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    Epic Worlds and Distant Stars: Fantasy & Sci-Fi Picks For You

    AdminBy AdminSeptember 25, 2026 Books
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    Epic Worlds and Distant Stars: Fantasy & Sci-Fi Picks For You

    Explore Fantasy and Science Fiction stories where rogue AIs threaten civilization, cyborg bounty hunters face impossible choices, and legendary dragoons embark on interplanetary journeys. These new releases blend high-stakes technology with epic world-building, inviting readers into realms of AI uprising, mythic investigations, and magical battles for survival. Perfect for fans eager to escape into genre-bending adventures where heroes rise and empires fall.



    Mephisto: The Payment Is Upfront

    Mephisto: The Payment Is Upfront

    by Mich Solo

    Release Date: September 8, 2026

    Humanity has everything—and no longer wants to live. In a future of ubiquitous AIs, civilization is prosperous and dying. Retired investigator Heinrich Faust must find the cause. His search leads beyond reality, into a realm of living myths—and to Mephisto, a guide whose help could cost him everything. Can Faust save a world that may no longer want to be saved?

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    Carbon Zero (Dawn of the AI Dystopia Book 1)

    Carbon Zero (Dawn of the AI Dystopia Book 1)

    by Craig W. Stanfill

    Release Date: –

    A thrilling story of a rogue AI, brought to you by AI Pioneer Craig W. Stanfill. It was a joke, a party game gone wrong. How could Abigail have known Xerxes would bring the world to its knees in less than a day? Civilization teeters on the brink of disaster, and it is up to two courageous women to stop Xerxes before it’s too late.

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    Seraph of Immolation (Cyber Hunter Origins Book 5)

    Seraph of Immolation (Cyber Hunter Origins Book 5)

    by D. B. Goodin

    Release Date: September 15, 2026

    Treeka killed Doc Chop. It didn’t bring her sister back. Now the cyborg bounty hunter stalks Low Town with Meeka’s data core on her shoulder and a child-trafficking empire in her sights—until the White Witch, the woman who once sold her, offers an alliance. Trust her, or burn alone.

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    The Last Harbinger

    The Last Harbinger

    by Jeff Wheeler

    Release Date: September 1, 2026

    Hastings Creigh is a rake, gambler, and spendthrift. He’s also the best dragoon in the Muirwood military, and with mounting tensions between kingdoms, he’s appointed as the bodyguard to a princess on an off-world journey.

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    The Doll Squad (Bureau of Cursed Objects Book 1)

    The Doll Squad (Bureau of Cursed Objects Book 1)

    by Hailey Edwards

    Release Date: September 14, 2026

    Danger in the line of duty is a given, but Officer Samantha Tiegs always figured her death would come in the form of a heart attack in her golden years after a lifetime of researching the age-old question—“Can it be fried?” Sadly, death has less delicious plans in store for her.

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    Salt in the Wound (Rengara Book 1)

    Salt in the Wound (Rengara Book 1)

    by Atlas Jones

    Release Date: August 1, 2026

    Indrie has spent five years keeping a dying king alive, and all it’s earned him is bruises. So when Rengaran barbarians storm the castle and Indrie is handed over to their king as a parting gift, he doesn’t fight it. He clutches his healer’s satchel to his chest and braces himself for a new kind of cruelty.

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