Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for December 17, 2017

The Count of Monte Cristo meets Horatio Hornblower and Ancient Egypt in this swashbuckling epic.

For three thousand years a hatred burns. In seventeenth century France two souls incarnate, one born the child of a prosperous merchant, the other, forces his way into incarnation, determined to continue a reign of terror begun long ago.

One remembers, one does not.

The year is 1671. René Gilbert’s destiny glints from the blade of a slashing rapier. The only way he can protect those he loves is to regain the power and knowledge of an ancient lifetime. From Bordeaux to Spain to Morocco, René is tested and with each turn of fate he gathers enemies and allies, slowly reclaiming the knowledge and power earned centuries ago. For three thousand years a secret sect has waited in Morocco.

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In a universe where reality can be re-programmed, any wish can be satisfied or any nightmare realised. Vampires rule from the shadows. Standing against them are two ancient secret societies. The Order of Thoth and the Red Empire, united in their opposition to the vampires and bitterly divided by their different values. Anton Smith, a Boston university student in his freshman year, and star Hockey player comes to the attention of the 2nd most powerful vampire in the world, General Chloe Armitage. She has a visionary plan for the future in which she needs Anton to play a critical part. Anton’s world is shattered, he is thrown onto the streets of Boston and must quickly adapt to survive. But will he learn what he needs to know quickly enough to make a difference or will he become a knight in an ambitious vampire’s chess game where the future of humanity is at stake.

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Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

Vampires rule from the shadows. Standing against them are two ancient secret societies. Anton Slayne joins the Order of Thoth. Vampire, general Chloe Armitage has him in her sights, and a traitor within the Order wants him dead. Will Anton discover the plots against him, or will his circling enemies kill everyone he loves.

Three thousand years ago the world fell into darkness, when the great mouth of the Rot ravaged the land. Across the glorious library city of Aradabar its dark tongues crashed down, entombing the glass towers of learning in a thick blanket of lava.

Only one woman survived the destruction, along with her son; an infant with a prophecy carved into his skin, promising the rise of a hero powerful enough to slay the Rot for good.

Now that child is a young man, beginning to question the meaning of his many scars…

Now Aradabar’s descendants live in a bustling industrial city, stocked with a thousand strange castes and ruled by a jealous King who seeks a prophecy written in skin…

Now a dark beast is watching, seeking to fulfill a promise made long ago…

And now the Rot has returned, its great black mouth gaping large in the sky, bringing chaos and fear to a world where no heroes endure…

Category: Fantasy – Epic

Charles Forbin has dedicated the last ten years of his life to the construction of his own supercomputer, Colossus, designed to make real time decisions about the United States’ defense. But Colossus soon exceeds even Forbin’s calculated expectations, and asks to communicate with Guardian, the Soviet’s equivalent machine. As the two machines swap information that threatens to destroy the world, Forbin and the President must act before it is too late.

Category: Science Fiction – Military

After meeting a strange little man who shares his love for all things Lewis Carroll, Doc Stoeger finds himself drawn into a night of confounding adventures that might soon turn to terrors. But all that pales in comparison to the strange little man who claims he can take Stoeger through Alice’s looking glass…

Category: Science Fiction – Metaphysical & Visionary

The Silverleaf Chronicles follows the life of Silverleaf, a dragonmaster who was born into a world without dragons, and doomed to die as a madman alone in the wilderness until a young woman enters his life, and a mysterious army marches across the land destroying all in its path.

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Category: Fantasy – Epic