Dominion Rising: 23 Brand New Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels Read online

  Dominion Rising

  23 Brand New Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels

  Gwynn White

  Erin St Pierre

  P.K. Tyler

  S.M. Blooding

  Ella Summers

  Daniel Arthur Smith

  Cheri Lasota

  Dean F. Wilson

  Ann Christy

  Rebecca Rode

  Anthea Sharp

  S.M. Schmitz

  Lisa Blackwood

  Erin Hayes

  K.J. Colt

  Timothy C. Ward

  Becca Andre

  Tony Bertauski

  Logan Thomas Snyder

  Felix R. Savage

  Marilyn Peake

  JC Andrijeski

  Melanie Karsak

  Margo Bond Collins

  Samuel Peralta

  Tom Shutt

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  DOMINION RISING copyright © 2017 by 4xOverland Ltd

  Individual Book Copyrights:

  Reign of Bone and Steel by Gwynn White & Erin St Pierre copyright © 2017. Used by permission of the author.

  Mind Raider by P.K Tyler & S.M. Blooding copyright © 2017. Used by permission of the author.

  Sorcery & Science by Ella Summers copyright © 2017. Used by permission of the author.

  Spectral Shift by Daniel Arthur Smith copyright © 2017. Used by permission of the author.

  Petra by Cheri Lasota copyright © 2017. Used by permission of the author.

  Infinite Waste by Dean F. Wilson copyright © 2017. Used by permission of the author.

  Girard, The Guardian Ann Christy copyright © 2017. Used by permission of the author.

  Flicker Rebecca Rode copyright © 2017. Used by permission of the author.

  Star Compass by Anthea Sharp copyright © 2017. Used by permission of the author.

  Vengeance S.M Schmitz & Lisa Blackwood copyright © 2017. Used by permission of the author.

  Touching Infinity by Erin Hayes copyright © 2017. Used by permission of the author.

  Death Plague by K.J. Colt copyright © 2017. Used by permission of the author.

  ULTRAS by Timothy C Ward copyright © 2017. Used by permission of the author.

  Curiouser and Curiouser by Melanie Karsak copyright © 2017. Used by permission of the author.

  The Waking of Grey Grimm by Tony Bertauski copyright © 2017. Used by permission of the author.

  Blood for Stone by Logan Thomas Snyder copyright © 2017. Used by permission of the author.

  The Incurables by Felix R Savage copyright © 2017. Used by permission of the author.

  FERROMANCER by Becca Andre copyright © 2017. Used by permission of the author.

  The Other by Marilyn Peake copyright © 2017. Used by permission of the author.

  New York by JC Adrijeski copyright © 2017. Used by permission of the author.

  Rift Cursed by Margo Bond Collins copyright © 2017. Used by permission of the author.

  The Zoo at the End of the World by Samuel Peralta copyright © 2017. Used by permission of the author.

  Iron Tamer by Tom Shutt copyright © 2017. Used by permission of the author.

  For Tom Shutt, whose passing has left a hole in our community, which will never be filled.

  Contents

  Welcome to Dominion Rising!

  Story Summaries

  Gwynn White & Erin St Pierre

  Reign of Bone and Steel

  S.M. Blooding & P.K. Tyler

  Mind Raider

  Ella Summers

  Sorcery & Science

  Daniel Arthur Smith

  Spectral Shift

  Cheri Lasota

  Petra

  Dean F. Wilson

  Infinite Waste

  Ann Christy

  Girard, The Guardian Vampire

  Rebecca Rode

  Flicker

  Anthea Sharp

  Star Compass

  S.M. Schmitz & Lisa Blackwood

  Vengeance

  Erin Hayes

  Touching Infinity

  K.J. Colt

  Death Plague

  Timothy C. Ward

  Ultras

  Melanie Karsak

  Curiouser and Curiouser

  Tony Bertauski

  The Waking of Grey Grimm

  Logan Thomas Snyder

  Blood for Stone

  Felix R. Savage

  The Incurables

  Becca Andre

  Ferromancer

  Marilyn Peake

  The Other

  JC Andrijeski

  New York

  Margo Bond Collins

  Rift Cursed

  Samuel Peralta

  The Zoo at the End of the World

  Tom Shutt

  Iron Tamer

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  Thank you for purchasing Dominion Rising! Inside, you will find 23 novels crafted to whisk you away to worlds unknown. We hope you enjoy every single one.

