Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for June 5, 2024

Braveheart and A Game Of Thrones meet Stephen King in Scott Palmer’s triumphant debut epic fantasy novel.
A beautifully dark story of love, and revenge based in a fleshed out fantasy world where dark magics have nulled the elements.

“Dark and heart-shattering, A Memory of Song follows a former prince and a mother seeking revenge as they get ensnared in a game of warlocks, monsters, and magic. While full of everything you would expect from a dark, epic fantasy, this book remains character-focused, and you will fall in love with and empathize with characters, both POV and secondary. This makes all of the hardships and trials they endure that much more emotionally resonant – and gut-wrenching. This is a stunning debut novel, and Palmer is an author to keep on your radar in the epic fantasy space. Come for the the music-based magic system and stay for several good cries.”

When warrior-mage Madeleine Greenbriar is transferred to the archaeological dig at Camelot, she’s expecting a boring babysitting job but is shocked when she discovers a secret so powerful, it might tear apart the entire world. Demons, danger, and deadly romance await in this thrilling new twist on a familiar legend.

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Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

Strange things happen when the temps begin to rise . . .

People act differently. They tell peculiar stories, report bizarre sightings, and make puzzling claims. They say magic stirs beneath the surface, and nothing casts stronger spells than the summer heat. Accounts of seafaring ghouls, ancient merfolk, and lake dwelling creatures run rampant. If the stories are true, who will survive to tell the tale? The only way to find out is to dive in.

Full of entrancing urban legends, mystery, and madness, Under the Sea is the first installment of a new annual anthology series for lovers of fantasy and folklore. If you like supernatural suspense, gothic fairy tales, or old-school R.L. Stine, these short stories will keep you up reading past your bedtime!

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Category: Fantasy – Fairy Tales

The only thing more powerful than the sea is its secrets. Fairytale retellings, eerie fables, and mysterious tales grace the pages of this second installment of the Under the Sea anthology series. If you love gothic fairy tales, urban legends, and folklore, The Mermaid’s Grotto will ensnare you from the first page and won’t let go!

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Category: Fantasy – Myths & Legends

When the world’s greatest superhero is mysteriously murdered, only a former villain turned PI can find the killer in five days’ time. But getting to the truth won’t be so easy. Dane Curse will have to contend with black capes whose powers and pulse cannons can shred his hide, an army of technologically advanced armored lawmen led by a power-mad government schemer, and white caped heroes whose abilities and intentions are both less than pure.

It’s no simple task for a small time PI, so he’ll need every bit of his strength, guts, and powers to find the killer, save his city, and maybe even get some justice for the greatest hero the world has ever known.

Category: Science Fiction – Adventure

284-page graphic adaptation filled with vivid dark imagery comes alive when the Horrid Dark Fantasy merges with Spirituality, when the gold mixes with the blood, all in a mix of prose & poetry, written in an absolutely unique old-ballad-style.
The first book to the spiritual fantasy series – The Path of None – The Curse, A.G.ZoderoT’s grimdark spiritual horror fantasy ballad masterpiece set in a sinister fantasy world, tells the story of Drakko, a common young man at the verge of his career, meeting the One that sparks his inner journey. Bear witness to his dark transformation; find the clues pointing to Yourselves, and see what happens to Those that Think they’ve found It while their search for the Truth has barely begun!

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Category: Dark Fantasy

No question James had a raw deal. Not only did he teleport to another universe, but he also had to live in a secure military complex named Valardir for protection. The only bright spot is that Rose Ricdeau, his winged benefactor, shares his living quarters. Her friendship makes his stay there tolerable.

Category: Science Fiction – Cyberpunk

I was just a nerd in my world, for goodness’ sake. A nobody just trying to graduate college so I could go on and live a boring life like everyone else.

But when a confrontation with an old childhood bully went about as bad as it can go, at the last second I was suddenly teleported to a different world.

And not just any world, but a fantasy elf world like nothing I’ve ever seen.

Neia is the sweetest, most beautiful elf I’ve ever met. Heck, she’s the only elf I’ve ever met, but the problem is that she believes I’m something I’m not. The spell she cast was supposed to bring a great hero to her village to help fight off the olgoks, a race of monsters who have terrorized the elves for years.

