Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for February 25, 2025

Horror in a snow-bound medieval fortress.

Former soldier Hemming spends his days drinking and avoiding his companions at the isolated border keep where he has been posted.

But his world is turned upside down when a naked, bloody woman shows up outside the walls of the keep. Soon a monster is hiding among them, and it’s up to Hemming to figure out which one of them is the monster before it kills them all.

Skin, by author Peter Fugazzotto, blends fantasy with horror in a way you’ve never seen before. If you enjoy horror movies like The Thing and the medieval world of the Game of Thrones, then you’ll love this novella as you race along on a terrifying journey of fear and paranoia in a medieval world right up to the shocking ending.

Buy this book today to begin a terrifying journey of horror set in a medieval world.

In the year 2099, a fractured United States plunges into civil war as a revolutionary technology promises eternal life. An impenetrable wall divides the prosperous populace from those in a land of despair.

Contraband smuggler Asher seeks escape to reunite with his beloved but uncovers a dark secret-the corrupt Lazurites offer immortality at a grave cost to his people on the other side.

Plunged into a deadly game of secrets and forced to hide his true identity, Asher must find a way to defeat an unbeatable opponent and win his one true love. But reuniting with her is only the beginning. When a reluctant Asher is roped into joining The Defiance, he quickly finds himself caught up in the middle of a terrifying rebellion that will decide the fate of both sides of The Wall.

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Category: Science Fiction – Dystopian

Born on a forsaken desert planet, Cole Shaw has two options – perish from starvation and disease, or enlist in the New World Republic’s armed forces. He chooses the military. For the first time, he thinks he has a shot at a better life. But survival is not guaranteed.

Leading an elite team of mech operators, he is deployed to a frozen planet called Ferrous where dangerous relics of a past war lurk beneath the ice and savage creatures prowl the barren wastelands. Scientists on Ferrous are chasing rumors of godlike technologies buried in the ruins of a long-extinct civilization. When Shaw and his team are assigned to protect the researchers, they face an unexpected, merciless new enemy desperate to stop them.

Category: Science Fiction – Military

Master Sergeant Cole Shaw and his team of mech operators are on the frontlines of the new war. But instead of mechs, they pilot bioengineered beasts called Sentinels. Only they can stop the Imperial Alliance from unleashing a devastating alien weapon with unparalleled power.

Shaw’s team is sent to a colony planet where rebels clash with government forces, intergalactic empires vie for influence in the shadows, and monstrous feral creatures wreak havoc in forests as deadly as they are beautiful. Amid the chaos, Shaw must make tenuous alliances with untrustworthy forces and face impossible decisions with catastrophic consequences. If he doesn’t succeed, then it’s not just his team’s lives at stake—it’s all of mankind.

Aeda is a Thief with twice the skill of the other Thieves, but not even she expects to get caught by her latest mark.

Gieral, from the legendary order of Historians, does not take favorably to having her rune essences stolen. She uses a runeword to bind Aeda to her, and together they set off for the Great Library where Aeda will be judged.

Suddenly, Aeda is thrown into a strange new world of malevolent spirits, perilous landscapes, and terrifying beasts.

Having spent her life confined to the city of Biersport, stealing to survive, Aeda is uncertain if the mysterious Historian is her captor or her rescuer.

She finds herself questioning where she belongs, especially when she is drawn into investigating the unexplained disappearances of several Historians.

But even if Aeda somehow survives the dangerous journey and her judgement, can she ever hope to become more than a Thief?

Category: Fantasy – Coming of Age

Braveheart and A Song of Ice and Fire meet Stephen King in Scott Palmer’s award winning, best selling epic fantasy series. A beautifully dark story of love, and revenge based in a sprawling, fleshed out fantasy world where dark sorcery has silenced the elements and nature herself is dying. This is the Last Ballad.

Category: Fantasy – Classics

In a kingdom built on slave trade, slaves are bought and sold like property. Among them is Lion, a purebred beast who was bred for the blood-soaked arenas. A man who exists for violence and entertainment.

A man whose life hangs by a thread.

Olira, a simple farmer, never wanted to own a slave. But when she finds herself entangled with a shady slave merchant, she reluctantly becomes the owner of a purebred beast. Renowned for their unwavering obedience and lack of emotions, purebred beasts are stripped of their humanity from birth, making them the perfect tools. As Olira grapples with her principles and the harsh realities of her world, she soon discovers that the slave is not who he seems.

Category: Dark Fantasy

Indiana Jones meets Stargate in this epic historical science fiction/fantasy adventure. Louisa Sophia, a jaded thief, and Dr. Benjamin McGehee, an idealistic archaeologist, team up to solve an eons-old mystery that sends them on an extraordinary journey from 1880s Egypt to a distant planet where aliens and magic are all too real.

Category: Fantasy – Historical

Keel Hennity was one of the greatest gladiators in the universe, the victor of countless glorious battles. He was assigned to guard the most dangerous creatures on his home planet. Then he died, and his life truly began.

When Keel’s consciousness was downloaded into the robotic body of an Imperial Marine, he was tasked with protecting the emperor and controlling the incredibly dangerous creature that ended his first life. Can Keel unlock the secrets of Star Dragons and protect the galaxy from a dragon-human war that could end life as we know it?

Imperial Marine is the first book in the Star Dragon series. If you like incredible stories that are part space opera, part military sci-fi adventure, and full of non-stop action, be sure to check out the Star Dragon series today. Oh, and don’t forget about the space dragons.

Category: Science Fiction – Space Opera

Despite the rumors, I’m definitely not a witch, my VHS tapes are not cursed, and renting one absolutely will not hurt anyone. Unless they forget to return it on time – late fees are killer. Kidding!

As a werewolf, I can smell everyone’s emotions. Guilt stinks like rotten fish, happiness is citrusy, and buttery popcorn…well, that’s just my snack. But it’s all too overwhelming. To make matters worse, a visitor ends up dead in front of my video rental shop and rumors spread fast. Gossiping ghosts and busybody vampires claim my movies magically murdered him. Now I have to sniff out the killer to prove my VHS tapes aren’t cursed before my shop goes out of business.

At least working with the sheriff isn’t so bad. The gargoyle cop is stoic, protective, and kind of hot. Plus, I can’t smell a single one of the his emotions…until I break the law. Anger reeks of gasoline.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban