Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for July 27, 2022

There is a universe beyond our own, known as the Merge. When a young locksmith called Archibald Lox spots a girl opening a portal between worlds, he follows her and embarks on the adventure of a lifetime. As he learns about these lands of wonders, he will have to face cold-blooded killers, rivers of blood, hell jackals, vengeful Empresses and more…

Book one of the Archibald Lox series, by Darren Shan, the New York Times bestselling YA author of Cirque Du Freak and Lord Loss. Book 9, the final book in the series, is on sale NOW.

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They brought death and destruction to Earth. Now it’s time to return the favor.

The massive Mozari spaceship struck without warning. In an instant major cities were leveled. Millions were wiped from the face of the Earth. The horrifying message to those remaining—your training starts now.

Pods scattered across the globe are filled with strange, alien wares and scientists of all backgrounds must come together to harness the advanced technology in a race to discover its secrets before the one-year deadline.

And before their experiments with the exo suits kill another soldier.

Few possess the rare antibodies needed to control the Mozari armor. But Daniel West soon discovers he’s one of the civilians selected to be fitted and trained to use the suit. Instead of following in his family’s footsteps, he joins the military and is assigned to a team on a mission to the Mozari ship…

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Category: Science Fiction – Alien Invasion

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

Renton (Rance) Quigley He’ and his team have taken their first big step towards fighting injustice across the Empire—they’ve saved their own planet from certain destruction! When his alien friends come seeking his help to fight off an unknown menace, Rance accepts immediately. He knows it won’t bring him fame or fortune, but who turns down a friend in need? Then, a complication—a beautiful woman in distress begs his help. Should Rance put his friends on the back burner and say yes, or should he turn her down? While Rance and team prepare, a government official—who the team were investigating for their alien buddies—investigates them! Can they complete the woman’s task and get the official off their backs at the same time? Rance must decide what to do…and fast.

A lady never reveals the true extent of her decay…
Hannah Miles lives a quiet existence, helping her parents conduct research into a most terrible affliction – until a gruesome murder during her best friend’s engagement party pulls her from the shadows. With her specialist’s knowledge and demure disposition, Hannah is requested to aid the investigation.
Except Hannah discovers her role is to apologise in the wake of the rude and disgraced man tasked with finding the murderer. The obnoxious Viscount Wycliff thinks to employ Hannah purely as a front to satisfy Whitehall, but she’ll have none of that.
The two must work together to find the murderer before the season is ruined. But the viscount is about to meet his greatest challenge, and it’s not a member of the ton with a hankering for brains.

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Category: Fantasy – Historical

A neighborhood is turned upside down when an alien lands on a New York rooftop.

In this charming debut novel we meet the residents of an East Village block whose lives are thrown into turmoil by an extraterrestrial visitor. There’s a wanna-be rock star, his eccentric rabbit-loving neighbor, a cursed superintendent, and a ghost-obsessed old woman, along with a remarkable cat. Their intersecting paths are all drawn up towards the otherworldly creature lurking overhead.

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Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

Shadow of the Arisen is the first book in a high fantasy trilogy that has deep roots in dark magic, Lovecraftian horror, and the occult. It’s an epic fantasy fiction novel that will leave you wanting more from the vibrant cast of characters you’ll grow to love.

Once a thriving city—now a foul necropolis, ruled over by the arisen dead.

The fallen city of Brigganden now poses a threat to the neighboring lands, its demonic warlord slaughtering all who venture near.

Reza, a member of an elite code of knights, leads the only troop willing to stand against the hellish army—risking not only her life to the vile arisen, but the lives of her only friends.

As they struggle to survive the rising tide of evil, fulfilling their mission becomes the least of their priorities. The dead know of their presence—and this evil hungers for more than just flesh and blood.

Category: Dark Fantasy

The army of the dead has begun to rally from their recent defeat, slaughtering the nomads of the out-regions.

Reza, the saren knight responsible for the arisen lord’s recent defeat, struggles with Nomad, her cursed companion, drawing her and her friends thin and to their wits end in helping him to resist the call of darkness welling up deep within him.

Met with indolence from the region’s leaders, they are left to make strange connections and allies to help in defending their home state from impending doom. The dead are within the Southern Sands borders, and few have prepared for the imminent tides of war.

A Time Travel Adventure with Romance

On a colony planet called Alysia, Rowena Gray is sent back in time to assassinate the king who is thought to originate mutant Talents,
But mistaken identity leads her astray and she falls in love with the self-absorbed king she was sent to kill.
Once there, she finds the past not as charming as she expected with little plumbing, a traitor in the royal court, an impossible love, and, ah yes, an imminent war. Within days robbers, rapists and thieves attack them, but Rowena has to be careful not to change future time lines through her actions.
Not only that, she discovers that she is a re-gendered clone from the last dying time traveler sent in desperation to save their future. Is she even human?
And, how can she save that future if love and circumstances keep tripping her up?

Category: Science Fiction – Adventure