Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for January 1, 2021

When Joel Garret, a member of an elite tactical unit of the FBI woke up on a fine Californian day, he had no idea the world had already ended. Most of those around him in Los Angeles had no idea either. But as the scourge took full affect and the blood started to flow in the streets, Joel found himself fighting to survive against those that had changed.

Five peoples. Five powers. One land.

Millennia ago, five continents smashed together to create a new world – The Star Continent.

For countless years the earth shifted and settled and now, at last, the five peoples can meet each other on the fertile plateau that joins their lands together.

Two of these peoples, the Realm of the Holdings and the Rahain Republic, are advanced, rich and powerful, and the world is soon engulfed in war.

The Rahain grow dominant and eye their neighbours with greed, but the Holdings have a secret weapon – the creator of the world is their god and ally, and can speak to their mightiest vision mages.

With a god on their side, how can the Holdings lose…

Category: Fantasy – Epic

A peaceful kingdom under threat. Can one girl find the courage to save her family and two worlds?

Sixteen-year-old Azi Hammerfel has finally achieved her dream. Inducted into her parents’ honored guild of knights, she’s excited to set out on her first quest for the king. But when she isn’t chosen and her father returns nearly destroyed without her mother, the young squire is shocked to discover herself struck by a curse.

Unable to even raise a sword without experiencing excruciating pain, Azi despairs at her mum’s disappearance. When a fairy appears with a dire warning for the realm and offers a mysterious bargain, the courageous teen journeys forth toward a destiny that will put her in the path of wicked magic.

Can Azi stop two lands from falling to a deadly darkness?

Category: Fantasy – Sword & Sorcery

Dyron Dyrge has had enough. With the death of his only friend, he decides to give up on dueling and retires to a garden world, losing himself in a haze of psychedelic-fueled oblivion. But after narrowly avoiding assassination, he must once again channel his lethal skills and abilities to find out who is hunting him.

Meanwhile, Alix has returned to the place of her birth, a winter world full of intrigue and danger, in order to reclaim her lost birthright. The road to power will not be an easy one, yet she knows there is no turning back now.

Category: Science Fiction – Space Opera

Interstellar war has been outlawed, and all conflicts are now determined by single combat. The fate of entire planets rests upon the actions of a duelist—specialized gladiators trained and modified with the latest technology to win a death match against their equally formidable rivals.

Dyron Dyrge is an upstart who rises in power and prestige with each victory. Yet he shuns the limelight, for his secrets would tear the galaxy apart if they were ever revealed. Alix, an orphaned concubine with mysteries of her own, also begins her ascent within a corrupt, class-based society that rewards only the most cunning and ruthless of them all.

Together, these two individuals will eventually determine the fate of known space… unless their enemies kills them first.

Homicide detective Alexandra Jarvis is up against a serial killer unlike any she’s ever known. She has neither time nor patience for the arrogant new partner abruptly assigned to her. Especially when something about that partner—something she thinks she sees in him—makes her question her grip on sanity.
Aramael is not who Alex thinks he is. But then again, neither is she. The stubborn human detective has no idea how critical it is for Aramael to protect her from the fallen angel she’s hellbent on catching–all while doing his damnedest to stop his own brother’s murderous scheme.
But tensions flaring between them—along with Alex’s uncanny ability to see him for who he really is–put Aramael’s mission in serious jeopardy. Can they find a way to work together to capture the Fallen One? Or will their unholy dance trigger a war that could devastate humanity?

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Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

THE CLOUD IS ARMAGEDDON, STEAMROLLING THE WORLD AT A WALKING PACE.

Day 0. There was an accident and a plume of toxic smoke and ash pours into the sky, forming an impenetrable cloud that is slowly smothering the world in darkness. As Europe disappears beneath the Cloud, a squad of US marines are sent on a desperate mission to find out what went wrong.

Day 89. Across the world, the Cloud has reached the US. The American people have descended into madness, turning on themselves and each other. An old Tennessee sheriff watches as his country unravels. But he can’t bring himself to take the easy way out. Quitting isn’t in his DNA. So when one of his deputies asks him to help protect her family, he leads them west, chasing a miracle—a rumor of an old nuclear bunker that just may be their only hope for survival. Because if the Cloud doesn’t kill them, what’s hiding in the dark will.

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Category: Science Fiction – Alien Invasion

They want a fight? She’ll give it to them.

Katie Hyer was minding her own business, hauling ore for Cobalt Mining, when a mysterious ship appears suddenly out of the black, nearly sideswiping her. It soon becomes clear that same ship is inbound for the mining platform she calls home.

When the secessionists on board take Sierra Twelve hostage, Katie will go to any lengths to free her friends and family—even if it means waging her own personal war of attrition.

And when Katie goes to war…people die.

Category: Science Fiction – Space Opera

A shocking discovery. A missing scientist. And a race against the clock.

Former Sergeant Elodie Cyr thought she’d left the Special Reconnaissance Unit behind when she joined the Navy’s Criminal Investigation Command.

But when a scientist goes missing, someone seems determined to eliminate all witnesses—even if they have to take down the entire Hawking habitat to do it.

Reunited with her former teammates, Ell must come to terms with the ghosts of her past if she has any hope of stopping the killer in time.