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Publication Date:  November 15, 2011 Format:  Audio Genre:   Sci/fi Fantasy Narrators:  Kim Simses Publisher:  Harper Audio Length:   9 hours 12 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis "You can't touch me," I whisper. I'm lying, is what I don't tell him. He can touch me, is what I'll never tell him. But things happen when people touch me. Strange things. Bad things.  No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal, but The Reestablishment has plans for her. Plans to use her as a weapon.  But Juliette has plans of her own. After a lifetime without freedom, she's finally discovering a strength to fight back for the very first time - and to find a future with the one boy she thought she'd lost forever....

Release Date:  April 8, 2014 Publisher:  Harper Audio Format:  Audio Length:  12 hours 30 minutes Narrator:  Jennifer Ikeda Genre:  Science Fiction Romance YA Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle Synopsis:  Twin sisters Moria and Ashyn were marked at birth to become the Keeper and the Seeker of Edgewood, beginning with their sixteenth birthday. Trained in fighting and in the secret rites of the spirits, they lead an annual trip into the Forest of the Dead. There, the veil between the living world and the beyond is thinnest, and the girls pay respect to the spirits who have passed. But this year, their trip goes dreadfully wrong. With all the heart-stopping romance and action that have made her a #1  New York Times  bestselling author, and set in an unforgettably rich and dangerous world, this first epic book in the Age of Legends trilogy will appeal to Kelley Armstron...

Release Date:  January 21, 2017 Publisher:  Common Word Publishing Format:  ebook Pages:  156 pages Genre:   Religion Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis: Primal. Savage. Untamed. An alternate Earth where humans live alongside another species. When she was twelve years old, her mother was murdered—and ever since Macy Shaw had been subconsciously searching for a hero to protect the defenceless. But the hero she found was a Jelvia—a species deadly to humans. When her friend was rescued by a Jelvia, Macy used her connections as a journalist to go after the biggest story of her life. Narcifer saved a woman by merely being Jelvian—his presence striking terror in the hearts of the men who were attacking her. So when a red-headed reporter not only began asking questions about his ‘heroism’ but brazenly offered her business card, his interest was piqued. Narcifer was tracking a scientist who had been imprisoning and conducting experime...

If you want to spark new ideas for worlds, plots or characters, you want Ideas and Inspiration for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers. Medicinal corpses, the jargons of thieves and carnies, Nazi UFOs, the colonization of space and green children from nowhere are only a few of the topics covered. This sourcebook is for all writers of fantasy or science fiction--whether novels, short stories, games, or any other form of storytelling. Ideas and Inspiration for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers by James Hutchings was released March 2016 and can be purchased through:  Smashwords ,  Amazon  or  DrivethruRPG Here is an excerpt from the book: D'Aubigny, Julie Julie d'Aubigny (1673–1707), also known as Mademoiselle Maupin or La Maupin, was a French swords woman and Opera Singer. Her father trained the court pages for King Louis XIV. She learned dancing, reading, drawing, and fencing alongside the pages. She dressed as a boy from an early age. At fourteen...

Release Date: November 16, 2015 Publisher: Riptide Publishing Format: ebook (kindle) Pages: 278 pages Genre: LGBT/ Sci Fi/ Fantasy/Dystopian Buy:   Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis:  In the last surviving cities of a ruined world, the concept of “woman” has been forgotten to history. Those unfortunate enough to lack a Y chromosome live as second-class citizens in a world dominated by mascs. Ember is Y negative. He is scorned, bullied, abused by every masc he encounters, at work and at the gym. Not even his Y negative roommate cuts him any slack. He wants so desperately to be accepted as a masc that he’d rather buy black market testosterone than food. Something’s gotta give—he needs a change in his life, but has no idea how to find it. Jess is a masc with a passion for studying the recovery of their devastated world. His boyfriend is pressuring him for more commitment, and his father expects him to take over the family business. He can’t wait to get awa...

Title:   The Martian: A Novel by Andy Weir Publisher:  Random House Pages: 385 Format: ebook Genre: Sci fi / Fantasy/ high tech I received this an e-copy of this book from Blogging for Books in exchange for a fair review Synopsis:  Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old "human error" are much more likely to kill him first. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills—and a relentless, dogged refusal...

Title: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Publisher: Vintage International 288 pages Genre: Fantasy/Sci fi Synopsis: Hailsham is a British boarding school for special students. The reminiscence is told from the point of view of Kathy H., now 31, whose evocation of the sheltered estate's sunlit rolling hills, guardians, dormitories, and sports pavilions is imbued with undercurrents of muted tension and foreboding that presage a darker reality. As an adult, Kathy re-engages in lapsed friendships with classmates Ruth and Tommy, examining the details of their shared youth and revisiting with growing awareness the clues and anecdotal evidence apparent to them even as youngsters that they were different from everyone outside. Review: I couldn't put this book down. It isn't until about 1/3 of the way through this book that you start to have a glimmer of what it is really about and since I don't want to spoil it my review is going to be fairly cryptic and for that I ...