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  Story Summaries

  Reign of Bone and Steel

  By Gwynn White & Erin St Pierre

  A murdered Soul-Reaper. A stolen Weapon. No one can be trusted.

  Lieutenant Caeda Aerith is a fearsome Fae warrior, and that is all she ever wanted to be. But when the Soul-Reaper of the Kingdom of Yatres is murdered and her deadly weapon stolen, Caeda is chosen as the new Reaper. It’s left to her and the charming, but dangerous heir to the throne, Lord Dominik Dakar, to find the weapon before it is used to destroy them. The only problem is, Dominik is her number one suspect.

  Somewhere in a court of webs and lies hides the truth that will save or destroy them all—and it is up to Caeda to find it. When all the clues point to Dominik, Caeda must ignore her growing feelings for him to bring him to justice. But if she's wrong, the true perpetrators may have more than enough time to use the weapon for its true purpose: turning the world into nothing but bone and ash…

  Reign of Bone and Steel is a mysterious dark fantasy simmering with forbidden romance. If you like nail-biting whodunits, beautiful and brutal fae worlds, and explosive chemistry, then you'll love Gwynn White and Erin St. Pierre's dark world.

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  Mind Raider by P.K Tyler & S.M. Blooding

  The Kalamatra Rebellion Book One

  One weapon to re-write everything.

&n
bsp; One team to stop it all.

  Codex Syndicate agent Keva Duste is an ex-military engineered human with a score to settle. Together with a renegade space captain, an Elite refugee, and two sentient AIs, she must race to locate the weapon and stop the genocide of the human race before it can begin. Can Keva save Red Sky from destruction before the Elite turn this weapon on the rest of the settlements? And if she does, will she ignite a revolution?

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  Sorcery & Science by Ella Summers

  Urban fantasy. Galactic consequences.

  Terra Cross is just your typical paranormal princess. She plays poker with goblins and leprechauns. She savors her morning muffin from the Pacific Sunrise Bakery in suburban California. She solves galactic crime cases. And on a particularly wild day, she can even see into the future.

  Everything is going so well—up until her father, the mages’ high king, betroths her to one of his allies. But playing nice with otherworldly ambassadors isn’t the only thing on Terra’s plate. A renegade mage scientist has taken up shop on Earth, whose inhabitants have no knowledge of magic or the worlds beyond.

  With his forbidden experiments threatening to pierce the Veil of Secrecy on Earth, Terra can’t tackle this challenge alone. Divided by magic and technology—torn between a mage enforcer with devastating telekinetic powers, and a lethal black ops vampire soldier—time is running out. For if this mad scientist succeeds, the galaxy’s hard hand of justice will come down on them all.

  Sorcery & Science is a new urban fantasy novel set in the rebooted Sorcery & Science universe.

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  Spectral Shift by Daniel Arthur Smith

  We were never alone-a prescient rendering of a dark cyberpunk future, a Neon Dystopia with a Lovecraftian flair

  Abernathy Squire, an agent for the Homeland, is reluctant to come out of retirement. A century has passed since the Spectral Wars. The world has changed. The elite have fled to other planes and those left in the sprawling megacities are ruled by the five syndicates. No longer hidden, the Spectral races now mingle with the forever young mortals. But a friend and an artifact have gone missing, and this is his chance to settle an old score.

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  Petra by Cheri Lasota

  Immortal Codex Book 1

  I am the Prima Vita, the only true immortal. But the darker the gift, the higher the blood price—and I have paid it all.

  At the moment of my making, at the turn of the first millennium amid the glories and horrors of Ancient Rome, two men died with me. Both reborn in my immortal blood, one became my lover and the other my enemy.

  I promised the unspeakable to save Lucius from Clarius. The bargain, once struck, was simple: die with Clarius once a year to keep Lucius safe for an eternity.

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  Infinite Waste by Dean F. Wilson

  An action-packed space opera adventure.

  An eccentric, trigger-happy captain and a level-headed commander vie for control of the starship Gemini, but are forced to mix their two very divided crews when they encounter a space barge full of militarised waste.

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  Girard, The Guardian by Ann Christy

  A True Vampire Novel

  When an ancient vampire rises, Girard must find her before the entire vampire world is destroyed.

  When a legendary vampire rises and inhabits the body of a young girl, the entire vampire world is thrown into chaos. The Guardians protect humanity and keep the vampire civilization in check, but nothing has prepared them for this half-mythical ancient who believes she’s a goddess. Angry and vengeful, she’s a force to be feared. Girard and the Guardians are in a race against time to save humanity…and vampires…from the diabolical plans of the risen queen.

