sciencefiction

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Protocol
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Protocol

by Alison Austin

Tropes: forcedproximity, suspense, characterdriven

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Dr. Cassia Hayes has spent months trying, and failing, to create a vaccine for a novel pathogen at biotech giant Baker and Pryor. Her research is going nowhere, and the only bright spot in her day is her ongoing flirtationship with the janitor, Elias Correa. But when the pathogen escapes containment and the facility erupts into chaos, Cassia learns two things very quickly: The virus is more dangerous than anyone admitted. Elias is not a janitor. He’s armed, trained, and the only person standing between her and a kill order she doesn’t understand. They’re fugitives, running from the same people who created the outbreak, and Cassia is the only one who can stop it. She just has to survive long enough to finish the vaccine… and figure out why Elias saved her. [Read More]

From Planet #817 With Love
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From Planet #817 With Love

by Chad Morris

Tropes: firstperson, newadult, suspense

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SHOULD HE FIGHT FOR HIS COUNTRY... OR FOR LOVE? That’s the question 23-year-old Jax Martin will eventually have to consider. You see, right now his life is rather idyllic. He’s an android technician with a good job, an exceptional family, and a charming fiancée. He couldn’t ask for more. But there’s just one problem: he lives on a tumultuous exoplanet. Orbiting a giant blue star, the world is home to oversized scorpions, defective AI, flying reptiles, and corporate monopolies. Unknown to Jax, an explosive war looms on the horizon—one that threatens to upend his tranquil life completely. Everything will be on the line, including his relationship with his fiancée. Can they survive the approaching calamity? From Planet #817 With Love is their incredible story. [Read More]

Duskshade
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Duskshade

by Madison Patershuk and Ebony Dobson

Tropes: slowburn, forcedproximity, firstperson

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Ophelia’s life is anchored by the measurable laws of the universe. As a dedicated heliophysicist, she trusts what she can prove and she trusts Nick, the man she believes is her soulmate. But when an impossible fracture in reality violently tears Ophelia, Nick, and her loved ones out of the human world and plunges them into the untamed Fae realm of Fenraeis, all earthly logic shatters. Stranded in a world that shouldn't exist, Ophelia quickly realizes they aren't just lost. They are being hunted. The Crownless, a terrifying and relentless entity, doesn't want her dead; he wants her caged. He intends to enslave Phee to siphon the elusive, ancient power awakening in her blood. It is a dormant, near-endless well of magic that hasn't been seen in an age, and this scientist has no idea how to control it. Desperate to keep the people she loves alive, Ophelia must become the warrior she was never meant to be. To survive, she is forced into an uneasy alliance with Kane—the ruthless, infuriating High King who might be just as dangerous as the monsters hunting them. As her impossible abilities rise to the surface, Ophelia realizes her arrival in Fenraeis wasn't an accident. She doesn't believe in destiny, but to keep her power out of the hands of a monster and to save those she loves, she must forge her own. [Read More]

The Control Room - Part 1 - Speculative romantic thriller
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The Control Room - Part 1 - Speculative romantic thriller

by Miriam Khan

Tropes: firstperson, dualpov, trauma

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A little Romeo and Juliet a little Total Recall/Matrix, completely hooked. Aria and Caine come from feuding failes that are fighting for control could they really love each other with so much between them? Part one ends on a clif hanger guess I'll have to read part 2 to find out. April - Amazon reviewer. FIVE STARS. He had planned the perfect revenge—until she came and changed the rules. An encounter with an intriguing stranger on the train leaves nurse Aria Travinni with blood on her hands and in a world she never knew existed. Her wealthy Italian family has always kept dark secrets, but could murder be one of them? As unsettling events begin to unfold, she is forced to question everything she's ever known. Caine Savino has been tracking the Travinni family for years, driven by a single purpose: to avenge the brutal deaths of his parents. Careful, patient, and relentless, he has studied their every move. Their daughter Aria navigates the world without security or suspicion. She should be the perfect target. Boarding the night train, he takes his chance. Only she isn't what he expected. The tables turn, and the hunter becomes the hunted. Because someone—or something—has been watching all along, and has sinister plans for the both of them. The Control Room is a speculative romantic thriller that will pull readers into a world where revenge turns to obsession and destiny refuses to be ignored. [Read More]