Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Best Science Fiction Books of February 2016

Here's the best new science fiction books released in February 2016!


Morning Star (Read Dawn 3) by Pierce Brown

Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back. Risking everything to transform himself and breach Gold society, Darrow has battled to survive the cutthroat rivalries that breed Society’s mightiest warriors, climbed the ranks, and waited patiently to unleash the revolution that will tear the hierarchy apart from within. Finally, the time has come.





Avenging Home (The Survivalists 7) by Angrey American 

With the bombing at the market and wounding of his daughter Taylor, it became all too clear to Morgan that he was once again in a fight for the lives of those that matter most to him. Sadly, he has lived in a vacuum with little information about the outside world. But now he’s found a source, but is it valid? Or is it simply propaganda? News and information can be powerful tools; but they must always be taken in context to make an educated decision. And the challenge is that there’s only one source. When you have to make decisions that mean the difference between life and death, the becomes even more critical.



Arcadia by Iain Pears

In 1960s Oxford, Professor Henry Lytten is attempting to write a fantasy novel that forgoes the magic of his predecessors. He finds an unlikely confidante in his quick-witted, inquisitive young neighbor Rosie. One day, while chasing Lytten’s cat, Rosie encounters a doorway in his cellar. She steps through and finds herself in an idyllic, pastoral land where Storytellers are revered above all others. There she meets a young man who is about to embark on a quest of his own—and may be the one chance Rosie has of returning home. These breathtaking adventures ultimately intertwine with the story of an eccentric psychomathematician whose breakthrough discovery will affect all of these different lives and worlds.


Station Breaker by Andrew Mayne

If space doesn't kill him, Earth will.  Astronaut David Dixon's first mission to space goes horribly awry when a gun fight breaks out on a Russian space station. He finds himself making an emergency landing from orbit and becomes the most wanted man on Earth. Desperate to unravel the plot he’s found himself in, he takes his pursuers on a wild chase from space to the backstreets of Rio and beyond. Dixon’s survival relies on his skills as a pilot and willingness to do whatever it takes, from crashing a passenger jet into the Mexican desert to pulling off an incredible heist in Low Earth Orbit.


A Dark Chance by Emilio Mauro

The year is 2032. For the past five years, under the name of Michael Miller, a assassin from another world has tried to escape the ghosts of his past and lead a normal life. Working alone as a humble street sweeper, his nights remain sleepless due to his nightmarish memories and crippling guilt. When Union agents begin to investigate into a assassination plot to kill Earth's leader, they discover that Michael is connected to the terrorist plot. In hot pursuit of Michael, he goes on the run. But these events foretell a bigger problem; an invasion is coming to Earth and Muir may just be the gatekeeper.


Extinction End (Extinction Cycle 5) by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

Seven weeks have passed since the Hemorrhage Virus. The remnants of the United States military have regrouped and relocated Central Command to the George Washington Carrier Strike Group. With his home gone and his friends kidnapped, Master Sergeant Reed Beckham and his remaining men must take drastic measures to save what's left of the human race. But not everyone at Central Command has the same plan for victory. As the Variants continue to evolve, only a handful of heroes stand between the creatures and mankind's total extinction. One way or another, the battle for the United States of America ends here.

Ex-Isle: A Novel by Peter Clines 

It’s been years since the tidal wave of ex-humans washed over the world. Since then, the community known as the Mount has been the last known outpost of safety, sanity, and freedom left to humanity. But survival still balances on a razor’s edge—and after a disaster decimates the town’s food supply, the heroes must make a risky gamble to keep its citizens from starving.  And then news arrives of a strange, man-made island in the middle of the Pacific populated by people who seem to be farming, raising children, living—people who, like the heroes, have somehow managed to keep the spark of civilization alive. Paying this place a visit should be a simple goodwill mission, but the cost of their good intentions is dangerously high.