Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for July 30, 2020

Building a New Empire is supposed to be dangerous, but training the next generation of leaders?

That’s not supposed to be dangerous, right?

Follow us as the people in the Etheric Empire set up a special academy to train the first set of teens on a leadership track. They are supposed to learn about the different groups in the Etheric Empire and areas (including R&D, Weapons, Operations & others). Unfortunately, some of the members of those teaching teams tapped to train the kids don’t realize how … adventurous… the teens can be. Especially if the teachers are Team BMW.

Travel with us as we are introduced to Alpha Class, one of the teams in the new Etheric Academy as they merge human’s & Wechselbalg (Were’s) in a group of five young adults as they learn to become the first cohesive group on their first assignment. With Team BMW as their teachers, nothing could go wrong, right?

Seventeen-year-old Alexis Mackie only ever wanted one thing—for the boy next door to finally notice her. But a split second is all it took to change everything. When she travels to a remote Canadian island with her geologist parents to monitor seismic activity, she finds herself trapped in the ‘epicenter’. Alone in a cave struggling to free herself from the rubble, she stumbles into a mysterious land of tropical forest and mythical creatures…

Stepping into unfamiliar surroundings, she’s saved from the deadly claws of a vicious beast by a handsome strangers who offers to help her find a way home. But with rebels closing in on discovering her true identity and the ruling Magistrate sealing up the portals to their secret realm, Alexis fears they may never let her leave. As the doorway closes and her feelings for her rescuer bloom, she wonders if going back is what she truly wants…

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Category: Fantasy – Coming of Age

In the distant future, humanity has become wholly dependent upon newfangled technologies. Once installed, the Global Chip allows users to augment reality however they wish, and this device has rendered every form of external tech obsolete. It’s now illegal for average citizens to disconnect, and the practice is so uncommon that most would scoff at the notion of meeting such a specter. No one is exempt from this rule, aside from those on active duty, and even they are reconnected as soon as their tour concludes.
It’s during his service that soldier Nathan Ackerman first finds himself awoken, and the state proves itself to be nothing short of euphoric. He decides to abscond on his last day in the military.
Lying low, remaining careful to not draw the attention of central authorities, he manages just fine. Never did he imagine that his freedom would be jeopardized by a lowly gun runner.

Category: Science Fiction – Cyberpunk

Lark is a simple yoga instructor but has always had a terrifying ability to see the creatures of the night who walk among humans. She knows her life is in danger if she lets her talent be known.
Nobody saw the great goddess coming until the balance tipped too far, and then it was too late.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

A dystopian future, a world forgotten, a twisted eternal paradise…

After the portals were built to enter the spirit realm, humans abandoned the world to escape their earthly existence. All that remains for the few living souls that stayed behind is a haunting reminder of a life forgotten. The realm is a magical place where rules are scarce and vices are plenty.

Fawn was born an orphan and forced into years of indentured servitude within the realm. She has seen the dark side of humanity, but her job at The Nocere requires her to serve a new kind of evil. As events unfold that push her toward her destiny, she must face the monsters of her past to save the ones she loves.

Category: Science Fiction – Dystopian

Many dream to soar through the skies, but few will ever achieve the dream of becoming a Dragon Rider.

Myradepf is an undersized young lady with a dream big enough to save the world. As she strives to become a dragon rider, she must prove herself worthy or face the possibility of life without a dragon to ride. Along the way, she will be pushed by a rival intent on proving he is the superior dragon rider candidate. Can she overcome the odds, find her dragon, and go down in history as one of the most important dragon riders in history?

Category: Fantasy – Epic

She compromised her greatest beliefs. Her quest for redemption will risk everything.

Terese dreams of attaining the Seekers’ highest ranks. But if they discover her role in a disastrous experiment that ended in the inexplicable massacre of hundreds, she’ll suffer punishment and exile. With the suspicious eyes of her superiors watching closely, she pursues the massacre’s four survivors before they can spread their infection and implicate Terese.

Torn from her daughter and plagued by guilt, she leads her company to isolated lands, but as she closes on her prey, Terese discovers a greater threat to her than she believed possible. And the secrets she unearths change everything she thought she knew about the organization she devoted her life to.

Will Terese betray her vows and risk her life to bring a brutal conspiracy to light before more innocent victims die?

Category: Fantasy – Epic