But the spell didn’t bring them a hero…

It brought me…

And now all I’m trying to do is find a way back home.

Category: Fantasy – Sword & Sorcery

Dr. Avery Hutton lives in good times. All of humanity now lives under the Global Republic, a democratic government that works hard to protect the rights of their citizens, expand orbital infrastructure and explore space. The last of which is helped by the relatively new warp drive, allowing probes to travel to and from the nearest stars over the course of a few years.
This is part of Avery’s job, helping organize the missions from the ground, his specialty being the analysis of microorganism from other star systems. But this most recent mission will change everything. For while every return mission previously had gone well, and few issues were observed, this time one of the returning samples is a bit… nastier than any previous sample. This time something has returned that could wipe out all life on Earth.

Category: Hard Science Fiction

A black orb appears with a challenge for Earth in its strange—and very public—game. Recruited against her will, 25-year-old Astra finds herself an unwilling superstar. As she fights to save the world from imminent destruction, her people are more interested in tabloids and gossip. Will she emerge from the arena a hero, or just another headline?

Category: Science Fiction – First Contact

Celestine, a witch with a talent for prophetic drawings is shocked when she draws her landlord Ray with his eyes gouged out and a winged-mermaid by him, and he turns up dead. All she wanted was to open a gallery, but first she must apprehend his killer. In a note, Ray revealed he was actually a supernatural pirate mage. Years back, his crew trapped an evil rival clan. Ray feared they’d escaped.

Oryn, a fae and classmate in Celestine’s art class, asks nosy questions. Yet, he’s clever at brainstorming leads and insists his air magic could come in handy.

When pirates in Ray’s old crew are murdered, Celestine decides she needs help from Oryn and Luna, a mermaid asking to show at Celestine’s new gallery—the same one in Celestine’s drawing! Otherwise, the monstrosity unleashed will destroy Savannah. For lovers of PNR crime procedurals.

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Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

Shadow Salon detectives Luna and Celestine take on their second case, when Tim Calhoun insists his Conservatory of Theater Arts has been cursed, and a demon specter is trying to destroy the school. The Shadow Salon team must solve this terrifying mystery before Hollywood directors and agents flock to Savannah to watch the students perform, or people will be hurt and the curse will spread. Perfect for fans of Kim Harrison, Kim Richardson, Charlaine Harris and paranormal crime procedurals. Expect slow-burn romance, pulse-pounding mystery, dark magic, and complex, unique characters. This series can be read in any order because each book features a new case.

A TEENAGE GIRL MUST RESCUE HER LITTLE BROTHER AFTER HE DIES AND IS TRAPPED AS AN ORB OF LIGHT.

Bay Lilly knows what happens when people die-but, that doesn’t mean she’s okay with her little brother Ash’s looming form-death.

And now, after eighteen years in her human form, Bay is expected to take her spiritual test. Except she’s far from ready. She’s horribly unspiritual and can hardly control her thoughts and emotions, especially when it comes to her brother.

When Ash’s death goes very wrong, Bay finds herself facing a reality where he’s stuck forever in the in-between. With a crew of unlikely people at her side, Bay sets out on a trek across the unforgiving island jungle, determined to free her brother’s soul and, along the way, forced to better understand her own destiny.

Category: Science Fiction – Dystopian

A banished fae prince, a human baker, and a mother’s desperate sacrifice to save her child and maybe one day… her kingdom.
Anya worked in the bakery ever since she was fifteen. Seven years later, she, along with her best friend Natasha own the very bakery they used to work in. When the two of them commission for a shed to be built behind their house, Anya finds herself attracted to the tall, mysterious, dark-haired carpenter with two mysterious scars on his back.
Aleryn “Ryn” Sinear, the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Mairene, was banished from his realm at a young age. With his wings cut off, he, along his best friend and family advisor, were left to die in the mortal lands. What seemed at first like a curse of fate was actually a blessing in disguise when he meets his mate.
But with a target on his head, will Aleryn and Anya’s love survive in the fight to get his kingdom back?

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Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban