Ex-Homicide Detective Frank Langer is a broken man - but he's all that stands in the way of a deadly conspiracy.

Since a mental breakdown put him on medical leave from the squad he was once hand-picked to lead, Frank spends his days drinking and chain-smoking, and his nights waking up screaming from a horrific recurring nightmare.Then one day, by chance, he stumbles on a monstrous plot to kidnap children.When he shows up at the squad with his wild story, the guys pat him on the back and tell him to go home. But after the mother of one of the missing children commits suicide, Frank stamps down his demons, and together with the dead woman's sister Rebecca, plunges into the case.He uncovers a shadowy entity lurking behind one of the richest and most powerful Pharma corporations in the world. When he finally unravels the mystery, the truth is more bizarre and deadly than he ever imagined, and telling Rebecca would put her life in danger. Soon even she comes to question his sanity.

Frank has to warn the world of the danger. But can he stay alive long enough to find someone to buy his story?

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Fifty years in space—alone.

Ethan Bryant was supposed to fall asleep on a ship leaving Earth and wake up fifty years later with his family on the planet Minea. Instead, after the ship’s caretaker—the lone human in charge of monitoring the ship’s vital systems—suddenly died, the ship’s computer locked Ethan out of his stasis chamber and gave him the job. That was five years ago. Five years of checking to make sure everything runs smoothly on a ship Ethan knows almost nothing about.

Who wouldn’t dread the years ahead? Who wouldn’t long for their once-bright future now stolen away?

Ethan is resigned to his fate until the ship suddenly wakes up another passenger: a beautiful engineer who, along with Ethan, soon discovers a horrible secret—a navigation room hidden from even the ship’s computer. The ship is not bound for Minea—but to somewhere far more dangerous.

With the ship nearing its sinister destination, Ethan soon learns he is the only one who holds the key to saving all 4,000 passengers from a highly-advanced, hostile alien race.

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Praise for Caretaker by Josi Russell:

2015 Award Finalist in 2 categories: Speculative; Best Novel by a New Author

2016 State Book Award Finalist

????? “Incredible sci-fi story!” —Jen L.

????? “This story was quite a surprise. I was unprepared for the depth of emotions this book held.” —Reader

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????? “It was all delicious. I devoured this book.” —Kindle reviewer

????? “Call it a space opera with a delicious brand of character development that keeps you looking forward to the next turn of events.” —H.K. R.

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Also By Josi RussellThe Caretaker ChroniclesBook 1: CaretakerBook 2: GuardiansBook 3: SentinelShort story: Stasis Dreams

ALTERNATE REALITY SCI-FI TECHNOTHRILLER

If you believe in the Simulation Theory that our universe is a hologram, a virtual reality, then this speculative fiction, high-octane adventure is for you!In the future, people no longer read books to learn about the past. Instead, they experience history by virtually living through the historic times like they were actually there when the monumental events played out.But the future is here and we are Learning Earth's Deathly History! Our spirits are immersed in a virtual reality built to perfectly simulate life on Earth in the early 21st century. We are here learning the cataclysmic mistakes of humankind that ultimately destroyed Earth.Part-One: The Journey Ends, sets the stage for Learning Earth's Deathly History. Our incredible reality is explained including the mighty armada of starships where our factual bodies are kept in individual life-cells.In Part-Two: Learning Earth's Deathly History, we tragically witness the horrors of World War III including the unholy post-apocalyptic nightmare that follows. The virtual reality history lesson eerily mirrors current events happening in our ideologically divided world. Maybe that is why this scenario, which cascades overnight into a full-on nuclear world war, is so believable. No other story paints such horrific suffering and disturbing post-apocalyptic scenery of the last war of humanity.In Part-Three: The Awakenings Begin, our virtual reality history lesson ends when we Dreamers are spiritually awakened only to discover we have never actually lived on Earth, nor are we anywhere near the dead planet. Even more amazing, we discover we were born and living in massive starships parked a thousand light-years from Earth. Once awakened, get ready to take an adrenaline pumping thrill ride into outer space to tour the fleet of Great Ships before arriving at Grand Cosmic Station!Learning Earth's Deathly History, is a virtual reality, post-apocalyptic, sci-fi journey unlike anything you've ever read or watched!

A journey that was a lifetime in the making….

Milton Frederick never had the chance to live out his life as a professional gamer on Earth, mainly because he was abducted by aliens. Unfortunately, he wasn’t returned home after the typical probing associated with such things to tell an unbelievable story to his friends. Instead, he was summarily killed and his consciousness was inserted into a Station Core, a giant metal egg-shaped object that could use technology to create traps, Combat Units, and other defenses to protect not just himself but those he cared about. Despite killing him and sticking his mind in what was essentially a giant computer, the aliens that went by the name “The Collective” weren’t actually a bad group of people. Ultimately, what they had done to Milton had been to save themselves from the incessant attacks of a different group of aliens called Heliothropes; sadly, he never made it to where he was supposed to end up. Rather, his Station Core ended up crash-landing on a foreign planet named Proctus, as far from The Collective as it was possible to get.However, through many difficult scenarios and by adapting to his new form, Milton was eventually able to leave Proctus with some new friends and new ships he had built with the help of his versatile drones. Now bound for Collective space to fulfill a promise to his personal AI guide, ALANNA, Milton and his crew use their trans-dimensional drive to journey there through a strange dimension that cuts down on their travel time.What they find waiting for them when they emerge is not what any of them were expecting.

Dimensional Dungeon Cores is a continuation of the Station Cores series, though it can be enjoyed without having read the previous books. This story contains LitRPG and GameLit mechanics, Dungeon Core elements including dungeon construction and defense, and optional stat tables in the form of footnotes. Contains no foul language and no harems or sexual content.