Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for August 18, 2020

Hope at the end of the world.
Love stronger than magic.
Courage to topple kingdoms.
Adventures that reach new realms.

When Worlds Begin offers four full-length novels by Megan O’Russell. From breathtaking adventures to dystopian darkness, this collection has something for every fantasy fan.

Included in this collection: Ember and Stone, Girl of Glass, The Tethering, and The Girl Without Magic.

I never thought I’d have a bounty on my head the size of the Milky Way.

Of course, I never thought I’d be able to bend time, either.

But hey, life is full of surprises.

Don’t get me wrong, feeling like a goddess has its perks, but those perks come with a hefty price. My brain is tapioca. I’m stranded in the middle of dead space. Ratters are using me for target practice, and a giant, cybernetic monster named Oscar is trying to make me his chew toy.

All this because I played superhero (or thief, according to some) and snatched a doomsday device from an intergalactic mobster.

So if I don’t make it out of here alive, remember this:

Above all else, I want a Viking funeral.

Category: Science Fiction – Time Travel

Time travel is messy.
And I don’t mean morning hair after prom, messy.
I mean flushing dynamite down the toilet, messy.

Long story short:

Ship, trashed.
Food stores, gone.
Ravenous monsters, everywhere.

Worst of all, I have to listen to my best bud and his new harem of space cats constantly “repopulate” their species. I swear to god, if I don’t find some ear plugs soon, I’m going stick my head in a warp coil.

The silver lining to our predicament is that the abandoned facility we found has some sweet tech we might be able to use to escape—assuming we can bring it back online before we’re eaten.

That said, should this be the end of my epic adventure, always remember: if I die, I want a Viking funeral.

A thief with fiendish blood and a young mage with a dangerous power he struggles to control are swept up in an epic quest that will traverse the planes. Danger, wonder, and darkness await!

Category: Fantasy – Sword & Sorcery

Magic. Sailing. A murderer among heroes.

Gravedigger Volke Savan wants nothing more than to be like his hero, the legendary magical swashbuckler, Gregory Ruma. First he needs to become an arcanist, someone capable of wielding magic, which requires bonding with a mythical creature. And he’ll take anything—a pegasus, a griffin, a ravenous hydra—maybe even a leviathan, like Ruma.

So when Volke stumbles across a knightmare, a creature made of shadow and terror, he has no reservations. But the knightmare knows a terrible secret: Ruma is a murderer out to spread corrupted magic throughout their island nation. He’s already killed a population of phoenixes and he intends to kill even more.

In order to protect his home, his adopted sister, and the girl he admires from afar, Volke will need to confront his hero, the Master Arcanist Gregory Ruma.

Category: Fantasy – Coming of Age

The stars are within mankind’s reach…

…But what awaits in the void may end humanity…

Mars and the Moon have been colonized, piracy runs rampant in the asteroid belts, and a thriving society grows in the depths of space. Humanity prepares to embark upon its greatest journey—the colonization of Alpha Centauri.

Then everything changes…

A deep space reconnaissance probe discovers a new Earth-like planet twelve light-years from Earth’s sun. The probe also finds something unusual, something…unnerving. A new mission is created, a space fleet is formed, and humanity embarks on unraveling the greatest mystery of all—the origins of life itself.

Can the factions of Earth remain united, or will old rivalries and animosities destroy the fragile peace in the face of this terrifying existential threat?

Will exploration prove to be a fatal mistake?

Category: Science Fiction – Military

Sixteen-year-old Kiva Fariq has always dreamed of riding the black-feathered dragons that scour the desert skies. But to learn how, she must first join a sect strictly forbidden to women.

Undeterred, Kiva attempts the perilous trials in secret. Should she survive, she will face an even greater challenge: bonding a desert dragon of her own.

When signs of an ancient enemy appear on the plains, Kiva tries to warn her people. But the threat is closer than anyone realizes, and will soon bury her people in a tomb of sand and stone—unless she can stop it.

Forbidden Flight is the first book of the Windwalker series, a desert fantasy adventure about a young girl fighting to save her people from an ancient enemy.

Category: Fantasy – Coming of Age

When Kiva’s brother is suddenly among the missing, she dedicates all her efforts to finding him. What she discovers thrusts her into a world of strangeness and wonder. Can Kiva find her brother and discover why her people are being taken, or will she be trapped forever in the world of the dead?

When an invading army threatens, Marilia, daughter of a famous general, must work together with a group of unlikely allies —her estranged twin brother, the woman she’s secretly in love with, and the man who killed her father —to save the empire with nothing but her wits…if she can convince anyone to listen to the battle strategies of a bastard girl. A thrilling and thought-provoking tale of sibling rivalry, ambition, and a young woman’s fight to find her place in the world. “The characterization is phenomenal…Cole captures humanity in words as raw as they are beautiful.” —Reedsy.com

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Category: Fantasy – Historical