Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for June 16, 2022

While investigating the unrest of the local dryad population, a journalist and her gargoyle companion are swept into a terrifying conflict—one where getting the scoop might cost them their lives. Grab this series starter and fall in love with the “furiously exciting” world of elemental magic & mythic creatures by a USA Today bestselling author.

War is in the air. In every sense, as the aeronauts of Lauchenland prepare to take their airships aloft against the mighty Beruzil Empire.

It’s the chance for Heino Voss to fulfil his life’s ambition and fly an airship into battle. At his side is his aloof navigator, Saskia von Eck. Soon they realise that war is not a game, and that unquestioning loyalty can take them to some dark places.

Saskia’s brother Erich finds himself fighting for the other side. As the bloodshed and horror mount, he learns there is no place for honour on the battlefield.

As the conflict draws to its grim conclusion, all three realise that the price of victory could be higher than they’re willing to pay. And that, even in wartime, there are fates worse than death…

The start of a breathtaking new series, Bitter Sky explores the cost of dreams and the terrible toll war takes on even the most idealistic

Category: Fantasy – Historical

Once the Fikingur sea-raiders of Haskilde were the most feared warriors on the continent. Now they are confined to a tiny duchy, ruled by a dying man whose heir is a depraved teenager. Lothar von Schnusenberg has arrived in Haskilde to spy for the Empire, but his plans are overturned when he becomes the prime suspect in a grisly poisoning. Can he trust the enigmatic Asta and her prickly friend Edda, or are they luring him to disaster? Lothar’s old school-friend Torkild is working on a revolutionary experimental steamship which could restore the former glories of the Haskilde navy. As he fights scepticism from his superiors, and deadly accidents at sea, will his new ship shift the balance of power? As the bodies pile up in the royal court, Lothar’s list of enemies continues to grow. The Fikingur ready themselves for one last sea battle, and Lothar must choose between his duty to the Empire

Haunted by the destruction of his culture, Jayson Reilly is a man without a past. When he is recruited for a mission to a new world, he must decide how far he’s willing to go to stop his own history from repeating.

He joins a diverse team of idealistic young scientists addressing the world’s most pressing environmental problems at billionaire tech entrepreneur Anton Kamaras’ Center for Sustainability Research. What none of them realize is that Kamaras has no intention of saving the planet with their research – he needs them to help him invade another one.

Using an accidental discovery related to his pioneering work in quantum computing, Kamaras has created a portal to a pristine new world. There, he will do whatever it takes to wrest control from its inhabitants and create a paradise meant only for a select few.

Jayson must find a way to stop him.

Category: Science Fiction – Time Travel

Welcome to the Rim. Come seek your fortune in a paradise of endless sun. Land is cheap and the possibilities endless, where the edge of the map meets the end.

The mining campaigns always forget a few details. Moon Season makes storms volatile. You’re more likely to be killed by your neighbor than strike a crystal vein, and there’s only one name you should bother knowing around here: Revere.

Moira and her granddaughter Adelaide are professionals. Smugglers, thieves, and arms dealers, the Revere women have lifted their family business from the dust, and with their train they’ve become the most notorious gang in the territory.

After an accident damages her sister’s eyes, Adelaide finds an opportunity that will not only pay for a sight-saving operation but pull the family from the shadows of the back market for good.

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Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

I’ve been captured by walking crocodiles and saved by a golden-skinned god.

Xzion says he took me to protect me but he’s not taking me back home. In fact, we’ve crashed on an alien planet and now we’re trapped in a cave from which there’s no escape. He’s all I’ve got. I should be afraid of him, but I can’t take my eyes off his washboard abs and irresistible lips. The longer we’re trapped down here, the harder it will be for me to resist him. I’m barely hanging in there.

Xzion will claim my body but if he claims my heart, I’ll never be able to return to Earth. But when we find a way out and discover a treacherous plot intended for mankind, I know my life will never be the same. I’ll be trapped between two worlds and the fate of mankind rests in my hands.

Category: Science Fiction – Adventure

Delve into a world where dragons and mortals bind…
The realm of Drinnglennin is poised on the cusp of chaos, for their High King is dying and has yet to name an heir. Rumors abound that the Helgrins, Drinnglennin’s bitterest foes, are preparing their longboats to raid their shores, while the å Livåri folk, for whom the island kingdom is the last sanctuary, are mysteriously disappearing. And in distant Belestar, the fabled dragons are stirring from their self-imposed exile.
Drinnglennin’s hopes lie with the wizard Morgan, who must safeguard the king’s possible heirs, all of whom are coming of age. Yet a dangerously powerful house seeks the succession for one of their own, even if it means disrupting the fragile peace of the realm.
One thing is certain: whoever next sits on the Einhorn Throne will determine the fate not only of Drinnglennin, but of all who dwell in the Known World.

Category: Fantasy – Coming of Age

The Wastelands of Helscape have been ravaged by Berserkers, genetically created monsters, for centuries. Men and women known as Slayers stalk the deserts, hunting down these beasts at will, but they were never enough. With galactic war pressing closer, the ruling body of the Imperium decides the time has come to deploy their best division to eliminate the threat and turn Helscape into a military staging area. Ask any good soldier and they will tell you- no plan survives first contact.

Category: Science Fiction – Military

Blackmail an assassin? Who would do such a thing? Someone pretty desperate, that’s who. Which is exactly the position Rory finds herself in.

As a scrawny, dreadlocked pickpocket who grew up on the street, life hasn’t given her a ton of options. On top of which, her partner in crime has screwed her over for all her money, so she can no longer pay for the sword master who was supposed to train her—her ticket to a new life.

She’s not prepared to give up on her dream of becoming a great sword fighter, though. Which is why when she stumbles across an assassin’s secret, she immediately sniffs an opportunity. Blackmail can be a pretty effective strategy, after all. If he trains her, she’ll keep her mouth shut.

That is until she realises that the assassin’s she’s blackmailing is nothing like what she thought, and she’s accidentally landed herself in the middle of a dangerous conspiracy…

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Category: Fantasy – Sword & Sorcery

Ellis was murdered and recruited as a reaper. 3 years later, when souls start going haywire and morphing into Glitches (picture truck-sized black holes), she’s the only one who can hear the otherworldly siren cry making it happen. So, she’s given an undercover assignment with free reign in the physical world. Although it’s what she’s always wanted, her dysfunctional afterlife goes to hell. And if she’s lucky, her killer will too…

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban