Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for December 25, 2023

She has the power of mind over matter. But if she can’t move heaven and earth, her town could be doomed.

Rebecca Stevens is terrified someone will find out. Forced to practice her growing telekinesis behind her family’s back, the sixteen-year-old mayor’s daughter knows his hard stance against the gifted would drive a rift through the community. But when she and her brother are caught in the crossfire of a late-night C-store robbery, she instinctively unleashes her skills to stop a bullet.

With her ability exposed by the gas station’s security video and the townsfolk up in arms, Rebecca flees with her family to safety. But a superhuman psycho stalker puts her loved ones at risk, and the embattled teenager fears she isn’t strong enough to prevent a horrific tragedy…

Will Rebecca find her strength in time to defend all she holds dear?

Nadine is the last witch in her coven to inherit curse-breaking powers. She’ll have to prove herself to her goddess before her magic awakens—and under no circumstances can she fall for the gorgeous reaper whose love could kill her.

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Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

“Dungeon Heists + Parkour.” After a terrorist attack renders the Garentin space colony unsurvivable, the people digitize into a rushed video game. Eighteen-year-old Entin Soroy was supposed to be a fighter pilot but now completes market Runs for copper chyps. It’s thankless work that barely earns more than food money, not enough for the orphanage he now calls home. As such, he decides to risk the Wilds and seek out dungeons for their loot.

Category: Science Fiction – TV, Movie, Video Game Adaptations

In a last-ditch effort to fulfil her dreams and make tuition for her first year at MIT, eighteen-year-old Sofia goes against her better judgement and accepts an invitation to compete on a new TV reality show. Sofia and two fellow contestants, Zach and Liv, are racing to the finish line when it becomes apparent that the game is rigged and the billionaire tycoon behind the show is only interested in Liv. Before the three can figure out what’s going on, Liv is whisked away to Egypt, and a mysterious man, who claims to be an alien from the planet Pleiades, persuades Sofia and Zach to let him help get her back.

As Sofia and Zach search for Liv and struggle to distinguish friend from foe, truth from fiction, and alien from human, they come to realize this is no longer a game. It’s a fight for their lives, as well as a fight for Earth.

Category: Science Fiction – Alien Invasion

Dragons and humans must unite to save their world…

For centuries, humans and dragons existed side by side in Alveria, bonded by their care of one another. But after decades with no viable eggs, the survival of the Draconic species appears bleak. Now it falls to those at the Alveria Dragon Akademy to save them…

In the Alveria Dragon Akademy trilogy, seventeen-year-old Kaelan Younger forges an unlikely bond with a powerful dragon prince. Nd discovers that it will take more than their combined strength to stop the treachery that threatens their kingdom.

in the Alveria Dragon Akademy’s Untameables trilogy, power over light and dark awakens in Laini. But not even the magical Akademy walls will keep her safe, as she seeks to restore light to a dying world and stop an ancient war from consuming her home.

Category: Fantasy – Myths & Legends

After her parents go missing, Grith, a young dragon used to a simple life of hunting and reading, is forced to take a job at a magical tech company in the middle of LA. Yet, hiding her nature is all but impossible: once taking a human shape is no longer an option, Grith must confront her dragon instincts, and finds that the job she’s accepted is far more dangerous than anything she could have imagined. The fate of the city depends on whether Grith decides to stand with humans — or apart from them.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

When life gives you lemons, squeeze them into a stiff drink and stir.

After twenty years defending the frozen north against some of the most dangerous threats in the nine kingdoms, Rhoren “Bloodbane” has finally earned his retirement. While the blood mage’s service to the realm may have ended, burning veins and aching joints remain, and Rhoren soon learns that a warmer climate offers relief from his chronic pain.

And a chance at a fresh start.

In the warm and relaxing atmosphere of Eastborne, the umbral elf finds a new purpose and a sense of belonging. He may have left the frozen north behind, but he brings with him the skills and strength gained from a lifetime of defending the realm. Along with his most prized possession—a book of drink recipes inherited from his father.

Spilled cocktails may not carry the same weight as spilled blood, but opening a tavern brings a unique brand of

Category: Fantasy – Epic

Sci-fi and fantasy of tomorrow …

…selected by masters of today.

This year’s winning stories include a diverse collection of brilliantly realized worlds of dystopian politics, magical realism, post-apocalyptic adventure, and romance, dark fantasy and more.

You’ll love this anthology because these writers push the boundaries—and break beyond them … these illustrators envision the impossible—and render it real … these stories challenge the way we see ourselves—and present the world in a new way.

Meet 24 Award-winning Authors and Illustrators, with bonus short stories by L. Ron Hubbard, Katherine Kurtz, Jody Lynn Nye, and Nnedi Okorafor

Illustrated: 16-page color gallery of artwork

“Exciting and engrossing, with stories that range across the spectrum of SF and fantasy.” —Publishers Weekly

“These are the people who are going to be creating trends.” —Brandon Sanderson

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Category: Science Fiction – Adventure