Talos

The Grand Hotel

by Scott Kenemore – Talos (October 14, 2014)

Welcome to the hotel where nobody checks out.

When a desk clerk welcomes a group of tourists into his mysterious and crumbling hotel, the last thing he expects is that a lone girl on his tour may hold the power...

Radiant

by Karina Sumner-Smith – Talos (September 30, 2014)

Xhea has no magic. Born without the power that everyone else takes for granted, Xhea is an outcast—no way to earn a living, buy food, or change the life that fate has dealt her. Yet she has a unique talent:...

Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories

by Stephen Brennan – Talos (August 05, 2014)

The stories of Mary Shelley, H. G. Wells, and Jules Verne paved the way for the fantastic science fiction literature that we all enjoy today. However, full appreciation of these contemporary works is impossible...

Zombie, Indiana

by Scott Kenemore – Talos (May 06, 2014)

In the third book of his Zombie series, Scott Kenemore brings the explosive horror thriller of an undead outbreak in the city of Indianapolis. Zombie, Indiana takes place during the same timeline as the outbreaks...

A Pack

by Mike Bockoven – Talos (July 03, 2018)

Cherry, Nebraska, population 312, is just off the highway between the sticks and the boonies. It’s where Dave Rhodes and his friends have lived all their lives. They own businesses, raise families, pay taxes,...

Herokiller

by Paul Tassi – Talos (August 07, 2018)

“An incredible new voice in sci-fi. The kind of writer who keeps you turning the pages long into the night.”—A.G. Riddle, bestselling author of The Atlantis Gene and Pandemic

Ready Player One meets Gladiator...

Walking Through Fire

by Sherri Cook Woosley – Talos (September 04, 2018)

For fans of American Gods, a dark, humorous, and richly written, dystopian fantasy about the unbreakable bonds of family and the undying strength of a mother's love.

The end of the world begins as fire rains...

The Naked World

by Eli K. P. William – Talos (November 21, 2017)

In a world stripped bare of digital images and promotainment, unveiled with the audiovisual overlay of the ImmaNet, in an exposed world, a naked world, Amon Kenzaki awakens, lost and alone. He must now travel...

The Exiled Earthborn

by Paul Tassi – Talos (November 17, 2015)

In this thrilling second book of the Earthborn trilogy, Lucas and Asha have survived the decimation of Earth at the hands of the invading Xalans and seek safe haven with their enemy’s true foes, the Sorans....

Towers Fall

by Karina Sumner-Smith – Talos (November 17, 2015)

War. Fire. Destruction. Xhea believed that the Lower City had weathered the worst of its troubles—that their only remaining fight would be the struggle to rebuild before winter. She was wrong.

Now her home is...

Supreme Villainy

by King Oblivion & Matt D. Wilson – Talos (June 13, 2017)

For eons, King Oblivion, Ph.D., was one of the most ruthless supervillains the world has ever known. As the CEO of the ISS (International Society of Supervillains) for half a century, he was personally responsible...

Aftertaste

by Andrew Post – Talos (October 03, 2017)

An undead monster hunter must track down a killer, trailer-park-havoc-wreaking were-frog in this outrageous mash-up of Jim Butcher’s urban fantasy and George Romero’s zombie horror.

Before he died, Saelig...

Swarm and Steel

by Michael R. Fletcher – Talos (August 22, 2017)

Zerfall awakens in an alley, wounded and unable to remember her past. Chased by an assassin out into the endless wastes of the desert, she is caught, disfigured, and left for dead. Her scabbard is empty, but...

Almost Infamous

by Matt Carter – Talos (April 19, 2016)

Eighteen-year-old Aidan Salt isn’t a superhero. With his powerful (and unpredictable) telekinetic abilities he could be one if he wanted to, but he doesn’t. He’s unambitious, selfish, and cowardly, and...

The Inside Out Man

by Strydom Fred – Talos (November 14, 2017)

A young musician receives an unusual offer from a wealthy stranger in this haunting story of psychological horror.

Bent is a jazz pianist living gig-to-gig in a dark city of dead-ends. With no family, and no...

Master Assassins

by Robert V.S. Redick – Talos (March 06, 2018)

2018 BookNest Fantasy Awards Finalist for Best Novel

“This book has everything I love: Clean, crisp worldbuilding. Characters that live and breathe. A story that teases and surprises me. I like Master Assassins...

Zombie-in-Chief: Eater of the Free World

by Scott Kenemore – Talos (August 15, 2017)

Bestselling author Scott Kenemore is back with a hilarious, over-the-top, and bloodthirsty send-up of the 2016 political season. In the tradition of Joe Klein's Primary Colors and Richard Condon's The Manchurian...

