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Star Rebels: Stories of Space Exploration, Alien Races, and Adventure Kindle Edition

by Audrey Faye (Author), C. Gockel (Author), Christine Pope (Author), Format: Kindle Edition

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There are rebels among the stars...

Meet eleven protagonists battling to save themselves and the ones they love. Human, cyborg, clone, or alien, they'll find themselves pitted against intergalactic crime bosses, interstellar mercenaries, a quantum-wave-riding collective mind, and the universe itself. Along the way, there’s plenty of action, adventure, humor, and even some romance.

Written by the freshest voices in science fiction, these stories are short, but they’ll light your imagination like a solar flare. Strap yourself in and join the rebellion! Download this collection today.

About the Star Rebels Stories:

A Tale of Two Ships by Audrey Faye
A KarmaCorp Story
Two ships crash into an unimportant digger rock. The first carries a newborn baby. The second will rewrite her destiny.

Carl Sagan’s Hunt for Intelligent Life in the Universe by C. Gockel
An Archangel Project Story
Sometimes intelligent life is right in front of your whiskers.

Blood Ties by Christine Pope
A Gaian Consortium Story
On the outlaw world of Iradia, Miala Fels and her computer hacker father discover that taking the wrong commission can have unexpected consequences.

Passage Out by Anthea Sharp
A Victoria Eternal Story
Street rat Diana Smythe has long since given up her hopes of escaping Earth, but that doesn’t mean she can’t watch the ships fly in and out of the spaceport and dream…

Arcturus 5 by D.L. Dunbar
A Twenty Sectors Story
Xella went to Arcturus 5 to mediate a simple trade dispute between the Mol and the Dark, but now she’s not sure she’ll get out alive.

Treason’s Course by L.J. Cohen
A Halcyone Space Story
In the midst of Earth's first off-planet war, a soldier is given a covert assignment and must decide if treason lies in carrying out her orders or disobeying them.

Falling by Pippa DaCosta
A Girl From Above Story
Trapped in a scrappers rig with a woman he’s been hired to kill, Caleb Shepperd is beginning to wonder if this job could be his last.

Starfall Station by Lindsay Buroker
A Fallen Empire Story
After the empire falls, cyborg soldier Leonidas Adler must avoid the Alliance operatives who want him for secrets only he knows, but that’s easier said than done. Worse, his past threatens those he’s traveling with, including Alisa, the freighter captain he has come to care about.

Luminescence by Patty Jansen
An ISF-Allion World Story
Hadie learns the price of being an artificial human when her partner has an accident and becomes unresponsive.

Glome by James Wells
A Great Symmetry Story
Humanity’s first interstellar colony ship has arrived at its destination, only to find an inhospitable death trap of a planet. Crew member Amanda Bowen wishes that was the biggest problem she faced.

Unfinished by Kendra C. Highley
An Unstrung Story
In a world where genetically-engineered humans serve as slave labor to “real humans,” two prototype children, designed to be the most superior models ever created, look to each other to find a way to escape their fate. They may discover that being “artificial” doesn't mean they can't love.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01H7J5Z38
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Amazon Digital Services (June 16, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 16, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 790 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 552 pages

