New books from San Joaquin Valley Press
Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
Science Fiction and Fantasy both have the ability to take you out of the world you know and into a fun world of "what-ifs". Check out our selection of Science Fiction and Fantasy books.
Science Fiction
AVAILABLE FOR ORDER: THE NEHRING PROJECT
When all the time in the world isn't time enough.
Fans of time travel will enjoy this story of a love affair across the centuries, impeded by insanity and evil.
Paperback edition $16.99
5.5" x 8.5", 486 pages, perfect bound
Free shipping in the United States
Also available as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.
Medflies
Science Fiction by Jack Lawson
The first in the Worlds of Jack Lawson. Earth colonists on another planet find that the Natives of the planet, after fifty years, suddenly see them as an infestation.
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Paperback edition $13.99
Perfect bound, 5" X 7", 210 pp.
Free U.S. shipping.
Also available as an e-book from Amazon Kindle.
Readers have called Medflies a good read and have praised its action scenes. Camilo Juarez, a reader from California, says Medflies is still his favorite among Jack Lawson's titles.
Professor Ryder's Tube
The fourth novel in the Worlds of Jack Lawson. The Tube of the title is an interdimensional portal and an expedition from our world is lost in the other dimension. What will happen to the rescue team? And what will they find in the transit dimension?
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Paperback edition: $13.99
Perfect bound, 5" X 7", 311 pp.
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Also available as an e-book from Amazon
Osmemics
In the sixth "Worlds of Jack Lawson" book, an Earth linguist discovers a race of beings that use smells instead of sounds in their language. Her challenge is to learn to communicate in smells, and then to convince other people that these beings are rational.
Now available for order with immediate shipping.
Also available as an e-book on Amazon.
Fantasy
Strange New World
Fantasy by Jack Lawson
The second novel in the Worlds of Jack Lawson. A brutal gangster finds himself at the beginning of a journey of self-revelation, protecting a princess in a land of magic.
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Paperback edition $13.99
Perfect bound, 5"x7", 272 pp.
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Also available as an e-book from Amazon Kindle.
Gabriela, the author of A Pirate's Promise, thought Strange New World was better than Medflies. She said she roared through it in two days and couldn't put it down!
Affair of State
by Jack Lawson
The third novel in the Worlds of Jack Lawson. A wedding of state sets off a chain of events that lead to hilarious chaos, punctuated by a hungry demon.
Order Affair of State through the website and get the book signed by the author.
Paperback edition $13.99
Perfect bound, 5"x7", 326 pp.
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Also available as an e-book from Amazon Kindle.
We've already had one request for a sequel!
Watch our interview with the author: https://youtu.be/fYM_oNAE59
Roland: A Tale of Love and Evil
The fifth book in the Worlds of Jack Lawson series.
Sandy's ordeal begins in the woods when she finds herself in the frightening hands of a terrible witch woman called Shaitana. On that occasion she is rescued by a knight in shining armor, called Roland. He tells her that he and the witch are in a desperate struggle for Sandy’s very soul.
Is Roland telling the truth? Is Sandy’s soul truly at stake? Are all Shaitana’s frightening threats not fantasy, but real? And will Roland be able to defeat the witch and save Sandy from destruction?
Order Roland through the website and get the book signed by the author.
Paperback edition $13.99
Perfect bound, 5"x7", 238 pp.
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(Also available as an e-book on Kindle.)
Science Fiction and Fantasy Series
"The Worlds of Jack Lawson" is a series of short unrelated science fiction and fantasy novels designed to show the range of the imagination of Jack Lawson, an author based in Fresno, California. The novels are not sequels of each other. They feature different characters and different situations. They are numbered in the order they were published. The numbers have no other meaning. Other titles will appear from time to time.
Buy any of the available books individually, or buy in a bundle and save.