Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for December 14, 2022

Deep in the Far Outworlds, a derelict space station holds the bones of a long-dead people—and a beautiful young woman locked in cryofreeze. When the star-wandering brothers Isaac and Aaron Deltana find the sleeping girl, they soon realize that they are her only hope for rescue. If they don’t take her, then slavers certainly will.

With no way to revive her, they set a course for the New Pleiades in hopes of finding someone who can help. But a storm is brewing over that region of space. After a series of brutal civil wars, the Gaian Empire has turned its sights outward. A frontier war is on the verge of breaking out, and the brothers are about to be caught in the middle of it.

They both harbor a secret, though. Somewhere else in the Outworlds is another derelict station—one that they used to call home. That secret will either bind them together or draw them apart.

A fateful duel puts a price on his head… and an ancient sword makes him a legend.

Ken’ishi is a young ronin, a samurai without a master, tossed on the waves of fate and fortune, orphaned as a baby when his parents were murdered.

Amid ruthless crime lords, bloodthirsty demons, and Mongol spies, his only link to his past is Silver Crane, his father’s sword, a blade that holds its secrets close… Such as the secret of the family bloodline. But some secrets best remain kept.

His dream is to find service to a worthy master, but when he falls in love with the wrong woman, his dreams might turn to nightmares. Daggers lurk in the shadows, a barbarian horde lurks just over the horizon, and Ken’ishi will be forced to choose love, honor, or the fate of his very soul.

Category: Fantasy – Historical

After footage of Marissa using her secret telekinesis to stop a robbery goes viral, all hell breaks loose for her. Though she did her best to conceal her identity by wrapping a scarf around her face, her abusive mother, Claire, recognizes her and reaches out offering to bury the growing story.

While Claire says she has her daughter’s best interests at heart, Marissa soon discovers that her mother’s lies and secrets are far more insidious than she could have ever imagined. The worst part? No matter how much power Marissa has, Claire can still get Marissa under her control with just a few manipulative words.

With her freedom on the line, Marissa must confront her mother, inciting a battle she never wanted to be a part of. Will she find the strength to overcome her past once and for all or will she remain entrapped in the snare of the very person she spent her life fleeing from?

Category: Fantasy – New Adult & College

Jed Strait made it through the war unscathed. Or at least, that’s what he thought. But now that he’s home, he’s not so sure, because he’s plagued by horrifying flashbacks. Only, they’re visions of events that never occurred.

All he wants is to reconnect with the woman he left behind and get on with his life, but according to the visions, that’s the worst thing he could do. If he follows Annabelle to LA, his nightmares could actually become real, but staying in New York with no Annabelle and no explanations will surely drive him mad.

Damned if he goes and damned if he stays, the only path forward is the one leading west, to the final crescendo of either marriage, misery or madness waiting for him at the end of a road that’s paved with The Blacktop Blues.

Fans of hard-boiled detective stories and Dieselpunk science fiction will enjoy this first book in the Crossover Case Files.

Category: Science Fiction – Steampunk

In Lake Maracaibo, in the northwestern part of Venezuela, a long-hidden extraterrestrial artifact underneath the ocean floor triggers a disaster. The U.S. military launches an expedition, sending a cutting-edge team of international researchers to the source of a magnetic instability that’s destroying any electronics in the region.

Inside the large artifact is a chamber that’s large enough for the researchers to enter. After a shocking death, the scientists from the US, Europe and Russia realize that it is a teleportation device. But they soon face a fundamental question: Why do those who enter the chamber fall into a coma? Are they traveling to other places, or is it all just an illusion? Dream or reality, the other side of the teleporter turns out to be a hell that puts not only the team, but the entire project to the test – because they are not alone out there.

Category: Science Fiction – First Contact

As blood and chaos stain the streets, one man stands against the tide of destruction…
Reinhardt is determined to unravel the corrosive corruption. Mutant humans burst into existence while mysterious water falls from the sky, and the lone vigilante uses his enhanced abilities to hunt down the putrid sludge infecting his home. But after he draws the attention of a psychotic scientist, he himself becomes the prey of a monstrous enforcer.

Clawing back territory from a power-hungry mayor and an infamous gang, Reinhardt teams up with a journalist searching for answers to explain the nightmarish rain. And when they discover a lab filled with grisly experiments, he fears the fight against the rising horror will end with his own gory death.

Can Reinhardt survive the sadistic showdown without staining his soul?

The Rain is the eerie first book in The Mutant Rain science fiction series.

Category: Science Fiction – Post-Apocalyptic

Not all of the Faerie are sweet little Pixies. There are a few who do the dirty work on the side of the Light. Unknown protectors walk among us, gleefully using fangs, claws, and magick, leaving a bloody trail of vanquished evildoers in their wake. They are the GrimFaeries. If you try to tip the balance towards the Dark side, you might just get a visit from a Grim. And they won’t be leaving a coin under your pillow.

When Kane the Grim is tasked with finding a serial murderer in Houston, he discovers that there is much more at stake. Magick is afoot, and an evil sorcerer is behind the killings. When he rescues a witch from certain death, his new mission becomes clear: stop the bad guy before it’s too late. Teaming up with a witch who’s as good with a gun as with her spells, they’ll face monsters, magick, and M-16’s, as they risk everything to stop the evil in its tracks.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

Is there ever a good time for aliens to exterminate humankind?
Sarah Hart is about to find out…

ISC Captain Sarah Hart seemingly has it all, but don’t be fooled. Far from her dreams of military service, Hart’s life at the helm of the Milky Pleasure is just as icky as its name suggests, her cruise ship full of fleshy fantasy seekers and the crew equipped with more baggage than the passengers.
Throw in an alien species determined to erase humanity, and a dead-end job looks like it’s coming to a, well, dead end. But after surviving the initial invasion, it’s up to Hart and her crew to embark on a rescue and retreat mission. Then they can figure out if people are even worth saving.
And that’s before she finds her Sol.

A gleefully inappropriate new sci-fi comedy adventure from the twisted minds of Russell Emmerson and Matt J Pike.

Category: Science Fiction – Space Opera