Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for May 1, 2021

Three friends. One diabolical plot. And by the way, they’re all dragons disguised as humans. Good vs evil has never looked so prehistoric.

Ambition drives her. Danger thrills her. But magic always has a price.
Twenty years have passed since the Darkmage was destroyed and the war between mages ended. For Lira Astor, the single living heir to the Darkmage, escaping her name is impossible. People still fear what is long dead, and they see in her the rise of another dangerous mage with deadly ambition. Desperate to claw her way free of her grandfather’s shadow, to make her own name amongst the world of mages, Lira is willing to do whatever it takes. Even if that means joining the secretive rebel group looking to restore his vision.
Survival is a lesson Lira learned early and often, yet when she is abducted and held prisoner in a deadly game of cat and mouse, she finds herself facing a nemesis she may be no match for. Forced to band together with unlikely allies who challenge everything she believes about what it means to be a mage, she will have to rely on every bit of ruthlessness she possesses.

Because the war may only just be beginning…
…and Lira Astor intends to come out on top.a

Category: Fantasy – Epic

I’m Val Thorvald, and I kill bad guys for a living.

My half-elven blood, magical sword, and telepathic tiger give me an edge, at least against most villains. But when dragons show up in Seattle, the city is in serious trouble—and so am I. Dragons are bigger, stronger, and more powerful than anything I’ve battled, and they don’t appreciate it when you sass them.

Just ask Lord Zavryd’nokquetal. That’s a name, not a cat hacking up a hairball, and if you mispronounce it, he’ll either insult you, incinerate you, or throw your Jeep up in a tree. Trust me, I know.

Unfortunately, he’s taken an interest in me. Not in the “half-elves are sexy and appealing and I need a new girlfriend” kind of way. Nope, he wants to use me. He’s on a mission, and he’s decided I’ll make the perfect bait to lure his enemies to him…

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

The choice is stark. Execution, dying through brutal slavery or becoming a galactic fugitive with a death bounty on your head. Which would you choose?
Sole survivor, of the Federation starship SS Michelangelo, U-SAM clings to the wreckage, watching the only ship within two million miles that can rescue her. Wondering what the female leader of the pirate space warships fleet that just destroyed her crew will do. Abandon her to die in space, take her prisoner or simply blast her out of the heavens? Apollo Explorer is the first book in Rob Nesbitt’s Science fiction action, adventure series that opens the door to an intriguing and exciting space opera drama, with girl hero commander U-SAM and her quirky and exceptionally talented crew. Fast-paced space travel fiction, engaging characters, deadly extra-terrestrial forces and a strong female protagonist will keep you on a knife-edge.

Category: Science Fiction – Adventure

A rocky year into adulthood and lacking a personal brand, Scottie the No One is skidding toward the bottom spot on New Seattle’s popularity list—which brings a short ride out into the frozen wasteland that surrounds the town dome. When a brand finally comes her way, it’s a calamitous one: Scottie is blamed for the balcony fall of the longtime #1, a charismatic stage actress named Delilah.

Aided by her “Watson,” the companion her brain chip provides, Scottie scrambles to uncover the person who framed her—and who killed Delilah. What she unearths will shake the very foundation of her world…and place her squarely in the crosshairs of a shadowy killer intent on clearing a path to #1.

Category: Science Fiction – Dystopian

Our world is but one of many on an infinite string, like an endless strand of pearls. Only those among us whose gifts have awakened, the “Giants,” can travel the string of worlds and keep watch over balance in the realm. Join 18-year old Leanna and her sister Violet as they emerge as Giants and fight dark forces seeking to overthrow the Giants’ peaceful ways and gain power over the realm.

Category: Fantasy – New Adult & College

A POST-APOCALYPTIC FIRST CONTACT EPIC.
Aliens, First-Contact, Collapse, Dreamtech, Revolution and Extinction.

IT IS DECEMBER 2399.

Civilization has long collapsed—the legacy of an inescapable disease. Only a religious group has adapted to lifespans of mere 27 years. A happy society, oblivious to its own fragility.

A STEP AWAY FROM EXTINCTION.

Welcome to the history seminar of Professor Miyagi of the University of Lunteren-Deviss. Using the latest twenty-sixth century dream sensorial technology, you and your fellow students are about to dive deep into the momentous events when doom was playing dice with humanity.

AND WINNING.

This is the story of a badass woman that meets an alien deep in her dreams. An alien with an agenda.

This is the story of DREAMTECH, and the impact of alien technology on a dying human world.

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Category: Science Fiction – First Contact

“You have chosen and been chosen. Grow stronger and save my world.”

Just one semester until graduation, and I died saving a little girl. This wasn’t the end, though, as a deity chose me to save another world. I woke up in the body of Kupiec Aiden, in a world where magic was real. Unfortunately, unlike many isekai novels I’ve read, I retained none of his memories, and had to learn everything. His family took me in, and I recovered from his sickness before learning about magic, or Aether as they called it. I discovered that I had immense innate talent in Aether Gathering, and was offered a scholarship to attend Azyl Academy, the city’s premier institution. Where do I fit in this world, and how am I going to be key to saving it?

Category: Fantasy – New Adult & College

With no memories to guide him, he’s shocked to discover he’s landed in a culture of spells, mystery, and terrifying beasts. And as he grows in power, his place in the realm’s renowned magic school only attracts jealous enemies and shadowy assassins.

Can Caleb come into his own before chaos returns him to the grave?