Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for August 18, 2019

The incredibly realistic story of one family’s struggle to survive the destruction of New York in a massive terror attack. Million-copy bestseller now in development for film by 20th Century Fox.

Matthew Mather is a leading cybersecurity expert who presented in Washington to the FBI and CIA, warning of the impending danger of possible cyberattacks like the one that “hobbled Atlanta” in March of 2018 as reported by The New York Times.

Translated in twenty three countries, CyberStorm is a worldwide bestseller, a new apocalyptic disaster classic in the spirit of On the Beach, Alas Babylon, One Second After, and Lucifer’s Hammer that will appeal to fans of Tom Clancy and Brad Thor.

When Whitley winds up on the top of a pirate hit-list, she finds an unlikely savior. Bluff, a shape-shifting pirate pulls her from her high society life mid-waltz and sneaks her onto his ship to avoid capture. But savior or not, she knows she can’t trust him.

Bluff’s secrets are deeper than the sea itself but he will do anything to keep Whitley out of the wrong hands. It’s all he can do to save his own skin.

​Pirates and sirens alike are after the subject of the prophecy, and it’s only a matter of time until Whitley learns just how powerful she is. And just how much control she has over Bluff.

​Resisting fate is never easy. Resisting Whitley will be near-impossible. But if he fails, it could mean enslavement by sirens, or worse—by the very girl he saved.

Category: Fantasy – Historical

In a moment of crisis, Gilly’s fantasy of safety is shattered. With her family murdered, Gilly disguises herself as an eccentric goat herder and hides among shadows, while keeping a careful eye on her baby sister. Then, her illegal use of magic to save her niece lifts the veil and exposes all of them to the enemy. Now it’s time to flee again, for an evil sorcerer, and the malevolent king he serves, are back on their trail.

Category: Fantasy – Epic

Toonopolis is a cartoon city that is home to the thoughts and ideas of all sentient beings in the universe. As the center of the Tooniverse, it acts as an other-worldly rest stop for these creations.

Gemini is a teenage human boy who is thrust into Toonopolis through his father’s scientific research program. He loses part of himself in the process and immediately begins a quest to regain his lost memories with the help of his Tooniverse guide named Jimbob the Talking Eggplant.

After an altercation with a mysterious Shadowy Figure, Gemini’s mission is changed, and he begins a new quest to defeat Shadowy Figure and protect Toonopolis from his nefarious destruction. Along the way, he meets new friends, discovers just how diverse and strange Toonopolis is, and learns lessons about compassion, forgiveness, redemption, and being true to oneself.

Category: Science Fiction – Adventure

Marisol is a bounty hunter, tasked with tracking down “Runners,” people who have been paid to take the fall for crimes committed by the wealthy.

But when she captures a young Runner with a secret, she unknowingly stumbles into a vast conspiracy. The hunter becomes the hunted as those in power turn the city inside out trying to crush anyone who would dare to expose the truth.

Nowhere is safe as Assassins close in from every direction. The unlikely duo of Runner and rising-star Hunter must survive the endless onslaught to blow the lid off the rampant, city-wide corruption… or be silenced forever.

Category: Science Fiction – Post-Apocalyptic

Philip is a good boy, a really good boy, who accidentally gets sent to Hell to become the Devil’s heir. The Devil, Lucifer, is dying and desperately in need of a successor, but there’s been a mistake and Philip is the wrong boy.

Lucifer has no other choice than to begin the difficult task of training Philip in the ways of evil. Philip is terrible at being bad, but when he falls in love with the she-devil Satina and experiences the powerful forces of love and jealousy, the task becomes much easier.

Philip finds both friends and enemies in this odd, gloomy underworld–but who can he trust, when he discovers an evil-minded plot against the dark throne?

The Great Devil War is a gripping and humorous tale about good and evil seen from a different perspective. It’s filled with biblical and historical characters and set in a world beyond your wildest dreams. Or nightmares…

Category: Fantasy – Coming of Age