The Perfect Thrilling Fiction Books for that Father Figure in your Life
Indulge your sense of adventure and unlock your imagination with this collection of captivating books. Whether you're seeking intergalactic escapades, pulse-pounding espionage, or mind-bending cosmic odysseys, these titles promise to take you on thrilling and unforgettable journeys through worlds both familiar and extraordinary. Get ready to be swept away into enthralling narratives that will leave you yearning for more.
Beneath a Pale Sky
by Philip Fracassi - Malerman, Josh
Beneath a Pale Sky collects eight stories of horror, including two original novellettes, that will take you from the high-security ward of a mental hospital to the top of a Ferris Wheel on an ocean pier. These stories will bury you in the rubble of an earthquake, pull back the veil on a soul's journey into the afterlife, and turn a small midwestern town into the secret domain of cross-dimensional gods.
Combining old-school horror with the modern weird, Philip Fracassi will take you places you've never been before, and show you sights you won't soon forget.The supernatural intrudes upon a wedding; a pier becomes the site of tragedy; a collapsed building is only the start of the nightmare for those trapped in the ruins; a scientist who makes the discovery of a lifetime, only to find out that what he's unearthed has dire consequences not only for himself, but for all of mankind.
Create Destruction: Phase I
by Ryan Kovacs
LITERARY TITAN BOOK AWARD WINNER 2022
Doctor Larson is a maniacal genius bent on harnessing the parapsychic powers of Thomas, a 12-year-old boy. Using a "thought terminating process," Larson employs trigger words that catalyze Thomas' abilities so he can use them for his own evil purposes. But as those powers grow, Thomas finds himself slowly stripped of choice and all self-control while treading a path of total annihilation. Will Larson succeed, or will he be forced to watch as the boy is fully consumed by his own conflagration?
Heliopause: The Questrison Saga: Book One
by J Dianne Dotson
Flashes of light. An unseen menace. Messages from the void. Secrets at the edge of the solar system that threaten to destroy the future.
Mandira Research Station beckons at the heliopause--the brink of interstellar space. After Forster sees flashes outside that no one else can, the captain of an incoming ship is attacked by an invisible foe. Forster and his enigmatic coworker Efron search for a missing daughter who might be the cause of it all. Can the team stop the force from taking over Mandira, and the entire solar system?
The Stars Are My Salvation: The Reason
by Stephen Langford
When humanity first began to explore the stars, Kris Galloway signed up enthusiastically, excited to transform his lifelong hopes and dreams into something more. But as exploration fanned across the galaxy, Kris could never have imagined that humanity would behave so dreadfully to the sentient life it encountered - actions which did not go unnoticed by the galaxy's oldest and most formidable race: the Citaris. Angered and disgusted by what they witnessed, the Citaris declared war on the human race to stop its wicked ways.
The Stars Are My Salvation is the debut science fiction novel by Hollywood veteran screenwriter, Stephen Langford. The first book in an exciting new series, fans seeking intergalactic adventures, unlikely heroes, thought-provoking political discourse, alien agendas, and secret agent missions, will find all of this and more within.
Legionnaire
by Jason Anspach - Nick Cole
A hostile force ambushes Victory Company during a reconnaissance-in-force deep inside enemy territory. Stranded behind enemy lines, a sergeant must lead a band of survivors against merciless insurgents on a deadly alien world somewhere along the galaxy's edge. With no room for error, the Republic's elite fighting force must struggle to survive under siege while waiting on a rescue that might never come.
When you think you've surrounded the Legion... you've just made your last mistake.
Blind Eye
by Martha Burns
"This bruising story is less a murder mystery than an unflinching look at a culture and community." - Kirkus Reviews
“What does a boy do when things go bad at home? Who does he tell when things grow worse? Leeland didn't tell anyone--or did he? BLIND EYE tells the story of Leeland's life on a remote ranch in New Mexico. No one paid attention to what he couldn't say. Would you have listened?” - Candace Simar, Spur Award-winning author of The Abercrombie Trail Series
At the Bounty Canyon Ranch in Southeastern New Mexico, the bodies of Luke and Deona Pruitt are buried in a manure pit and their 14-year-old son Leeland Pruitt is missing.
Deputy Sheriff Greenwood is called out to investigate the missing Pruitt family and discovers the grim scene. Leeland's brutal upbringing was an open secret overlooked by neighbors and teachers for years. The community turned a blind eye as Leeland was moved by his cruel father from one remote ranch to another. And so, Deputy Greenwood begins a twenty-four-hour hunt to find and save the boy suspected of murdering his parents.
Hell on High
by Michael Clark - MJ Pankey - Mateus Roberts
“Clark's much-anticipated follow-up to his Dead Man series sweeps readers into the tumultuous path of Juliana, a tough-as-nails heroine for the ages. Spanning multiple countries and all terrains, Juliana's journey takes the reader to the mouth of madness, and the furthest reaches of human endurance. A thrilling story of heart, horror and perseverance - not to be missed.” -Laurel Hightower, author of Every Woman Knows This: A Horror Collection and Crossroads
Prepare for adventure as Juliana, a nineteen-year-old Brazilian, finds herself forced to run from an occult overlord, leaving her sister in peril. Temporarily safe, Juliana works to save money for Vilma's rescue-and along the way, meets Patrick, a rich-boy mountain climber with friends in high places.
Angus Addison wants to see his corporate flag on the summit of Mount Everest-carried there by the first woman in history-but the Himalayas are no joke. Failure could cost both sisters their lives.
Wardenclyffe
by F Paul Wilson
On the night of July 15, 1903, Nikola Tesla powered up his 190-foot tower in Wardenclyffe on Long Island's north shore. The bolts of energy radiating from the apical dome were visible as far away as New Haven, Connecticut. This was the first and last time anyone would witness such a display. Three years later, broke and unable to secure further funding, Tesla abandoned the Wardenclyffe tower and his dream of worldwide wireless power. He returned to Manhattan where he promptly suffered a nervous breakdown.
But new evidence has surfaced that a shadowy fraternal order stepped in and provided generous funding after J. P. Morgan reneged. Witnesses state that testing of the tower continued but only on foggy days when the discharges would not be noticed. The final test took place on April 18, 1906. Around dawn, in heavy fog, the tower was charged to maximum capacity; across the Atlantic, in Abereiddy, Wales, two copper prongs attached to a 50-watt lightbulb were thrust into the ground. The bulb lit. Tesla had proved that worldwide wireless power was possible.
Dead Heat to Destiny: Three Lives and a Spy
by J B Rivard
It's the early 20th century. Belgian beauty Adrienne Boch pursues her dream, a career in the booming world of fashion. Cousin Gregor Steiner attends the officer academy of the Imperial German Navy. Will Marra, an American studying in Paris, meets and falls in love with Adrienne.
World War One begins. German troops invade Belgium, causing Adrienne's family to flee to Paris. Gregor, haunted at sea by the sight of hundreds of sailors dying in the sinking of a German cruiser, is selected to captain a U-boat.
Anterior Skies, Vol 1: A Genre-Bending Anthology of the Weird and Cosmic
by C F Page
Anterior Skies -- paying homage to such pioneers as H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, and Thomas Ligotti, as well as other associated writer -- is an anthology of the weird and cosmic. You'll find horror, science fiction, and fantasy; uncategorizable, genre-bending abominations; poetry; and other, stranger hybrid works.
Including stories and poems by Heath Mensher, Pedro Iniguez, Godwyn, Marcus Hawke, Derek Austin Johnson, Chelsea Pumpkins, Aaron Beardsell, Andy Gehlsen, Samuel M. Hallam, J.A. Sullivan, A.W. Mason, L. Acadia, Kay Hanifen, Solomon Forse, Kurt Newton, M. Halstead, W. Oliver Hunt, Aleco Julius, Jasmine De La Paz, Kyle Stück, Elaine Pascale, H. W. Taylor, Nathaniel Weber, Alice Austin, Luciano Marano, Richard Beauchamp, Maria Barnes, and Katherine Quevedo.
If you're looking for a gift to impress the important men in your life, consider these works of fiction. These books will transport them to new worlds and keep them engaged with each page turn. They offer more than just entertainment; they also provide new perspectives and ideas. So, go ahead and dive into these thrilling adventures and let your creativity run wild. You never know what valuable lessons you might discover.