Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for January 19, 2020

A druid priestess enlists the help of an ex-Hospitaller warrior and a charismatic outlaw to fight Austrian tyranny in medieval Switzerland. A subtle blend of fantasy and history, Altdorf tells the events leading up to one of the greatest underdog stories of the medieval age, the Battle of Morgarten.

An elite shifter academy, a hot guy, an arch-nemesis, and a whole load of trouble.

Elena Jensen doesn’t belong at Alpha Wolf Academy, the most prestigious shifter university in North America, but that’s her reality and she’s determined to make the best of it.

When she meets a guy with emerald eyes and dark, wavy hair that makes her start rethinking her disbelief in soul mates, Elena’s opinion of AWA changes. Although, she’d feel better about her place in the social order if her crush’s twin sister wasn’t trying to destroy her reputation and get her expelled.

Elena’s already shaky foundation is pulled out from under her when the academy is besieged by soldiers and she chooses to put herself in danger to save lives.

When it’s life or death, the enemy of your enemy is your friend… or at least, Elena hopes so. Because more than just her life depends on it.

Category: Fantasy – New Adult & College

Ever since her family sent her to live with other ungifted humans as a teenager, college grad Becka has struggled to find her place amid the uneasy truce between the mundanes—those humans without supernatural abilities—and other magical creatures. Prejudice against those with fae heritage like hers but no powers runs rampant in both worlds. No matter which way she turns, Becka is an outsider.

The murder of her sister forces her to return to supernatural territory and the House of Rowan, where her only ally seems to be Quinn, a member of the Enforcer’s Guild tasked to protect her. Surrounded by shifting loyalties and arcane rules she doesn’t understand, she doesn’t know if she can trust anyone, let alone Quinn. Becka must decide if uncovering the truth about her sister’s death—and her own heritage—are worth dying for.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

Find the compass, save the world or save herself?

Austin robbery detective Maggie Parker knows how to run down a felon. Now add in magic.

When she finds a gnome breaking into her garage to steal a favorite wooden puzzle box everything changes. Did she just see a compass fly?

Can she learn how to be an Elemental to chart a new course in time? The magic creatures inside the Earth may hold the answer.

Her new case: Rescue the passengers on an ancient ship – a big blue marble called Earth – and save herself.

Recover the compass, find the other Elementals and help decide Earth’s fate.

Simple? It’s a lot harder than it sounds.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

He wants to fight his oppressors. She holds the key to a new world. Together they can transform the future…

New Zealand, 2051. Eighteen-year-old Jack Fraser longs to join the Resistance. And after failing to save a local farmer from a brutal death, he vows to prove himself by fighting back against government troops. But when he reluctantly takes on the job of protecting his boss’s granddaughter, he has no idea the girl guards humanity’s darkest secret…

As an impossible truth comes to light, Jack realizes that keeping the girl alive could be the very thing that takes down the ruthless establishment. And choosing to share the truth with the world could unleash the government’s fury on him and the ones he loves.

Can Jack save the girl before she becomes yet another victim?

Category: Science Fiction – Genetic Engineering

On planet Turaset, droughts ravage farmlands, cyclones rip along the coast, and with every barrel the oil industry pumps from the ground the climate worsens. Alphonse has refused a council seat because taking it means serving that rapacious industry. He leaves for the wilderness, where a power to live the past awakens within him. Alphonse walks his ancestors’ steps on long-dead Earth and grows plagued by memories of collapse. He’s left with troubling certainty: infiltrate the oil industry to secure proof of its treachery or Turaset will fall next.

Alphonse finds an ally in Myrta, a farmgirl who sees every molecule in the air. With her skill she can evade patrols on industry grounds. Together, they can prove the industry lies about emissions and convince the councils to shut down fossil fuels forever.

But the industry has grown wise to Myrta’s power—and now she’s marked for death.

Category: Science Fiction – Post-Apocalyptic