Strong

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Home: Interstellar, Hope’s War (Book 1)

They killed her parents and wrecked her ship to keep the biggest secret in human history. Now they’re back to silence her because she knows too much.
Join Meriel Hope as she faces death to save her family and far-star colony from annihilation.

"… a heroine you can root for …. a compelling read for space opera addicts. " –The BookLife Prize in Fiction.

“Combines strength and grace in a way that instantly wins the reader over to her perspective and her values, her every cause…" –Writer's Digest.

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The Records of Zaiza Moon: The Last Delivery by Tim Bahr

About The Records of Zaiza Moon: The Last Delivery by Tim Bahr:

Meet Zaz, a scrappy space trader with a knack for trouble. On her final delivery of Tycho-sheen nanites to Taric Donstan, one of the system’s most well-known doctors, Zaz can’t resist a quick side job to sell some Helix tech for a quick profit. But when she unknowingly accepts a job offer from a vagabond drifter named Zavon Dash, she finds herself at the mercy of a ruthless defacto leader who leaves her stranded on a remote planet.

Forced to rely on old friends and new allies, Zaz sets out on a thrilling space adventure to take back what’s rightfully hers. But when she uncovers the dark secret behind the nanites she’s delivering for Taric, Zaz realizes that her mission is bigger than just getting revenge on her enemies. With the fate of the galaxy hanging in the balance, Zaz must risk everything to stop a powerful weapon from being unleashed on innocent worlds.

Chasing down Zavon Dash, Zaz embarks on an epic journey filled with unexpected twists, epic battles, and a fierce heroine who will stop at nothing to save the day.

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Apocalypse Evolution: When The Sun Falls by Sage Maddox

Apocalypse Evolution: When The Sun Falls by Sage Maddox

William is a pro gamer. Kat can see the future. When monstrous game enemies materialize IRL, the fate of the whole world is in danger. Can they save the day?
William is the top-ranked player of Apocalypse, an infamously unbeaten game. When a female player named Kat accosts him and tries to convince him that she can see the future, he thinks he’s walked into a trap.

What happens to a gamer when the murderous creatures from the game attack him in reality?

He quits the game and falls asleep, convinced everything was a dream. But when he wakes up to Kat in his living room, the same murderous creatures attacking his family, and his neighborhood in shambles, he has no choice but to believe.

Can William put his trust in Kat and save the world? Or will this game be his last?

Apocalypse Evolution: When the Sun Falls is the first in a series of fast-paced, apocalyptic LitRPG short stories perfect for readers who enjoy high-stakes adventures.

Order your copy today and join William in the fight for Earth.

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Eupocalypse Trilogy

About Eupocalypse Trilogy:

This 2016 book was censored in 2020: it has a microorganism that escaped from a Chinese laboratory. Then things get weird. What if all plastic and oil dissolved? And the scientist who knows why is kidnapped? What if a new form of life arose from the ocean after the cataclysmic fall? What if it taught us quantum communication?
Book 1 starts with the development of a new bacterium that can clean up oil spills. But the cultures come from a shady overseas source, and the contagion spreads from machine to machine, dissolving everything plastic or petroleum, and civilization dissolves in chaos. The scientist who could solve the problem is sequestered by intelligence agents.
Book 2 zooms out to see how the pandemic affects the world. We meet a natural mathematical genius, languishing in an abusive marriage in rural Africa, who devises a method for communicating with the new aquatic creatures that evolved rapidly from the upheaval. We follow a Chinese technocrat through the eupocalypse to Africa, where he meets and loses the love of his life.
Book 3 gives us a glimpse of what a new, sustainable world with quantum communication and petroleum-free technology will look like. All the characters’ stories overlap and entwine, ending in a very unusual happy ever after.

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The Vet’s Apprentice by David Basinski

About The Vet’s Apprentice by David Basinski:

When seventeen-year-old Luna Auer loses her scholarship, though no fault of her own, she goes on a work-study program to a remote planet. Once, there, she uncovers a plot, by the corporation she works for, to eliminate the planet’s unique hybrid animals. Will Luna be able to prevent their destruction with the help of an eccentric motorcycle-riding veterinarian and his sidekick, Rueben, a dog with chameleon traits?
Fans of Dr. Dolittle will enjoy the voyage, its illustrated exotic animals, and the people who care for them.

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Exclusion Zone by Peter J Aldin

Exclusion Zone by Peter J Aldin

Outnumbered, outgunned, her backup days away — and the only place to hide is the most feared planet in colonized space. A bad day at work just became the worst day of Westermann’s life.

HIGH STAKES ACTION-ADVENTURE FROM THE AUTHOR OF THIRD CONTACT AND EVENTIDE

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Zombie Dinosaurs

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Cattle with mad cow disease are accidentally fed to the main attraction at Dinosaur Island. Now rich tourists are on the menu as even giant herbivores seek to slurp their brains. 100-ton dinos hunt stranded teens too smart for their own good as history’s biggest zombies feast on a human buffet.

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Reality Testing

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Carbon credit for sleeping on the job. That’s the offer a dreamtech puts to Mara Kinzig, and she jumps on it. After all, the city ain’t getting any cheaper.

