Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for January 23, 2020

His duty is to die young, but fate has something far more lethal in mind.

If Kaell breaks, the kingdom breaks with him. And prophecy says the 19th Bladesman will break …

The Bonded Warrior…

Kill. Die young. That’s what a swordsman bonded to the ancient gods does. Without expecting praise from the man who trained him to survive this centuries-old, malignant war against the inhuman followers of an invincible lord.
But Kaell wants more. More of Val Arques’ attention, his approval. Just more.

The broken…
Val Arques is a bladesman of formidable power entrusted not only with Kaell’s life but with the truth that will destroy him.
Banished to a grim outpost of this doomed kingdom of sorcery, poetry, and treachery, he cannot afford to care about the young warrior.
For love means loss. And Val Arques has a shameful secret…
Epic fantasy about betrayal and the price of power.

When a freakish on-stage accident propels the art rock band Sun into Arethea, a world where music has unpredictable but very real magical power, guitarist Robin Wood and his bandmates become pawns in a deadly political struggle. Four of the band are captured and imprisoned, but Robin escapes, helped by the Solanese faction who demand his cooperation in an ancient ritual that will allow them to channel his musical power. “What does this ritual involve?” Robin asks, all the while thinking to himself, please, god, don’t let it involve killing anyone or anything! As Robin awaits the answer, the lives of his imprisoned mates and the fate of all Aretheans hang in the balance.

Daram is a spellbinding, humorous, and richly imagined novel that creates unforgettable characters readers will come to love.

Category: Fantasy – Classics

In this compelling sequel to Daram, the art rock band Sun, trapped in the world of Arethea, struggle to find their way back to Earth. Because their music has extraordinary magical power in this world, Sun have become pawns in a deadly political conflict and the prey of a terrible monster they unwittingly unleashed.

Robin Wood, Sun’s gifted guitarist, is still bound by the varashti to the Solanese adept Manon Valen. Robin and his bandmates are desperate to return home, but Manon and Periclea Russan have a war to win. Along with his English bandmates, Colin, Mick, Pat, and Stuart, Robin is slowly learning how to survive in this dangerous world, and while the lessons in magic and swordplay are difficult, the lessons of the heart are even harder to learn.

Technology is the temptation. The year is 2635, the people of Earth live in a tech-free utopia. Captain Alma Johnson is one of the few permitted to use technology as part of the human fleet. In a starship that has been rebuilt more than a dozen times, she faithfully protects humanity’s holdings in the solar system overpopulated with aggressive aliens and marauding pirates. Now she finds herself on a doomed mission that she’s been set up for from the very beginning.

Category: Science Fiction – Space Opera

Welcome to the night. You thought things that went bump in the night only exist in books and movies? So did Arianna Grace, until she became one of them. But she is not the only type of night human that lives off of drinking blood. As the rarest and only one of her kind, Arianna must find her place in the world in the young adult novel “The Legend of the Blue Eyes”.

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Category: Fantasy – Coming of Age

An alien colony vanishes without a trace.

In the year 2206 a ship from an alien civilization called the Entanglement is orbiting Earth with a gateway to the stars. A fleet of warships full of sadistic, Immortal cyborgs will arrive at Earth soon, and humanity must join the Entanglement’s rigid caste system or face slavery to the Immortals.

Lieutenant Jade Mahelona of Solar Defense Force doesn’t want to get involved in interstellar politics. Too bad. Jade must find a lost alien colony on a remote planet, and her performance will determine if humanity’s fate lies with the Entanglement or the Immortals.

Then things get complicated. There’s a powerful, hidden player. There’s advanced technology beyond anything the Entanglement and Immortals have. There might even be a chance Jade can forge another option for humanity. If she can survive.

Category: Science Fiction – Adventure

Forager – the Complete Six Book Series with 468,000 words. Includes the books Forager, Infiltrator, Expatriate, Impersonator, Specialist and Revolutionary.

A century after a global nuclear war, Ethan Jones lives in Newhome, a post-apocalyptic, oppressive society that terminates anyone with mutations caused by nuclear radiation. Meanwhile, the degenerate, savage Skel increase their attacks on the town’s foragers. Is this part of a larger plan that could spell the town’s doom?

Chelsea Thomas has spent her life living in fear of Newhome’s paramilitary Custodians due to a prohibited rogue ability. However, her brother’s disappearance presents her with a long-sought after opportunity to escape Newhome since only the foragers are allowed to leave the town. All she has to do is impersonate her brother long enough to make her escape while foraging out in the ruins.

Category: Science Fiction – Post-Apocalyptic