Pinnacle City

by Carter Matt & Fiona J. R. Titchenell – Talos (August 14, 2018)

Pinnacle City is many things to many people. To some it is a glittering metropolis, a symbol of prosperity watched over by the all-star superhero team, the Pinnacle City Guardians. Beyond the glitz and glamour,...

Tomorrow Factory

by Rich Larson – Talos (October 16, 2018)

Twenty-three stories from one of science fiction’s up-and-coming stars, Pushcart and Journey Prize-nominated author Rich Larson.

Welcome to the Tomorrow Factory.

On your left, post-human hedonists on a distant...

The First Protectors

by Godinez Victor – Talos (October 23, 2018)

The last thing Ben Shepherd wanted was another war. But sometimes the universe won’t take no for an answer.

His body and spirit mangled by a lifetime of combat, Shepherd, a retired Navy SEAL, has retreated...

The Silver Scar

by Dornbusch Betsy – Talos (October 23, 2018)

When Trinidad was twelve, his Wiccan parents blew themselves up in an ecoterr attack that killed several Christians. Orphaned and disillusioned, he fled his home—and his best friend Castile—to soldier for...

Darksoul

by Anna Stephens – Talos (January 02, 2019)

Evil gods walk the land as armies prepare for war in the thrilling grimdark sequel to the fantasy debut Godblind.

In the besieged city of Rilporin, Commander Durdil Koridam orders that the city’s people must...

Sleep Over

by H. G. Bells – Talos (January 16, 2018)

For fans of the oral history genre phenomenon World War Z, an inventive new spin on the apocalypse featuring a worldwide plague of insomnia.

Remember what it’s like to go an entire night without sleep?

What...

Lotus Blue

by Cat Sparks – Talos (February 07, 2017)

“Imaginative and richly rendered . . . Sparks frames all of this in haunting, near-poetic detail, such that the readers can smell the toxic red sand and perhaps taste the blood. Recommended for people who...

Viscera

by Gabriel Squailia – Talos (October 04, 2016)

“[Viscera] is dark, weird, and wonderfully human, and I cannot recommend it enough. It’s far and away the weirdest, most original thing you will read this year, and Gabriel Squailia gives it heart that matches...

Arcana

by Jessica Leake – Talos (January 05, 2016)

"Leake weaves together a beautifully rendered historical setting, magic and romance in this stunning debut." —Elizabeth May, author of The Falconer

Amid the sumptuous backdrop of the London season in 1905, headstrong...

The Girl with Ghost Eyes

by M. H. Boroson – Talos (November 03, 2015)

“The Girl with Ghost Eyes is a fun, fun read. Martial arts and Asian magic set in Old San Francisco make for a fresh take on urban fantasy, a wonderful story that kept me up late to finish.”

—#1 New York...

My Loaded Gun, My Lonely Heart

by Martin Rose – Talos (November 03, 2015)

"This emotionally charged genre-buster serves up more than a few good punches and won’t disappoint fans of dark fantasy laced with pitch-black humor." —Publishers Weekly

Vitus Adamson has a second chance at...

The Last Exodus

by Paul Tassi – Talos (September 08, 2015)

The Earth lies in ruins in the aftermath of an extraterrestrial invasion, the land devastated by a desperate war with no winners between mankind and a race of vicious, intelligent creatures. The seas are drying...

The Pilots of Borealis

by David Nabhan – Talos (August 11, 2015)

Top Gun heads to outer space in this throwback to the classic science fiction of Asimov, Clarke, and Heinlein.

Strapped in to artificial wings spanning twenty-five feet across, your arms push a tenth of your...

Solomon's Arrow

by J. Dalton Jennings – Talos (July 14, 2015)

It’s the mid-twenty-first century. The oceans are rising, the world’s population is growing, terrorist organizations are running rampant, and it has become readily apparent that humanity’s destructive...

Defiant

by Karina Sumner-Smith – Talos (May 12, 2015)

Once, Xhea’s wants were simple: enough to eat, safety in the underground, and the hit of bright payment to transform her gray-cast world into color. But in the aftermath of her rescue of the Radiant ghost...

The Last Revolution

by Lord Dunsany – Talos (February 03, 2015)

An inspiration to many for his style and prose, Lord Dunsany was a pioneer for fantasy fiction, inspiring such famous writers as H. P. Lovecraft, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Neil Gaiman to name a few. Over sixty years...

The Strange Journeys of Colonel Polders

by Lord Dunsany – Talos (January 27, 2015)

An inspiration to many for his style and prose, Lord Dunsany was a pioneer for fantasy fiction, inspiring such famous writers as H. P. Lovecraft, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Neil Gaiman to name a few. Over sixty years...