Clean Fantasy Fiction

John Dalton is America’s best submarine captain. For the moment. In a war where one out of every three American submarines fails to come home, John and USS Razorback are a pair of rare gems: survivors. More importantly, they take the fight to the enemy as the so-called "Freedom Union" gobbles up more and more territory every day. Undersea resources, stations, and enclaves change hands with every battle in World War III, and it’s up to submarines like Razorback to defend Americans and Alliance territory. And Captain John Dalton?

I used to work for the Telepath’s Guild before they kicked me out for a drug habit that wasn’t entirely my fault. Now I work for the cops, helping Homicide Detective Isabella Cherabino put killers behind bars. My ability to get inside the twisted minds of suspects makes me the best interrogator in the department. But the normals keep me on a short leash. When the Tech Wars ripped the world apart, the Guild stepped up to save it. But they had to get scary to do it - real scary.

A plan to take down the New World Order. When Solomon calls in a favor, Josh is obligated to hold up his end of the bargain. He quickly regrets binding himself and the group to the open-ended agreement after hearing what Solomon has in mind. The mission is not only dangerous and foolish, but Josh considers it to be down-right impossible. Lucius Alexander’s OASIS cities are living up to their namesake by providing security, healthcare, food, shelter, and even recreation. But admission to these modern utopias come at a cost.

An interstellar object is hurtling toward Earth. It isn't natural. When astronomers detect a massive kinetic impactor on a collision course with Earth, the math is undeniable: the impact will be an extinction-level event. Humanity has eighteen months to stop it — or cease to exist. But stopping it requires something unprecedented. Earth and Mars — two civilizations separated by millions of miles and decades of distrust — must cooperate on a mission that pushes physics, engineering, and human endurance to their absolute limits. The science is unforgiving. The distances are real.

Taking revenge on his enemies for his brothers' sake, Killian Darkpaw steals the daughter of a rival leader. Persuading her she's been arranged to marry him, he tricks her into a relationship. As his deceit is uncovered.... War horns sound. However, Killian isn't all that he seems.

In the city of Klade, where corporations script the weather and edit memory like code, a nameless runner called Hikari lives in engineered bodies and borrowed personas. Forge is a battlefield juggernaut, Velvet is charm sharpened into a weapon, Wisp is a small-frame hacker with teeth, and Scout is the boy who slips through crowds unseen. Hikari refuses to speak the life that came before, the night they escaped Orinox and stole a combat shell to erase the child they once were.

Bianca’s world shatters when the Foximite Tribe claims her as their long-lost princess, but the truth could cost her everything, including Lawrence. With their bond already strained, Lawrence must leave her behind to track Draego, the Wolf King, before he destroys everything they love. The tribe sends Wade, a skilled tracker with eyes for Bianca, igniting jealousy in Lawrence he can’t afford to feel. But when danger strikes, Bianca’s hidden power may be the only thing that saves her…and the man she loves.

I meet Jesus on the day I get home from the war. I’m on the beach, but I don’t know how I got here. My mind is as dark as the night. . . . I spend the whole night on the beach. But when the sun’s faint light begins to bend around the Earth, I see him. . . . There, coming toward me, out of...

Becky Jones is as independent as they come, as a marketing executive determined to succeed on her own terms. But her career plan goes sideways when two men try to kill her - and her rescuer whisks her away to an enchanted realm. Her realm. In Tsinia. She is Thya, heir to the throne and gifted with magical abilities, destined to fulfill an ancient prophecy. Her people are kind and peaceful, desperate to forget the evil that looms over them.

In the wake of the apocalypse, nobody is safe. Shane Tucker and his friends thought they managed to save the world from the destructive machine that killed off most of its adult population. Unfortunately, a war nobody was prepared for has only just begun. Now they find themselves joining ranks with a secret organization that will train them to fight for the right to survive. Taking refuge alongside other teenage survivors in a hidden base set deep within the mountains, they will learn how to repel an imminent attack by an ancient race of aliens. Determined to safeguard the children under their charge, Shane and his friends compete for the ultimate prize - a suicide mission against the flagship of the alien fleet. While Shane's feelings for Kelly deepen, along with his need to protect her, he finds emotions clouding his judgment.

Sixteen-year-old Rosa lives in one of the eight enclosed cities of The Woodlands. Where the lone survivors of a devastating race war have settled in the Russian wilderness because it's the only scrap of land left habitable on the planet. In these circular cities, everyone must abide by the law or face harsh punishment. Rosa's inability to conform and obey the rules brands her a leper and no one wants to be within two feet of her, until she meets Joseph.

In this short story from New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Maberry, a reporter accompanies a special ops team on a dangerous mission against space pirates.

The show must go on...even when there's been a murder. I'm Paige Harper and I'm still trying to get back on my feet after being kidnapped. When my housemate, Darron, offers me a gig cleaning at the theater where he's directing his first play, it seems like an easy job. Until the girl playing Titania falls to her death during rehearsal. Of course, I'm gonna help Darron find the murderer. But somehow I also get roped into taking a part on stage too. Even worse, Nico, the one-eyed PI werewolf, joins the cast as well - as my love interest.

In this clean/sweet fairy tale, a princess uncovers a plot against her kingdom and tries to stop it with the help of her friends.