Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for June 13, 2024

Can an angel be a demon?

Daughter to a half-elven, half-angelic princess and the demon who raised her, Tanwen doesn’t know who or what she truly is.

Kept from living a full life, she’s known nothing but the magic and destruction her father has taught her. Now she’s divided, evil and goodness fighting their battle within her.

Can she find her mother’s people before it’s too late? Or will the wreckage wrought by the demonic part catch up to her first?

Her father has plans for her still, and the elves he wishes to enslave are rising up in force. With the land divided, desperate not to be conquered. The elven world as they know it could topple along with her.

But will she protect them or turn them into ash and embers?

Find out now in this epic tale of an elven heiress, her unlikely friend, and his not so tame wildcat.

17yr old Avikar goes on a desperate quest to save his kidnapped sister, only to discover she’s falling for her shapeshifter captor.

The longer it takes for Avikar to find her, the harder it will be to set her free.

And her kidnapper wants more than just her affection.

Category: Fantasy – Coming of Age

Professor Colin Ayres has spent years researching the strange story of Galina, Arizona, a sleepy border town ripped apart by violence and paranoia after the outbreak of a mysterious illness in 1960. Colin is certain the Galina Incident was simply a case of mass hysteria. But when his partner, Alonzo, starts exhibiting strange symptoms, Colin is shocked to realize they are the same as those that emerged in Galina decades ago.

As Alonzo’s condition worsens, Colin scrambles to piece together what really happened during that terrible summer in the past. He uncovers a story of murder, corruption, and fanaticism. The deeper he digs, the more he becomes convinced that what happened in Galina wasn’t mass hysteria after all.

Category: Science Fiction – First Contact

“Much modern fantasy relies on earlier works, on conventions and tropes set up by earlier writers. This is not one. Kotar gets back to the traditions that so many of those earlier writers drew upon — mythology and folklore — and collects water straight from that source. Well worth your time.” Christopher Ruocchio, author of the Sun Eater series

Category: Fantasy – Epic

Raven was eight when her parents were murdered. Now it’s happened again. Her guardian murdered. Their home destroyed. She can hunt and fight, but life in isolation hasn’t prepared her for survival outside the forest.

The magic within her makes her a target for execution by the Silverblood Brotherhood, an institution that regulates such powers with an iron fist. Having never spoken to a stranger before, how can she hope to navigate a world where anyone might turn her in for that magic?

Before his death, her guardian dreamed of living somewhere Raven would be safe and accepted. Maybe she can still find that, if the Brotherhood doesn’t find her first.

Category: Fantasy – Sword & Sorcery

With a vision of a world free from war, one man and a cat set out to make their fortune.

The most lucrative? Trading in tech of the ancients. If they could find it and bring it to willing buyers. If only it were that easy.

But then everything changed. It became bigger than Braden and the Golden Warrior.

Braden only wanted free trade. But there needed to be peace. And that became his mission.

With a vision of a world free from war, one man and a cat set out to make their fortune.
The most lucrative? Trading in tech of the ancients. If they could find it and bring it to willing buyers. If only it were that easy.

But then everything changed. It became bigger than Braden and the Golden Warrior.

Braden only wanted free trade. But there needed to be peace. And that became his mission.

Category: Science Fiction – Adventure

Ex-Star League pilot Trev Corvus is haunted by war. Now an illegal “Ghost Jumper”, he races through the stars with a rebellious mutineer and a dangerous secret. But a deadly enemy from Trev’s past stalks them, threatening to reignite galactic war. Can Trev outrun his demons and save the galaxy? Buckle up for a white-knuckle space opera adventure!

Category: Science Fiction – Dystopian

Orphan and former farm slave Augum dreams of becoming a warlock. But that would take courage and aptitude, both of which he lacks. Doesn’t help that his mentor is a cranky recluse who sends him on strange errands.

When a vicious tyrant ravages the kingdom in a quest for seven mythic artifacts, Augum discovers his mentor possesses one. They flee to a mysterious castle with other aspiring warlocks, including two quirky girls. Adventure ensues as the aspirants explore the castle’s secrets and learn spellcraft.

But not everything is as it seems, and when a sudden betrayal plunges the group into a terrifying ordeal, survival will hinge on Augum’s daring, his aptitude in the arcane arts . . . and on friendships forged in fire.

Category: Fantasy – Coming of Age