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Anthea Sharp
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~ USA Today bestselling, award-winning author of YA Urban Fantasy ~
Growing up on fairy tales and computer games, Anthea Sharp has melded the two in her award-winning Feyland series. She now makes her home in the Pacific Northwest, where she writes, hangs out in virtual worlds, plays the fiddle with her Celtic band Fiddlehead, and spends time with her small-but-good family.
Her books have won or placed in the PRISM, the Maggie, the National Reader's Choice Award, the Write Touch Reader's Award, the Heart of Excellence, and the Book Buyer's Best contests.
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~ THE DARKWOOD BOOKS ~
ELFHAME
HAWTHORNE
RAINE
HEART OF THE FOREST (Novella)
WHITE AS FROST
BLACK AS NIGHT
RED AS FLAME
~ THE FEYLAND SERIES ~
THE FIRST ADVENTURE (Prequel Novella, Book 0) - FREE!
THE DARK REALM (Book 1)
THE BRIGHT COURT (Book 2)
THE TWILIGHT KINGDOM (Book 3)
HOW TO BABYSIT A CHANGELING (Novella, Book 3.5)
SPARK (Book 4)
BREA'S TALE (Novella, Book 4.5)
ROYAL (Book 5)
MARNY (Book 6)
~ RELATED SHORT STORIES ~
CHRONICLE WORLDS: FEYLAND (anthology of short fiction set in Feyland, by various authors)
FEYLAND TALES - Volume 1 (anthology of short fiction set in Feyland, by various authors)
TRINKET (takes place after Book 3)
GOBLIN IN LOVE (set in the Dark Realm) - available in The Faerie Girl and Other Tales
THE FAERIE INVASION (alternate dark ending to the series) - available in The Faerie Girl and Other Tales
THE SEA KING'S DAUGHTER (pre-series, featuring Brea's parents) - available in The Faerie Girl and Other Tales
BENEATH THE KNOWE (pre-series, featuring Puck) - FREE to newsletter subscribers, also available in Tales of Feyland & Faerie
~ VICTORIA ETERNAL ~
STARS & STEAM (story collection)
COMETS & CORSETS (story collection)
STAR COMPASS (novel)
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Lindsay Buroker
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Lindsay is a full-time independent fantasy and science fiction author who loves travel, hiking, tennis, and vizslas. She's written over ninety novels, appeared on the USA Today bestseller list, and has twice been nominated for a Goodreads Readers' Choice Award.
She lives in the Seattle area and is currently working on the next book.
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LJ Cohen
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Lisa Janice (LJ) Cohen is a poet, novelist, blogger, local food enthusiast, Doctor Who fan, and relentless optimist. Lisa lives just outside of Boston with her family, two dogs (only one of which actually ever listens to her) and the occasional international student. When not doing battle with a stubborn Jack Russell Terrier mix, Lisa can be found writing, which looks a lot like daydreaming. She writes SF, Fantasy, and YA novels under the name LJ Cohen.
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Christine Pope
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A native of Southern California, USA Today bestselling author Christine Pope has been writing stories ever since she commandeered her family’s Smith-Corona typewriter back in grade school. Because she's a lover of many genres, her books include paranormal romance, fantasy romance, and paranormal cozy mystery. She blames this on being easily distracted by bright, shiny objects, which could also account for the size of her shoe collection. The Land of Enchantment cast its spell on her while she was researching her Djinn Wars series, and she now makes her home in New Mexico.
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Pippa DaCosta
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Born in Kent, UK, Pippa's published books have featured in--- "Wait a second. Let's cut to the chase. I write kick-a$$ urban fantasy novels with conflicted characters, breathless action, and no-holds-barred dialogue. My books may not leave you feeling all fluffy and warm inside, but they will excite you. There will be plot-wists, there will be angst, probably a few dead bodies, and very likely your favorite character will turn out to be the bad guy. Don't say I didn't want you..."
Pippa's family moved to the South West of England where she grew up amongst the dramatic moorland and sweeping coastlands of Devon & Cornwall. With a family history brimming with intrigue, complete with Romani angst on one side and Jewish survivors on another, she has the ability to draw from a patchwork of ancestry and use it as the inspiration for her writing. Happily married and the Mother of two little girls, she resides on the Devon & Cornwall border.
Visit www.pippadacosta.com to see what she's working on today.
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Patty Jansen
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Patty lives in Sydney, Australia, and writes both Science Fiction and Fantasy. Her best-known works are the trilogies set in the Icefire world, and the popular and addictive Ambassador series.
She has published over 60 novels and has sold short stories to genre magazines such as Analog Science Fiction and Fact.
Patty was trained as an agricultural scientist, and if you look closely at her stories, you will find bits of science sprinkled throughout.
Want to keep up-to-date with Patty's fiction and get four books free? Join the mailing list at pattyjansen.com
Find more information about Patty including how to get four free books at https://pattyjansen.com
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C. Gockel has been writing stories for her friends and family since the dark ages (i.e., before word processors existed.) A few years ago, she started posting those stories to the intertubes. She received emails, messages, and reviews from her fans telling her she should 'do this professionally.' She didn't; she is a coward and life as a digital designer, copywriter and coder is more dependable. But in the end, her husband's nagging wore her down: "You could be the next '50 Shades of Gray' and I could retire!" Unfortunately, the author writes science fiction and fantasy, and isn't particularly good at writing erotica. She is sad about this; she'd love for her husband to be able to retire and just work for her so she could nag him.
At the moment, Ms. Gockel is working on the next installment of the Archangel Project.
Ms. Gockel loves to hear from readers. She can be reached by email at: cgockel.publishing@gmail.com
Her Facebook page is: https://www.facebook.com/CGockelWrites
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DL Dunbar (writing fantasy as Debra Dunbar) grew up reading sci-fi and watching Logan’s Run, Battlestar Galactica, Alien, and Blade Runner. As a kid, she and her friends would act out Star Trek episodes in the basement where Captain Jennifer T Kirk saved the day (sorry William Shatner). She lives in a little house in the woods, and every now and then slaps on a Kansas vinyl LP, stares up at the night sky, and wonders what’s out there.
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James R. Wells writes about the intersection of humans and the natural world. A life-long caver and outdoor adventurer, he has explored and mapped new passages in many of North America's great caves. When not writing or with family, James can be found in a cave, on a mountain, or anywhere else outside.
James is the great-grandson of pioneering science fiction author H.G. Wells.
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Fantastic collection

Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2022

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This was a wonderful collection of stories. All of them were well written and riveting stories. Some I liked more than others but overall they were all interesting. My favorites were the stories written by Lindsay Buroker, DaCosta, Faye, Gockel, Highley, Pope, and Wells. These stories touched me emotionally or kept me thinking about them even after I finished reading them. If you like well written and thoughtful science fkction you will like this book.

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Stan Hutchings

A good collection of stories

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2019

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Even the stories I liked least were pretty good, and the stories I liked best were great. Certainly worth reading.
After reading "A Tale of Two Ships" I bought "Destiny's Song.
After reading "Carl Sagan's Hunt for Intelligent Life in the Universe" again, I decided to read "Starship Waking", since I've already read "Archangel Down", and I was reminded what a good story-teller C. Gockel is.
"Blood Ties" is apparently a prequel to "Blood Will Tell". It's a kind of dark, sad story about a young programmer stuck on a backwoods planet with dreams of getting out.
"Passage Out" is a Victoria Eternal story, a steampunk tale about a young girl longing for the stars but finding her skills are of more use on the earth.
"Arcturus 5" featured three groups of aliens: arbitrators, disreputable finders-keepers scavengers and complainants of piracy by the scavengers. The outcome of the investigation was surprising.
"Treason's Course", as one can guess from the title, is about misplaced trust and loyalties.
"Falling" explores the relationship between a for-hire criminal on the lam and a hot-shot pilot running contraband in competition with the mob. He's hired to kill her to collect his bounty, but the best laid plans go oft awry.
“Starfall Station" takes place between Books 2 and 3 of the Fallen Empire series. Leonidas and Alisa have an adventure that brings them closer to understanding each other.
"Luminescence" has researchers in a remote station on Titan dealing with a medical emergency far from base. Back at the base, it turns the medical emergency was triggered by a massive information transfer that has disrupted the base electronics and created a genius.
"Glome" tracks the first manned trip through a cosmic phenomenon called a glome. The crew and colonists get a big surprise in a message recorded on Earth to be played on their arrival. They, along with the other 11 colonizing vessels, hold the future of Mankind.
"Unfinished" by Kendra C. Highley is a fascinating story of two genetically engineered humans, a boy and a girl, who find that their being engineered doesn't mean they cannot feel human emotions strongly, including anger and hatred as well as love.

