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An Unbreakable World

Solaris

If something seems too good to be real, you’ve got to get out of there.

Two strangers. One con. More secrets than they bargained for.

That's the rule that Page Found has always followed. She’s a petty thief with no memory of her past, scrounging to survive on a backwater outpost – until she's kidnapped by one of her marks.

Her kidnappers – the cruel, self-serving Zhak and the tough maverick Maelle – plan to pass Page off as a monk from an ancient, isolated planet to help them capture a treasure-filled ship. If Page is willing to play along, they all stand to become richer than they can imagine.

Everyone is keeping secrets, and Maelle finds her loyalties conflicted as she gets closer to their captive. Page can’t remember the last time she counted on anyone. But to navigate this deception, she and Maelle will have to trust each other to survive.

Publication is set for September '25.

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The Legend Liminal

Stars and Sabers Publishing

Ren Hutchings's THE LEGEND LIMINAL is an upmarket speculative novella in which three siblings and their best friend set out on a cross-country road trip only to fall out of reality and into an empty world where they must navigate their relationships, miles of deserted highway, and the possibility they might never return home.

With the undercurrent of strangeness and timeslips as in Donnie Darko, the navigating of relationships through the multiverse as in Nino Cipri’s Finna, and the unsettling tone and liminality of a Murakami-esque setting, THE LEGEND LIMINAL is a story about grief, hope, and reconciliation, and the way we find lifelines in each other when we can't break free of the spiral of the past.

Publication is scheduled for September '25.

Under Fortunate Stars

Solaris

Longlisted for the BSFA Award for Best Novel

Two Ships. One Chance To Save The Future.

Fleeing the final days of the generations-long war with the alien Felen, smuggler Jereth Keeven's freighter the Jonah breaks down in a strange rift in deep space, with little chance of rescue-until they encounter the research vessel Gallion, which claims to be from 152 years in the future.

The Gallion's chief engineer Uma Ozakka has always been fascinated with the past, especially the tale of the Fortunate Five, who ended the war with the Felen. When the Gallion rescues a run-down junk freighter, Ozakka is shocked to recognize the Five's legendary ship-and the Five's famed leader, Eldric Leesongronski, among the crew.

But nothing else about Leesongronski and his crewmates seems to match up with the historical record. With their ships running out of power in the rift, more than the lives of both crews may be at stake...

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