One Glitch from Chaos: Sci-Fi and Fantasy Novels on the Edge

01 Aug 2025

One Glitch from Chaos: Sci-Fi and Fantasy Novels on the Edge

Whether it’s a rogue system or a rebel mind, each of these stories starts with a crack in the code. As control slips and systems unravel, humanity is forced to adapt, or be erased. These are the high-tension sci-fi reads that never let you look away.

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Maelstrom Within (The Metis Files Book 4)

by Brian S. Leon

Release Date: July 28, 2025

Stuck in a downward spiral of self-pity and guilt over the tragic aftermath of battling a fallen angel, Diomedes cannot bring himself to face the world, let alone the woman he failed to protect. Despite Diomedes’s efforts to forget, a treacherous figure offers a dangerous solution. Just how far will Diomedes go to assuage a guilty conscience?

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The Nanite Legacy (Book 1)

by D Levesque

Release Date: July 19, 2025

Born on a forgotten station at the edge of civilization, Albert Kuno never imagined he’d become anything more than a drifting mechanic with nowhere to go. But everything changes when he stumbles upon a hidden alien relic—an ancient nanite core that bonds with his body and rewrites his fate.

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Bliss & Her Idols

by Rosemary A Johns

Release Date: July 10, 2025

When my heat hits during my favorite rock star’s concert, I don’t expect the gorgeous Beta singer to jump from the stage. It should be my dream come true to spend this heat with my fantasy pack. Their scents are intoxicating. I’m mesmerized by the sinfully beautiful Beta, his powerful, billionaire Alpha boss, and my shy Omega soulmate.

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The Artifact

by Joshua T. Calvert

Release Date: July 21, 2025

Deep beneath the Pyramid of the Sun, archaeologist Charles Bowen and his protégé Marcus Brown uncover an artifact that 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺—and paints a target on their backs. Within hours, killers strike. Charles is dead. Marcus is on the run. Hunted by the FBI, shadowy operatives, and the Mexican authorities, Marcus must unravel the truth about the relic—and the 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 it holds about his own past. Because some discoveries weren’t meant to be unearthed.

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Say You’ll Never Let Go (Flowers From Ashes Book 2)

by Anna Callaway

Release Date: July 22, 2025

Kara has spent the last six years fighting the infected in the ruins of a broken world, searching for the one person who ever truly understood her. Wade was her only friend growing up in the foster system, the one steady thing in a life built on instability. When the world collapsed, she thought she’d lost him for good until the enemy dumped him at her doorstep, barely conscious and scarred from years in captivity.

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Gauntlet Wars 8: Alamo Galaxy (Star Force Book 94)

by Aer-ki Jyr

Release Date: July 8, 2025

Evan and Anya have brokered an unlikely alliance among thieves. With their sights set on a Syndicate vault brimming with alien secrets, holding the team together long enough to claim the prize will be their greatest test yet. Leading a crew of outcasts, Evan and Anya stage a high-stakes raid to seize tech that could turn the tide against Chancellor Rostov’s iron grip. However, when Conroy—long presumed dead—announces to the core worlds that he’s alive and declares Rostov a usurper, the Commonwealth erupts in chaos.

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