Books Received for SPSFC 5

SPSFC 5 took submissions of books for the contest from Oct. 13, 2025, to Nov. 9, 2025. Here’s a list of the books submitted.

Books available on Kindle Unlimited have “(KU)” after the title.

BookAuthor
A Footstep Echo (KU)J. D. Sanderson
A Part Of The WorldR. M. Beristain
ab initio (KU)Jacob Terracina
Afterburn (KU)D. Andrews
Alternative Science (KU)Chad Eastwood
AndgateSamuel Cardoso
Animus ParadoxAdam Bassett
Arcanoforge – Midnight MetropolisCaroline Barnard-Smith
Artificial Selection (KU)Marianne Pickles
Ashen Light (KU)Ian Young
AugmosisSteven Tye
Bastion (KU)Michael Scott Walton
Beyond the Last Station (KU)Irene Dilillo
Black Sails to SunwardSheila Jenné
Blaze Forth the Death of Princes (KU)A. M. Colwell
Blue Shift Protocol (KU)I. O. Adler
Body Jacker Jaz (KU)Matthew Thompson
Bounty Inc. (KU)Adam Holcombe
Breadbasket RebellionJ. Trevor Robinson
BreakwaterVivian Wilderbridge
CTRL-Z (KU)Iain Benson
Cage of Stars (KU)Frasier Armitage
Callus and Crow (KU)D. B. Rook
Cargo Hold 4Lonnie Busch
Cold BloodedRohan O’Duill
Dawn of Time (KU)Judy Klass
Dead MallsDarby Harn
Download (KU)David Crowell
Dragon City (KU)Iryna Karban
Earth SucksHeather Chambers
Echo (KU)M. J. Douglas
Echo of the LarkspurA. A. Freeman
Empyreax The Rise of Ca RaScott Frost
ErasedSebastian Kilex
EverlifeAlex S. Garcia
ExplorerRoger Floyd
Far FlungUtunu
Fimbulvinter’s FiresA. M. Weald
First Last ChanceB. E. Lunetois
Fracture (KU)R. Sinclair
Fractured Children of Earth (KU)Michael V. Colianna
FrostByteN. S. Chaudhury
Gambling on Common SenseL. Briar
GamerBelinda Crawford
Generations (KU)Noam Josephides
God’s GateAlan Kurt
Golem Master (KU)T. J. Lombardi
Grave of the WaitingJoshua Scott Edwards
How I Hacked the MoonR. A. Dines
Hypocrisy (KU)A. J. Thibault
Ice Born (KU)Adam Fernandez
IconoclastDave Walsh
In Sekhmet’s Wake (KU)J. D. Rhodes
In Spite of the InevitableMorgan Biscup
Insider (KU)K. B. Gazeena
InsidersShannon Knight
Just JoePhillip Murrell
K47 (KU)Ricky Ginsburg
Loyalty to the MaxMaya Darjani
Lucy and the World Egg (KU)T. J. Porter
MOROS (KU)L. D. Rogov
Man With Gun (KU)Tadg Farrington
NICEFP. J. C. Cahill
Of Friction (KU)S. J. Lee
Offline God (KU)David Shih
Once We Were StardustGareth Lewis
Operation Reboot (KU)James Hallenbeck
Ordell’s Constellation (KU)J. C. Cole
Osiris Rising (KU)Milos Davidovic
Our Simulated SelvesNikki Null
Permafrost (KU)Kate Kelly
Points of Origin (KU)E. S. Fein
Prophet (KU)David Hoffer
Remembering Demons (KU)J. Cornelius
Renaissance Paradox History PrimeK. A. Wood
RetDan Miwa
Ring of the DragonKayelle Allen
Rule of Extinction (KU)Geoff Jones
Run Like Hell (KU)Eira Brand
Rust CrewDustin Bollinger
SAIQA (KU)A. L. Whyte
Sacrificing Serenity (KU)Holly Ash
Savage CrewErik DeLeo
Silentium (KU)M. F. Alfrey
Sunward SkyHenry Neilsen
That Which Devours – Survive (KU)Jer Patch
The AreisaLorain O’Neil
The Astral ProphetEvan Schindewolf
The Cataphract Oath (KU)Marc Edmond Best
The Dark WithoutT. K. Toppin
The Dream of the Forest (KU)Stjepan Varesevac Cobets
The Final Season (KU)Andrew Gillsmith
The First SinCheyenne Brammah
The Game Continues After Your DeathJ. D. Magnin
The Germans Have a Word for It (KU)T. R. Thorsen
The Gestalt in the Machine (KU)Andy Dornan
The Girl in the Tomb (KU)Thomas Knapp
The Grimsdale ClaimantB. G. Hilton
The Last of the Elvis Ninja RobotsMichael Stephens
The Nemesis Effect (KU)Michael Shotter
The Omega Voyager (KU)John Mevissen
The Outsiders of OrklandKenneth Feller
The Quantum Entanglement (KU)Aaron Benmark
The Queen in TimeMichael Bandru
The Rise of the Mech Smith – The Forge (KU)Matthew Kent
The Seeds of DissolutionWilliam C. Tracy
The Survivors (KU)Angela White
The Terminus of All Things (KU)Jay Neill
The Torus RunHarry Buck
The Triangle AgeDavid Aumelas
The Variant War (KU)Les Abernathy
The Warm MachineAimee Cozza
The Xanadu AffairJessica M. Taylor
This Little PiggyJ. G. Brin
Time TraitorsEli Donovan
Two Worlds Collided (KU)Joeing
Visitor (KU)John Triptych
Walking The Knife’s EdgeElise Carlson
WastelandsSamira Lloyd
We Don’t Start Fights (KU)A. Stargazer
Wherever the Stars CallS. Jean
Who Nuked Silicon Valley? (KU)Mike Donoghue
You Cannot Kill the RootNathan Kuzack
Your Knowledge or Your Life?Sophie Maddon

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