Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for December 24, 2022

They say that behind every great man is a great woman…but what if that woman is a Werewolf?

The readers love Terry Henry Walton:

“Once you start this series you won’t be able to put it down. I can’t wait for Terry and Char’s new adventure to begin.”

“I am waiting with bated breath for these beloved characters next fantastic journey!! I know that you can’t rush a good thing but I really really cannot wait!!”

What happens when Terry and Char meet Bethany Anne?

They get to do the Empress’ bidding, but not on Earth. With the infamous Valerie of New York, to space they go, to become the Direct Action Branch of Nathan Lowell’s Bad Company.

Before they reach Nathan on the other side of the galaxy, they find that space is a dangerous place, even for the wary, especially for the unprepared. Are you ready to join them on their epic journey?

Sixteen-year-old Ayanda Draculesti doesn’t remember her early life—all she knows is that she was found as a small child, wandering the streets of Venice with a strange medallion and a mangled arm. She knows that she’s an Unnatural, an alchemical being created with strange abilities. She knows that if anyone finds out, she’ll die at the hands of an angry mob.

Ayanda isn’t the only young Unnatural in Venice. Ghostly Yurei is in hiding, fleeing captors determined to turn him into an assassin. Jette Jekyll and Belle Frankenstein are on the run from alchemists who want them dissected. Their paths collide when an enemy surfaces: one of the Greater Dead, a vampire that slithers through Venice murdering all she encounters.

Ayanda’s determined to stop this Dead creature before she kills again. Yurei, Jette and Belle aren’t. They owe the world nothing.

But Ayanda can’t defeat a vampire alone.

Category: Dark Fantasy

Everyone knows the tale of Poveglia. The lonely island has been haunted since the time of the Red Death. Five hundred years ago the island became a mass grave, the pyre of thousands upon thousands of half-transformed victims. No Venetian will sail within sight of it. It’s said that Poveglia’s very soil is made of ash.

It’s been a fortnight since Ayanda, Yurei, Jette and Belle battled the fiend and stopped her army from ravaging Venice. But their scars have hardly begun to fade when a new menace emerges from the cursed island, new creatures as mysterious as they are vicious.

Creatures that rob Ayanda of her vampiric powers. That leave Yurei at the mercy of a ghost from his past. That invade Jette’s soul and tear it in two. That force Belle to discover their secrets alone. That threaten to rip Venice and its people to rags.

Creatures that aren’t vampires.

An inexplicable condition. An excruciating reaction to human touch. No one she can trust.

When high schooler Cassie Merritt is found in a river with no memory, it’s a miracle she survives. But there’s nothing miraculous about her scars or the burning agony she feels at the simplest touch. Her new guardian, who she lovingly calls Gram, can’t hug her. If she had any friends, they couldn’t get close, either.
Seeking medical attention could rip her away from Gram and the only life she can remember. Which leaves Cassie to turn to the one person whose touch doesn’t burn her: Gabriel Knight.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

The 92-year-old Pope is Pregnant. Was it a medical intervention, self-cloning, mutation, Immaculate Conception, or Satan’s work?
In the year of Satan, 2066, the structure of the physical world is cracking, and inexplicable paranormal forces are interfering with humanity. Claire, Travis, and Prescott, the members of the Capuchin Trinity Team, are tasked with uncovering the truth about this unusual case and resolving the mystery of whether the Pope is carrying the new Messiah or the Antichrist and who did it. Their job is to go beyond the physical world into the mind and spiritual realm, discover a thousand-year-old connection, perform an exorcism, and fight the devil Zepar while evading the villains who keep trying to assassinate them.

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Category: Science Fiction – Dystopian

A Pandemic unlike any other seen before infects Humanity. The unknown virus does not kill, but it genetically mutates the Human’s minds to that of Apes. Humankind is on the brink of extinction.
The World governments impose a global quarantine while agencies like WHO, CDC, and NIH, among others, scramble to identify the pathogen and develop an antidote. But the pathogen cannot be identified. It is not like Ebola, SARS, or Covid19, and its origin is unknown. It doesn’t spread through human contact but through an energy field. What is this virus and where does it come from?
The scientists have exhausted all the possibilities. Claire, Prescott, and Travis, the members of the Capuchin Trinity Team, are assigned to use their paranormal ability to identify this mysterious virus. What they discover is beyond belief.

The adventures of four youngsters lost in a desolate world of giant trees. A story of dangers, challenges, ingenuity, courage, and friendship.
After performing an experiment at the school science fair four youngsters Nathan, Perry, Melissa, and Michelle appear on a desolate planet, where a giant tree as large as a mountain, supports all life, including people, the Lorns, who live in medieval villages. They find shelter in the Lorn Tree, protected from the monsters that roam the land at night. This is another world, another planet called Arboregal, and finding a way back home becomes their goal. Unfortunately, this world is hunted by an evil spirit, Hellferata, who suspects Michelle to be the golden-hair hero who will vanquish her. Without delay, she sends her son, Dracu Mort, to kill Michelle. Fearful Lorns want to expel the kids from their tree.

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Category: Science Fiction – Adventure

Evil Empire attacks a peaceful planet. Fight and die free, or die as a slave.
God Timurud is resurrected. Unfortunately, the life of a god is not all heavenly. He must protect the weak and powerless civilizations against ferocious galactic empires. His mission is to defend the peaceful Sferogyls, ball-shape entities, against the Maggotroll Empire, warlike hominids who are determined to enslave the Sferogyls and capture their planet. As a god, he’s not allowed to fight on anyone’s behalf, but he can help the Sferogyls prepare to defend themselves against the Empire. The trouble is the Sferogyls have a short time to build up their defenses and learn how to fight, in space and on the ground, against a formidable enemy possessing Galactic Battle-Carriers with proton cannons and hundreds of space-fighters. The battles are bloody, and the Sferogyls fight valiantly to be free.

The only survivor of his convoy, Journeyman Knight Darian is entrusted with an ancient scroll and one mission: Return the scroll to the High Temple, no matter the cost. He never expected to stumble onto the last healer in the world. Now, he must take not only the scroll but the woman across the kingdom to safety, each step dogged by the relentless undead.

Category: Fantasy – Sword & Sorcery

During the coldest winter on record, an EMP attack wipes out the nation’s power and cripples the country.

As the city spirals into lawless chaos, investigative journalist, twenty-six-year-old Cassandra Drews is forced onto the dangerous streets of Portland to begin the long walk to her parents’ home in Oregon.

But hypothermia and starvation aren’t the only dangers Cass and her rescue dog, Daisy, face on their perilous trek. Danger is stalking them, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. Help comes in the form of troubled ex-marine Isaac Winters, who slips back into soldier mode with the city’s collapse.

Now, the trio must work together in a fight for survival as they race to escape the city before violence, or the bitter wintry storm can claim them. Do they have what it takes to make it out alive? Or will they be crushed by the brutality of the unforgiving cold?

Category: Science Fiction – Post-Apocalyptic