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RedRanger

Started off as a good read but I haven't finished.

Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2022

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Started off as a good read, story line appears straight forward and easily followed.
I haven't finished the book yet but will update the post when I do !

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Doug McGonegal

Thought provoking stories

Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2022

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All interesting short stories with intriguing characters that leave you wanting to follow their storylines. You won’t be disappointed, there’s plenty of action to be had.

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Entertaining space listening 🎶🔰

Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2023

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This is a free novel on Amazon. Oh those free books 📚 I love 💘 them!

A number of short stories will written by various authors. Each story is part of a series. Each story is different with interesting well developed characters lots of action and misdirection leading to each conclusion. As with multiple story books 📚 some of them you will like better than others but that is normal and personal. I would highly recommend this novel and various authors to readers of fantasy space opera adventure novels 👍🔰. 2023 👒😀😡😮

I have listened 🎶 to a number of the authors individually, series, and in box 📦sets. Happy reading 📚 and have fun 🌙😀.

I am still working on cleaning up ☝ the 2k+ stories on my kindle fire 🔥. Have a great week.

Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2022

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Would like to see more anthologies like this one.. The writers are superb, some of the best sci fi fantasy writers of today.. Most characters are interesting, endearing and believable..

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Don T

Great story-telling, flawed writing

Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2017

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The drama, excitement, and plot twists were excellent, but the reader experience was dampened by various writers’ inattention to writing as a craft. Because the sloppy proofreading and editing were consistent within individual works and inconsistent across works, I’m guessing that no one felt responsible for quality control of the entire volume.
Troublesome is a general ignorance of the difference between the past tense and a past participle (shrank not shrunk, sank not sunk). Add the lack of understanding of “to lay” and “to lie” (transitive versus intransitive) and the grammatical naïveté becomes clearer. Other irritations abound.
Even more annoying are the spelling errors which are not typos. People fasten their hands with grips like sin (vice) rather than a tool (vise). “Affect” and “effect” seem interchangeable in both noun and verb forms.
Pronoun case (objective versus subjective) seems arcane knowledge for several writers, who produce, for example, “for he and I” instead of “for him and me.”
And punctuation rules are apparently mysterious, particularly comma usage (e.g., an embedded appositive phrase must be bound by commas; the name of a person being addressed in a direct quote must be set off by a comma). Quotation marks, hyphenation, colons, semicolons, em dashes versus hyphens, etc., are often used erroneously.
And all those dangling participial phrases…oy.
All these glitches disrupt the reader experience by preventing continued immersion in the story being told. Most of the stories in this anthology are compelling, yet marred by technical faults as small as one letter that changes word meaning or a missing comma.
Future respect and responsibility to the reader will, I hope, be more manifest.

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Bill

Good collection

Reviewed in Canada on March 3, 2023

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These short introduction stories were entertaining to read. A variety of locations and story lines.

Each had a link to futher adventures and the writers.

Ashgaroth

Couldn't put it down

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 17, 2019

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Every stiry in this anthology was captivating and enthralling. I fully intend to read all the series that they belong too.

Harjot Singh

Nice

Reviewed in India on February 7, 2018

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Good stories. Well written. Have a lot of variety and gives a lot of matter to think about after wards

Francisco J. Carrera

Una buena y variada antología

Reviewed in Spain on November 20, 2016

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Me ha gustado mucho, las historias son variadas e interesantes.
Varias son precuelas de sagas, pero casi todas son autocontenidas, así que no importa.

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wolfiegirl

Great read

Reviewed in Australia on June 7, 2018

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Great solid gripping set of short stories. I want to know what happens next!! All are side stories of trilogies. Have now found new authors to follow!!

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Lindsay Buroker

LJ Cohen

Christine Pope

Pippa DaCosta

Patty Jansen

C Gockel

Kendra C. Highley

D.L. Dunbar

James R Wells

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