Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for January 5, 2023

She never expected to summon a demon THIS sinfully sexy…
Carline swore off witchcraft for good when she arrived at the Swan River Colony.
But when her home is attacked, she’s forced to consult her spell book for the help of a paranormal protector to keep her safe.
Only the smoking hot demon she summons has more than just protection on his mind…

They came from deep space. They came to destroy us.

Fifty years ago, bloodthirsty aliens devastated the Earth. Most of humanity perished. We fell into darkness.

But now we rise from the ashes. Now we fight back.

Marco Emery was born into the war. After his mother is killed, he joins the Human Defense Force, Earth’s ragtag army. Emery must survive basic training, become a soldier, and finally face the aliens in battle.

Against the alien onslaught, Earth stands alone. But we will fight. We will rise. We will win!

Category: Science Fiction – Military

Earth burns.

We call them the scum. They came from deep space. Creatures of claws and endless malice, they ravage the world.

As the war flares, as cities crumble, Private Marco Emery and his platoon blast into space. They won one battle on Earth. Their next battle must be fought in the darkness.

The scum will not rest until the last human is dead. Marco and his friends must defeat them. They must win. Or Earth will fall.

A Secret World
Hidden Demons
An Impossible Mission

Ruby defies her kick-ass but bumbling grandparents to enter the legendary world of Brocéliande.

She’s determined to rescue her parents—who faced Persephone, the Queen of the Fae and Hades himself to rescue her. But she’s up against a dangerous literary society, vengeful fae, and vicious demons with no one to help her but her alcoholic fairy godmother who’s passed out on the sofa in the mortal realm, and the enigmatic and treacherous witch, Baba Yaga.

Time is running out. If Ruby doesn’t rescue her parents before the equinox, they’ll be trapped in the Underworld forever.

Category: Fantasy – Myths & Legends

“We never steal children. We only swap them. An eye for an eye, a child for a child.”

Keera’s swords, forged with cold iron, and adorned with silver and gold, have angered the fae—and most especially King Hades and Persephone who rule FaerLand.

Determined to pay the humans back, Queen Persephone orders two fae underlings, Lettie and Zadie to switch their changelings for Keera and Aiden’s children.

Lettie’s heart breaks as Zadie tears her beloved changeling, Nada, from her hands and replaces her with a snotty human child. Now, the one person she loved in all the world is gone, she will do anything to bring Nada back…

…including killing Keera and Aiden to end the fairy bargain.

In the dragon-haunted land of Ruun, Rowen Locke has been many things: orphan, gravedigger, mercenary. All he ever wanted was to become a Knight of Crane and wield a kingsteel sword against horrors he’s known since childhood. But that dream crumbled—replaced by a new nightmare. War is overrunning the realms, and in a world where no one is blameless, the time has come for one disgraced man to decide which side he’s on.

Category: Fantasy – Sword & Sorcery

Even as the world burns, the game is everything…

When a wave of monsters attack the town of Bell Park, Eddie Rush has no idea the invasion is an introduction to a new interactive experience.

Crimson Gauntlet Online wasn’t supposed to go live for weeks. But for Eddie and his group of gamer friends, the chilling realization dawns on them that the promised game is responsible for the spreading destruction and death.

If Eddie wants to survive, he’ll need to learn the rules, and fast. Because Crimson Gauntlet isn’t taking prisoners.

Full of action, dark humor, and mystery, Crimson Gauntlet is perfect for fans of Dungeon Crawler Carl, Ready Player One, and Robopocalypse.

From the award-winning author of Shadows of Mars and The Seraph Engine.

Discover a new favorite series in this post-apocalyptic LitRPG adventure.

Category: Science Fiction – Cyberpunk

When Seth suddenly loses his job, he wonders if he might be wasting his life.

Until a car accident changes it forever. Finding himself marooned on an alien prison planet, he must find allies and equipment to achieve the impossible.

For no one’s escaped Lakon Prison before. But then, they never tried to cage a Marine.

Category: Science Fiction – Space Exploration

Until he peeked over the edge of the valley, Lannes had never seen a machine that could fly or people without fur. Had the invading aliens stayed in the valley, they might have been safe. But they didn’t. They assumed the Cadorie were too primitive to be a problem.

Afraid to antagonize huge beings with powerful weapons, the Cadorie took their resistance deep underground. They planned, plotted, and waited as the aliens tried to infiltrate their society. Then Lannes disappeared.

The League of Free Cadorie is a coming-of-age story set in a time of political change. Kefan is groomed to be a famous singer, but his true genius lies elsewhere. Lannes is a farm boy. He didn’t plan to discover aliens, but he wants them off his world and will do anything to make that happen. Lenea joins her boyfriend, Kefan, and brother, Lannes, to stop the invasion, never expecting to become a hero.

Category: Science Fiction – Alien Invasion

Black on the Right. White on the Left. Gray in the middle.

For the past one hundred years, a mysterious group called Lacers has been rejected by society.

As Grayson Day navigates through a Lacer Initiation Process that pushes his mental and physical endurance to its limit, Shaders make an untimely return to the middle world.

A powerful black diamond object is missing. The physical and spiritual worlds must be Laced together.

Perhaps the hidden city where Grayson trains will remain at peace. Or maybe the town full of wild animals, magic necklaces, element controlling staffs, and strange Lacers will only add to the chaos.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban