Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for August 14, 2021

Surviving the Super Summer flu’s un-deadly aftermath is only the beginning!
The pandemic brings mankind to its knees in the grisliest way possible. A few survive: the unlucky ones, the immune, and those relishing a life of lawlessness. This is their story. Experience the End Times through their eyes and face their fears as they struggle to outwit the evil holding Earth hostage. With hope as their last weapon of defense, they must learn to survive the creeper-infested world without sacrificing their own humanity as they discover the dark fate of the human race.
If you’re in the mood for a chilling apocalyptic-adventure like The Stand meets The Walking Dead—this is the book for you!

Amy thought that the boarding school her aunt wanted her to attend was just some weird place for misfit girls, but when her mother is attacked by demons, Amy realises that there’s more to this world than she realised, and she’ll need the help of the teachers at Ember Academy if she wants to survive and save her mother.

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Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

For five hundred years the Marches have protected the world from the Nithrain, the wickedness haunting the fringes of old tales. The Marches are believed impregnable until a gifted young swordswoman, Lena, is deceived by her sensei into stealing one of the six stones that hold back the Nithrain.

War is looming. Hunted by every side, either to reforge the stone or to prevent its return, to save herself Lena must first become the hero worthy of redemption.

EYES LAST SEEN DYING is a character-driven fantasy following Lena’s adventures across the richly detailed world of Ithander, a land brimming with wondrous creatures, magic, and martial arts.

Category: Fantasy – Sword & Sorcery

Keiffer Reynold’s planetary exploration team is shocked to find 22 marooned sentient beings when they arrive to survey the unclaimed semi-tropical planet, Sulara, in preparation for human colonists.

Intrigued by L’nu, a non-binary, first contact alien, Kieffer is drawn into a cross-species relationship with shocking results as their emotional entanglement transforms L’nu into a new form.

When the alien’s home world authorities attempt to forcibly repatriate their citizens and claim Sulara as their own territory, an interspecies war threatens. Only a desperate journey through an inter-planetary portal can prevent a catastrophic confrontation and save a world that is not what it seems.

Category: Science Fiction – First Contact

An alien attack inside protected space.
An abandoned space station.
A planet that shouldn’t exist.

Dione is all set for a nerdtastic biology research trip to another world, but an unexpected attack forces her and her classmates way off the grid and into orbit around the mysterious planet Kepos.

As Dione discovers the truth about the planet and the lengths to which she must go to save her friends, Kepos presents a problem. One that will force Dione to decide: What is her future worth?

Category: Science Fiction – Genetic Engineering

A deadly virus. A group of students trapped in the mountains. Their survival depends on each other.

Seventeen-year-old Jess Maddox leaves home excited and hopeful, certain the leadership camp she’s about to join will change her life forever. And she’s right.

When a deadly virus outbreak makes the world too dangerous to return to, Jess and the other students are forced to flee to the mountains. As they learn to survive in the wilderness and live together as a community, Jess finds herself drawn to two of her friends. Torn by her feelings for both of them, she needs to make a choice, knowing it could damage the harmony of their group.

As their community prepares for the onset of winter, Jess and her friends are faced with a new threat, and soon realise that the virus isn’t the most dangerous thing out there.

Category: Science Fiction – Post-Apocalyptic

Meet Arthur “The Hat” Salzman. Gangster. Wizard. Screwed.

When I was killed for the fifth time, and before breakfast, I knew for sure I’d made a terrible mistake.

It was meant to be a simple job. Steal item, deliver said item to my posh broker, get paid. Easy peasy wizard squeezy.

Blame it on the insomnia, my own greed, or maybe just stupidity, but I swear on my wand I didn’t know what was in the bag. If I had, I’d never have got involved.

Soon, every gangster, spook, and magic abuser in the city wanted what I had. But they went too far, broke the Code. Backed up by my faery godmother, and a Stepford mom who’s main goal in life was to be my sidekick, the body count escalated as the truth was revealed. And they all forgot one important thing.

The Hat’s a goddamn Wildcat Wizard!

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

When an assassin infiltrates a secret meeting and people are killed, brothers Robbie and Dougray are plunged into a fast-paced journey of self-discovery. Their quest leads them to forbidden territory, where an Elf girl named Belle Song accompanies them. The future of their quest becomes doubtful when an enormous spider called Queen Shara captures Robbie. After a frightening battle, they manage to defeat the spider and rescue him from her lair. Through their mutual hardships, Dougray and Belle discover they have a common destiny, one that involves searching for seven lost crystals that will heal Bethloria.

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Category: Fantasy – Sword & Sorcery