Explore fantasy and science fiction stories where alliances fracture, pirates and politicians clash, and ancient traditions mask dangerous truths. From psychic bounty hunters on jungle planets to cursed heroes and forbidden resurrections, these books deliver razor-sharp intrigue and adrenaline-fueled adventure. Perfect for readers craving high-stakes, genre-bending fiction.
The Politics of Fear (The Compact Cycle Book 1)
by Z. Bennett Lorimer
Release Date: July 7, 2026
Nothing strains the bonds of an alliance quite like peace and prosperity. If you crave space opera with razor-sharp intrigue, The Politics of Fear delivers. Flamboyant pirates, corrupt politicians, psychic bounty hunters, and a mysterious fugitive collide on a jungle planet, where survival means outsmarting not just enemies, but fear itself.
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A is for Abduction (The ABCs of Alien Abduction)
by Honey Phillips
Release Date: July 2, 2026
Elementary school teacher Emma Carter never expected aliens to be real. She definitely never expected to find herself on the run with a dangerously attractive smuggler and a mysterious infant sought by some of the most dangerous beings in the galaxy.
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Pike’s Progress (Lieutenant Commander Pike Book 3)
by John Spearman
Release Date: June 16, 2026
After years in exile running a freight business, legendary hero Alexander “Sandy” Pike has returned to the uniform he never thought he’d wear again. But this isn’t the navy he left. Tasked as the Commodore of Battle Group Omega, Pike is handed the keys to the PAS Audacious.
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Hunted by the Fae King’s Shadow
by Shaylin Gandhi
Release Date: June 18, 2026
Sariah is the perfect Aethrolian princess: pious, pure, and obedient. She prays to her goddess, keeps herself chaste, and above all, despises the heathen fae. The Claiming is supposed to be a formality—a two-hundred-year-old tradition that allows the fae king to choose a human bride. Thankfully, he never has. And once he rejects Sariah, she can fulfill her dreams of joining the priesthood.
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Tangled Bonds (Shadow Gods Book 1)
by McKenzie Hunter
Release Date: July 13, 2026
The curse that should have killed me bound me to a Shadow God. I’ve spent years keeping the city’s most powerful vampire houses from tearing each other apart—maintaining a fragile balance of power built on secrets that could get me killed. It makes me valuable. It also makes me a target.
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Hearts of Hellfire (The Unmaking Trilogy Book 1)
by Abe Moss
Release Date: June 16, 2026
A grieving widow smuggles her husband’s corpse beyond her city’s walls to a woman rumored to resurrect the dead—unleashing a truth that could shatter humanity’s fragile survival. This tale is not for the faint of heart.
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