Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for December 14, 2021

WINNER of the New Apple Literary Award for Fantasy!

“Knightmare Arcanist by Shami Stovall was rollicking good fun! Perfect for those who enjoy the Codex Alera series, the Homas Wildus series and the Harry Potter series. Stovall is quickly becoming a name I look for.” – Seattle Book Review

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.

The starship Freedom was once a mighty warship. Today she’s a tourist attraction.

The space wars ended long ago. The Freedom is now a flying museum. The tourists love it. The Changing of the Guard, the starfighter aerobatics, the starboard cannon salute . . . it’s the best show in the galaxy.

James King commands the Freedom. He hates his job. He was a real soldier once. Back when the Freedom was a real warship. He never imagined himself running a tourist trap. Right after Christmas, he plans to retire.

Then, on Christmas day, the aliens attack.

Horrifying aliens. Creatures of claws, fangs, and endless malice. Within hours, they devastate Earth’s military. Millions die.

So much for retirement.

The aliens spare the Freedom. After all, she’s only a tourist attraction. But not to Commander King. He will get his beloved starship battle-ready. The Freedom will fly again!

Category: Science Fiction – Military

“This world within a world is such a fabulous concept! It’s almost like Star Trek, Doctor Who, and the Bible all mashed up together with a steampunk twist.”

A strange coin. A mysterious elevator. And a war deep within the Earth that could destroy the world.

If you like Cassandra Clare, Quantum Leap, and Lindsay Buroker, you’ll love this hilarious portal fiction adventure full of snark, sass, and one curious little robot boy.

“Get yourself some caffeine because if you pick up this book, you’re not gonna wanna put it down.”

“As I settled in for a nice traditional old century Steampunk story, I was quickly thwarted when I discovered that Webley is not traditional, but… it is fantastic”

“I love YA/fantasy but this takes you into a wild wonderful new way of looking at this genre.”

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Category: Science Fiction – Adventure

The search for The Crown of Gods is now a fight for their lives…past and present.

Emaranthe and her family have the map that cost them nearly everything. Now they must decipher it to find The Crown of Gods. The line between ally and enemy is drawn as they grow closer to a truth that is darker than they thought. Just who is Emaranthe and why do her past lifetimes matter in a war that has spanned millennia?

Hidden by their exiled elf allies in the wintry north, they fight to overcome ghosts of the past to have a chance at a future of peace.

The fallen Empire of The Unknown Sun, driven by the mad Stormwarden Rodon, marches on the Exiles to claim the map that will lead them to the one thing he wants most: Revenge.

To stop them they may have to sacrifice everything…

Part 3 of an epic, romantic, swords and sorcery fantasy for fans of Robin McKinley and Melanie Cellier!

Category: Fantasy – Sword & Sorcery

A dark Victorian fantasy adventure you won’t be able to put down.

Fate has never been kind to twelve-year-old Toby. Not when it abandoned him on the steps of a workhouse as a baby. Nor when he escaped into the magical underworld that hides in London’s shadows. But when the futures of thousands of lives come to rest in his hands, Toby quickly realises that perhaps fate was preparing him.

As the peacekeeper between both worlds, Toby must race to save his city from kidnappers, monsters and a powerful faerie king. Over 700 pages long, this enthralling trilogy of dark, magical adventures is perfect for fans of Rick Riordan.

Pick up The Twisted Christmas Trilogy to discover this white-knuckle adventure today!

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Category: Fantasy – Sword & Sorcery

Blade Runner meets The Fifth Element in this eccentric cyber-noir thriller series about a bleak world ravaged by corrupt leaders, mega-corporations, and crime lords… and the washed-up detective who might be the only one crazy enough to take them on.

Rich and famous? She’d rather be dead.

Bubbles Marlowe, the infamous cyborg detective, prefers to stick to the shadows. But when one of her cases blows up in the media, the private eye is thrust into the public eye.

An army of unhinged fans is stalking Bubbles and her best friend is on the run from corporate head-hunters – not the kind that want to give her a job. Worst of all, the only people who can help them have started to mysteriously disappeared.

The friends must do anything it takes to get out of HoloCity alive. But fame has a way of sinking its teeth in.

And someone will bleed before it lets go…

Category: Science Fiction – Adventure

Blade Runner meets The Fifth Element in this eccentric cyber-noir thriller series about a bleak world ravaged by corrupt leaders, mega-corporations, and crime lords… and the washed-up detective who might be the only one crazy enough to take them on.

Strippers, drugs, and headless corpses? All in a day’s work for Bubbles Marlowe, HoloCity’s only cyborg detective.

Does she like her job? No. Is she good at it? Also no.

She can’t afford to be too good. The last time she got curious it cost her a job, a limb, and almost her life.

But when a seemingly simple case takes a gruesome turn, and Bubbles discovers a disturbing connection to the cold-case death of an old friend, she is driven to dig deeper.

And deeper.

Until what she uncovers can never be buried again…

In response to a report about souls being stolen, a little girl must find out who the soul stealer is before the missing souls leave their owners to die.

Eleven-year-old Pingzi Po loves her freedom as a demon queller. In a few years she could end up in an arranged marriage. But as long as she succeeds as a demon queller, Pingzi believes she can keep her freedom.

When the emperor of the medieval Far East receives a report about soul stealing in a distant province, he sends Pingzi to that province to find the soul stealer. Thrilled at any opportunity for adventure, she departs at once with her guardian and companion, Benzel of the Wolf, a dragonslayer from the Northlands.

But when Pingzi confronts the man who sent the report, he claims to know nothing about it. It’s true that souls are being stolen from the most promising young men in the province. If their souls don’t return soon

Category: Fantasy – Myths & Legends

As the last starfighter in Squadron 111, only Midshipman Henry Gallant can stop the alien invasion.

Follow the career of a young officer in the 22nd Century genetically engineered space navy.

Book 2: ‘Lieutenant Henry Gallant’

Book 3: ‘Henry Gallant and the Warrior’

For Fans of Honor Harrington and Horatio Hornblower

Category: Science Fiction – Military