Jeff is stuck in the mundane now, drifting through aimless days and gnawing doubts. Until the moment he sees the Pale Woman—and reality shifts. Suddenly, he’s Jezz, a mercenary trapped in a savage conflict, battling swarms of alien insects on a war-torn front line.
Is he a restless young man just scraping by, or a desperate soldier risking everything for humanity’s survival? As identities collide, one question rips through his fractured psyche:
What is reality?
About Ryan Melsom
James Kinsley Photo by Max Hilton
James Kinsley was born in Norfolk in the 1970s, where he still lives with his wife and their two blind cats. Parallels is his third book; he is also the author of Playtime’s Over (Propolis) and Greyskin (Deixis Press). He also self-publishes sci-fi under the name Ray Adams (available on Kindle).
The trillionaires were powerful enough to reshape the world, but it wasn’t enough. Now they want more . . .
In a world where trillionaires assisted by powerful AIs call themselves gods, a world where miracles are engineered and secret technology is wired into the very air, James Kessler and Maree Shell stumble upon a conspiracy that defies possibility: the new gods’ plan to encode their consciousness into the world and seize control of reality itself, to literally become the gods they have so far only pretended to be.
From the world’s gleaming new AI-crafted cities to the crumbling ruins of the old ones, the two unlikely allies, one a childhood survivor of the Bad Times and the other a privileged daughter of wealth, must run a gauntlet of hostile AIs, vengeful modern-day gods, and mysterious ancient deities, desperately trying to disrupt the plans of the most powerful people who have ever lived. Nothing less than the fate of free will itself hangs in the balance.
A mind-bending cyberpunk thriller of rebellion and redemption, Gods of a New World is a visceral dive into the soul of a world on the brink.
About Ryan Melsom
Ryan Melsom
Ryan Melsom has never stopped dreaming about new ways he could get ideas out of his head and into the world. He holds a PhD in literature from Queen’s University and has long been fascinated with the interplay among culture, technology, spirituality, spaces, and human nature. Through the years, he has explored these topics through numerous creative media, including two previous works of fiction, academic writing, experimental web spaces, music projects, and a black belt in karate. He grew up in Kamloops, British Columbia, and now lives in Ottawa with his wife and two boys.
A conversation with bestselling author Lydia Sherrer about her latest collaboration with John Ringo, Behind the Veil, the third in their TransDimensional Hunter series from Baen Books.
In the world of the cutthroat augmented reality game TransDimensional Hunter, Lynn Raven must outsmart stalker fans and a rogue algorithm, forcing her to push her limits to survive and win the championship.
Truth is stranger than fiction . . . and it’ll kill you a whole lot faster.
When Lynn Raven set out to win the championship for groundbreaking augmented reality game TransDimensional Hunter, the worst she thought she’d face was sunburn, mosquito bites, and annoying spectators.
The more she plays, though, the higher the stakes become—and the stranger the obstacles she has to face.
From dodging fans-turned-stalker to managing inter-team sabotage to surviving the increasingly bizarre antics of a game algorithm that seems to have it out for her, Lynn isn’t sure how much more she can take.
And then the other shoe drops.
If Lynn has any hope of coming out alive and on top, she’ll have to up her game beyond anything she thought possible.
And even that might not be enough.
About Lydia Sherrer
Award-winning and USA Today-bestselling author of snark-filled adventures Lydia Sherrer thrives on creating stories you love to love, and hate to leave. She is the author of the bestselling Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus universe featuring multiple series, which have sold close to a million copies world-wide. Most recently she has released a Gamelit series with NYT bestselling author John Ringo described as Ender’s Game meets Pokemon Go. Book 3 in this sci-fi thriller, Behind the Veil, releases August 5th.
Lydia subsists on liberal amounts of dark chocolate and tea, and hates sleep because it keeps her from writing (though she needs it because she has kids to wrangle). Due to the tireless efforts of her game-designer husband and her feline overlords, she remains sane and even occasionally remembers to leave the house.
A conversation with award-winning writer, producer, and internationally bestselling author Jonathan Yanez about his Forsaken Mercenary books and short film.