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  Flicker by Rebecca Rode

  Ember in Space Book One

  Getting sold to the Empire was never part of the plan.

  Ember lives two very different lives. By day she’s a mysterious Roma future-teller, and by night she struggles to care for her sick father. All she wants is the power to control her own life—no arranged marriage, no more poverty. Her future-reading talent is what will get her there.

  But when the Empire discovers her gift, Ember’s life changes forever.

  Ember soon finds her innocent talent is far more dangerous than she believed. The Empire wants to turn her into a deadly weapon. But Ember has plans of her own, and they don’t include living under the Empire’s control.

  Because even the best weapons can backfire.

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  Star Compass: A Victoria Eternal novel

  by Anthea Sharp

  Charles Dickens meets Firefly in this tale of an orphan destined for the stars.

  Steampunk with a twist! Enter a fantastical world filled with alien spacecraft and Victorian sensibilities, ball gowns and travel to the stars - where a pickpocket with a particular gift makes the journey from the gutter to the stars…

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  Vengeance by S.M Schmitz & Lisa Blackwood

  A Warships of the Spire Novel

  When rogue AIs steal everything that matters most, the only thing left is vengeance.

  As the flagship of the Spire Empire, Vengeance is a legendary AI whose broken heart has proven his greatest battle yet. But his new telepathic link, a little girl named Hayley, finally teaches him to love again—until rogue AIs attack her planet and level her home in a storm of fire and destruction. Vengeance is left with only one hope in his potentially immortal existence: the chance to avenge his innocent link.

  Twenty years later, a young engineer joins his crew, and he’s inextricably drawn to her. But the closer he tries to get to her, the harder she pushes him away.

  Olivia Hawthorne risks everything—her friendship with her telepathic sisters and even her life—to assume a new identity so she can serve aboard Vengeance. After suffering at the hands of rogue AIs, she should be wary of trusting one again, even her old friend. And yet, she can’t seem to stay away from him.

  But when rogues raid Spire colonies, Vengeance and Liv must learn to overcome the fears shackling them to the past. Because if they want to survive, they’ll have to seek vengeance together.

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  Touching Infinity by Erin Hayes

  Book One of The Rogues’ Galaxy

  These space pirates thought they were prepared for anything. They were so wrong.

  Cyberpunk meets space pirates in a bleak dystopian galaxy ruled by corporations. And they’re willing to do anything to get ahead of the competition, even if it means destroying themselves.

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  Death Plague by K.J. Colt

  When the Death Plague sweeps across the kingdom of Senya annihilating its populace, the king enslaves the only beings who can save them: healers.

  Lead by the crafty, ruthless High Priestess Toxiv, the healers fight back. But the king will do anything to hold onto his power, even destroying the kingdom and his own beloved family.

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  Ultras by Timothy C. Ward

  Cipherverse, Book One

  Forbidden Memories. Ancient Powers. Galactic Uprising.

  Long ago, the Rucien people were spirited away to the safety of a distant planet. The discovery of technology that uses memories to fold space has brought back the danger they left millennia ago.

  Now Cullen, the exiled son of the Rucien Star General, is given a way home. But first, a mission: rescue a family from prison and escort them through a jungle full of genetic experiments gone wrong. No problem.

  In their escape, Ehli and her son, Emmit discover strange powers and the dark secret behind Ehli's husband's death. As an ancient power creates unstable abilities, their destiny wrestles with tragedy on the edge of a cliff.

  If the dangers they face in Jehu Jungle are only the beginning, the tales of their glory may be short lived.

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  Curiouser and Curiouser by Melanie Karsak

  Steampunk Alice in Wonderland

  Sometimes l
ove is mad.

  To save the Hatter, Alice must work with the one man she despises so much that she might still love him.

  Alice thought she’d turned over a new leaf. No more working for Jabberwocky. No more making deals with the ruthless Queen of Hearts. No more hanging around The Mushroom with tinkers, tarts, scoundrels, and thieves in London's criminal underbelly. But she’d been bonkers to dream.

  Hatter’s reckless behavior leads Alice back to the one person she never wanted to see again, Caterpillar. Pulled into Caterpillar's mad schemes, Alice must steal a very big diamond from a very royal lady. The heist is no problem for this Bandersnatch. But protecting her heart from the man she once loved? Impossible.

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  The Waking of Grey Grimm by Tony Bertauski