Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for January 14, 2022

In Earth’s battle-ridden future, humans have evolved. Those with extraordinary skills rise to power and fame. Those without live in poverty.

Sixteen-year-old Willow Kent believed she was normal. But when a genetically-advanced officer shows up in her village and questions her identity, long-buried secrets begin to emerge. With remarkable skills and a shocking genetic code the Core and its enemies will do anything to obtain, Willow finds the freedom she craves slipping through her fingers.

Greed, corruption, and genetic tampering threaten every aspect of her existence as she’s thrust into the sophisticated culture of the elite Core city. To ensure peace, she must leave the past behind, marry a man she’s never met, and submit to the authority of a relentless officer with a hidden agenda of his own.

Her life has become a dangerous game. How much will she sacrifice in order to win?

Sea monsters have no place in modern science. Try telling them that.

Corrie loves being a marine biologist, but studying sea anemones isn’t as ground-breaking as the mermaid she saw. She can’t tell anyone—one slip of her overactive tongue, and Corrie’s career would tank faster than a submarine.

When mysterious free diver Zeballos offers her his ship to collect samples, Corrie eagerly sets sail. A bizarre fish jumps over the bow, hinting at answers to Corrie’s tantalizing questions, but a desperate drug dealer is hellbent on exploiting the rare sea creatures, and he’ll do anything to stop Corrie from stealing his product.

If they don’t stop the drug dealer, then neither Corrie nor Zeballos will get the answers they both desperately seek.

In the end, it may not matter who finds the elusive fish…

Because disturbed nightmares hunt from the depths below.

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Category: Fantasy – New Adult & College

When Alec plays an ancient flute from a haunted canyon, his easy life is upended. Unpredictable seizures paralyze his body and fill his mind with tormented screams. Betrayed by his father and hunted by the ruthless Chief Guardian Vade, Alec searches for answers about the Spirits. But his curse is getting worse, and the voices in his head are calling for Nightwalker.

Maren thought the most dangerous thing she would ever do was help Alec escape from the Guardians. But when she hears ghostly voices after nightfall, it’s her turn to run. A Spirit named Anaru begs her to read his record, claiming his plan can save everyone. But if Maren agrees, will the plan save Alec—or doom him?

Category: Christian Fantasy

THEY SAY THE BEST WAY TO KILL A GOD IS TO STOP BELIEVING. WHAT IF THE GODS DON’T WANT TO DIE?
Senior Inquisitor Tolde Breed is sent to the planet Crimeat to investigate the escape of one of the deadliest beings in the history of the universe: Amongeratix, one of the fabled THREE, sons of the god-king. He arrives on a world where heresy breeds insurrection, and war is only a matter of time. Aided by Sister Abigail of the Order of Blood Witches, and a company of Prekhauten Guards, Tolde hurries to find Amongeratix and return him to Conclave custody before he can restart his reign of terror.
Fans of the Malazan Book of the Fallen, the Safehold series, and the Horus Heresy will love it. Dreams of Winter is the first book in the exciting new military science fiction series the Forgotten Gods.

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Category: Science Fiction – Galactic Empire

The Three have returned to the universe causing great carnage as their eternal battle for the soul of the universe continues. Beleaguered, the office of the Inquisitor General deploys Prekhauten Guard units to hunt down heretics and traitors in efforts to stop the coming war before it can begin. Tolde Breed is summoned with an important task. Hunt down and kill the heretic Inquisitor, Ursal Prowl. The quest will take him to the far reaches of the universe. To the hulking space station of Hawker’s Gate where destiny awaits. There, together with a team of Prekhauten Guards, Tolde will witness the opening salvos of a conflict greater than any in human history.
Traitors and heroes engage in conflicts across the universe as the Three make their opening moves in what promises to be their last confrontation. The war has begun. Humanity is the prize.

Hunger Games meets 1984 in this Afro-futuristic original story.

In a futuristic remote area of Africa, Kiyanna and Kadin live under the rule of an all powerful mechanism called The Instrument, until one day Kadin is taken from the remote Sand Dune community. Determined to find her brother, Kiyanna is propelled on a journey that will lead her to free her brother and ultimately learn the dark truth of her people’s existence.

Category: Science Fiction – Adventure

In the Empire of Rei-Een, tradition is everything and magic means death.

Lis has spent her life hidden away from the hunters of the Empire. Her father was instrumental in removing magic from the Empire and knows just how dangerous the world is for her. But when the crown prince dies, Lis’s magic is at risk of discovery.

When Lis is summoned for the Choosing of the Hidden Princess, she soon discovers not all magics are the same. Some seek revenge for a war that ended a lifetime ago, amidst whispers and visions of a different future for Rei-Een. But who can she trust?

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Category: Fantasy – Myths & Legends

She’s earned the skills to survive anything… unless the Terror takes hold. Can this young woman keep her sanity and outwit a deadly landscape?
Colleen clings desperately to her vision. With her eyesight fading, she’s terrified of succumbing early to the mind-numbing madness gripping the world. Chasing a rumored cure in Oregon, she, her mom, and their faithful dog set out to cross the ravaged wasteland.

Beating back violent fascists and cannibals desperate for a meal, the two women soon find themselves dangerously off-course. And when her mother is murdered, the strong-minded teenager and her canine companion must brave the perilous wilderness alone.

Can she make it through this nightmarish menace before she loses her sight and her life?

The Shifting is the heart-pounding first tale in the Terror Saga post-apocalyptic dystopian series.

Category: Science Fiction – Post-Apocalyptic

She loved and trusted her parents…
…but they had secrets.
Will Colleen get the answers she needs?

Comfortable in the Portland survivalist settlement, she adored her first love, Marisha. It’s safe. Jackson, her loyal dog seemed content. Colleen should be happy, but the pull of the road and the mystery surrounding her parents might be too much to handle.

Marisha agreed to head to Seattle.

She had her own reasons.
As the World struggled and society continued to come to terms with rebuilding, Colleen, Marisha, and Jackson push forward. Hardened from the road, Colleen has improved with her blade and has become deadly in a fight. There’s just one problem…

…she can be rash.

Will one wrong decision cost them everything?
You’ll love the second book in the Post-Apocalyptic Terror Saga, because they must fight even harder to get to the truth.

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He’s the instructor she can’t forget. She’s the cadet he couldn’t break.
Lieutenant Ramie Ashdyn pledged her life to protect the Coalition, an alliance of thirteen planetary systems, but when a top secret operation turns bloody, she’s charged with treason and the brutal executions of her teammates.
The Coalition sends Commander Rhys “Rest in Peace” Rykus to interrogate her. He’s the man who’s responsible for turning Ash into an elite soldier… and he’s a man who isn’t, never was, and never will be in love with the woman he trained. Or so he tells himself.
Ash wants nothing more than to clear her name, but the enemy who killed her teammates did more than frame her for treason and murder: they telepathically silenced her mind, preventing her from saying anything that might point to the truth about what happened. Now Ash is set to be executed, the truth dying with her.

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Category: Science Fiction – Space Opera