23 May 2012

SFFS 26/05/2012

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20 May 2012

Featured Publication: The Eternal Knot

The Eternal Knot - by TK Toppin

Unable to resist the lure of finding her niece, Josie picks up the crumbs of clues left behind. With her old friend and saviour, pod-hunter Quin Aguilar at her side, she seeks out Fern Betterncourt who is assumed to be sleeping for over a hundred years.

From an unlikely source, Fern’s location is discovered, and together with her husband, Josie seeks out her last link to her past. Will Fern want to be found? And will finding Fern be enough to bury the ghosts that haunt Josie? Can Josie bring herself to destroy her last remaining family in order to save herself?

Every question answered, every truth revealed. Will Josie finally rest in peace in the new future she lives in?

A scifi romance, available on amazon.com.

Further information about TK Toppin can be found here.

16 May 2012

SFFS 19/05/2012

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13 May 2012

Featured Publication: The Girls from Alcyone

The Girls from Alcyone - by Cary Caffrey

Sigrid and Suko are two girls from the impoverished and crime-infested streets of 24th century Earth. Sold into slavery to save their families from financial ruin, the girls are forced to live out their lives in service to the Kimura Corporation, a prestigious mercenary clan with a lineage stretching back long before the formation of the Federated Corporations.

Known only to Kimura, the two girls share startling secret—a rare genetic structure not found in tens of millions of other girls.

But when their secret becomes known, Sigrid and Suko quickly find themselves at the center of a struggle for power. Now, hunted by men who would seek to control them, Sigrid and Suko are forced to fight for their own survival, and for the freedom of the girls from Alcyone.

A scifi romance, available on amazon.com.

Further information about Cary Caffrey can be found here.

09 May 2012

SFFS 12/05/2012

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06 May 2012

Featured Publication: The Master Key

The Master Key - by TK Toppin

The second book in the trilogy, The Master Key spins a tale of mystery and intrigue as Josie’s life is now thrown back into her past.

All is not idyllic as Josie begins her new life in the future as wife to the world president, John Lancaster. A dangerous man from her past returns — Michael Ho — to wreck more havoc and destruction. With him, Ho brings a hostage, Margeaux, who turns out to be Josie's great-niece. He demands a trade off — a keycode for the life of her niece.

As revelations of Josie's past, three hundred years ago, begin to unfold, every question she has ever asked is answered. Together with John, and head of security, Simon, they head to the Scrap Yard, a cybernetics space station where they battle it out with Ho who is hell-bent on taking control of the world.

Can Josie save the life of her new-found niece? Will learning the truth of her past and family really be enough to put the ghosts to rest?

A scifi romance, available on amazon.com.

Further information about TK Toppin can be found here.

02 May 2012

SFFS 05/05/2012

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Instilling a Love of Science Fiction in Our Kids

Today's post is written by Cassandra Davis, author of Dremiks. This school year, I’ve taken on the task of homeschooling both of m...