Sci-Fi Thriller Books

The best sci-fi thriller eBooks for kindle, nook, iBooks and more, including futuristic fiction, fantasy thrillers with a science fiction angle, and more.

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The Man in the High Castle, a Sci-Fi Thriller by Philip K. Dick

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In celebration of Amazon Studios’ release of Philip K. Dick’s novel The Man in the High Castle, with executive production from Ridley Scott, it’s a good time to revisit this classic. It’s America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. The few Jews who still survive hide under assumed names. In San Francisco, the I Ching is as common as the Yellow Pages. All because some […]

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Book Review: The Krakow Klub, a new Sci-Fi Thriller by Philip C. Elrod

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The Bottom Line: Once again, Philip C. Elrod has taken traditional alien invasion tropes, turned them upside down, and given us something genuinely new and thrilling. Good stuff. The second installment in Elrod’s series about an alien race from a doomed planet deftly transport us into breathtaking new territory. From the outside, John F. Scott appears to be like any other man on Earth. But in

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Book Review – Mylea: The Journey Begins, a Sci-Fi Thriller by Philip C. Elrod

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The Bottom Line: Fans of alien invasion themes should check out this highly original tale told through the lens of a doomed extraterrestrial species. Some 10% of Americans claim to have actually seen a UFO, and 77% believe there are signs that aliens have visited Earth. So with the question of alien visitation now settled, we can move on to the next logical question: why

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Constitution by Nick Webb

Constitution, a new Sci-Fi Thriller by Nick Webb

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The year is 2650 75 years ago, an alien fleet attacked Earth. Without warning. Without mercy. We were not prepared. Hundreds of millions perished. Dozens of cities burned. We nearly lost everything. Then, the aliens abruptly left. We rebuilt. We armed ourselves. We swore: never again. But the aliens never came back. Until now. With overwhelming force the aliens have returned, striking deep into our

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Gates of Thread and Stone, a new YA Thriller by Lori M. Lee

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In a city of walls and secrets, where only one man is supposed to possess magic, seventeen-year-old Kai struggles to keep hidden her own secret—she can manipulate the threads of time. When Kai was eight, she was found by Reev on the riverbank, and her “brother” has taken care of her ever since. Kai doesn’t know where her ability comes from—or where she came from.

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The Martian Andy Weir

Book Review: The Martian, a Sci-Fi Thriller by Andy Weir

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The Bottom Line: It’s Cast Away on Mars, and one of the best books we’ve read all year. We recently placed The Martian on our Best Thrillers of 2015 (So Far) list, which is quite an accomplishment for such an unusual book. This is one that breaks nearly all of the traditional conventions for not only sci-fi, but also contemporary thrillers in general. [easyazon_image add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”0553418025″

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Ice Cap and the Rift

Book Review: The Ice Cap and the Rift, an Action Thriller by Marshall Chamberlain

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The Bottom Line: The second entry in Chamberlain’s Ancestor Series is packed with even more ancient secrets, breathless adventure and international intrigue than its predecessor. [easyazon_image add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”B001EJODF4″ cloaking=”default” height=”500″ localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” src=”//ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-ix-tmEyL.jpg” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”330″]What’s an 180,000 year old domed structure doing buried in the middle of an Icelandic ice cap? Who created it, and what technological treasures lie inside? After intrepid

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Wormholes by Dennis Meredith

Book Review: Wormholes, a Sci-Fi Thriller by Dennis Meredith

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The Bottom Line: A spectacularly written apocalypse thriller that seems destined for the big screen. [easyazon_image add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”B00F60YLD6″ cloaking=”default” height=”500″ localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” src=”//ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XYrBeGVlL.jpg” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”333″]Are those scary sinkholes we see in the news really caused by dissolving carbonate rock? Or could they instead be a sign of something far more mysterious and terrifying? That’s the addictive premise of Dennis Meredith’s sci-fi novel,

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The Cerulean’s Secret

Book Review: The Cerulean’s Secret, a Sci-Fi Thriller by Dennis Meredith

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The Bottom Line: A hilarious, wildly imaginative sci-fi caper that never lets up until the very last page. [easyazon_image add_to_cart=”default” align=”left” asin=”193911814X” cloaking=”default” height=”500″ localization=”default” locale=”US” nofollow=”default” new_window=”default” src=”//ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41T3MuZxyXL.jpg” tag=”bestthricom-20″ width=”333″]The Cerulean’s Secret[/easyazon_image]Is artificial intelligence really the biggest threat to humanity, or is it actually bioengineering? It’s the year 2050 in Dennis Meredith’s The Cerulean’s Secret, and the wonders of genomic technology have produced some

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