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After more than three-thousand years, Tag and Danielle decide to return to the Stars Realm to see what’s happened in their absence. They arrive to find that the Realm has changed radically from what it once was and the changes are not a good thing. Now they are facing off with the current rulers of the Realm, only to discover that the Realm will use the advanced warships in Algean Fleets to attack if they try to impose their will on the Realm. And if this isn’t enough, Tag and Danielle discover the Realm’s Universe is in danger from an alien species that will be arriving soon. A creational crisis is coming and the Gardners are going to turn their backs on everything they built thousands of years ago. They realize the Realm has Lost its soul as well as its Royalty.From the international bestselling author, Saxon Andrew, comes the next saga in the Annihilation Series. Meet old and new friends that will keep you on the edge of your seat wondering what is going to happen. One thing is certain, the Stars Realm is going to die and there’s nothing Tag and Danielle can do to stop it.Excerpt from Lost Royalty:“Queen Danielle no longer rules the Stars Realm. I take my instructions from the lawful rulers there,” the Algean Senior Elder sneered.Seedel looked at Danielle, while Sprigly spoke to the Elder, “The Algeans on the planet are torn on this issue. They are struggling with giving up the right to defend those that were brought here.”Danielle sighed, “So once again they put those civilizations ahead of their oaths.”Seedel hung her branches, “It appears they do.”Danielle eyebrows lowered, “Sprigly, send my thoughts so everyone on the planet can hear.” Sprigly nodded. Danielle’s eyes narrowed as she thought, “This is the second time you have placed the civilizations in your galaxy ahead of everything including the oath that was made to me.”The Great Elder hesitated and then said, “Your Majesty, when you forced us to make that oath there was a threat facing us. The current rulers of the Stars Realm have removed the oath and you have no threat to force us do your bidding now.”“Have I ever done anything but protect you in the past?”“That was long ago.”“Answer the question.”“No.”And you refuse to do as I want?”“We will not give up the defense of those that were brought here thousands of years ago.”“Then I am forced to tell you that my oath to defend you is no longer valid. You and the current Realm are no longer under my protection.”The Senior Elder sneered, “And you think that carries any weight?”“You will see and next time you come to me begging to protect your galaxy, you will be ignored.” Danielle looked up, “Alex, get us out of here.”The Great Elder thought, “What are you talking about?” But his question was greeted by silence. He asked again but heard nothing in response. What did the former Queen mean by her comment?Lost Royalty takes off fast and picks up speed. Go back to the Stars Realm and hang on for a good romp into intergalactic war, as the former King and Queen of the Realm are faced with an enemy they cannot defeat.

From the International Bestselling Author, Saxon Andrew, comes the final book in the Lens of Time-Star Rover Series, Chosen to Die. The war with the Servants ended eighteen years ago and the Union has, on the surface, been at peace. The probes sent to spy on the Union by the Blue Ships have not seen anything that would represent an issue for them. However, they’ve decided that it is unacceptable for another advanced civilization to know where they live. A new wave of probes in launched to set up the coming invasion to destroy the civilized planets in the Milky Way. There are two things the invaders don’t know. The Union knew about their probes the moment they arrived seventeen years earlier and has been preparing for the eventuality of an attack. What neither of them know is that the Invaders also have invisible probes in their own galaxy planning for an invasion by a massive force that has chosen them as its next conquest. Things get out our hand quickly and it becomes difficult to determine who the real enemy is and who is chosen to die.Excerpt from; Chosen to DieGibbs arrived on the Wellington and was led to the bridge. Angel saw the Senior Fleet Admiral enter and she said, “Bridge Crew, Attennnnshun.” The crew came to attention and Angel saluted. Gibbs returned her salute and said, “As you were.” He stared at Angel and swore he was looking at a younger Gresha. If this child of theirs possessed just a tiny fraction of their abilities…he was not going to lose her due to technicalities. “Captain, I understand you have modified the weapon systems on the Union’s most modern Battleship?”Suddenly, the alarm klaxons began blaring; the ship suddenly accelerated and made a sharp dive. Angel pulled her helmet visor down and jumped into her command chair, “Buckle in Admiral, we have six blue ships that just appeared and disrupted space around Earth.”Gibbs fought the gravity push and managed to get to one of the empty chairs on the bridge. “Get me a combat helmet!!”The jump officer reached under his console, pulled out a helmet, and tossed it to Gibbs. He caught it, activated it and heard the Executive Officer say, “All stations report in ready, Sir.” Gibbs was shocked. It took him ten seconds to manage to crawl to the chair and get a helmet. This ship was combat ready in less than fifteen seconds. He looked at Angel and heard her say to the Helmsman, “I’ve got the ship. Captain Stone, you have the weapons.”“All are active and tracking the incoming ships, Sir.”Gibbs activated the visor on the helmet and saw six large blue warships moving in toward Earth from just outside the moon’s orbit. He saw nine of the old Jukeboxes accelerate out from the moon to intercept them. The six invading ships began launching attack ships and the Jukeboxes started launching their Rovers. A massive dogfight broke out as the two groups of ships moved closer together. Gibbs looked at his tactical and saw that Arvolo’s children were moving their ships out toward the battle. “Captain, you should stop here and wait for the defense ships to handle the invaders.”Angel shook her head, “Sir, according to my computer, those old Jukeboxes are no match for the beams being fired by those six ships. My parents and all of Earth’s Senior Flag Officers are on Earth and we can’t allow those ships to get close enough to fire on the planet. They’ll be forced to use the planet’s force field and we have to avoid revealing that technology to them.” Gibbs stared at Angel and saw in his tactical display that three of the six Jukeboxes were burning in space. He looked at Angel and she said, “Sir, please let me do my job!”Gibbs saw the determination in the young woman’s eyes and he nodded, “You are clear to attack, Captain.”Lens of Time-Chosen to Die is a full length novel at 95,000 words.

First published in The New Yorker, “Solomon tells the story of Peter Lanza, the father of Adam Lanza, the Sandy Hook Elementary shooter. Read it—it’s moving, brave and just profoundly human and sad....There aren’t any answers. And that’s what makes this all so impossible, and Solomon’s journalism so essential” (Salon.com). “Both parents loved Adam. Neither parent imagined or wanted their child’s horrific end. This is why what Peter Lanza did by sharing his story with Andrew Solomon is so important. Lanza’s story fills important gaps in our understanding of how a beloved child became a killer—and reminds us as a society that we have an obligation to help families and children before they find themselves on irreversible paths of violence” (Time).

From Saxon Andrew comes the fifth book in The Fight for Britannia Series. Eighteen years have passed since the Core Civilization was defeated; New Britannia and the Colonies are flourishing and their populations growing. Grady decides that it's time to go home to Britannia. The planet has recovered from the damage done by the Core Alien's attack and is ready to be resettled. The Henricks children will be graduating in a few months and there's nothing standing in the way of them going back home to the planet they were born and raised on. Thousands of the Britannia survivors will join them in the Home Coming.However, at the end of the war with the Core Civilization, Taffy neglected to share some information she was given by the scouts investigating the Stealth Civilization. It was a small omission but when it comes out, the plans for a Britannia home coming are thrown for a loop. Grady calls off the move to Britannia but sometimes going back home isn't an option. Things can have a way of forcing you to do what you planned anyway.Excerpt: The Fight for Britannia V-Home Coming“They’ve stopped firing missiles.”Justin nodded, “They’re waiting to fire them when they’re too close for you to be able to hit all of them with our blasters.”The time passed slowly but not slowly enough. “I’m detecting them powering up their missile tubes.”Justin looked at Charlotte and heard over the wall speaker, “Captain Brown, maintain your current course and speed; do not deviate from it! We have a path cleared through our formations and it’s imperative you don’t change course.”“Sir, the aliens are about to fire an overwhelming missile barrage at my ship!”“Follow your orders Captain!”Justin looked up, “Computer, maintain this course at our current speed.” He took his hands off the steering wheel. Charlotte stared at him and he said, “I can’t trust myself to not try and avoid those missiles. I can’t live with the possibility of you being harmed.” Charlotte smiled and turned back to her console. “Here they come.”

