Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for October 29, 2021

The Atlantis Grail — An exciting science fiction YA dystopian series by two-time Nebula Award Finalist Author Vera Nazarian — Now Optioned for Film!

Nerd, geek, and awkward smart girl Gwen Lark must compete against all other teens on Earth, in order to Qualify for interplanetary rescue from an asteroid apocalypse! Can she save everyone she loves?

Two worlds. Two books. Three riddles and a maze. A moldering museum and two enchanted libraries. Sundry stout dwarves, a colossal enchanted oak, a heartbroken dragon, a dark prince, a lost firefighter, and two swashbuckling pirates. And one ordinary girl to save them all.

Category: Fantasy – Classics

With treacherous magical pirates, terrifying stone giants, a heartbroken dragon, loyal dogs, uncouth dwarves, a dark prince, bewildering riddles to solve, and revelations of betrayal and self-sacrifice, the second volume in the Scarlet Hopewell series ventures deeper into the enchanting, heart-wrenching, comical world of Satorium.

Kill the bad guys. Save the galaxy. All in a hard day’s work.

Get two complete series in this omnibus!

Ghost Squadron:
After 10 years of wandering the outer rim, Eddie Teach is a man without a purpose. He was one of the toughest pilots in the Federation, but now he’s a regular guy, getting into bar fights and making a difference wherever he can.

That is until he’s offered a job. There are bad people out there, plotting terrible things, killing innocents, and destroying colonies.

Someone has to stop them.

Precious Galaxy:
After an explosion, a battlecruiser’s crew mysteriously disappears.

Bailey and Lewis find themselves on a damaged ship with no idea how they got there. Lewis hasn’t worked a case in years. The last thing Bailey remembers is preparing to take down a fugitive.

Mysteries are harder to solve when there’s no evidence left behind.

Category: Science Fiction – Space Opera

Sold into servitude by her father to settle his debts with a brutal innkeeper, Salia dreams of a better life. She finds her escape in a portal to another world… a world where magic still flourishes.

Welcomed by a band of wildlings into a land of eternal childhood, time passes happily, until the injury of one of her friends forces Salia to seek help at the temple of healing. There she meets Alyssa, an elven warrior princess who encourages Salia to explore the wider world with her.

Salia embraces her exciting new life of adventure, and she soon finds a home in the elf kingdom of Evintyr. But the Darkness, an evil force that drained Salia’s former world of magic, now threatens her new home with the same fate. Can she prevent it from falling victim to a similar destiny?

Category: Fantasy – Coming of Age

When you’re out in the black wilds of space you might encounter warring pirate factions, rogue planets, or end up on the wrong side of the Royal Union, the rulers of Triumph.  Unfortunately for Halstaan Cross, it’s all three.

Halstaan is the chief engineer of a long-range rescue/salvage ship that patrols the dangerous frontier.  He is relied upon to keep the ship running and the crew counts on him with their lives and their livelihood. But he is also hiding a dark secret that may threaten the whole crew.

Ro Javlin is a young man from a remote planet setting off into the universe for the first time. Bound by duty and pressured by his community, he reluctantly agrees to attend the Royal Military Academy.

When Ro’s path unexpectedly intersects with Halstaan, the two are thrust into the midst of a discovery that will affect the entire galaxy and change the course of their lives forever.

Category: Science Fiction – Space Opera

Uttering a forbidden spell, a druid resurrects her murdered king. But can they reclaim his throne before Death reclaims him?

When high school English teacher, Hugh Cavendish, is summoned back across the well between worlds, he finds his killer sitting on his throne and invaders at his shore. He was a failure as a king in his last life. Why does this druid think he can fix things now? But this world holds everything he has longed for—vengeance, love, and a second chance at all of them. For he is bound to this land by blood magic and something far stronger.

He soon realizes he wasn’t the only one who crossed the well. Someone has followed him here, and they are set on taking him back. But first, Cavendish vows to set things right with his land, his people, and his own soul.

Category: Fantasy – Metaphysical & Visionary

Ben has just completed a hard day’s work blowing up psychotic killing machines, when he’s acclaimed a hero and sent off to Ceres, an icy planetoid orbiting beyond Mars. He sees this as a promotion – his boss sees this as a way of getting him killed. Once he gets to Ceres he discovers his imminent demise is the least of his problems.
Invincible aliens are on their way from the far side of the Galaxy to eradicate all human life. And the only faint hope for the survival of the human race is a very special young woman, a human/AI hybrid who his bosses also want to destroy. The AI is of alien origin, and gives her “magical” powers. This helps her to fool and outwit the people trying to kill her. Ben would rather just shoot them.
He’s also skeptical about the mysterious Alien AI. Humanity’s own experiments with advanced AI led to the rise of the crazed warmechs that destroyed his family.

Category: Science Fiction – Space Opera

SFS Stories is a throwback to the golden age of fantasy and science fiction. Think of authors like Bradbury, Clarke, Asimov, and the sci-fantasy pulp magazines that published their delectable stories. This issue debuts with twelve dark fantasy tales for lovers of flash fiction. While some of the characters you’ll meet are driven by avarice or selfishness, others possess more benevolent sentiments like love and devotion. All are delightful to read.

Category: Fantasy – Anthologies & Short Stories