Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for April 22, 2021

Private Detective Alex Lockerby has a book of spells, a pack of matches, and four days to prove he’s not a killer.

In 1933 New York, there are two kinds of magic, the all powerful sorcerers who use their abilities to acquire wealth and fame, and the runewrights who scratch out what meager spells they can to make a living.

When someone releases an alchemical poison in a soup kitchen, Alex must use his wits and his meager magical skills untangle a twisted web of politics, greed, and murder before the FBI and New York’s resident sorceress pin the crime on him.

Dive into a rich, new fantasy world, and join 17-year-old thief Neva Roberts in an action-packed tale of self-acceptance — with deadly secrets, thrilling love interests, and a brilliant, morally gray female lead!

Neva has always hidden her Da’Valian side while trying to earn her way out from under a crime lord and make a name for herself. But the time for hiding ends when a job goes wrong and shatters the spell holding her powers at bay.

She must seek out her mother’s people to gain control. Will she embrace her true nature in time to keep her family safe from supernatural foes?

Category: Fantasy – New Adult & College

The realm of Drinnglennin hangs poised on the cusp of chaos, for Urlion Konigur, the High King, is dying and has yet to name an heir. Rumors abound that the Helgrins, Drinnglennin’s bitterest foes, are preparing their longboats to raid the Isle’s shores, while the roving å Livåri folk, for whom the island kingdom is the last sanctuary, are strangely disappearing. And in distant Belestar, the fabled dragons are stirring from their self-imposed exile…Drinnglennin’s hopes lie with the wizard Morgan, who must gather together and safeguard the king’s possible heirs, all three of whom are coming of age. Yet a dangerously powerful house seeks the succession for one of their own, even if it means disrupting the fragile peace of the realm. One thing is certain: whoever next sits on the Einhorn Throne will determine the fate not only of Drinnglennin, but of all who dwell in the Known World.

Category: Fantasy – Historical

Charlie is so done with zombie slaying—too bad the zeds didn’t get the memo.

After she moves across the country and out of the hot zone, Charlie hopes to leave hunting behind. She’s ready to make some friends at her new high school. But the past she hoped to bury rises again with a fresh, city-wide outbreak.

So much for settling into a normal life…

Will Charlie discover the source of the infection, or will she meet a gruesome end?

Category: Science Fiction – Dystopian

An irreverent, liberal, twisty, time travel comedy!

What if you could change history to eliminate slavery, World War II, the Spanish Inquisition, global warming, and an egomaniacal nuclear-bomb-dropping US president? What if that change also made 5 billion people poof from existence? Would you do it? Time Is Irreverent explores those questions, as benevolent aliens send Marty Mann to AD 31 to correct an error in history.

Spanning from the Cretaceous period to 2056, Time is Irreverent is a hilarious, thought-provoking satire, with unpredictable twists, colorful aliens, huge dinosaurs, a smokin’ hot lesbian from the future, and a cameo from Jesus Christ himself!

“Ironic, original, hysterically funny, deftly crafted, and an impressively entertaining read from first page to last”—Midwest Book Review

Category: Science Fiction – Time Travel

Finalist for the 2019 OZMA Fantasy Fiction awards, Chanticleer International Book Awards

Damien Flynn finds himself in the midst of growing turmoil that he foresaw but was not equipped to handle. Denied the quill for speaking his mind, he finds himself shackled to a path spiraling downward. A brush with death can do wonders to help one re-evaluate their priorities and their morals but it remains to be seen just how Damien will proceed with his newfound perspective on mortality.

Victoria Montgomery, a powerful revolutionary general, buoyed by her second with fractured morals, provides early and tangible victories but success brings attention they may not be ready for. Erudite and ruthless cunning stalks the would-be revolutionaries with pragmatism and patience. The threat of extinction looms over every step forward.

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Category: Fantasy – Historical

In the Society, everyone is happy.

Drea Young has grown up living in the shadow of the wall. She knows it’s there to protect the citizens of the United Society of the Reestablishment, but that doesn’t stop her from feeling trapped. Why? Everything in her world is perfect. There’s no more struggle, no war or crime, no conflict.

No choice.

Drea has always thought she was alone in her blasphemous thoughts, but then she gets to know Jerrick Carter and realizes she couldn’t be more wrong. Quiet and Brooding, Jerrick helps her understand not just the world around her, but herself as well, and the more Drea learns about the Society, the more desperate she becomes to break free.

But after a lifetime of being controlled, she isn’t sure if she’s strong enough to leave everything she knows behind…

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Category: Science Fiction – Dystopian