Science Fiction
Sci-fi, Scifi, SFF, however you write it, this is speculative and futuristic writing.
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In a school filled with hackers and thieves, how do you trust your heart? #SciFi #MMromance #RLFblog #Academy
I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of RLF, and I’m usually welcoming guests in this space. Today, it’s my turn to share a book. A Divided Heart is in the Thieves’ Guild Academy sci-fi series set in the Tarthian Empire.
A Divided Heart by Kayelle Allen
The Thieves’ Guild Academy teaches three things. Honor above profit. Skill above chance. Family above all. So when the Academy decides to turn away an alien child who’s too unruly to train, Professor Brinn Halin intercedes. Despite the warnings of his handsome ex, the Headmaster, he fosters the precocious four-year-old girl.
Academy Headmaster Kam Zavala oversees a school full of trainee thieves and hackers, and he’s used to their tricks. This latest student, a headstrong but brilliant little girl, has gone beyond a simple hack. Her work threatens to implode the ancient Academy itself. As a disaster of epic proportions unfurls, Kam must take action.
But when the child’s breach uncovers a deeper, more insidious hack, the two master thieves must work together. Is there truly honor among thieves? These two have a second chance to prove it, save the child, the Academy, and restore their newfound love.
The question is, will they trust their well-honed instincts, or follow their long-divided hearts…
Where to buy A Divided Heart
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Read the #Anthology Jewels of Darkover by Barb Caffrey et al. @BarbCaffrey edited by Deborah J Ross #RLFblog #SciFi #Fantasy
Barb, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Jewels of Darkover.
Jewels of Darkover (Darkover Anthology #20)
Genre Fantasy
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PGFor more than six decades, readers have fallen in love with Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Darkover, a “Lost Colony” world of telepaths, swordsmen, intelligent alien races, and long-buried mysteries. From the glacier-shrouded Hellers Mountains to the arid Dry Towns, the ancient realms of the Ages of Chaos, and the star-faring Terran Federation, Darkover is brimming with adventure, intrigue, and romance. Editor Deborah J Ross proudly presents this all-original collection in the finest spirit of Darkovan tales for your reading delight.
Authors include
Evey Brett, Barb Caffrey, Margaret L Carter and Leslie Roy Carter, Lillian Csernica, India and Rosemary Edghill, Leslie Fish, Shariann Lewitt, Marella Sands, Deborah Millitello, Diana L Paxson, Rhondi Salsitz
Where to buy Jewels of Darkover
Publisher Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Works Trust
Universal Buy Link https://books2read.com/u/3JnZreBarb Caffrey Social Media
Website/Blog https://elfyverse.wordpress.com/
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Fiction Furbaby: Meet Malarkey from Salt by Liz Shipton @lizshipton @RobsRescues #RLFblog #Pets #SciFi
A drunken sailor and her level-headed friend undertake a deadly voyage in Liz Shipton’s new YA dystopian romance, Salt. When Bird Howsley receives a cryptic message from her dead brother, she and best friend Sargo set off across a world submerged in water to find him.
Liz, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! We support all furbabies, real life or fictional. We want to know all about your Fiction Furbaby, but first, please tell us about Salt.
Salt by Liz Shipton
Genre YA Dystopian
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG-13What do you do with a drunken sailor when the world is under water?
Bird Howsley is a drunken sailor with a knack for making bad decisions.
Unfortunately, she lives in a brutal dystopian water world where survival depends on being a strong sailor and making smart choices.
Bird has one lifeline: her level-headed sailing teacher, Sargo Paz. He’s a second-generation immigrant working hard to prove himself, and for reasons Bird can’t fathom, he seems to like her.
But when a cryptic message from her dead brother sets Bird on a mission to find answers about her past, one reckless act puts her and Sargo in the crosshairs of a dangerous underground organization that wants them dead.
Forced to flee their hometown, they sail into the Salt—where they navigate turbulent feelings and harrowing seas, and discover that the organization they’re running from runs deeper than they know…
Meet Malarkey from Salt
Full name: Malarkey
Nickname: Lark, Larkey, Larkabout, Larkaboo, Lark-a-bark
Gender: Female
Species: Doggerel (mutt)
Physical description: 80lb monster with brown and white splotches, blue eyes, and an eyepatch
Relationship to main character: Attack dog
Relationship to the villain/antagonist: Everyone is the villain until this dog decides they are notWhere this furbaby came from: The main characters rescued her from a gods-forsaken climate refugee settlement in the middle of the Turf
What inspired you to create this character?
This story is very much based on my own life and adventures, and Malarkey is no different! She is based on my real-live dog, Aloy, who my boyfriend and I rescued about four years ago. Aloy was extremely fearful and quite aggressive when we first brought her home. But she’s come a long way! Two years ago my boyfriend and I cut ties to the land and moved onto a sailboat, and Aloy came with us! She loves life at sea and is thriving. So far, Aloy has sailed down the Pacific Coast of North America with us and currently resides on the boat with us in the Caribbean, causing trouble for monkeys!
What does the main character think about this furbaby?