He’s the deadliest mercenary in the galaxy… If he could only remember.
Five years earlier, Daniel Hunt woke up with nothing more than his name.
Now, his present is on a violent collision course with his past and the system’s future.
The Earth is dead. Humanity has taken to the moon and Mars to have a chance. On what’s left of Earth primal gangs war for dominance.
A rebel force will discover a weapon of unimaginable strength, and the wealthy in the galaxy will do anything to possess it.
As Daniel unravels the origin of his past he’ll realize he’s not the same weapon he once was. But does redemption exist for someone like him?
For fans of Jason Bourne and the Weapon X program, this one’s for you. Grab your hand cannon and start reading now!
About Jonathan Yanez
Award-winning Writer and Producer Jonathan Yanez is an international and USA Today Bestselling author. He has been awarded the Jack London Award for his advocacy among young artists & writers and has served as President of the California Writers Club.
His work has been adapted for the foreign market into graphic novels and film. Jonathan wrote and produced the multi-award-winning film Infinity System and Forsaken Mercenary. He has also launched a successful merchandising line around his brand, which includes everything from coffee to pajamas.
He has been featured on the front cover of Indie Author magazine and is also an owner of Bingebooks and Shelf Space SciFi.
Over the last thirteen years, Jonathan has grown a rabid fan base of followers hungry for every installment. In addition to yearly meetups, where readers fly in from all over the world.
A conversation with author, musician, screenwriter, producer and BlockChain enthusiast and promoter Scott Baldyga (aka Tboh) about his upcoming science fiction/fantasy adventure Greater Fools.
A fantasy/ sci-fi adventure novel that pulls back the curtain on the world of crypto!
In a digital universe where anything is possible…
A shy artist washed-up at 18… a ragtag team of furry and furious digital rebels… a beautiful Botter hellbent on domination… and a land where fortunes are won on merit and lost to scammers…
Hap, a scrappy raccoon NFT with nothing to lose, is born into a world he doesn’t understand.
But as he sets off to save the love of his newborn life, an unlikely fellowship of the blockchain’s most OG digital creatures forms to guide, teach, maybe even betray him:
A galaxy-skinned beauty with a sordid past, a degenerate ape with a dark secret, a rakish gecko with a lovesick spaceship, a plucky pterodactyl with a penchant for disruption, a mouthy monkey exiled from his own kind, and a brave shiba inu with the gift of bonk.
Meanwhile, in the human world, shy teenaged artist Sam is tricked by his online friends into sharing his digital art – only to become a smash hit! But when he and his mysterious new girlfriend (yes, a real girl!) buck up against the real-life Botter, they’re pulled into a scheme that puts billions of dollars and the entire crypto ecosystem in jeopardy!
Unlikely heroes, Hap and Sam are thrown into their parallel epic battles to save their lady loves – and all of crypto – but the real question is… who can they trust?
Until finally we learn… what really matters…
Is the family we make along the way!
About Scott Baldyga
Scott Baldyga/ Tboh’s first book earned a six-figure advance from a major publisher, debuted on Amazon in true crime at number one, and was featured on Howard Stern, Saturday Night Live, CBS Late Show, E! Entertainment News, a two-page spread in the New York Daily News, and a dedicated NBC News prime time special. The book went on to become an answer on Jeopardy! game show.
As a musician Scott, has appeared onstage or in studio with twelve Grammy-winning acts. His composing clients include Spike Lee, MTV, NBC, z.com, and professional theatre in New York, Los Angeles, and Kingston, Jamaica.
He has brought his award-winning indie feature films as writer/ director/ producer to major festivals.
He has worked development for the producers of blockbuster/ Academy Award-winning films including Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, Independence Day, Godzilla, and Adaptation.
He has acted on camera with or been directed by Jim Carrey, Fran Drescher, Sean Penn, and Milos Foreman.
He has rewritten pages for Disney and Walden.
He has written screenplays with producers of the Oscar-winning films Gosford Park, The Player, The Irishman, Ferrari, and Killers of the Flower Moon.
Now he writes about his jpegs and magic internet money. As he puts it, “What a time to be alive!”
