Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for December 8, 2024

When war comes after a century of peace, it is sudden and brutal. Taken by surprise Earth’s far-flung colonies are in danger.

The only son of an admiral, Second Lieutenant Michael Sheridan finds himself thrust into a desperate conflict that he and the untried soldiers under his command are ready for. Focusing on the people struggling to survive the onslaught, First Strike is a novel that propels the reader to the furthest limits of space. Fighting a ruthless and determined enemy, Sheridan soon learns the brutal lessons of war and that his enemy may not be what it appears to be.

What happens when the world’s deadliest operative is activated with no target to take out?

Tina Harrington was a member of the black ops team known as C.O.R.P.S.E. – until she was killed.

But her death triggered a secret program, activating an android that was trained to kill, yet is now confused about its mission.

To survive, the android must learn how to blend in with society, acquire resources, and avoid detection – all while trying to uncover the truth about Tina’s death.

But with enemies on all sides, can the android make the right choices without losing its sanity?

As the android’s journey unfolds, it must confront its identity and decide whether to seek revenge or redemption.

In a world where black ops secrets rule, will the android become a protector or a weapon?

Join the hunt for truth with this complete series boxed set today!

Category: Science Fiction – Cyberpunk

A riveting space adventure that will challenge your understanding of nature of intelligence. Interstellar traders reach a distant colony and find its inhabitants have been slaughtered by a rogue AI. The fate of all humanity will turn on how well their own tame AI can learn to trust and to enlist trust from a warped version of himself.

Category: Hard Science Fiction

Magic is dying. And without magic, the sleepy town of Ashville is conquered with ease by a tyrannical king who is swiftly amassing an ungodly fortune. He is on a mission to enslave mankind and destroy the world. And he hopes to do all that before the end of the week.

There is only one problem with this plan: an orphan boy with no name, a child of the woods who has learned to survive among man-eating plants and giant spiders, but whose greatest obstacle yet remains.

The king with everything will be challenged by the boy with nothing—and on the path where courage and selflessness meet, the boy with no name will inspire magic to return once more.

Drawing from the rich tapestries of Arthurian legend and Norse mythology, Ash Forest (and the King’s Gold) reimagines these timeless tales as ancient prophecies come alive in a fantastical parallel world. This perilous quest brims with sweeping

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Category: Fantasy – Epic

Ron, Nora, and Grant must survive and confront the Lord of the First Born. Ron navigates a dangerous world alone, while Nora and Grant face life-altering choices. As war looms, they must warn their kingdoms before Hadal’s army conquers all.

Category: Fantasy – Epic

With the future of the British crown at stake, will Alex and Sarah survive battles with deadly magic and an erupting volcano to find love and the Jewel?

Category: Fantasy – Sword & Sorcery

Hofen Heimstatten can’t take much more. Abused by his stepfather and bullied by his classmates, the young loner yearns for a place to belong. So when he’s adopted into the justice-enforcing Peacekeepers Guild a year early, he believes he’s at last found a home.

Prohibited from learning the special martial arts skills until he’s older, Hofen is stunned when the senior apprentices treat him just as poorly as his former peers. But when he stumbles across dark forces plotting to disrupt their idyllic society, the friendless youth resolves to teach himself the forbidden lore to protect himself and his people… even if it risks expulsion.

Has Hofen got what it takes to rise to the moment?

Category: Fantasy – Coming of Age

On Tarak, blood dictates all.

Way out on civilization’s rim lies a planet called Tarak, whose fiercely independent people are ruled by an enigmatic king. King Relaa has a supernatural ability, Sight, that makes even the Syndicate, the galactic government, tremble. For years this power has kept his people safe, and his planet free from Syndicate entanglements.

But some threats not even he can see.

Ehreo is a high-ranking Citadel agent—brave, determined, the best. Assigned to investigate a terrorist threat, Ehreo stumbles across a centuries-old prophecy that threatens to embroil both Tarak, and possibly the entire galaxy, in war.

Is Relaa as invincible as he thinks? Will Ehreo succeed, or will Tarak crumble from within?

The galaxy is going to war. Billions will die. How will Tarak intervene with its own rebellion secretly underway?

Find out in Tarak.

Category: Science Fiction – Space Opera

On Tarak, conquering the ancients means the difference between life and death

With the Syndicate-Orion War on the horizon, King Relaa faces a political deadlock that could spell disaster for his planet. To break the stalemate, he and Vice Regent Nami hatch a bold plan to rally the original one hundred Tarakian Houses to his banner.

Relaa journeys to the home of the Space Tarakians to garner their support, but when a fierce duel between rival houses erupts, chaos threatens to tear the tentative alliance apart.

Meanwhile, Ehreo, freshly imbued with incredible power, struggles to accept his newfound role amidst rising expectations from the powerful rebellion that backs him and the Balance Tree natives that see him as their god. Under the guidance of his demanding mentor, he must master the Sight to challenge King Relaa himself.

The stars are ablaze with the fires of war.

No one has met a natural human before or imagined the consequences. Abducted and thrust into a bewildering alien world, Kali has no idea she’s the only Earth-born natural in a population of enslaved humans, or that she’ll soon find herself in the eye of a political storm. Hopeful and captivating, this page-turning adventure will change your perspective about what it means to be human.

Category: Science Fiction – First Contact

Journee, a mouse princess and daughter of The Great Mouse King, loves life but has one nagging question: Who is she? Her wise and loving father allows Journee to embark on a quest to find out who she really is. He gives her his personal horse, a mighty steed, to be her companion and protector on her journey. Her quest takes an interesting turn when she befriends a toad and an owl who tell her about a legendary Pond of Reflection known to reveal one’s true identity. But first they must find it, if indeed it exists. Their friendship and appreciation for each other grow as they encounter challenges along the way, and strange happenings in the ancient Whoami Forest.

This fantasy adventure reveals the moral that identity and self-worth spring from heart and character (our inside-out), thus sincere friendship can happen regardless of how different outward appearance may be (our outside-in).

Category: Christian Fantasy