6 Fantasy & Sci-Fi Adventures to Power Your Holiday TBR

07 Dec 2025

6 Fantasy & Sci-Fi Adventures to Power Your Holiday TBR

Let the season take you somewhere new with six thrilling journeys across galaxies, timelines, and realities. These books blend bold ideas with gripping storytelling, offering the perfect escape from the ordinary.

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by Max Sor

Release Date: November 28, 2025

Confined to a wheelchair, engineer Stan creates a VR system that tricks the brain into feeling freedom. It’s his personal mission to help others. But a devastating, covert technology is activated by a close friend, turning digital glitches into global chaos. Pre-order now! This gripping Cyberpunk Thriller is $2.99 for a limited time.

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Taurus: Revenge and Retribution (Zodiac Series Book 3)

by John Wegener

Release Date: November 20, 2025

No one kidnaps my husband! When Chooli Richards discovers someone has kidnapped her husband, no one can stop her from finding him. After Alex thwarts a deal that a businessman and underworld boss demands, they kidnap him as leverage. Chooli must negotiate the Xi Böotis underworld to find Alex, leaving a trail of death and destruction along the way.

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Rogues Lie (Caldryn Parliament Book 3)

by Jenny Schwartz

Release Date: November 29, 2025

A whisper campaign threatens Vanda Kavanagh’s hard-won position as Warden of Caldryn Parliament, but are the malicious rumours a personal attack or do they mask an uglier plot? As Vanda investigates, long-hidden truths are revealed, leading her to question everything she believed about herself. In a city steeped in magic and political intrigue, who can Vanda trust?

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Test Subject

by Tami

Release Date: November 9, 2025

Cat has never been satisfied—not in her xenobiology work, and not in the bedroom. That’s all about to change. The mysterious Mr Sire invites Cat to his basement lab, with a job offer too good to refuse. But with each door Cat opens, she finds a terrifying new monster. Or… maybe they’re not so terrifying after all. Maybe these creatures can give Cat exactly what she needs.

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Stacked Deck (Starship for Sale Book 12)

by M.R. Forbes

Release Date: December 1, 2025

Both Ben and Keep are surprised when a desperate shipping magnate shows up on Atlas, hoping for an audience. His business is failing, and he’s convinced of foul play. Keep thinks it’s a run of bad luck. Ben isn’t so sure. Before long, Ben’s chasing saboteurs who shouldn’t exist, investigating crimes that make no sense, and trying to stop a war between the Empire and the Outer Rim. Oh, and Emerald keeps insisting they’re married.

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The Dog Mage

by James Haddock

Release Date: November 6, 2025

My name, well, they call me Jack. Though I’ve been called and named other things. Kings have named me, though that has sometimes gotten me into trouble. You see, when a king names you, he wants something. Nothing is free. Anyway, I’m an orphan. Fortunately, I’m a mage. That doesn’t make up for not having parents, but it helps… except when it doesn’t.

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