Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for April 16, 2020

Homicide detective Alexandra Jarvis is up against a serial killer unlike any she’s ever encountered. She has neither time nor patience for the arrogant new partner assigned to her in the middle of the case, but he seems hellbent on getting in her way—and under her skin—at every turn.

A millennium ago, Aramael sentenced his own brother to eternal exile. Now the fallen angel is back and wreaking murderous havoc in the mortal realm, and it’s up to Aramael to stop him—and to keep the stubborn human police officer out of his path.

With tensions flaring between them and Alex’s uncanny ability to see him for who he really is, both Aramael’s mission and his soul are in serious danger. Can he and Alex work together to capture the fallen one? Or will Aramael end up committing a sin more unspeakable than that of his brother?

“This magical, terrifying, and whimsical debut is a genuinely original and immersive take on post-apocalyptic SF.”–Publishers Weekly starred review

In 2161, the first chimera arose. A year later, twelve billion people were dead. The few who survived called it the Reckoning.

Centuries later in what was once Amish country, their descendants hide in rustic walled villages cowering from chimeras. They revere tradition. They fear innovation. They mistrust anything that’s different.

Root couldn’t be more different.

Curious and irreverent, she disquiets her village. Blind daughter of the village guardian, she stands apart. Frustrated with a wall-bound life, she grudgingly accepts it–until she hears the voice that no one else can hear.

Root’s journey will take her into the wilds where, outcast and hunted, she must save her people–and unravel the mystery of who she really is.

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Category: Science Fiction – Post-Apocalyptic

In a realm where wizards rule, magic reigns supreme

Power. The ambitious thirst for it. But when a power-hungry wizard lord seeks to expand his might, he triggers a series of events unforeseen.
The balance of magic is altered, races of old return, and beasts of legend stalk the land.
This series features a compelling and memorable cast including ruthless wizards who vie for thrones able to grant the power of a god.
How can one defeat a god?

Fate of Wizardoms is a reimagining of classic epic fantasy, told in a modern, fast-paced style packed with beloved genre tropes twisted in an uncommon fashion, perfect for fans of The Witcher, Kingkiller Chronicles, or Wheel of Time.

Category: Fantasy – Sword & Sorcery

Everson Croft here, professor of mythology and behind-the-scenes wizard.

Show me an amateur conjurer, and I’ll stop him before he gets himself killed.

That’s the idea, anyway. But New York City isn’t what it used to be, and I don’t mean the recent crash.

Amateur casters are calling up creatures they shouldn’t be able to. And there’s been a murder at the city’s oldest cathedral, a message in blood on the victim’s back the NYPD wants me to interpret, like yesterday.

Something tells me I’m in over my head. And that’s not just Chinatown’s newest mob boss, a scary-powerful vampire, or my possessed cat talking.

No matter how much magic I hurl, worse keeps chasing bad, and I’m amassing enemies like they’re aluminum cans.

Did I mention the end of the world might be nigh?

Damn. Maybe I’m the amateur here.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

Tonight’s the night I tell Caroline the truth: about my feelings, my magic, everything.

So why am I surprised when Detective Vega calls me to a new case? An elusive creature is chewing up residents in a housing project run by rival gangs. One more mangled body and the place will explode into warfare.

Problem is, someone’s protecting the killer. All signs point to the vampire Arnaud—who’s just upped the stakes. If I don’t send Detective Vega down a trail of bad leads, he’ll snatch her child.

Worse, Caroline has disappeared, and I’m under suspicion. No one believes I last saw her with Angelus, a mysterious hunk and full-blooded fae.

Two cases: one personal, one professional, and both going to hell in a hurry.

Time to wizard up.

A fast-paced, militaristic sci-fi thriller centered on a complex female protagonist and set in war torn but still recognizable New England, ‘Echoes of War’ is the first installment in author Cheryl Campbell’s critically acclaimed “Echoes” trilogy — a must-read for fans of Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries and Robert D. Armstrong’s World Apart series.

Dani is a scavenger living on the fringes of society in Maine, gathering enough supplies to live another day… or so she thinks.

In truth, Dani is not just another war-displaced civilian. She is an Echo — a member of a nearly-immortal alien race. Dani, along with other human and Echo civilians, avoids the Wardens, a splinter group of genocidal Echoes leading a decades-long, human-hunting war against anyone who resists their rule on Earth.

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Category: Science Fiction – Dystopian

When the Reavers choose to take on Bethany Anne, Amanda show’s up to help her friend from the Multiverse Bar. Together, they must fight against the latest raid by the multiverse pirates.

Category: Science Fiction – Adventure