Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for June 25, 2022

In a universe of opportunities, Capt. Frankie and the crew of the Atalanta Empress are coming up empty.

Their day started off OK, but a giant ship attacked their little ship; they lost their jobs to a gimmicky transport scheme; and their mechanic quit after they crash-landed on a planet overrun with an invasive rodent species.

OK, the rodents might be their fault.

The capture of a Kieron fugitive on the planet could finance their escape. Unfortunately, she’s a cunning saboteur, innovative thief, and simply, way out of the crew’s league.

Can Frankie lead an Earth widow augmented to carry heavy things, an unruly second-in-command, and two triplets with freaky mind powers on a venture beyond delivering tea towels? Or will they be devoured by space rats?

The Golden Girls meet Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy in this absurd space comedy with biting humor and an all-female cast

When food is scarce and the population has been decimated by famine and lawlessness, those that survive must endure hardships like no other, or perish. For one family, the price for survival may be too much to bear.

Category: Science Fiction – Post-Apocalyptic

Wishes, as we know, can be dangerous things – especially when they involve the death of your violent stepfather…
But when you’re almost fourteen and struggling to cope with a world into which you don’t seem to fit, that doesn’t always matter.
Join the unlikeliest of heroes as he discovers there is more to the world – and to reality – than you might think.
Just as he meets a boy who seems to offer new hope and love in the world, life changes beyond recognition; his destiny, alas, is not his own. He must learn to fight or die – and to serve the whims of the terrifying Pale Lady, who seeks to craft him into the perfect weapon.
Life will never be the same again.
Will he survive? That remains to be seen. But even when all seems lost, there is always hope: a desperate spark that forces him to think about the future and confront the unthinkable.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

An orphan bent on revenge. A monster searching for freedom. A forbidden pact that binds their fates.

Lyss had heard her father’s screams, smelled the iron-tang of his blood. She witnessed his execution.

And plotted her revenge.

Then, a violent encounter traps Lyss in a blood-pact with a rarkyn from the otherworld, imbuing her with the monster’s forbidden magic—a magic that will erode her sanity.

To break the pact, she and the rarkyn must journey to the heart of the Empire. All that stands in their way are the mountains, the Empire’s soldiers, and Lyss’ uneasy alliance with the rarkyn.

But horrors await them on the road—horrors even rarkyns fear.

The most terrifying monster isn’t the one Lyss travels with.

It’s the one that’s awoken inside her.

Category: Fantasy – Epic

Alvera considers herself the best bounty hunter on New Pallas and with good reason – her cybernetics give her an edge nobody else can match.

So when she’s tasked with investigating the ancient space station that has been silently watching the planet for centuries, there’s not a doubt in her mind that she’s the best woman for the job. As for the risks? Well, they only make things more interesting.

But what Alvera doesn’t realise is by unravelling the station’s secrets, she’ll be forced to confront some of her own. When the same technology that once set her apart threatens to destroy her mind, what starts as a mission for credits and glory soon becomes a fight for survival – not just her own, but that of New Pallas itself.

Fast-paced sci-fi adventure with a dash of cyberpunk. Prequel to the Waystations Trilogy.

Category: Science Fiction – Cyberpunk

Every millennia, an Avant Champion must contain an ancient evil. But Abigail’s quests don’t stop there. Follow her as she battles scheming giants, a deadly plague, and invading soldiers on journeys of love, loss, and self-discovery. If you like heroes’ quests with magic and sword-clashing mayhem mixed with a touch of humor and romance, this is the series for you.

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Category: Fantasy – Sword & Sorcery

Trainee architect Jessica is abducted through time by the alien Spawn to act as host-mother…but Jessica has other plans. She escapes and rallies bronze-age warriors to fight the invaders, and enlists the help of other women abducted from different eras. Cultures and personalities clash , and Jessica seems to lack any relevant skills to survive in this dangerous world. But Jessica has grit, determination and talents even she does not know she possesses.

She will need them. The Spawn appear to be immortal and are growing in power, but defeating them is the only way she can hope to get home – and save the world. To win, Jessica will need to fight a war like no other. If no mortal can defeat the Spawn she will have to become a goddess…

Category: Science Fiction – Adventure

It’s just one witch, her cat, and a half-empty bottle of tequila against the world.
Olivia Carter can brew her way out of pretty much anything, but when she’s the last person to see a vampire groupie alive…things get complicated.

The witches expect her to help them pin this on the vampires so the case can be closed quickly. The vampires expect a little loyalty. After all, the only vampire who could have committed the murder is her best (and only) friend.

And he’s gone missing.

With an angry coven on her tail, she’s dodging fireballs in parking lots, all while dealing with a hot cop-turned stalker, and a growing mystery. Olivia faces a terrible choice: protect the dark secret she’s been running from all her life…or save her friend.

Her enemies are about to discover that this witch BITES BACK.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

All magic has a price, and I’m paying it.

My actions have attracted the kind of attention I’ve tried my whole life to avoid.

Now a dangerous vampire shows up at my house, uninvited, with an offer I can’t refuse. He claims to have information on my mother, someone I’ve long believed to be dead.

But his price for that information means agreeing to work with him to discover the reason behind the NWR’s attack.

I find myself getting drawn further and further into his games that risk all my secrets.

When my future goes up in flames, literally, that’s only the beginning. Maybelle has gone missing, and Patrick hasn’t been himself lately.

All the ghosts from my past (some I didn’t even know about) are here to haunt me, and I’m quickly learning that I can’t run from everything, no matter how hard I try.