Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for October 27, 2018

AND I DARKEN meets EVERNEATH in this lush historical fantasy reimagining of Theseus and the Minotaur.

They call her the cursed princess. Ariadne’s father is a tyrant king, her mother the mad queen. And her brother—her brother is a monster.

Each year, Ariadne watches in dread as her father sends fourteen tributes into the labyrinth to be devoured by the monstrous Minotaur. Each year, no one comes out.

Determined to break the curse on her family and return her brother to his human form, Ariadne enters the labyrinth with the tributes. She needs their help—especially handsome, heroic Theseus, who’s determined to slay the monster himself.

As they struggle to survive the perilous maze together, she finds herself falling for him. Ariadne can’t let that happen. Her quest will cost her everything, including her heart—for to save her brother, Theseus must die.

How far would a man go to protect those he loved?

For Gabriel Espinoza, the answer was simple: to the ends of the universe.

When a failed genetic test ruins his life, Gabriel and his fiancée prepare to run to a world where the laws aren’t as strict. There they could remain, in peace, for the remainder of their days, their love unspoiled by the strict regime which controls the Dominion of Man.

But Fate is a cruel, fickle mistress.

Torn from the only woman he had ever loved, Gabriel is prepared to burn the galaxy to get her back.

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Category: Science Fiction – Galactic Empire

Vampires of the Scarlet Order is an action-adventure novel about an elite cadre of vampire mercenaries who have worked throughout history as pinpoint assassins. Under the command of Desmond, Lord Draco, the Scarlet Order was involved in wars with the Ottoman Empire, The French Revolution and even the conquest of the Americas. Now, at the dawn of the 21st century, vampires are too expensive, too untrustworthy, and frankly, too passé for governments to employ any longer. Nanotechnology can be employed to engineer more reliable super soldiers. What’s a vampire got to do for job security?

Category: Science Fiction – Adventure

As Blyth approaches manhood in the Celtic village which is all the world he has ever known, all he wants is a quiet life. When his father returns from distant lands, events force him and his brothers to flee from home. Guided by Gwenn, a powerful mage, their journey leads them across a continent and face to face with the might of the Roman Republic. First in the “Wise Oak” series.

Category: Fantasy – Historical

Sequel to Children of the Wise Oak, Gwenn is sent to Rome to spy on a young patrician, Gaius Julius Caesar, born on the same day as Blyth and supposedly the subject of a prophesy in which Gwenn herself has little faith. Although a powerful Deru-Weida, her magic may not be enough as she falls under Caesar’s spell and soon she must ask for help from Blyth’s mother Epona. While the two ladies see eye-to-eye on the merits of Roman wine, they disagree about almost everything else. Enslaved by Caesar, caught up in epic battles, and captured by pirates, has Gwenn bitten off more than she can chew? Historically grounded fantasy.

A 2016 Dragon Award nominee for Best Horror Novel!

One is a heartless, bloodthirsty killer. The other is a vampire. They have only one hope – each other.

College freshman, Amanda Colt knows few people and wants to know fewer still. She is beautiful, smart, and possibly the most interesting person on campus.

Then she finds tall, intense Marco Catalano in her fencing class. With a mind like a computer and manners of a medieval knight, he scares most people – but not Amanda. They both have secrets, for they are both monsters.

As they draw closer, they must find the line between how much they can trust each other, and how much they can care for each other. Each carries a secret that can destroy the other. But they must come to grips with their personal drama soon because a darkness rises around them.

They have only one hope – each other!

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

After saving Brooklyn from a nest of vampires, Amanda Colt and Marco Catalano are a little banged up. He’s been given a job offer to deal with vampires in San Francisco, and it’s a tempting offer – it would get him away from Amanda, his feelings for her, and get her away from the darkness inside him. When a death in the family compels Marco to move to the West Coast, they’re both left to fend for themselves.

Then the creature known only as Mister Day leaves their world in tatters, and they must once more join forces against the darkness. Only Day is no vampire, but a creature beyond their experience. It will take the combined might of Marco, Amanda, and all of their allies just to slow it down. They have no weapons that can kill him. They have no way to imprison him. To even fight him is death.

But they have to try – or face the end of everything they love.

In 1623 Christian’s life changed forever when he followed a huge, white eagle to a mysterious cave and discovered a visitor from another world peering at him from beneath a small pool. Sent by the One, the being taught Christian to become a Paladin, a protector of Earth with superhuman abilities, told to wait in the shadows unless balance needed to be restored.

Now it’s the 21st century and, the time has come. Christian can travel thousands of miles in a flash of light, but he’s still human. People are dying at the hands of unearthly forces plundering the energy of all living things and altering the course of evolution. Christian can’t be certain of the power of those he will face, and he must be careful not to alter things himself – he can’t risk disrupting the plan of the One.
Can he do this and still save the woman he’s loved since their lives on Atlantis?

Category: Fantasy – Metaphysical & Visionary

Four powerful elements, a love that spans millennia, and a destiny that can’t be escaped.

Bound by an ancient spell and hunted by the witches that cast it, four strangers-turned-best-friends must ban together to master elemental powers they didn’t know they had to free themselves from their enemies once and for all, and to stop an ancient evil that threatens to destroy the world.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

Blake Beckworth is head bio-engineer at the arcane Facility, a place where not all employees are human, and company secrets run deeper than the multitude of underground levels.
Kira Beckworth stays as far away from the place-and her sister- as she possibly can. She spends her time at the bottom of expensive bottles of champagne, living large on Facility profits.
But happy hour is about to be ruined in the most spectacular way.
The Facility, and Blake, are messing with things far beyond their understanding. Ancient gods are preparing to spill bad blood, and Earth will become their battleground.
Kira’s sister might just have started the apocalypse. And now she wants Kira’s help to clean up the mess.
But the sisters will have to patch up their own bloodied relationship before they have a chance of stopping the end of days.

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Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban