For the first newsletter of 2022, I give you the review of a short story by Leighton Dean.
Sacerdote has a mission and is willing to everything it takes to fulfilling it, no matter the consequences. If that means killing innocent people to leave no witnesses of his actions then so be it. Gods, vampires, and ghosts accompany Sacerdote in No Witness by Leighton Dean, a Western-like short story.
It’s a catchy one and I suspect Salvatore’s adventure aren’t over.
I have a feeling this is going to be a year full of books to read. Hopefully, some of them will be mine. Let's get started with some sci-fi free books with this giveaway, running from December 27th to January 31st.
Some stories are epic.
A diverse sci-fi tale of generation ships, the end of the world, and the start of a new one.
The Earth is in a state of collapse, with wars breaking out over resources and an environment pushed to the edge by human greed. Three living generation ships have been built with a combination of genetic mastery, artificial intelligence, technology, and raw materials harvested from the asteroid belt. This is the story of one of them—43 Ariadne, or Forever, as her inhabitants call her—a living world that carries the remaining hopes of humanity, and the three generations of scientists, engineers, and explorers working to colonize her. From her humble beginnings as a seedling saved from disaster to the start of her journey across the void of space toward a new home for the human race, The Stark Divide tells the tales of the world, the people who made her, and the few who will become something altogether beyond human. Humankind has just taken its first step toward the stars.
Download The Stark Divide by J. Scott Coatsworth here.
On Planet Arijog, never play games with a beast.
A superhero fantasy novella with action working from home.
When a group of tourists from the city play a mobile hunting game, it leads them to a forest in their quest for rare targets and tasty food, breaths ablazing. It was also the day Vanessa Locsolen, a professional in creative and destructive arts, worked from home. As her forest burned and her breakfast fled, she has to save what she can before it all gets destroyed. As for the touring gamers, they become the prey as Vanessa becomes: The Hangry Hunter. The Powered Personnel series explores the lives of super and non-super powered nine-to-fivers who work, live, and play in a universal market driven by capitalism.
Snatch a copy of Powered Personnel, The Hangry Hunter by K.A. Maxwell here.
And for now it's all, folks.