Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for December 26, 2022

Rakish spy, Rustam Chalice, loves his life just as it is. So, when the kingdom he serves is threatened from within, he leaps into action. Only trouble is, his spy master teams him up with an untouchable, beautiful aristocratic assassin who despises him.
Plunged into a desperate journey across the mountains, the mismatched pair struggle to survive deadly wildlife, the machinations of a spiteful god – and each other.
They must also keep alive a sickly elf they need as a political pawn. But when the elf reveals that Rustam has magic of his own, he is forced to question his identity, his sanity and worst, his loyalty to his prince, for in Tyr-en, all magic users are put to death.
Think James Bond meets Lord of the Rings – a sweeping tale of spies and deadly politics, inter-species mistrust and magic phobia, spiced with a pinch of romance.

The Merlin has protected his country from invading barbarians and savages for hundreds of years–but his time is coming to an end. We he be able to train his successor and protect him before his enemies destroy Gilleon’s only chance at salvation?

Category: Dark Fantasy

The hunter becomes the hunted.

Framed for the murder of a high ranking member of the Unseelie Court of Fae, Steve Dore–also known as Diomedes, Guardian and protector of mankind–goes on the run. He’s determined to uncover the real culprit and clear his name.

But the assassination may be the beginning of a more sinister plot that involves not just the Fae and Humankind, but all the races of the world. And what if the real assassin is a boogeyman even the Fae don’t believe is real?

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

Steve—Diomedes Tydides to his Trojan War buddies—just had a bad day on his charter fishing boat in San Diego, but when the goddess Athena calls on her faithful warrior for another secret mission, he’s ready. The bomb that exploded inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art isn’t the crime American authorities think it is. Someone also stole the Cup of Jamshid, and Diomedes knows its fortune-telling abilities won’t be used for anything benign.

Though Diomedes recovers the Cup from a determined shaman holed up beneath Central Park, when he finds his allies slain and the Cup taken once more, he knows he’s up against a truly powerful enemy.

A spaceship on a vital medical mission.
An alien who shouldn’t exist.
An Ambassador charged with extracting secrets from strange new people.

Mission specialists on research ship Chiron seek a cure for Earth’s strange alien pandemic. When they follow clues to deep space, they must deal with foes, weird wildlife, and science gone awry.
Ambassador O’Bien leads a pulse-pounding planetary adventure to forge relationships with aliens who might have answers. Captain Walsh falls back on his military prowess to deal with trouble. Martial artist and top gun security-head uses mind and body to battle ships, aliens, and his own dark beasts. The inventor of the dangerous deep space engine’s love for someone not quite dead makes her almost alive again. Through it all, a secretive few fervently pursue their own human enhancement agendas as they get one step closer to curing Earth’s alien pandemic

Category: Science Fiction – Colonization

“Someday I won’t be here to guide you. What will you do then?”

That’s what Doc said before he killed the Talarians who beheaded the Chief, and I woke up learning their army dragged him off in chains. He did it to protect me. But he’s all that I have left.

My name is Ao. I grew up in Kanrir, a verdant village surrounded by desolate wastelands. I was taught demonic creatures stalked the planet since it had turned. Now I know superstitions are folktales, but it makes nothing less dangerous. Especially since I’ll be rescuing Doc alone.

It’s a dumb idea but I owe that man my life. It doesn’t matter who I hurt or how much I’ll hurt to get him back. It doesn’t even matter if I die. For the last ten years, I’ve been living on borrowed time.

Category: Science Fiction – Post-Apocalyptic

Escaping a monster. Killing a king. Ao thought he was free.

Two months after the Spades’ raid, Ao and the Legionnaires learn of an alliance between Harena and Talus, two of the most powerful nations in the world. Their goal: to prepare for the next Hundred Year War. The Spades’ response: regicide.

But when a betrayal frames Ao as the killer and turns Harena against the Legion, Ao must ally with the Spades once more. Together, they must wrest the capitol from Talus’ control. Fail, his friends, and an entire nation, will fall.

If only a familiar horror hasn’t already tracked him down…

What if I told you that Jack the Ripper is a supernatural predator whose murder spree spans centuries?

Now Jack has come to Austin, and every woman in my city is in mortal danger. I’m Harmon Waite, a homegrown private investigator. I’m supposed to stop the Ripper, but all I’ve managed to do is piss that devil off. As I go from hunter to hunted, I have one chance to survive the night.

Of course, that’s when the fallen angel shows up.

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Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban