Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for September 19, 2024

For veteran fighter pilot Captain Victoria Belic, the war was finally over. It was time to relax. But when the opportunity came to colonize a new world, she couldn’t resist. She could be part of a new chapter in human history. But she quickly discovers her fellow explorers have bitten off more than they can chew when a mysterious threat emerges. As the only veteran from the grueling Kelton wars on Earth, Belic must lead the charge into the unknown against an enemy that has pushed humanity to the brink of extinction.

A rootless dryad in an urban jungle. Will his meditations on power awaken a once-mythical truth and shake the city with a deadly force?

Chicago. Tanin can’t dislodge a persistent unease. Working for a fae civil rights icon, the young human-shaped tree stays busy pumping unseen tendrils of magic into Earth’s stale ground. But a fraught encounter with a wil-o-the-wisp reveals the dark side of his zealous mentor… and endows him with a mysterious new ability.

Tuan has trouble deciding if he should panic or celebrate. Once a humble bike courier, he realizes constant contact with a weird faerie composting business has left him able to see through their glamor and into the astral plane. But when the vivid colors and amazing sights start to overwhelm his mind, he turns to the anxious eucalyptus dryad for help.

Will their desperate attempts to do good poison the planet forever?

Category: Fantasy – Metaphysical & Visionary

Arra is no ordinary girl. In the bustling city of Att’lah, she finds solace high atop a mountain, far from the chaos of magic. While she’s expected to use her powers to help the villagers, Arra yearns for the simplicity of nature, away from the imposing tower she shares with her mother.

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Category: Fantasy – Coming of Age

After passing out at the office, Leon Aronofsky stumbles across a hidden technology project so out of this world the US government is suddenly trying to kill him. Can Leon find a way to keep himself and ex-physicist, Izzy Jones, alive? A secret buried for 80 years. A deadly chase for the truth. And dinner at his mom’s? Leon had been on worse dates…

Category: Fantasy – Alternative History

Three strangers who share a forgotten past confront a vengeance they incited when their bodies weren’t human.
Astralvia: a dystopian nation on the brink. Astronomer Jeral Murh has woken from a coma, and now she’s certain she’s not entirely human.
She must abscond from Astralvia before a fearsome enemy wreaks revenge for a heinous act Jeral doesn’t remember.
The reckoning is about to catch her… and it’s unthinkable, indescribable—atrocious.
This visionary, philosophical, hard sci-fi thriller for adults will blow your mind and make you reflect on your place in the cosmos and the reason for your existence.
The stunning ending is just the beginning.
Riddled with mystery, suspense, and a smattering of romance, Pulstar I is the enigmatic, addictive first installment in the Pulstar trilogy.
It took over ten years to make and has a soundtrack composed by the author.

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Category: Science Fiction – Metaphysical & Visionary

No one is safe, not even you.
Astralvia: a nation vibrating with change.
The most crucial presidential election in the country’s history is three days away. Journalist Larianne Blunt will interview the opposition candidate who embodies the hope of millions of Astralvians. It’s the most significant interview in Larianne’s career and could influence the election outcome. But she doesn’t suspect that Astralvia is about to cross into a stage that will shape it forever, a change both deadly and irreversible for Astralvia, the world—and Larianne.
In turn, Jens faces the rise of involution, which is seizing her home and infecting everything in its path. Jens must fight against it, even though she might also catch this incurable condition.
Brace yourself. Pulstar II will explode your brain and shake your ideas, your convictions, and everything you believe to be real—and safe.

Families First ~ A Post-Apocalyptic Next-World Series ~ Volumes 1-7. A Complete Box Set Plus Character Companion guide and the first three chapters of a possible spinoff called New Beginnings.

Families First is a powerful story of one ordinary family thrown into darkness when an EMP shuts off the power to the entire US mainland and throws the country back into the 1800s in seconds. This family must quickly amass a group of friends and neighbors for an 800-mile trek from north Texas to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Character-driven, the story twists and turns and doesn’t let up until the end. PG-13 The Stand meets The Road.

Category: Science Fiction – Post-Apocalyptic

Adair Finch is the most powerful warlock in the world, and one of the best private investigators for hire.

He has dealt with corporate vampires, murderous werewolves, and even fae royalty. Everything was perfect until he lost one case—the case where he also lost his brother.

So Finch retired. From magic. From PI work. From everything.

Bree Blackstone, a twelve-year-old witch, doesn’t know or care about any of that except Finch’s reputation. In the middle of the night, she bangs on Finch’s door. Her mother has been murdered, and now the assassin is after Bree as well.

Reluctantly, Finch agrees to help, only to discover something sinister has been brewing in town while he ignored the world… He’ll need to dust off all his old skills and magic before it’s too late.

“Fans of the Dresden Files and the Iron Druid Chronicles will definitely enjoy Stovall’s creation.” – Jason Cord

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban