IT WAS JUST A DOT OF
LIGHT . . .

. . . a dot of light that appeared out of nowhere. Stephanie Bronson thought she might have found a distant supernova. Instead, what she’d found was something more than a thousand miles across, moving towards the Sun at almost a third the speed of light from the constellation of Lupus, the Wolf. Even more frightening, the object—called Fenrir, after the Norse Wolf of the World’s End—was slowing down. It was not a comet or even a rogue planet. It was an alien vessel.

And despite the increasingly detailed and insistent messages of greeting from Earth, it showed no sign of responding. As the world braced itself for the arrival of the immense, frighteningly silent alien visitor, Stephanie held hope that they still might communicate with Fenrir—until something happened that no one had imagined: Fenrir flared and its drive died, leaving the huge ship careening out of control to a fiery death inside the orbit of Venus.

There was—just possibly—a chance for Earth to act—to rescue the now-shipwrecked “Fens.” But even Stephanie—or those trying to stop her and the rescue ship Carpathia—could not imagine that not merely the fate of the aliens, but that of Earth itself, would be decided by Fenrir.

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TOGETHER WE FLY, DIVIDED WE FALL.

All Harper Tavros ever wanted was to be a dragon rider.

But after a prank goes wrong, she ends up soul bonded to a griffin. Now, she’ll have to learn an entirely new skillset before she ends up on the front lines of a war her country is slowly losing.

If she’s going to make a difference, she’ll need to rise up from the ruin of her dreams and embrace a new path. One that includes her accidental bondmate, an utterly ridiculous, insanely brave griffin. But in order to form a strong enough bond to defend their country, they'll need to keep the pressures of war, loss, and doubt from tearing them apart. Because the only way Harper and her griffin will survive is together.

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IMPERIUM SINE FINE

Step back in time and traverse the stars with classic stories that reimagine the grandeur of the Roman Empire—with a science fiction twist.

From the vastness of interstellar conquests to the intricate politics of alien worlds, these tales blend history and imagination, exploring what might have been if Rome had extended its reach beyond the solar system.

Join us as we uncover the stories that blend the glory of the past with the possibilities of the future—where the empire never truly fell, but soared among the stars.

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WE MISS YOU, ERIC SALE!

$1 off on Eric Flint’s amazing Science Fiction

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TEAM DRAGON OR TEAM GRIFFIN, WHICH ARE YOU FERAL FOR?

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Our congratulations to the winners of last month’s contest: Robert Chapa, Nathan Glasser, Carol Gowett, Michael Hodges, and Julianne Taylor. They’ve each won an eBook copy of Not that Kind of Good Guy by John Ringo!

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Coming soon to the Baen Free Radio Hour: Jeremy Comeaux interviews Ryk E. Spoor on his collaboration with Eric Flint to bring you Fenrir. Griffin Barber interviews Melissa Olthoff on her spectacular novel, Rise from Ruin, and H.Y. Gregor interviews David Afsharirad on his anthology, coedited with Hank Davis, All Roads Lead to Rome.

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