When Bird (the main character) first meets Malarkey, she naively tries to rescue her, not realizing that Malarkey is aggressive and quite a handful! At one point, she tries to abandon her again, thinking she is more trouble than she’s worth. But throughout the series, Malarkey learns to trust Bird and becomes her protector, and likewise, Bird learns to care for Malarkey.
How do other characters react to or interact with this furbaby?
Malarkey is ride-or-die: you are either in the pack, or you are an enemy. So pretty much anyone who comes in contact with her can expect to get a face full of teeth – until they prove they can be trusted, then it’s 100% tail wags and tongue baths.
What does this furbaby add to the story?
She is a savage guard dog, and adds some nice comic relief in the form of dog shenanigans. She also acts as a conduit for the main character’s feelings. When Bird cannot look another character in the eye to tell them something hard, she will usually tell Malarkey instead. Malarkey also acts as a way to unify Bird and Sargo (the male main character.) Their shared love of Malarkey brings them together in book one and throughout the series.
What about this furbaby will readers like, and why?
Malarkey’s a legend in the making. She has her own voice and personality, and overall, is just a blast to have around. 100 years from now, people will be saying “Lassie who?”
Describe a humorous incident involving the animal character.
In book two, Bird and Malarkey must sail across an ocean by themselves. The first night they drop anchor, Bird tries to take Malarkey to the beach. Unfortunately, when they try to land the skiff in the surf, Bird falls out and gets mown down. Malarkey, however, remains in the skiff, perfectly dry, and drifts gently to shore with a look on her face that says, “What the hell are you doing in the water, human?”
About Aloy
This post is called Fiction Furbaby, but perhaps your own pet does not have fur. If you have a pet that has fins, wings, scales, or other features, please tell us about them here.
Which, if any of the pets in your writing are modeled after your own pets? In what way?
Malarkey is 100% my dog. In the prequel novella to the series (Scourge) there is also an orange cat named Zig Zag who is somewhat modeled after the cat I had as a child. He has unfortunately passed away now, but I’m glad I got to immortalize him in writing.
What do your pets do when you are writing?
Literally anything she can to try and stop me from writing and get me to take her for a walk.
What’s the most unusual pet you ever had?
When I was a kid I had a lot of mice, hamsters, bunnies, etc. At one point I had a rat. I named him Pantalaimon after the daemon in Golden Compass. He was black and white, cute and very smart.
Where did you find your pet?
We rescued Aloy from a dog rescue in California called GEPDA – I’ve included a link to their Facebook page at the end of this article.
What do you feed your pet?
Dog chow and (don’t tell my boyfriend) table scraps.
Where to buy Salt
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Salt-Thalassic-Book-Liz-Shipton-ebook/dp/B0BRHK64P7
Liz Shipton Social Media
Part-time author Full-time pirate
Hi! I’m Liz. I’m a freelance writer, indie author, and full-time, off-grid, live-aboard sailor. I’m currently sailing around the world with my boyfriend and my dog, turning my real-life adventures into YA Sci-Fi and Fantasy books.
My debut fiction series, Thalassic, is based on my own experience sailing from California to Panama. It’s about two friends who are forced to sail across a dangerous ocean in a post-apocalyptic, high-tech dystopia. Along the way, they fight pirates, rescue a dog, run from a shadow government, and (of course) fall in love ❤️
I love incorporating the incredible experiences, beautiful places, and fascinating people I encounter on my travels into my work. Many parts of the world are underrepresented in fiction, particularly speculative fiction, and I feel grateful to be able to explore them, both physically and in writing. In addition to exploring the world, I like to explore themes surrounding mental health, addiction, technology and climate change in my books.
When I’m not penning YA novels about the impending apocalypse, I work as a freelance content writer specializing in articles about code (I used to be a software engineer), music theory (I also used to be a musician), and off-grid living/digital nomading. On the rare occasion I’m not writing, you can find me swimming, hiking, telling my dog I love her for the bazillionth time today, or watching Taskmaster.
Website https://lizshipton.com
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Tik Tok https://tiktok.com/@lizshiptonauthorShout out to Rob’s Rescues – founded by a 9-year-old animal activist
Rob’s Rescues is a non-profit organization in Georgia helping people in need care for and feed their pets. It was founded in 2014 by a then nine-year-old boy. Rob’s Rescues is dedicated to collecting pet food for people in need to reduce shelter surrenders, and to advocating for the adoption of shelter pets. Rob writes monthly articles advocating for shelter animals in the Around About Local Media magazine publications. His column was first published in 2014. He also has pet food collection sites for people in need in the community and interviews amazing people. His interviews appear online once they are published in his column.
Rob volunteers for Pet Buddies Food Pantry, the Cherokee County Animal Shelter and Cobb County Animal Control and collects pet food for these organizations and the communities they serve. He also wants to bring attention to smaller, rural shelters. Mostly he wants to get kids to be Rob’s Rangers to teach kids that they can help shelter animals. Rob has also talked to kids in a classroom setting.
Rob’s Rescues is a Non-Profit Corporation and all donations are tax deductible.
Website http://www.robsrescues.com/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/robsrescues/
Twitter https://twitter.com/RobsRescuesShout out to GEPDA
We rescued our dog Aloy from GEPDA, a big dog non-profit rescue group in San Martin, California. They do great work rehabilitating dogs from around California and Mexico. You can find them on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/GepdaRescueUS/
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Read Portrait In Time by Barbara Donlon Bradley @barbbradley #RLFblog #SciFiRomance
Trey’s having a bad day. Someone wants to destroy his plantation. Then this woman appears spouting nonsense about being from the future. Alex wants Trey to believe her, but how can she convince him that she is from the future?
Barbara, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Portrait In Time.
Portrait In Time by Barbara Donlon Bradley
Genre SciFi Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): RTrey Dalton is having a very bad day. Someone is trying to destroy his plantation, his meddlesome aunt has decided to extend her visit and some strange woman has appeared on his doorstep ,spouting some crazy nonsense about being from the future.
Alexandra Thibodaux’s day isn’t any better. An urgent message had her race to her grandmother’s side, only to find Grams was up to something and it dealt with the old Dalton plantation. It has a painting of a woman who is her twin. When her grandmother urges her to touch it she is sent on an adventure that bring her face to face with a man who is a Neanderthal and takes her breath away.
Where to buy Portrait In Time
Publisher Satin Romance
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Portrait-Time-Barbara-Donlon-Bradley-ebook/dp/B07H81RV36
Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/portrait-in-time-barbara-donlon-bradley/1100068616?ean=9781680466591
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-portrait-in-time-1
Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/894804
Universal Buy Link https://books2read.com/u/mZXB1RBarbara Donlon Bradley Social Media
Writing for Barbara Donlon Bradley started innocently enough.
Like most, she kept diaries, journals, and wrote an occasional letter but she also
had a vivid imagination and wrote scenes and short stories adding characters to
her favorite shows and comic books. As time went on she found the passion for writing
to be a strong drive for her. Humor is also very strong in her life. No matter how
hard she tries to write something deep and dark, it will never happen. That humor
bleeds into her writing. Since she can’t beat it she has learned to use it to her
advantage. Now she lives in Tidewater, Virginia with a lots of attitude cat, her husband, and daughter.
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Read Boomtown Craze (The Backworlds Book 3) by M Pax @mpax1 #SciFi #RLFblog
In the far future, humanity settles the stars, bioengineering its descendants to survive in a harsh universe. M! Welcome to Romance Lives Forever. Tell us about your book.
Boomtown Craze (The Backworlds Book 3) by M Pax
This is the third book in the science fiction series, The Backworlds. A galactic adventure.
To realize his dream, to build Pardeep Station into a top world, a destination all Backworlders want to come to, Craze makes the best use of a weapon left behind by the Foreworlders. The dastardly technology helps him to forge advantageous trades, which improves his situation on the dusty moon.
Only days away from the grand opening of his shiny new tavern, the starway opens, bringing in a loony Backworlder intent on mucking up Craze’s carefully laid plans. Gaunt and trembling, she claims her spaceship is possessed. She also has a connection to the underworld that shakes loose the dark past of one of Craze’s closest friends. It all threatens to end his prosperity before it begins.
Meanwhile off world, Captain Talos works desperately to outwit the mercenary Jixes and lure them away from Pardeep Station’s budding prospects. With all the trading done on Pardeep’s behalf, the mind-control weapon Talos is using wears thin, and his next move may be his last.
Will it end in boom or dust?
Universal Buy Link https://books2read.com/u/ml89yB
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M Pax is author of the sci-fi series, The Backworlds, and the new adult science fiction fantasy Hetty Locklear series. A Browncoat and SG fan, she’s also slightly obsessed with Jane Austen. In the summers she docents as a star guide at Pine Mountain Observatory where the other astronomers now believe she has the most extensive collection of moon photos in existence. No fear, there will be more next summer. She lives in stunning Central Oregon with the Husband Unit and two lovely, spoiled cats.
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Surrender Love, cinnamon roll meets alpha hero Kayelle Allen #SciFi #MMromance #RLFblog
I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of RLF–and I’m usually welcoming guests in this space. Today, it’s my turn to share a book. Surrender Love is in the Antonello Brothers: Immortal sci-fi series set in the Tarthian Empire.
Surrender Love by Kayelle Allen
Being dumped broke Luc’s heart, but public humiliation crushed it. Online betting programs placed odds on how long it would take the wealthiest man in the Empire to find a new romance. He was betting on never.
As an alien working on a human world, Izzorah faced contempt and prejudice. Never mind that he was the drummer for an Empire-famous rock band, he was also undocumented, and if discovered, it guaranteed deportation to his homeworld, where he risked execution.
When Izzorah’s band signs with Luc’s company, the desire that flares between them is instant and irresistible. But resist Izzorah and Luc must. To yield means sharing secrets neither dares to reveal.
They must focus on work and forget about love. Even when their hearts beg for surrender…
Where to buy Surrender Love
Universal buy link https://books2read.com/surrender-love-immortal
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Kayelle Allen writes Sci Fi with misbehaving robots, mythic heroes, role-playing immortal gamers, and warriors who purr. She is the author of multiple books, novellas, and short stories. She’s also a US Navy veteran and has been married so long she’s tenured.
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