The novel “Devil’s Gun” by Cat Rambo was published for the first time in 2023. It’s the second book in the Disco Space Opera series and follows “You Sexy Thing”.

Nicolette “Niko” Larsen and her staff want to get as far away as possible from the pirate king Tubal Last. Traveling to another galaxy seems like a good idea, but the nearest portal has stopped working. This is an unprecedented event, and other starships are nearby, with doubts and fears spreading among their crews.

Among the people in the area, there’s Jezli Farren, who claims to be an archaeologist who has studied ancient artifacts such as intergalactic portals. She’s accompanied by Roxana, a paladin who was created from one or more corpses. Farren suggests to Niko a solution: a trip to a site where she might find the Devil’s Gun, a weapon that could stop Tubal Last. The search for that weapon could be more dangerous than the pirate king himself.

The novel “The Beast”, also known as “Moonbeast”, by A.E. van Vogt was published for the first time in 1963, fixing up stories published in previous years.

Jim Pendrake lives a secluded life after fighting in the war and losing an arm in the crash of his airplane. When he finds a strange engine that seems much more efficient than the ones he knows very well, he can’t help but wonder who could have designed it. His investigations are discreet, but not sufficiently so.

In addition to its extraordinary performance, the engine seems to have strange effects on Jim Pendrake. His physical strength seems to increase, and he notices that his missing arm has started growing back. However, someone seems determined to get their hands on it at all costs. Jim and his wife are separated, but when she gets threatened to force him to hand over the engine, Jim realizes he’s crossed paths with a powerful organization.

The novel “Malignant” by Anthony J. Melchiorri was published for the first time in 2015. It’s the second book in the Black Market DNA series and follows “Enhancement”.

Chris Morgan and his partner Jordan Thompson are trying to build a legitimate business selling genetic therapies for animals. They want to leave behind their lawless past and the recent consequences it brought. But when a man with obvious genetic enhancements confronts Chris Morgan and practically dies in his arms, accusing him of being responsible for his condition, it seems his past haunts him.

The enhanced man turns out to have died of a form of cancer, and Chris discovers a sort of epidemic among people who have purchased illegal genetic treatments. Fearing he too has been infected, Chris teams up with Dr. Robin Hayes, an oncologist who typically works on pediatric tumors. Chris is unaware that his ex-girlfriend Veronica is being blackmailed and was forced to spy on his work.

The novel “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley was published for the first time in 1932.

For Bernard Marx, a vacation at the Savage Reservation represents an opportunity to detach himself from the problems he’s experiencing as a result of his criticism of the society in which he lives. Threatened by his boss with exile to Iceland, he’s struggling with his work as a psychologist, a problem that adds to the inferiority complex caused by his below-average height.

Along with Lenina Crowne, Bernard Marx witnesses a brutal ceremony of the Savages. The two overcome their strong emotions with soma but meet Linda, a woman left behind on the Reservation following a pregnancy that happened by mistake. She and her son, John, are accompanied to London but struggle to adapt to a society that is almost forgotten for Linda and unknown to John.