Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for July 31, 2021

A new dystopian/post-apocalyptic series from a New York Times bestselling author

My name is Theo, and I’m a resident of Oasis, the last habitable area on Earth. It’s meant to be a paradise, a place where we are all content. Vulgarity, violence, insanity, and other ills are but a distant memory, and even death no longer plagues us.

I was once content too, but now I’m different. Now I hear a voice in my head, and she tells me things no imaginary friend should know. Her name is Phoe, and she is my delusion.

Or is she?

In our world, twelve-year-old Timothy Scott fades into the shadows. Bullied and ridiculed he discovers an enchanting world hidden behind an antique mirror and in a heartbeat everything changes. Can he become a hero and save a world from a sinister darkness?

After another sleep filled with nightmares and a day being picked on by the school bullies, Timothy Scott longs for escape. When his only real friend, a voice only he can hear, offers him the chance to travel to a new world, it’s an offer he cannot turn down.

As Timothy finds himself dragged through an antique mirror, he discovers a fantastic and enchanting world he never knew existed. Despite the amazing creatures he discovers and adventures he embarks on, there is something looming in the shadows, something he is already familiar with.

Category: Fantasy – Coming of Age

His sister kidnapped. His family under threat. Timothy Scott must once again return to the world behind the mirror.

Having faced the Dark Entity in battle Timothy had thought his time in the world behind the mirror was over. When his younger sister disappears he feels a wave of dread as he discovers a black rose sticking through the glass of the broken antique mirror. Fearing the worst, Timothy must return to his friends and call on them to help him save his sister.

Timothy soon finds himself going back through the mirror but things are not as he left them. While the Dark Entity’s reign of fear has subsided, a new danger has grown and a long-forgotten beast from the labyrinth beneath the Torn Mountains holds his sister prisoner. Aided by an unexpected ally, Timothy must once again face his fears if he has any hope of saving his sister and bringing her home.

Enchanted by lies, abducted for truth.

In Mandar, humans and mythics have learnt to work together, but sometimes a magical creature goes rogue. As a Tracker for the government, Seraphina’s job is to locate rogues, gather intel and report back to the Hunters.

Everything changes when she’s captured… by a dragon.

Imprisoned in his cave, Sera discovers the unique ability to share minds with the dragon. Together they explore the limits of her newly discovered power, and he reveals the lies fed to her by the Mandar Government.

But can she trust the word of a dragon?

While she fights for her freedom, her magic thrusts her into the midst of a hidden conflict. The threat of a new war between humans and mythics looms and Sera must decide where her loyalties lie.

Category: Fantasy – New Adult & College

A shot at the legendary Fae Academy leads a non-magical girl to confront her sexy nemesis.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

An overconfident pilot with a stolen spaceship must fix an alien device before time runs out.

The Newtonians came to Earth two thousand years ago looking for a place to call home. Earth was perfect except its Sun had a fatal flaw that needed to be corrected. Once it was fixed, they were free to abandon their ship and leave it to orbit the planet below. Earthlings commonly refer to it as The Moon.

For two thousand years, Sheldor was nothing more than a highly intelligent computer program that maintained every function of Atlantis. It was a very boring and predictable job that was the same, day in, and day out. The monotony didn’t bother him, nor was he aware that it was an utterly boring life. He didn’t long for change or wonder when it will all end, he just did his job. It wasn’t until an asteroid slammed into the side of the ship that his life changed in a dramatic way.

Category: Science Fiction – Adventure

A captivating fusion of Doctor Who, Harry Potter and His Dark Materials…

Josh knew how to break into cars, not deal with the paradoxes of time travel.
Suddenly, he finds himself in the fantastical world of the Oblivion Order, a secret organisation of time travellers dedicated to protecting the timeline from the forces of chaos. With the help of Caitlin, a feisty librarian, Josh begins an epic adventure into alternate histories, temporal guilds and the nightmarish creatures of the maelstrom.

But he can’t escape his old life. When a mission goes horribly wrong, he is forced to face the ugly secrets of his broken past… and the overwhelming temptation to make a forbidden adjustment. Caught between a magical world of infinite possibilities and a life of crime, will he use his powers to alter his own timeline?

Category: Science Fiction – Time Travel

Once upon a time (a year ago, if you’re a stickler for details), chaotic magic leaking from Alamo excavations triggered an improbable event, drawing the attention of two unlikely rivals in search of a rare prize.

The Russian witch Baba Yaga has been around since–even she can’t remember when. She normally stays at home in her chicken-legged hut, grumpily aiding those who come to her for help.

M. C. Laveau, the CEO of Laveau Pharmaceuticals, merchandizes products that exploit the magic of her grandmother, Marie (yes, that Marie).

Unfortunate bystander Rachel Vargas is caught between the dueling rivals as the bizarre effects of the magic become increasingly drastic: something’s gotta give.

Book 1 of the Baba Yaga Chronicles, in which she and her sisters confront modernity, with unexpected, alarming, and comical results. Pure fun!

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

In the Desert: One man is caught in the middle of an ancient struggle. What he loses, and what he gains, will make him a legend.

In Demona: Torn between two worlds, and with the aid of a goblin Witch, Ria must learn and accept the Way of Things.

In the Crescent Temple: The Guardians continue their quest to salvage the Amber Torch through ever more complex tangles of past and present, hindered by vague omens. When their course stalls, forcing the Guardians and their allies to split paths, they witness something that sets them back thousands of years, and makes them question everything they have done, and everything they believe in.

For sometimes, it is the Demons inside oneself that are the larger enemy.

Category: Fantasy – Epic

Na’va never knew of the world as it was in the days without magic, or the before time when it was held by even the most audacious of wielders. The scars of a past misuse of what has now become a limited resource still etch their way across the county. Strongly regulated by the Serator Authority, the use of magic has become both a right of passage, as well as a closely guarded privilege. Now she waits impatiently to earn her magic license, an honor only bestowed on worthy citizens when they come of age. However, as Na’va hones her knowledge and skills as a tinkerer under the tutelage of her grandfather Macifer, a near death experience uproots any plans she may have had for the future. It will now take a quick wit, steady training, and a climb against escalating status in order to not only earn her rights to wield magic, but to stand among those who hold authority over it.

Category: Science Fiction – Steampunk