Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for August 20, 2020

You never mess with a young girl around James Brownstone.

It doesn’t matter what crime syndicate you belong to, that just doesn’t sit well with him.

The world has changed since the news of Oriceran came out twenty years before. Now, countries all over the world have agreed to using a bounty system for dangerous criminals using advanced magic or advanced technology.

People too powerful for the cops to deal with.

Magical criminals, thugs and bounty hunters, in the future we revert to what worked in the past.

if you find out you are hunted by Brownstone, we suggest you turn yourself in.

It will save you a monumental ass-kicking.

Brownstone likes his life simple, but Life is about to throw him a wicked curveball.

Dangerous magic, a dark god, and ancient secrets.

Archaeologist Pellucid Rose discovers THE find of the century when an earthquake hits her Mycenae, Greece dig. But before she can claim it, a dark, dangerous, and very sexy stranger steps from a swirl of shadows claiming she’s loosed a sphinx on the world by translating an ancient secret on one of the scrolls.

What’s more, he insists Secret Magic requires her to go with him to capture the ferocious creature.

Against better judgment, Pell teams up with the hot stranger to discover a world of magic where the impossible is reality, crooked mortals hide corrupt secrets, and mysteries older than myth can kill you. That thought alone makes her heart race, but things get even worse when she discovers he’s hiding world-altering secrets, and only she has what it takes to stop him.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

Spicy never wanted anything more than to spend his days in the goblin library as the sage’s apprentice.

But his sister Thistle already had the job.

All Spicy’s dreams are shattered when a human warband burns his village. His sister is abducted and the sage vanishes.

Forced to leave the ashes of his home behind, he must abandon the only place he has ever known and venture into the land of humans and monsters.

Saving his sister will mean uncovering what the raiders were after.

For some things are worth more than gold, and goblins have secrets of their own.

Includes the complete first three novels of the best-selling dark fantasy series!

Category: Dark Fantasy

Wizard scouts are the elite, deep-recon forces of the Intergalactic Empire. They are a mix of technology and psionic abilities.

Cadet Richard Shepard is given a chance to become one of these legendary soldiers, but things are not as they seem. Against his will, he is sent on a mission by a mysterious being known only as “the One” to help an elf priestess fight a demon and its army of undead.

Wizard scouts are the best of the best, but Richard is still a cadet in training. Will his skills and technology be enough to overcome dragons, demons, trolls, ghouls, and undead from his worst nightmare? Will his wizard scout abilities combined with the aid of his battle computer, Nickelo, and the magic of the elf priestess be enough to turn the tide?

With the fate of three galaxies in the balance, Richard is honor bound to do his best. The question is will his best be good enough?

Category: Science Fiction – Military

Wizard scout cadet Richard Shepard’s mission is to retrieve a defecting scientist deep behind enemy lines. Simple, right? But as Richard learned long ago, nothing is ever simple. With a Crosioian scout hot on his trail, he finds himself stuck with a couple of genius kids who hold a secret that can mean the salvation of three galaxies. Between dodging plasma beams from heavily-armored soldiers, and battling werewolves, ogres, magic users and dimension-shifting cats the size of lions, Richard is way outside his mission parameters.

Even with the help of his battle computer, Nickelo, the odds of getting home safe is low. Add in the mysterious entity known as ‘the One’, and the odds of survival is almost nil. Will Richard’s wizard scout training prevail? Or is he doomed to fail? His only hope may be to find allies in the most unlikely of places. A sprinkling of luck wouldn’t hurt either.

The Overdrive Corporation has announced another Selection, the exclusive tryout process for aspiring Fortress Masters. Designing maps for the Mech battling virtual reality RPG is Julian’s dream come true, but a brutal defeat against superstar sniper Dynamic has destroyed his confidence.

Hoping to find a stronger machine, Julian enters an immensely challenging map that promises ultra-rare Mech frames.

During the ill-fated mission, he finally learns what it takes to get better. It’s not the strength of the machine that matters most – it’s the skill of the pilot.

Julian rebuilds his gameplay from the ground up, seeking out the strongest opponents and the most challenging dungeons. He explores the countless aspects of Overdrive that he’s inadvertently ignored.

Waiting for him is a rematch with the sniper he’s never beaten, with a spot in the Selection on the line.

Category: Science Fiction – TV, Movie, Video Game Adaptations

“It’s about blood, survival and money. Mostly yours.”
New Yorker Karen Brown is running for her life. She makes a snap decision to flee to Roma Nova – her dead mother’s homeland, and last remnant of the Roman Empire in the 21st century.
But can Karen tough it out in such an alien culture? And with a crazy killer determined to terminate her for a very personal reason?

Stifled by the protective cocoon of her Roma Novan family, deceived by her new lover, she propels herself into a dangerous mission. But then the killer sets a trap – she must sacrifice herself for another – and she sees no escape.

A thriller laced with romance and coming of age, this is Roman fiction brought into the 21st century through the lens of alternative history and driven by a female protagonist with heart and courage.

“Eve Dallas meets Lindsey Davis’s Roman detective Falco meets The Hunger Games.”

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Category: Science Fiction – Alternative History

I always knew this day would come. That just as my hair lengthened and my curves formed, I would make the transition from girl to woman.

To siren.

Arianna is the youngest daughter of a siren. To become a siren herself, she must kill a man and sacrifice his heart to the God of the Deep. But she never expected to be assigned to kill a prince or to fall in love with him.

Torn between her family and her new love, Ari must decide what lies in the depths of her soul.

If you like inspirational heroines, unique love stories, and some darker thrills and chills this dark fantasy retelling is for you! One-click now to start this emotional and spell-binding journey!

DEPTHS is a darker twist on The Little Mermaid that borrows from Greek/Roman mythology and early Christianity. An early version of this novel was published in Kingdom of Salt and Sirens Anthology (2019).

Category: Fantasy – Fairy Tales

WINNER – McDougall Previews Award for Best Fantasy Book of the Year

From the mind of USA TODAY Bestselling author, Kate Danley, comes a new fairytale.

When Faunus, the god of daydreams, breaks the heart of Queen Mab, revenge can be the only answer. Using the most powerful families in Verona, they wage their war against one another.

But when Queen Mab falls in love with a man named Mercutio, she will do anything, even if it means destroying the world, to save him. Will it be enough to stop the tragedy? Or only spur it forward to its terrible end?

Weaving Shakespeare’s original text with Italian mythology, fans of The Woodcutter will delight in this loving retelling by award-winning author Kate Danley. Experience the romance and passion of Romeo & Juliet from a different point of view – through the eyes of the bringer of dreams… Queen Mab.

Category: Fantasy – Myths & Legends