Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for December 1, 2020

Catch a siren. Stop the storm. Whatever the cost.
Allie, sick of war and grief, signed up as a lowly maintenance worker for the Colony in the hope of securing a lasting peace between the Titans and Humans. However, the girl has her own secrets, not least of which is her assignment from the New Hope government to monitor the Colony for signs of a suspected saboteur.
Galen, the only survivor of the Poseidon shipwreck, didn’t join the Colony for peace. He wants vengeance on the siren Halcyon, the mysterious Mer whose terrorist tactics single-handedly killed more Humans than any other Titan. His sources say that Halcyon is on New Hope, and he’ll happily kill every Mer in the Colony until his parents’ murderer is dead.
Can they catch the terrorist before the Colony is destroyed?

The ambush came out of nowhere.
Our fleet was decimated.
We were flung deep into uncharted space on the far side of the nebula.
Then the signal came—a mysterious distress call from an unknown planet.
I’m Space Marine Corporal Jeremiah Helgerson and my job is simple. Find the source of the distress call and save whoever is still alive. Get in, get out. Easy work for a space marine. But no matter how well trained you are, missions never go as planned, and this one was a disaster from the start.
Now we’re stranded, and they’re hunting us.
Those nightmares.
Ferocious, unstoppable.
And so very hungry.

Category: Science Fiction – Military

Edris, desperate to get out from under his father’s thumb, embarks on the Kings Quest to find a mythical sword. His father wants him to use the quest to kill the king’s son. Edris’ journey brings more than he ever bargained for in this tale of betrayal, loss, and magic.

Category: Fantasy – Sword & Sorcery

The stars promised Cassia great magic.
But this gift feels more like a curse…

When Cassia’s newfound empathic powers get an old friend captured and imprisoned, her sudden gift feels more like a curse.

To help save her, Cassia is drawn into a high-stakes plot to spy on the tyrannical, anti-magic government for a group of rebel mages.

Disguised as a noble, Cassia must help break the captured mages from their impenetrable prison. Unsurprisingly, a novice empath who can’t trust her own feelings isn’t the best at spying. Or romance, either, for that matter.

With her emotions running wild, it’s no wonder the ministers are growing suspicious. Especially a certain tall, dark, and bronze-eyed minister who’s tracking her every move…

But if her uncontrollable powers – or her heart – give away who she truly is, and she fails to free the trapped mages, magic users everywhere will pay the price.

Category: Fantasy – Epic

They came from deep space. They came to destroy us.

Fifty years ago, bloodthirsty aliens devastated the Earth. Most of humanity perished. We fell into darkness.

But now we rise from the ashes. Now we fight back.

Marco Emery was born into the war. After his mother is killed, he joins the Human Defense Force, Earth’s ragtag army. Emery must survive basic training, become a soldier, and finally face the aliens in battle.

Against the alien onslaught, Earth stands alone. But we will fight. We will rise. We will win.

If you loved Ender’s Game, Starship Troopers, and Old Man’s War, you’ll love Earthrise, a new military science fiction series. From a USA Today bestselling author.

Category: Science Fiction – Military

A century ago, an alien fleet attacked Earth. Over decades of bitter war, humanity slowly pushed them back.

Eighteen months ago, a truce was struck. The aliens disappeared. Humanity stood down.

But there are those who will never trust the aliens.

The captain of the aging battleship Walker Pierce is one of them.

He has spent months in disputed space, against the wishes of his superiors, looking for proof of alien treachery, afraid of what he might find.

Because this time, if the aliens return, humanity won’t be so lucky.

Category: Science Fiction – Military

A mathematician. A robotics engineer. A soon-to-be astronaut. Bram Morrison is all of these. What he can’t imagine he’ll ever be is someone trying to figure out the physics of a ghost. That is, until a workmate dies.

Bram’s botanist friend, Torula, claims that her lab equipment has gathered data proving her greenhouse is haunted. She suspects it has something to do with his recently deceased friend. Now, she plans to extend her study of life into the afterlife.

Bram tries to stop her from exploring this fringe science but instead ends up embroiled in the baffling experiments she’s conducting on the sly. In a twist of circumstances, Bram’s career and reputation are put on the line, forcing him to use real science to prove that ghosts are real.

Category: Science Fiction – Metaphysical & Visionary

An arch-mage can handle almost anything. Unless he’s cursed, lost his job and facing an unknown enemy.

Arch-mage Manny Mandeheim fell under a curse, watched his fiancé die, and then lost his job as a spy. So what’s an arch-mage to do? Start his own magical investigation service while he works to clear his good name and maybe avenge his lost love. With his very un-magical partner, Wish Ackford, Manny discovers the menace of a much larger conspiracy than he expected looming behind his curse. The limitations from the hex leave him at a distinct disadvantage as he and Wish investigate.

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Category: Fantasy – TV, Movie, Video Game Adaptations

We all become monsters at the edge of the breach. In a post-apocalyptic world where season of birth determines power—spring healers, summer mages, fall shapeshifters, and winter shields—interrealm war beckons two lost and fated souls.

Julian Kyder is the son of an abusive rape victim who compensates for his abandonment through psychopathy. Sira Rune is a cancer survivor who dedicates her life to living free and fearless while experiencing the taboo and the unorthodox. Rune is the only one unafraid of Kyder, and that terrifies him, because he only knows how to function through fear. Even though she gives him more chances than he deserves, how much violence can she forgive? When is a person beyond redemption? While he struggles to control his demons and she struggles to find purpose, the gods drag the ruined world into war.

CONTENT WARNING: Highly graphic series.

Category: Science Fiction – Post-Apocalyptic