Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for July 16, 2025

One lonely, touch-starved dryad. One sassy elf with amnesia. One sentient forest that ships them. Forced proximity, one bed, spice, and slow-burn healing in this cozy, steamy romantasy. Must Love Moss & Moonshine is forestcore magic, cinnamon roll hero vibes, and small-town romance feels.

Necroti Whicker Campbell’s mother is bleeding him dry of the energy he needs to do his job… and stay alive. So he’s devised a plan to help her move past recent deaths in the family. It involves a dead nine-year-old girl, a highly illegal magical key, and the help of his morally questionable mentor. But from the start, things begin to unravel…

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

What if it ended not with a bang, but a breach? The end of the world is ushered in as demons (and magic) are unleashed upon the Earth. The Mist meets a gritty prequel to The Elfstones of Shannara, The Infernal Age is an apocalyptic blend of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. A Kirkus “Get It” selection and Book Life Editor’s Pick.

Category: Science Fiction – Post-Apocalyptic

A cozy, heartwarming tale of healing, found family, magic, and second chances. Young witch Tansy escapes the horrors of a war and finds a safe haven in an enchanted forest, where a magical cottage calls to her. Perfect for readers who enjoyed The Spellshop, The Honey Witch, and Howl’s Moving Castle.

Other Retailers
Kobo

Category: Fantasy – Fairy Tales

A plucky underdog. A powerful necromancer. And the idiot heroes bent on murdering them.

Kobolds are supposed to run away—it’s what they’re best at. But Jack? Born with a club foot, he’s had to adapt. Resilient and clever, he clawed his way to respectability as majordomo of a premiere subterranean estate. He even found a father figure in the famed necromancer who owns the place.

Life was perfect… until a superband of overpowered do-gooders arrived bent on burglary and murder. These mercilessly righteous warriors of light cannot be beaten, or at least that’s how it looks on paper.

Jack must choose between survival and the people he loves… unless he can somehow defy the stats and find an unconventional solution.

If you like Terry Pratchett, J. Zachary Pike, or Nicholas Eames, you’ll love Majordomo. Buy now, before the price goes up or the murderhobos descend.

Category: Fantasy – Epic

THE MONSTER IS ALREADY HERE

From the author of the classic true-life haunted house book “The Uninvited” and the terrifying horror-thriller “Glow,” best-selling horror author Steven LaChance presents his most frightening work yet: “Gorilla,” the second book in his Modern Monsters series.

What if the U.S. government’s MK-Ultra drug-and-mind-control experiments never ended but instead fell into the hands of a crazed Christian evangelist named Michael Neville?

Detective Vincent Rossi returns to the shadows of St. Louis, racing against time to stop an experiment that could turn the world upside down. As brutal killings erupt across the city and the boundary between science and nightmare dissolves, Rossi uncovers a conspiracy stretching from classified archives to modern-day manipulation. “Gorilla” unleashes hordes of killers onto the masses and shatters every false sense of security.

Other Retailers
Apple Books | Nook | Kobo

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

FINALIST – 2024 CYGNUS AWARDS IN SCIENCE FICTION

It’s 2059 and war-scarred journalist Ailia Bax arrives on the Red Planet seeking escape from her demons. But she’s quickly thrust into the heart of interplanetary politics with tensions between Mars and Earth about to ignite.

Across the planet, human and sapient robot Martian settlers are struggling to free themselves from Earth’s domination, and kick-off the biggest political experiment in the solar system. But to what lengths will Earth authorities go, to drag them back under their iron control? And where will a mysterious terrorist bomber strike next?

Amidst this danger and intrigue, Ailia will labor to find her place. Forced to take sides, her choices could shape the destiny of an emerging world.

But right now, she doesn’t know that. In fact, she has no idea that the planet and the bomber might be trying to kill her.

Category: Science Fiction – Colonization