Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for April 1, 2025

Environmental scientist Scott “Buck” Buckley accepts a position at Antarctica’s McMurdo Research Station, only to uncover a profound secret: Geyser Valley, a hidden enclave with a warm microclimate, shelters the indigenous Anai people. Governments conspire to conceal this society to exploit the continent’s resources without restriction.

As Scott immerses himself in the Anai’s harmonious culture, global tensions escalate, culminating in a devastating world war that severs McMurdo from all communication and supplies during the relentless Antarctic winter. Isolated in the perpetual darkness, Scott tries to help the station navigate the dark season while grappling with tough questions: who are the Anai? Is there any truth in their legends about ancient creatures entombed in ice? And what are the ethical boundaries one must uphold, even when survival hangs by a thread?

This epic fantasy book set in Norse mythology centers on two long-lost brothers named Sigurd and Sinfjotli from the famous Volsung bloodline meeting for the first time in the underworld after dying inglorious deaths. This infamous dragon slayer and shapeshifter learn they’ve been granted a second chance at attaining paradise but must claw their way through the underworld’s undead legions to earn it. It’s an all-or-nothing gamble against the Queen of the Underworld, Hel, where their souls are the prize. They forge unlikely alliances with gods, valkyries, and powerful beings, fight infamous villains, confront the ghosts of their pasts, and battle against insurmountable odds to inch closer to salvation. Along the way, they’re forced to confront the fact that even heroes like them can be the villains of the other side.

Category: Fantasy – Epic

On an abandoned oil rig in the middle of the ocean, a secret laboratory is conducting unthinkable research — and a biological weapon with petrifying implications for the human race has just been accidentally unleashed… A covert team races to prevent the apocalypse in this hair-raising collection!

Category: Science Fiction – Post-Apocalyptic

An accident with new technology for interstellar travel throws Alex and Zandra into parallel worlds. They find their tech may also be the ultimate weapon. That’s exactly what the mad-man leader of Alex’s world wants. The pair must work together to save themselves and their planets. If their efforts fail, it could be the annihilation of both worlds.

Other Retailers
Nook | Kobo

Category: Science Fiction – Space Exploration

A stranger is trying to warn her of a disaster that her son can only thwart, but her problem is — Only she can see him, and her son can barely lead a normal life.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

Emma grew up as a Hunter of the Cursed. She’s revered as one of the King’s most skilled hunters. At least she was—until she discovered she possessed magic herself.

Before anyone else can discover her secret, Emma abandons her post and flees to the far edge of the Kingdom, where she hopes she can settle down and live a quiet life as a bartender, out of the Hunters’ watchful eye.

Fate, however, won’t allow us to run away from who we are so easily.

When Emma is confronted by an exiled fairy & a man who claims to be a scientist, she must evaluate what she believes and the confines of who she’s been allowed to be.

Pulled on a journey that takes her further than she’d ever imagined possible, Emma is led on an adventure to discover where her fate lies and must confront her own biases, hopefully learning some drink recipes along the way.

Other Retailers
Apple Books | Nook | Kobo

Category: Fantasy – Epic

The war is over and Humanity has prevailed, but victory came at a terrible price. The weapon used to bring down the enemy killed or injured as many people as it saved. One of the unintended casualties, Alicia MacGregor, has existed in a medically induced coma for two years while her neurological injuries were repaired.

At last, to the relief of family and friends, the time has come for her to awaken and rejoin the world. She is healed physically, but the trauma she endured in that final battle left deep scars in her heart and mind. As she copes with the burden of horror and grief left by the war, Alicia discovers that she is haunted by something far worse than bad memories. Something that first threatens her sanity, and then her life.

Category: Science Fiction – Space Opera

Ambushed behind enemy lines and left for dead along with a handful of privates so green they actually respect his authority, Lance Cpl. Lucky Lee Savage has to master his inner demons, manage the ambitions of his foul-mouthed AI, and figure out what is tearing a hole in the fabric of space-time before everything goes tits up! — Perfect for those who like their military sci-fi brutal, their heroes damaged, and their stakes cosmic.

Category: Science Fiction – Military