The Stars Realm has 832 new members and they are ready to go to the Galaxy of the plant creatures and attempt to stop their destrucdtion of entire planets. It is not going to be easy having to face fleets of more than a million warships with some of the largest being longer than twenty miles. This confrontation is going to be monumental. However, to wait will be fatal. The Plants will grow too large to handle and it's only a matter of time until they complete the harvesting of their galaxy and expand into others. The King and Queen have also given birth to a child and its psychic abilities are going to play a large role if the Realm is to survive. It may be that the enemy is too large to stop. With space and land battles of epic proportions, the action will keep you turning pages.

From the international bestselling author, Saxon Andrew, comes the fourth-story in the Annihilation Saga-Fight…and They Will Come. The Realm has survived the attack from the Five-Empires and have eradicated them in their home universe. There is still the problem of the surviving Red Empires, but they have been waned of the danger of attempting to find the Realm. However, the Supreme Leader of the Five-Empires told the Gardners that the Original Attacker of his species would be coming to remove them if they won the war. Now, the OAs have sent a probe to see what happened to the Five-Empires and the probability of them finding and destroying the New Stars Realm has gone up. The OA’s technology is light years more advanced than the Realm and they are merciless killers. The Realm doesn’t have warships or any weapons capable of standing up the OA warships and if the Realm is found…it will die.Galaxies are being moved to the Dark Dimension from the Realm’s universe, but there is fear that the OAs possess a dimensional drive. Tag decides the OAs must be scouted to determine what the Realm is up against. But entering their space could lead to the Realm’s discovery. The Realm’s in dire danger and things are looking grim, but a young man has appeared that can possibly make a difference, but time is running out. With impenetrable force fields and warriors that can withstand a direct nuclear blast the OAs appear unbeatable. The Realm is going to need help and asks other civilizations to enter the fight with the Realm. Danielle is convinced that if the Realm fights…they will come.The action starts fast and picks up speed as the New Stars Realm faces the most dangerous species to ever endanger it. Fight and They Will Come is a full-length novel at 97,000 words. Sit back, buckle in, and go back to the Annihilation Universe as the Realm fights for survival.Excerpt: Annihilation Saga IV-Fight…and They Will Come “I’ve sent a coordinate to your armor’s teleport systems and if I tell you to BITE the teleport pad, DON’T WAIT!“YES, SARGENT!” the squad responded.“Mark, you are on the point and can also issue the bite order if you detect something coming at us from in front of the squad.”“I’ll keep us out of trouble, Sargent.”“We’re depending on you, Mark!” Susan looked at the coordinates her squad was assigned and announced, “Teleport in thirty-seconds. Get in formation and move out immediately upon arrival.” Susan watched the countdown and then…her squad was inside the outer edge of the deserted city and moving quickly away from their point of arrival.Susan looked behind her squad and saw that some of the other squads around her were being attacked by platters coming out of the pavement under them. She ordered her squad to pick up the pace and they moved out ahead of the rest of Bravo Company. She saw the seismic sensor needle start moving on her faceplate out of the corner of her eye and shouted, “SPLIT!!”She went with the four-warriors to the left and Mark joined the four on the right. Suddenly, the street between the two-groups collapsed and platters rushed up out of the street. The even-numbered warrior faced the building on each side of the squad went to a kneeling position as they raised their Mag-Guns. Susan fired into the charging platters coming out of the street and, thank the one that constructed the Mag-Guns, they went to full-automatic and the charging, green platters were being blown back into the hole in the street. Suddenly, the warriors facing the buildings opened fire and Susan split her attention between the street and the buildings. The mass of huge green discs grew in numbers and Susan shouted, BITE!” The squad disappeared as a huge wave of platters rushed through their former position.Contact me at Saxon Andrew.com or at saxonandrewsuniverse@facebook.com

On the first night the Circus Basilisk spends outside the Northern England town of Kirkholme, aspiring tightwire performer Flynn Oakley finds out just how easily his hard-earned and well-balanced world can fall apart. Falsely accused of a monstrous crime and forced to flee from his adoptive home, Flynn becomes the first person to run away from the circus.Finding himself hunted by a devious cabal formed by the candy butcher, a family of aerialists called The Flying Gremaldis and the sinister, crow-like Raffen, Flynn has to trust in unlikely alliances to try and save the only place he has ever called home.And even though he has found shelter inside a subterranean network of tunnels and caverns under the nearby Bleaks – a desolate high moor on the other side of the fell that looms over the circus camp – something else also inhabits this netherworld, and Flynn is yet to discover if it is friend or foe.