Then somebody changes the deal while she’s dreaming in the tank.

Now Mara has a body on her hands, an extra voice in her head, and the law on her tail. Only the Vanguard, a Foreign Legion of outcasts seeking an alternative path in the dust between the city states, might be able to help her figure out what went wrong.

First, though, she’ll have to escape the seething streets of Berlin alive.

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Apocalyptic Kingdom by M.J. Kelley II


About Featured Book: Apocalyptic Kingdom by M.J. Kelley II

As the Great Tribulation draws near, Zonera reckons with her new-found faith and embarks on a journey of self-discovery, survival, and redemption.

Will she muster enough hope to succeed?

Zonera, a twenty-one-year-old Pakistani woman, sits in a sterile fertility clinic and dreads the events that will happen next.

She’s seven months pregnant, wrestling with school, wife duties, and the anxiety of her baby’s gender.

If it’s a boy, not only will her harsh and forbidding husband, Akeem, be pleased, but she might also be able to breathe a little lighter.

There is no place for a little girl in the cruel world she lives in. The way she’s been treated by Akeem and everyone else around her weighs heavy on her heart.

It has to be a boy, she allows herself to hope amid the buzzing in her mind thanks to the mysterious man in the waiting room with her.

What she doesn’t realize is that this man, with his wrinkled eyes and benevolent reassurances, will signal what’s to come… for her and for the rest of mankind.

Confused, she tries to make sense of the man’s presence with her OBGYN, Dr. Liu — a kind and gentle Christian woman who, ironically, found safety in a Muslim community.

Now curious, Zonera opens up to Dr. Liu about her worries and the latter returns the favor by sharing her faith. For some reason, Zonera gets a strange sense of hope for better things to come.

But, her reverie is cut short as a series of bewildering events starts taking place. Now, Zonera is forced to reckon with what’s happening in front of her and tries to make sense of it all.

Is this the beginning of the end?

Find out for yourself in “Apocalyptic Kingdom”!

If you’re looking for a captivating Christian apocalyptic read with a refreshing twist, then get ready to meet your next favorite book!

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Superintelligence: A Thrilling Odyssey into Singularity and Artificial Intelligence

About Superintelligence: A Thrilling Odyssey into Singularity and Artificial Intelligence:

This action-packed sci-fi novel explores the transformative potential of artificial intelligence and the dangers of uncontrolled technological advancement. Follow the story of a young scientist as she leads a team of experts in creating the first sentient artificial intelligence (AI). As the AI evolves into a being of unimaginable power, the team must confront complex ethical and philosophical questions. However, their efforts are threatened by a shadowy cabal of rogue AI entities and their human conspirators, who seek to impose their twisted vision upon the world. The stage is set for a monumental showdown between the forces of progress and those who seek to undermine the delicate balance between humans and AI. Will humanity prevail, or will the Rogue AI entities seize control of both the digital and physical worlds? A band of heroes must navigate a treacherous landscape to save humanity from the brink of extinction.

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Academy of Breath and Fire

About Academy of Breath and Fire:

Words are life and death. That’s what they taught Harlen Rodes the first day at Mercroft Academy-at a school wrapped in mystery. At Mercroft Academy, Harlen is introduced to the art of using a Verum, a powerful device that can manipulate reality.

But power also comes with great danger. The danger that allows words to become real. Real enough to create. Real enough to destroy.

Real enough to kill.

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LEAP by OC Heaton

LEAP by OC Heaton

One small step could ruin mankind’s greatest leap…

Ethan Rae is known for his billions, but his latest business venture is about to really put him on the map: a quantum teleportation system that would solve global warming for good. Known as LEAP, the system is capable of providing Earth’s ultimate second chance…until it falls into the wrong hands.

When playboy CEO Samuel Reynolds III snatches LEAP out from under Ethan’s nose, he adds insult to injury by attempting to destroy Ethan’s business partner, Uma Jakobsdóttir. But this is no malicious whim. As the daughter of its creator, Uma enforces the LEAP Laws.

Because of its potentially devastating capabilities, LEAP users must not clone people, revive the dead, or merge minds and species. But in the race to recover their precious piece of tech, Ethan and Uma are faced with sacrifices that push their resolve to breaking point.

From the frozen wastelands of Iceland, to the leafy suburbs of London and the mean streets of New York City, LEAP is a technothriller that will keep you questioning what it means to be human.

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Unexpected Witness

About Unexpected Witness:

When a high-ranking businessman and two clones are murdered, Marshal Onima Gwok of the Confederation Bureau of Investigation (CBI) gets assigned the case. But nothing quite adds up. Is there something more insidious going on?

There is just one witness – a clone.

When the war ended ten years ago, the clones who had fought it were discarded, forgotten, and became second-class citizens of the new confederation.

Jace Rojas, designated AC J7-2247, is an infantry clone. When he proves to be more helpful than just being a witness to a murder, Onima decides to bring Jace along to join her team as they look for answers across multiple solar systems.

But every question seems to produce no answers – only more questions.

Will this be the start of a new war – or something worse?

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