Dawn of Assassins – Jon Cronshaw

Two friends. A master assassin. One deadly choice.

Fedor and Lev are thieves…not killers.

They lead a desperate life in the tunnels of Nordturm, conning and stealing to buy their next meal.

But when an assassin recruits them against their will, they are forced into a life they do not want and cannot escape.

If they leave, they will die. But if they stay, they must kill.

Can they survive the master’s relentless evaluation?

Is loyalty stronger than the will to live?

Will their friendship last the ordeal?

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I’m the Bad Guy!?: Arrival – Kenneth Arant

What if you found yourself in another world? In someone else’s body? And not as the hero of the story, but as its villain?

Our hero wakes to find himself in the body of one of his favorite Isekai anime characters. In this new world, the hero is a once-in-a-hundred-year prodigy, a master Arcanist, and is blessed by the god of magic himself. Renowned for his battle prowess, he has an empire under his control and access to the most powerful Arcana Spirits the world has ever seen.

Sounds great, right? Well, there’s just one problem… Our hero isn’t the hero.

Our hero is the bad guy with a tragic ending.

Can our hero, armed with only his knowledge of anime and the body of twelve-year-old Aren Ulvani, turn his life around? Or will the events of the anime come to pass regardless of what he does?

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Politics Kills (White Ops #2) -Declan Finn

To fight the enemy in the shadows, Sean will put together a strike team to light up the darkness— with nukes if necessary.

They will get the job done at any cost.

They will be White Ops.

Sean Patrick Ryan’s White Ops team has taken on impossible odds and walked away unscathed. But when Earth President Douglas Wills turns Earth into a prison camp, they will fight an entire planet to save their loved ones.

Along the way, they must unite hundreds of alien races against the looming threat from another galaxy and recruit allies that can only be reached through hyperspace filled with hostile space jihadis.

War may be Hell, but politics may kill them first.

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The Legend of Randidly Ghosthound 2 – Noret Flood

The System has taken the Earth, but all is not lost.

With the advantage of the mix-up of starting in the Dungeon, Randidly has been able to found a Village for survivors to gather. With their growing forces, they’ve begun to nurture other outposts of humanity, teaching them the hard-earned lessons he paid for in blood and sweat.

Yet the tests thrown at them by the System are not yet done.

The Village’s tribulation lurks in nearby Turtletown, fleeing a direct confrontation and wearing many faces. Hordes of monsters gather, preparing to strike when they least expect it. Most worryingly, unsavory characters begin to emerge from amongst the survivors, taking advantage of the chaos to benefit themselves.

Amidst this storm, a message comes from Shal. Randidly’s teacher needs his assistance to protect the legacy of his family. With the help of Lyra Silver, he hatches a daring plan to finally catch the slippery Tribulation, once and for all.

Because even if it takes him to an alien world and requires him to trust the safety of the Village to other survivors, Randidly Ghosthound always pays his debts.

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Perry Rhodan NEO #6 – Michael Marcus Thurner and Mark A. Herren

In the distant Vega system, Perry Rhodan and his crew are trapped on a strange world that is under attack. To have any hope of saving the Ferrons, they must reach the aliens’ leader in the central city, but getting there will be a treacherous road filled with betrayal and self-sacrifice.

His crew aren’t faring much better, with teleporter Tako Kakuta leading a group that learns sanctuary in a hospital isn’t as safe as they expected. As one of their number fights for survival, the invaders find them—and reveal curious truths about their way of life.

Meanwhile, on Earth, the Fantan are still running rampant, seeking special people, things, and moments they call “Besun.” When Adams catches the attention of one of these otherworldly beings, he stages a desperate attempt to end the invasion…via a tour of the finest that Earth’s culture has to offer.

Now that humanity knows it is not alone in the universe, alien threats are coming from all directions and in forms no one could have imagined…

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Seraphim (War Angel #3) – David Hallquist

A Fight to the Finish!

With the inner planets out of the fight, the final showdown between the two giants of the solar system—Jupiter and Saturn—is imminent.

The sinister Saturnine Union is on its way to conquer the free people of Neptune. If they succeed, they will have the power to take over the whole solar system. Only the Jovian Republic Navy—and their War Angels—stand in their way.

Commander Michael Vance will need all the help he can get. His Angel Wing is filled with new pilots, using the innovative, yet unpredictable, Seraphim exo-frames, based on an experimental carrier. Rushed out to stop Saturn before it’s too late, even the Seraphim AIs, working in tandem with their pilots, can’t calculate whether their strength and courage will be enough to stem Saturn’s irresistible fleets.

The war with Saturn will rage across the outer planets, and even to the mighty ringed fortress-world and the unknowable Saturnine Undermind.

And the solar system will never be the same.

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Shadow and Smoke (Moonsong #3) – David V. Stewart

Having slipped the nooses of their pursuers in Tyrant’s Gallow, Charlotte and Rone are at last in sight of their goal as they approach Golice, but things are not as they were in the ancient city of the Wolf God.

Fear of a new plague has stopped all entry to Big Johnny’s home port, and the city is paralyzed by the dictates of an inquisitor who is none other than the high priest of the cult of Nostera. To penetrate the blockade, they must all rely on the skills of an unwanted passenger – Mineo Gordino, a scoundrel, smuggler, and debtor from Tyrant’s Gallow.

Secretly entering the city with the former prisoner Mineo’s help, Rone finds that the criminal underbelly of the once-familiar city has changed radically, and he is devoid of connections. And so, he and Charlotte must find their way through the shadows of the underworld among thieves, assassins, and opium dealers to secure the final path home.

But of course, wicked elements bring wicked ends, and nothing is quite so hazardous in Golice as doing business with the enigmatic Tom, the kingpin in control of all covert dealings in Golice, and yet Charlotte and Rone have no other choice…

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Tempest (Elemental Mastery #1) – D. B. King

For all his twenty-one years, Zephyr has been a cultivator of the Carefree Path and a martial artist. He always assumed he would take the vows and become a monk, but his plans are thrown to the wind when he receives a letter from the Grand Sage to attend the Schools of Elemental Magic.

Gifted with the system known as the Codex of Ascension, Zephyr intends to master the various elements in record-breaking time. Alongside two other students who bear mysteriously similar origins, his school year promises to be more than he could have ever imagined.