Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for January 29, 2023

Born into Capernica’s lowest social tier, Jack Holloway refuses to pour out her life in the local fish cannery. She gambles on the one chance available to advance—the high school Exit Exam. In a nation that still keenly remembers its own violent birth, the smartest and strongest are richly rewarded in exchange for military service. Meanwhile, strings of abductions break out across the nation. Partnered with the handsome Captain Alston, Jack is recruited to aid the investigation—as bait. The evidence leads back 47 years to a series of high-profile cover-ups linked to Capernica’s formation, but nothing prepares her for the faces that emerge from the past. Blowing the whistle could have grave consequences, but holding her silence means history will likely repeat. Can Capernica survive a second reckoning? A startling tale where past and present intertwine, fusing at the point of revolution.

Jeda DeLongo has a bad feeling as he watches his twin daughters Kala and Kara, the infamous children of prophecy, crowned as the Duchess and Countess of Berkshire. His sixth sense has never failed him in the past, and when the king is assassinated during the celebration, the dawning horror that the Kingdom of Tavia is under attack by desert warriors cannot be denied. The new king has declared war, and Jeda races to Eastford to rescue his gypsy family, but will he arrive in time, or has everyone already perished under the desert onslaught?

Arin, the self-proclaimed Prince of the Desert, has never forgiven the kingdom witch who murdered his father and sister and has vowed revenge. Now he’s done the impossible—united all the desert tribes under his banner. He launches his attack against Tavia with his secret weapon—a Black Coven witch bent on Tavia’s total destruction.

Category: Fantasy – Epic

Winland Underwood has been running and hiding most of her life. Today is the day she will stop and stand her ground.

Can she protect the magical refugees while searching for her mother? What other challenges await the Fixer’s daughter?

Grab the first two books of the Chronicles of Winland Underwood series today to find out!

—

One If By Land:

The half Light Elf and half Witch has led a band of magical refugees to the Ozarks where they can finally put down roots.

But what darkness hides underneath the scenic mountain views? Will the legacy of the Fixer help her out?

An ancient mystery starts to unravel threatening their new town, and Winland must find it in herself to stay and fight it out.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

An irreverent, liberal, twisty, time travel comedy!

What if you could change history to eliminate slavery, World War II, the Spanish Inquisition, global warming, and an egomaniacal nuclear-bomb-dropping US president? What if that change also made 5 billion people poof from existence? Would you do it? Time Is Irreverent explores those questions, as benevolent aliens send Marty Mann to AD 31 to correct an error in history.

Spanning from the Cretaceous period to 2056, Time is Irreverent is a hilarious, thought-provoking satire, with unpredictable twists, colorful aliens, huge dinosaurs, a smokin’ hot lesbian from the future, and a cameo from Jesus Christ himself!

“Ironic, original, hysterically funny, deftly crafted, and an impressively entertaining read from first page to last”—Midwest Book Review

Category: Science Fiction – Time Travel

Everyone knows a girl locked in a tower is supposed to wait for a prince—but that isn’t the destiny this girl has in mind.
Esme’s life has been filled with secrets. Her mother says she’s destined to be a queen, but she won’t say when. Or how. Or who Esme’s father is.
When Esme is imprisoned by the evil fairy godmother, she only has more questions. Who is the young man guarding her? Why is he so interested in her father’s identity? And can she convince him to help her escape before she’s forced to marry whichever self-absorbed prince with a hero complex turns up to rescue her?
The Rogue and the Peasant is a fun, fairytale adventure that blends Hamlet with Rapunzel to make something completely new.

Other Retailers
Apple Books | Nook | Smashwords | Kobo

Category: Fantasy – Fairy Tales

James is a 17-year-old growing up in the Federation of the Americas, a union of North and South America. He is drafted by the military and chosen to be part of an elite group of soldiers created to defend the Federation from the BlankZone, the mysterious part of the Earth that stopped talking to the rest of the world after an incident called the Melt.
During training, James is tested with gruesome and grueling tasks forced to fight alongside his new warrior friends. They are commanded by General Croyton, a sadistic, ruthless military leader who sees them less as people and more as machines created to carry out his orders.
After training, James and the team are set to defend the city of Midway on the coast in a battle that will impact the future of James, his team, and the rest of the world.

Category: Science Fiction – Dystopian

The mission was supposed to be his last.

After more than twenty years in special operations, USMC Gunnery Sergeant Wolf Mathison wasn’t looking forward to retirement when—implanted with an experimental artificial intelligence—he deployed on his last mission with a platoon of Marine Raiders being sent to the Jovian moon Europa.

The USS Jefferson was destroyed en route, though, and only Mathison and three other Marines survived. Trapped in stasis, they were hurled into the outer reaches of the solar system, where they wouldn’t be found for hundreds of years.

Unfortunately for the Marines, they’re awakened from stasis at the same time the researchers awaken a threat that endangers the entire human race.

The odds are against them, but that’s nothing new for the Marine Raiders.

Semper Fidelis and Semper Invictus!

Category: Science Fiction – Military