Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for December 28, 2016

Astrid assumed all dragons should be killed – until she met one that changed her mind.

In the medieval Northlands, a dangerous family seeks power.
They slaughter all who get in their way.

Children’s rhymes hint at what’s to come, but no one recognizes the danger at hand.

Astrid doesn’t know she holds the key to this power.
She’s just a blacksmith who makes swords for dragonslayers.
But Astrid has a dark secret …
A dragon once chewed her up and spit her out.

She hides the old scars covering her body through shapeshifting.

But the time for hiding is over.

AUTHOR’S NOTE: This YA Epic Fantasy series is written for adults but appropriate for ages 14 and up.

Book 1 – The Dragonslayer’s Sword
Book 2 – The Iron Maiden
Book 3 – The Sword of Darkness
Book 4 – The Dragon’s Egg

After a thousand years of war, the Mishnese and Karupta have made peace by wedding the Mishnese Princess Royal to the Karupta Crown Prince. Their son whose birth was foretold ten centuries ago is destined to rule the entire planet and end the wars forever. But the Princess and the baby have died during childbirth or so it was said. In the meantime, a strange half-breed infant boy is left at an orphanage with a purse full of gold coins. The Boy who Lit up the Sky follows the early years of Senya from the streets of Old Mishnah, to the Palace of Mishnah and from there to Karuptani where he is taught to live off the land and fight for that which is his. Along the way, he finds the Human girl who unbeknownst to her, shares his important destiny.

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Category: Science Fiction – Galactic Empire

Meet Alisha: A young woman who refuses to live the life her parents want.
In a single month, Alisha Kane has gone from a wealthy debutante to street girl to scavenger. While testing her new flying skills in the Cully Canyon, Alisha incurs a near-death crash landing. She’s “rescued” by a colonel of the SkyRyders and her life changes forever.

Meet Logan: A SkyRyder colonel in charge of a sleepy fort with little to do other than arresting the occasional scavenger.
For the first time in his life, Logan’s attracted to a young woman, only she’s probably a scavenger and he’ll have to arrest her. But first, he offers her a shower and food while he checks on his crew. His videographer has captured her extraordinary flight through the Cully and her flying is astounding!
He forgoes arresting her and puts his career at risk by asking MAC to assess her skills and integrity as a potential SkyRyder. If he can get Alisha into the SkyRyders, it will be his greatest contribution to the Corps.

Category: Science Fiction – Dystopian

Deston grew up believing faeries and monsters were nothing but bedtime stories mothers told their children. But after his mother mysteriously vanishes and he stumbles into the mystical realm of Tir na-nÓg, he discovers the shocking truth—these beings are not only real, they are intent on destroying him and his entire family.
With a new found friend, Margaux, and Excalibur’s twin brother sword at his side, Deston sets out to race against time and find his mother before the full moon rises. The odds are stacked against him and the obstacles he faces push him to the brink of his limits, but Deston refuses to give up. He can’t, for he made a vow to do whatever it takes to get his mother back, even if that means fighting the devil himself. The thing is, when he made that pledge he had no idea the evil he was about to face would be far worse than the devil!

Category: Fantasy – Arthurian

Arlon was the most important person in his kingdom, and he hated it.
He was one of only a handful of people in the Five Civilized Kingdoms born with the birthmark. He was a Child of the Mark. A Chosen Child.
A Dunamai.
The ancient prophecies were clear…seven Dragons would rise to power. Six had come and gone over the past 6300 years, the majestic Seventh Dragon was about to be born. Terras Telos…the final prophesied Dread Guardian to rule over the world.
Only a Dunamai could approach a Dragon. Only a Chosen Child could make an offering to the newborn Dragon. The stakes were unimaginably high…and Arlon knew that only one of them would be accepted. His entire teenage life had been a preparation for one single day…the day of the Dragon Offering.
No one could have ever imagined the incredible and tragic series of events that would be unleashed by a young man’

Category: Fantasy – Epic