Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for August 3, 2022

Brought up as human, and without knowledge of her magic or her destiny, Gayle Mendosa is set to return to her people, the Affinites, as their new Queen. Desperate to capture her ancient power for himself, a Dark King plots her death before she ascends the throne.
Lian, Matu, Nathan, Sky and Sophie are the Asters, an elite group of Affinites, each with a unique magic. They have trained and fought alongside each other all their lives. They have deep bonds of friendship. They will lay down their lives for each other, their Queen, and their people. With a new and unknown Dark King to face, they may just have to.
A Queen To Come is the first in a ya fantasy series full of magic and adventure, sacrifice and betrayal, deep bonds of friendship, and a light touch of romance.
Can the Asters bring their Queen safely home, while surviving their murderous enemy’s deadly agenda?

A young man born into slavehood rises to power

When Jace was a newborn baby, he was branded with a metal bracer to prevent cultivation. Destined to live a life of slavehood for a crime he didn’t commit, Jace can only dream of one day becoming a powerful cultivator and leaving his shackles behind.

But when danger threatens the life of his sister, Jace decides to take fate into his own hands. He boldly escapes his master’s estate and makes his way through dangerous lands to rescue his sister.

As a lowly seared facing powerful hunters looking to punish him for escaping, and deadly monsters wanting to make a meal of him, he has only one option.

Grow stronger.

Category: Fantasy – TV, Movie, Video Game Adaptations

A woman on a mission…

Rose Gardner never thought she’d leave the small town of West Ridge. But when her husband dies at war, she must return his arms to his place of birth to set his spirit to rest. After traveling into enemy territory, Rose falls into a trap. Held captive in an enchanted manor, she finds herself face to face with a beast who is equally horrifying and kind. Will she manage to complete her quest or be pulled in by the secrets of the manor?

A man haunted by his past…

Trapped within his own home and in the body of a hideous beast, Kris never wanted to share his prison with another. As much as Rose may draw him in with her beauty and stubborn strength, he knows she must escape before the next full moon. After all, he remembers all too well what happened to the previous caretaker.

The dead won’t let him forget the blood on his hands.

Category: Fantasy – Fairy Tales

Lies crafted from good intentions. Death spreading through the stars. When the past returns to claim its due, will anyone survive? If you like emotionally complex characters, chilling twists, and eye-opening takes on technology, then you’ll love Sean Willson’s sweeping epic.

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Category: Science Fiction – Space Opera

Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist.

Growing up in a merciless wasteland left Special Forces Colonel Lori Rose morally hardened. Twenty-five years after a global virus and the subsequent chaos brought civilization to the brink of collapse, the no-nonsense officer believes a matriarchal society will restore order. But when she leads a training mission that’s brutally ambushed, she discovers that wounded soldiers are disappearing from hospitals.

Pulling in her only remaining friend to investigate why soldiers under medical treatment are vanishing, Lori searches for answers behind the bizarre string of incidents. But after her leaders are assassinated and her ally closes in on a shocking truth, she faces a stark choice when their rivals attack…

Can she stop a deadly ploy for supremacy before humanity is dragged back to the dark ages?

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Category: Science Fiction – Dystopian

The war is over, and there are no winners. Just a broken galaxy.

Now humans and aliens must share this war-torn galaxy. None of this matters to Drake, though, he’s just an artist. He’s tagging along on the busted up ship Trystero, along with its ragtag crew. Together, they traverse the Demilitarized Zone between Terran and Gra’al borders, taking on any job they can find. Big or small. Human or alien.

The galaxy changes when the crew encounters a derelict alien ship, its crew slaughtered. With his dying breath, a crewman points them to a box. In it? An abandoned alien baby. When their government refuses to get involved, Drake and the crew need to return the baby they’ve been calling Bruce home, a bloodthirsty warlord on their tail.

His quest? Find Bruce and claim the Gra’al throne, declaring a new war on humanity.

Drake never wanted to be a hero… now he’s all that stands in

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Category: Science Fiction – Space Opera

Quench Your Thirst for Savage Sword and Sorcery Action Adventure!

The masters of sword and sorcery fiction might be dead but just because Robert E. Howard is no longer penning Conan tales doesn’t mean you have to go without your fix of axe wielding barbarians, lusty wenches and evil wizards! Literary Rebel is proud to bring you a whole new crop of monthly fantasy fiction by talented new authors. In this first issue: savages kidnap virgins for sacrifice, a slave escapes his bonds only to fall victim to royal machinations, treasure seekers find more than they bargained for, and a sword wielding maiden does battle with a serpent lord.

Fans of Robert E. Howard, Lin Carter, Clark Ashton Smith, and Karl Edward Wagner will love this new fantasy fiction adventure magazine.

Category: Fantasy – Sword & Sorcery