Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for July 28, 2021

It’s been ten years since Mal died. Five years since the god Hades dragged her from the underworld and forged her, through blood and pain, into his living weapon. And in five minutes, the only other agent of Hades she trusts will die.

Someone is assassinating Hades’s agents all over New York City. If Mal can’t find the one responsible, she’ll be next—if she’s lucky. If not, she’ll watch everything she cares about go up in flames first.

Mal didn’t choose this life. But now it’s all she has. And she’ll be damned if she lets anyone—human or god—take what is hers.

The aliens are winning the war. Captain Lucas Sterling and his merciless Omega Taskforce are going to change that… Battlestar Galactica meets Star Trek’s Section 31 in this dark and gritty sci-fi action adventure that fans are calling “exceptional”, “action-filled” and “so good you can’t stop reading”.

Category: Science Fiction – Alien Invasion

She’s immune to every disease. But her curiosity may get her killed…

Cambridge, England. American Pathologist Dr. Abby Whiting longs to know why she never gets sick. The sole survivor of a horrific outbreak two decades ago, she’s certain the answer must lie in her medical records held under lock and key at a mysterious clinic. But standing in the way of her access to classified files is a charismatic, centuries-old vampire.

Tasked with replicating the secrets of the predator’s blood, she accepts an uneasy alliance in exchange for her documents. But her research soon sends her down a path strewn with murdered clinicians, a vengeful detective, and an obsessed revenant in search of fresh souls. And even worse, her shocking findings reveal a disturbingly outrageous truth.

Can Abby discover the secret to her own strange gift without losing her life?

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Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

A warrior with nothing left to lose. A prince trying to hold his kingdom together.

As a child, Etta ran from the palace for her life. Now, she must find a way back in.

The kingdom of Gaule is a dangerous place for those with magic. To be found is a death sentence, forcing magic wielders into the forests to hide from the crown.

Etta Basile has spent years among the trees, training for the day she’ll take up the curse of her ancestors, a curse tying her life to that of her greatest enemy, the Prince of Gaule.

Prince Alexandre was once a childhood friend, but now, Etta must keep her identity a secret as she enters a tournament to become his champion.

Her goals are simple.

Protect the prince. Break the curse. Kill the prince.

What her training never prepared her for? Falling in love.

But love is for the weak, and Etta can’t forget the reason she’s there.

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Category: Fantasy – Fairy Tales

In the year 2260, no less than twenty-three Alternate Earths have been discovered. Each one of them is nearly identical to our own Earth, with one major difference: they are all inhabited by beings that went extinct on our planet long ago, or that many think never existed at all.

At just sixteen years old, Captain Alcyon Jenkins is the youngest woman to ever be awarded command of her own ship and her own crew to lead up into the breathtaking cosmos she has always dreamt about.

She and that crew are tasked with returning contraband to the as-yet-unexplored Alternate Earths… if they can manage to get along for more than five minutes.

But an ancient curse, a kidnapping, a race through the jungle, and a dead body on the bridge might just make for a good team-building exercise…

Category: Science Fiction – Space Opera

Nash Baxter is a liar. He’s the famous skeptic who rides his motorcycle across the country debunking hauntings everywhere he goes. Yet he knows ghosts are real – suffering remnants of the departed, held fast to this world and tormented by demons. Hell, it seems, exists all across the land, side-by-side with the living world. Demons do fight back.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

False warriors destroyed their homes. Now two heroes must delve into ancient magic to save their realm from destruction.

Kilo lives and dies by the truth of the Shadow’s Creed. So when brutal raiders raze his village, the leader is honor-bound to put aside his fighting staff and help his people rebuild.

Shenrae’s childhood burned in the fire that claimed her parents’ souls. Knowing the assailants will attack again, she swallows her self-doubt to focus on her grueling Shadow warrior training.

Now both face the biggest challenge of their lives: Shenrae must unlock her inner strength and Kilo could risk forsaking his code. And their only hope may be to embrace the very power that is out to kill them.

Can Kilo and Shenrae find a way to uphold their honor and defeat the dark forces?

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Category: Fantasy – Epic

Exiled from Vaiyene and armed with new information about the Skills, Kilo struggles to restore peace. The flames of war have spread, severing alliances, and dividing the people. With pressure from his friends building, Kilo sets out to confront the False Shadows, vowing at last to find an amicable solution.

Across the lands of Kiriku, Shenrae returns home. But when she does, Vaiyene is not the peaceful refuge she remembers. A rift has spread within the Shadows and not all approve of her actions. Torn between her duty and the ones she loves, Shenrae must face the darker truths of what it means to be a Shadow.

Back in Magoto, Hitori’s patience is nearing its end. But as the truth behind Hitori’s actions is revealed, the line between right and wrong wavers. Will Kilo and Shenrae be able to stop Hitori from destroying the Kiriku they love? Or will everything be plunged into darkness?

Ethan Jones is a forager who lives in a post-apocalyptic, oppressive society that terminates anyone with mutations caused by nuclear radiation. When Skel savages ramp up their attacks on the foraging teams, Ethan has to find out if this is part of a larger plan that could spell the town’s doom and why the Skel suddenly possess advanced technology. Who is backing them, and why?

His life becomes further complicated when he rescues a mysterious Japanese girl from the Skel and brings her back with him, for she breaks the town’s rigid conventions in her pursuit of him, placing their lives in jeopardy. Her odd behaviour and probing questions baffle him, as does the fact that he understands her when she speaks in Japanese.

Category: Science Fiction – Post-Apocalyptic