From the International Bestselling Author, Saxon Andrew, comes the third book in the Fight for Britannia series, Fighting for Melbourne. Thousands of years ago, three colony starships launched from Earth to escape a powerful dictator and an impending nuclear war. Each starship found a habitable planet to settle and build a new free world for their colonists. However, the colonies Britannia and America were attacked and overpowered by advanced alien civilizations after thousands of years of peace. Fortunately, the third colony, Melbourne, managed to save some of the survivors hiding in the wilderness on Britannia before the planet was blasted from space. The population of America was later saved and taken to Melbourne during an elaborate plan that led to the two alien civilizations going to war. Now the final surviving colony of free humans is at risk of being discovered by the alien civilizations that destroyed both Britannia and America.The only thing keeping Melbourne safe is that it remains unknown and hidden to its enemies, but the Colonies’ computers are predicting the odds of that continuing are shrinking… quickly. Transferring populations to the newly established colonies has begun but time is running out and the aliens’ warships outnumber their forces by hundreds of thousands. If Melbourne is found, saving it will be next to impossible; even attempting to save it would certainly lead to the discovery and subsequent destruction of the new colonies. Humanity is faced with an impossible decision; should the colonies step aside and watch Melbourne’s destruction or will they choose Fighting for Melbourne instead. The survival of the last free humans is at stake and this will be a hard story to put down. The twists and turns in Fighting for Melbourne will keep you on the edge of your seat until the final pages. I’m hoping you will enjoy this story enough to share it with all your Sci-Fi friends.Excerpt: Fighting for MelbourneThe High Leader turned to the Fleet Manager, “How do we communicate with them?”“I’m reasonably certain they’ve learned our language. They’re inside communication range now.”The High Leader handed the Fleet Admiral the hand communicator, “You’re the one that wants to talk with them.”The Fleet Manager nodded and set the communication panel to a wide frequency, “That’s close enough. Stop where you are, or I’ll order your vessel destroyed.”The War Leader heard the computer translated voice over the wall speakers and turned to his pilot, “Stop the ship.”The giant Planet Killer came to stop still surrounded by the three giant Fagan Fortresses. “Why have you come to our space?” The Fleet Manager asked.“My leaders have sent me here to clear up an issue that has confused us.”“Why would we be interested in clearing up one of your issues? We’re at war with you,” the Fleet Manager replied.“I told them the effort was probably worthless, but they still ordered me to come and ask you a question,” The War Leader answered.The Fleet Manager looked at the High Leader and then asked, “What is your question?”“My leaders want to know why you’ve stopped sending the small white ships to attack us.”Abby stood up, “INITIATE OPERATION ZOMBIE NOW!!” Admiral Mulvaney ran out of the office and she turned to Rory, “Send a feed of this to Grady!! The cat is out of the bag and they're going to start looking for Melbourne! It's only a matter of time until they find it.

Tess Davey is flame-haired and six months shy of sixteen. Her microbiologist father calls her Wonderbear, after her favourite creatures; the microscopic but extraordinarily tough and resourceful waterbears. When her father becomes deathly ill, forcing their parents to seek treatment in Toronto, Tess and her six-year-old brother Sam are sent to stay with their independent and unconventional Aunt Sarah in a remarkable house in South Africa’s Drakensberg – the dragon mountains also known as ‘The Barrier of Spears.’But shortly after their arrival, Tess is kidnapped by a couple of unscrupulous fortune hunters, and forced to dive for treasure into a deep and secret mountain pool. And whenever she dives to the bottom the pool, she gets a powerful sense that she is not alone in the water. If Tess is to stand any chance of surviving her ordeal, she will need to have the courage and tenacity worthy of her nickname.Wonderbear is a sharp-witted thriller with a supernatural twist that is bound to satisfy young adult and adult readers alike.

A young human male orphaned by the death of his adopted father struggles to survive in a universe that offers little more than despair. He’s forced to scrub booster tubes on commercial starships to make enough coins to feed his alcohol addiction in his dirty day-to-day existence. The future looks dark and is getting darker. To make matters worse, he discovers that two very powerful forces are attempting to capture him and he has no clue why. One of them is the Venzel Dragons, who are recognized as the most deadly warriors in the known universe. The other is a secretive organization simply known as the Movement.Gregor just can’t figure out why they’re after him and remaining free is quickly disappearing as an option. He has no choice but to run and try to determine why he is being pursued across the known universe. He has no memory of his childhood or where he was born and before he can make sense of everything, he would need to go back to Earth and find out who he really is. What he finds changes his world completely and learning that his adopted father was assassinated makes him resolve to make the killers pay for their actions. But what could a filthy, alcoholic bum do against the two most powerful forces in the known universe? The answer lies on the forest world of Bellingham and according to the Cartian Database, no one has gone to that planet in more than six hundred years and lived.Gregor’s Run will keep you guessing at all the twists and turns as Gregor struggles to find himself in a universe gone insane.Excerpt: Gregor’s RunGregor looked around the gathering, “Some of ye give it a go.”A warrior standing next to Gregor shook his head, “I think it’s clear that swords will not go through that thing.”Gregor said loudly, “All of ye agree that swords are useless against this force field.” The warriors all looked at each other and nodded. “Now if that piece of wood inside the force field was holding a blaster and ye were close enough to strike the force field, ye would die. All of ye see that.” Again the warriors looked at each other and were forced to agree with Gregor. Gregor turned and said, “Now, I want the archers to move back ten yards and fire at that piece of wood like it’s an enemy coming to harm ye families. I want ye to move back in case the arrows you shoot bounce off towards ye.”Several male warriors and ten females moved back ten yards and formed a line. Ellie was one of the archers and she lifted her bow and pulled an arrow out of her quiver. The arrow flew toward the target at a speed that was difficult to see but, when it bounced off the force field, everyone saw it penetrate the canoe twenty yards further up the beach. Everyone immediately moved back another ten yards.The archers didn’t give up as easily as the swordsmen. They fired arrow after arrow at the target and arrows were ricocheting in all directions. Finally, all of them stopped firing except for Ellie. Gregor saw the anger on her face and she started screaming as each arrow failed to penetrate the force field. Gregor sighed and saw her frustration getting the better of her. She jumped and slammed her elbows down to her sides as she stamped both feet into the sand. She screamed at the top of her voice and ran toward the force field. Gregor yelled, “NO, ELLIE! STOP!!”Ellie arrived at the force field, jerked the last arrow out of her quiver, and screamed as she threw it at the wooden target. The arrow went through the force field and stuck in the center of the target. Gregor’s mouth fell open as he heard the computer say over the link, “What the hell just happened here!”Contact me at SaxonAndrewsUniverse of Facebook or directly at saxonandrew@msn.com and let me know what you think about the story.

Leonidas Piper watched from the surface of Jergan as the warship he was serving on with his best friend was blasted into rubble by John Blakely’s Pirate Fleet. That warship was all they had left after the Unity Government disbanded their mercenary legion. Now nothing remained of it but gas and debris in orbit above Jergan. Two years later fate stepped in again; Leonidas was on a commercial Starliner traveling to Kellinger when it was stopped and boarded by a crew of pirates led by John Blakely. Blakely murdered three passengers but failed to acquire the code to open the Starliner’s safe. He was forced to leave empty handed. Leonidas is approached after the attack by a young woman offering to pay him to go after and kill Blakely for the murder of two of her family members, which is exactly what Leonidas was planning all along; he owed Blakely for Mark’s death.However, things get complicated quickly when he learns the identity of this passenger, along with the contents of the wall safe. In no time at all, he and his benefactor are running for their lives and escape doesn’t look good.A Pirate’s Tale takes place in the Filament Universe and it doesn’t take long to determine that knowing who the good and bad guys are is nearly impossible. The twists and turns will keep you guessing and leave you wondering if the 'Only Solution is Retribution'.Excerpt: A Pirate’s TaleThe tall pirate turned to the man, “Serge, I need the code to open the safe.”The man raised his chin and said defiantly, “I won’t give it to you. Too many families have trusted me with their life savings and I’ll not betray them. Kill me if you must but I will not give you the code.”The pirate walked over in front of the middle aged man and shook his index finger at Serge, “Tisk, tisk! I wouldn’t be so stupid as to kill you. Then, how would I get the code.”Serge smiled, “Exactly!”The pirate suddenly pulled a dagger out of a scabbard on his belt, moved forward, and jammed it into the top of the woman’s head standing next to Serge. It penetrated all the way to the hilt and the woman fell right where she was standing without making a sound. Serge’s mouth went wide open as one of the young girls standing next to him fell to the floor on top of the dead woman wailing and sobbing. The Pirate shook his head, “Serge, Serge, Serge, why does it have to be like this? The next one to die will be one of your daughters here and if that doesn’t work, I’ll have her baby brought down from the nursery and continue this exercise. Why don’t you save me the trouble and just give me the code.”A Pirate’s Tale will keep you spinning as Leonidas travels the filaments in search of retribution against a deadly adversary. Sit back and ride the filaments as the Pirate Ship Thermopylae struggles to survive in a dangerous galaxy filled with villains and aliens beyond your wildest imagination.

From the International Bestselling Author Saxon Andrew comes his newest book Escape to Earth-Running from Fate.Living in the Fellowship meant fighting one space battle after another. Every civilization was aggressive, hostile, and impossible to live with in peace. A Welken Task Force stumbles upon a massive Myot ship building complex and every Welken Warship is destroyed in the ensuing battle before they can warn the home world of the Myot’s location. One escape pod manages to escape the battle and the Myot know it must be prevented from making it back to Welken Territory. Every Myot Warship is called in to block the escape pod from going home while thousands of trackers move in on the skip trace the pod has left in its wake. It must be found and destroyed before the locations of the Myot Construction Planets are revealed.The Escape Pod’s computer knows the chances of escape are growing smaller with each passing moment and it’s forced to make a hard decision. Landing on a primitive planet is forbidden by the most powerful species in the Milky Way but the computer knows there’s no other choice available to save its occupant and its programming dictates it must do all it can to save him. The only possible salvation is to escape to Earth and try to hide.However, no one has ever survived the fate awaiting those that violate the Sentinels’ Covenant and the Stalkers have always found their quarry. Escaping to Earth was the simple part, running from the fate stalking them was quite another. What made the task even more impossible was a Rogue Sentinel, who was working an agenda that would lead to Earth’s ultimate destruction. All the pieces were coming together and the arrival of the Escape Pod and its occupant started it moving toward completion.Excerpt from Escape to Earth“Do you seriously think they’ll send one of those new battleships to find me?”“You know the location of their major ship building planets. Your death is more important than keeping their new ship a secret.”“How are we going to avoid being found?”“I don’t know…yet. However, I don’t detect anyone inside my scanning range starting to search for us. That means they can’t see me either.”“They’ll see your trail.”“I know. I’m working on that.”After several hours he said, “Well?”“There is no possible way for me to avoid them following my trace.”“That’s reassuring. So what are you going to do?”“I’m going to break the law.”“Which one?”“The one that deals with contacting primitive planets.”He sat up straight in his chair, “You can’t be serious.”“You’re dead no matter what I do. This is the only way to extend your life a little longer. My programming forces me to do whatever is necessary to prevent your death.”“But if we land on a primitive planet, not only will the Myot Realm be after me but the real power in this galaxy will also call for my execution.”“That’s true. But they’ll have to find you to make that happen. They won’t go looking for you with a warship.”“They’ll send in stalkers if they know my location.”“That will take time and hopefully you’ll find a way to avoid detection.”“This isn’t a plan; this is suicide.”“I was updated on the latest information about the galaxy a week ago and a new primitive planet has been found that has not been assigned a Sentinel yet. I can get in and attempt to hide from him before he arrives.”“This is ludicrous.”“Ok, what do you want to do?” There was a long moment of silence and the pod said, “I thought so. You need to leave escape to the professionals.”Visit us on facebook at saxonandrewsuniverse@facebook.com or at our Website www.saxonandrewsuniverse.com