Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for January 26, 2022

At first everyone thought it was a game…

But aliens have arrived and they are turning people into fertilizer.

Brad and Sam are gamers and when they started playing the hot new game Apocalypse Online they had no idea that the game was a preview of reality! With the help of a benevolent alien AI and nanotechnology, our heroes will have a chance to survive the apocalypse. They just have to survive, level up and find other survivors.

Jake is no gamer. But when he finds out aliens have arrived, he’ll do anything to protect his little sister Sam.

Will they be able to grow strong enough for the second wave or will they become alien plant food?

Renton (Rance) Quigley He’ has two big dreams, but he’s failing miserably at both. He hopes to one day resurrect the dream he had with his father, and he desperately desires to ask the love of his life out on a date. But then, an alien race attacks their planet, seemingly unprovoked—but why? Something about their attacks doesn’t add up. Why are they so random? And why doesn’t the Empire protect their new colony? Only Rance and his friends can find out, but they’ll have to agree on what’s for lunch first.

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Category: Science Fiction – Adventure

What value is freedom when you can’t even ride a dragon?

As the life of a slave goes, Kantees doesn’t have it too bad. Being responsible for a racing dragon means her existence is more than just drudgery and fear, even if her life is at the whim of her masters and their rules.

But when her dragon wakes her in the middle of the night Kantees is forced to make a life-or-death decision that breaks her masters’ rules and means her own life is forfeit.

Escaping on the back of dragons, with a hodgepodge of unwelcome associates, she attempts to right a wrong that can never be fixed. Until, ultimately, she must put her own life on the line to keep the freedom she has stolen for herself.

Category: Fantasy – Epic

He’s lost his girl and now his mind. Jed Strait survived the war, but will his homecoming be the death of him?

Jed Strait made it through the war unscathed. Or at least, that’s what he thought. But now that he’s home, he’s not so sure, because he’s plagued by horrifying flashbacks. Only, they’re visions of events that never occurred.

All he wants is to reconnect with the woman he left behind and get on with his life, but according to the visions, that’s the worst thing he could do. If he follows Annabelle to LA, his nightmares could actually become real, but staying in New York with no Annabelle and no explanations will surely drive him mad.

Damned if he goes and damned if he stays, the only path forward is the one leading west, to the final crescendo of either marriage, misery or madness waiting for him at the end of a road that’s paved with The Blacktop Blues.

Category: Science Fiction – Steampunk

The only thing more powerful than betrayal is magic…

Nova left the kingdom sixteen years ago—before she could crawl. Now that she’s returned, it’s nothing short of a nightmare. Magic is used to control the people, and Nova is being hunted for a power she doesn’t even know she has… yet.

Jade is the heir to the throne, but her mother isn’t willing to give up her title—not ever. The Queen doesn’t see Jade as her legacy, but as a threat that must be stopped. Jade has never left the palace and is trapped inside its boundaries… but she wonders if the walls are meant to keep her safe, or keep her imprisoned.

One boy will intertwine their lives—or tear them apart. Chael is the secretive and handsome royal guard that might have the answers to save both girls, but he’s hiding something dark. An ally with questionable motives, both Nova and Jade have no choice but to trust Chael…

Category: Fantasy – Sword & Sorcery

Visions of the future. Dark family secrets. A desperate race to stop a killer …

Julia wants a normal life, but her ability to see the future has made her an outcast. As she struggles to come to terms with her visions, she learns she has a second gift, the gift of time travel.

Dark family secrets are revealed to Julia, and she learns the truth about her beloved great uncle Eli. Corrupted by greed and insanity Eli believes he’s committed the perfect crime. Now Julia must embrace the gifts she never wanted in order to catch a killer, but will it be enough?

Risking her life to travel more than 150 years into the past Julia uses every skill she possesses to survive only to find she is left with one, final impossible choice…

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

Flames will destroy. Planes will fall from the sky. Bombs will detonate. And that’s just the first day.

For years, a terrorist organization has plotted to destroy the United States. One of their leaders is enmeshed in the highest levels of California’s state government. Today, they’re planning to burn it all down.

Katie and Zach Nelson were looking forward to celebrating their anniversary with a relaxing camping trip on the California coast. But when they’re caught in a massive wildfire, all their future plans go up in smoke.

Meanwhile, Basilia Hernandez and Alana Mills, the new president and vice president of the United States, face one shocking turn of events after another. Do they have what it takes to protect and defend the country during the apocalypse? Or will they actually make it worse?

CALIFORNIA is the first book in this faith-based, post-apocalyptic series.

Category: Science Fiction – Post-Apocalyptic