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Formula Q by Alexander Charalambides

October 21, 2018October 21, 2018 by donsloan

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Hard-charging jetcar driver Vittoria Tarno and her intrepid racing team Goofé Troupé take their legendary racing prowess to Mars in this heart-stopping, totally cinematic look at next-gen interplanetary auto racing. But this spectacular spectator sport turns into a dangerous death duel somewhere along the way and you, the lucky reader,…

Encore: A Contemporary Love Story of Hypnotic Abduction by Tantra Bensko

September 28, 2018 by donsloan

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Miriam waits in the wings of the theater night after night, anxiously inhaling the aura of the woman for whom she is an understudy. She is, in theater parlance, a “standby” awaiting the instant in which she must assume the lead role in a sweeping, allegorical dance production that pays…

Maximize Your Book Sales With Data Analysis by Mike Kowis & Sharon C. Jenkins

September 28, 2018September 29, 2018 by donsloan

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It often comes as a shock to writers -- particularly the authors of novels and other works of fiction -- that once the supposedly "hard work" of crafting a well-written book is over, there then looms a more daunting and perplexing task. How do I market and promote my work?…

Cerberus Confidential (Primordial Realms Book 1) by Stacy Benedict

September 27, 2018 by donsloan

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Detective Niels Troelsen and his partner Detective Elan Cohen are once again primed for canine intrigue in Cerberus Confidential, author Stacy Benedict's offbeat and incredibly creative new science fiction/mystery mashup. In this slim volume, the two detectives must figure out just what happened to a libidinous lady who has stepped…

Beat Bop: A Varian Pike Mystery by Jack DeWitt

September 21, 2018September 21, 2018 by donsloan

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“Five-Plus Stars to Beat Bop” - Publishers Daily Reviews Smooth jazz-loving private investigator Varian Pike meets enlightened, poetry-quoting thief Ronnie Hayes at the very beginning of the excellent new P.I. mystery Beat Bop, by master storyteller Jack deWitt. And the unlikely duo immediately form an investigative alliance that is at…

The Separation by Thomas Duffy

September 6, 2018September 6, 2018 by donsloan

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Finn is a confused young man. And for good reason. He lives on a world in the distant future where the sexes have been separated for the first 22 years of their lives, supposedly for the greater good of society. But in fact, this both solves and creates problems. Sent…

Flying Jenny by Theasa Tuohy

July 25, 2018 by donsloan

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https://youtu.be/KMrQOU8AjIo Laura Bailey doesn't want much. Just a front page byline in her New York City tabloid about something more substantial than the quality of the finger sandwiches at a Ladies Auxiliary luncheon. Oh, well, maybe it would also be nice to know who her father was. But for that…

War World by Rod C. Spence

July 20, 2018 by donsloan

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https://youtu.be/f732YsncoGU Six teenagers square off against impossible odds and remorseless aliens in a desperate attempt to rescue parents marooned on a distant planet in War World, one of this year's most creative and entertaining novels. Author Rod C. Spence has created a frighteningly plausible scenario in which titanic biotech companies battle viciously for…

Emergence by dhtreichler

July 3, 2018 by donsloan

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https://youtu.be/g_F-m8TesVA Immortals are starting to multiply despite the best efforts of the ACLU and concerned citizenry in this exceptional finish to dhtreichler’s Ghost in the Machine trilogy. In this book, Sage Washington continues to have her own questions about the limitations of immortals -- and wonders whether there shouldn't in fact be a few.…

Barely Human by dhtreichler

July 3, 2018July 3, 2018 by donsloan

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https://youtu.be/7u0_64uxCOE Sage Washington is back for a return engagement as an immortal CEO in this remarkable sequel to dhtreichler's earlier novel, Ghost In the Machine. Transitioned into a twenty-year-old version of her forty-year-old former self to avoid impending death, Sage is seeking to make the very most of her new…

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