Must-Read Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels | January 2021

07 Jan 2021

Must-Read Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels | January 2021

Have you been searching high and low to find your next favorite science fiction and fantasy novel? Don’t miss our latest must-read book recommendations from Marti Ward, Marcus Abshire, Philip Nolen, Claire Contreras, Arwen Paris, and G J Ogden. Enjoy your new books and happy reading!

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Moraturi Ring: Paradisi Chronicles

by Marti Ward

Release Date: January 4, 2021

The third book in the Lost Mission Series by Marti Ward… SS Moraturi is a Lunar Earth Transfer Orbiter that is taking two cryoholds full of colonists to New Eden, an earth-like planet in the Paradisi system, 2.5 million light-years from Earth in the Andromeda galaxy. Eva’s problem is that the trip that was to take one year is now going to take decades – their emergency supplies were based on 200% of expected needs for just 16 crew members with the 500 passengers in cryo, and the cryotechnology can’t keep them alive for even a decade at a stretch.

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Dark Burn

by Marcus Abshire

Release Date: December 25, 2020

The first book in the Ways of the Warlock Series by Marcus Ashire… My name is Jakobus Shaw and all I want is to be left the hell alone. Once upon a time, I was a warlock. I killed, I tortured, I did all kinds of horrible things for more power, for more control, but I have tried hard to put that all behind me. Now, someone just framed me for murder. A coven of white witches thinks I killed one of their own and they want their pound of flesh. My past is coming back to haunt me and there isn’t a damn thing I can do to stop it.

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Quantum Surge

by Philip Nolen

Release Date: December 5, 2020

“New military science fiction with both the physics and the history meticulously worked out in interesting ways.” The first book in The Jankin Decatur Series by Philip Nolen… It was the time of the fabled First Colonies. It was humanity’s first steps beyond the star of our origin. It was the beginning of a period of great galactic expansion brought on by the discovery of the most minuscule particle in the universe. It was an age that so tried the soul of humankind as to have nearly brought Homo sapiens to an end.

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Fables & Other Lies

by Claire Contreras

Release Date: December 20, 2020

“It is hands down one the most refreshing, magical, intense, twisty reads of 2020!” The new novel from New York Times Bestselling Author Claire Contreras… Do you believe in curses? I never did. Not until that fated night, six years ago, when I sat in The Devil’s Chair and made a wish. Not until it came true. Not until I met River Caliban himself, heir to a fortune of curses. My fated sworn enemy.

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Relic Bounty

by Arwen Paris

Release Date: December 30, 2020

Bounty hunter Janis Torzen finally has a chance to free himself from his indentured servitude to the mob. The brutal weather on planet Urrak is as unforgiving as the mob boss Janis works for, so of course a sudden sandstorm upsets his best laid plans. To make things worse, the courier, Everell, turns out to be a beautiful, smart-mouthed archeologist who has her own plans for the money. Unfortunately, powerful people will kill to possess the relic Everell carries—everyone from government officials to the social elite, and they will stop at nothing to get it.

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Star Scavenger: The Complete Series Books 1-5

by G J Ogden

Release Date: January 8, 2021

“I have never sat down and read 5 books so quickly. As a matter of fact, I very seldom finish a series of books.” The complete Star Scavenger series from bestselling author G J Ogden. The set includes: Guardian Outcast, Orion Rises, Goliath Emerges, Union’s End, and The Last Revocater.

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