Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for May 11, 2023

Embark on a thrilling journey through a magical world filled with elemental powers and mythical creatures by USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Chastain. When journalist Kylie and her young gargoyle companion, Quinn, discover a peaceful woodland species turned violent, they set out to uncover the dark forces behind this malevolent transformation. But in a world where danger lurks at every turn, will they be able to uncover the truth before it’s too late? Start the epic 4-book adventure of courage, magic, and friendship today!

Trained to kill from a young age, Gavin Lorren finally escaped that life. No more killing innocents. No more working alone.

Holed up in a quiet city that has outlawed magic, Gavin finds himself drawn into dangers unlike any he’s ever faced before. Each job tests him more than the last, and each tied to the kind of magic he’d hoped to avoid.

It will take an assassin without equal to survive.

It will take the Chain Breaker.

Category: Fantasy – Epic

Can one family save a world?

Daniel Clay fought across the galaxy as a corporate soldier. He left the violence behind for a life of science, raising a family far from the bloodshed of the Corporation. With his wife, Sarah, and son, Michael, he studied the alien Tyr for years, hidden among their complex societies. Their mission should have ended with the arrival of a replacement team. Instead, the Clays’ corporate overlords choose a death sentence: an invasion fleet to conquer the Tyr.

This first contact will destroy the Tyr, and only Daniel Clay and his family can help fight back against the drug-fueled conscripts and military might of the invaders. The Clays must help the Tyr from the shadows or be killed by the Tyr who fear them…or by the Corporation they’ve betrayed.

But the Clays aren’t the only hidden power.

Category: Science Fiction – First Contact

When a friend mysteriously disappears, a group of NYC actors finds themselves confronted by beings from myth and legend while trying to rescue him. Their search leads them from the lights of Broadway, throughout New York City, and finally to The End- Montauk, NY.
Through their travels, they discover that the world is far from what they had thought and discover unexpected strengths within themselves, and they will need all that strength and more to save their friend.
Folklore meets urban legend, and the power of music, art, and loyalty will be tested to bring them safely home. They hope.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

When the world goes dark, one family realizes that all their preparation means nothing if they don’t have each other.

For Secret Service Agent, Blake Chantry, ensuring that his superiors thrive in the face of a national disaster has been his primary objective. Fulfilling his duty pales in the face of adversity when a blazing inferno separates him from his family. The power grid fails, vehicles explode, and mob-rule follows closely behind, but Blake risks everything to save his family.

Kris Chantry’s husband had prepared her, though she never believed it would actually happen…until it does. When her car stalls and bursts into flames leaving her and her young son fighting through wild fires, road blocks, and the unknown, Kris digs deep, remembers her training, and is ready to sacrifice everything for her son to survive.

Category: Science Fiction – Post-Apocalyptic

Captain Taylor Ray commands a deep-space recon ship, scouring the cosmos for remnants of the Hedalt, an alien aggressor that Earth fought and wiped from the face of the galaxy. Or so they thought. At the edge of known space, Captain Ray will make a discovery that changes everything he thought he knew. The war isn’t over. The war has yet to begin…

Category: Science Fiction – Military

“A great read!” (#1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong)

Jillian Conrad always believed vampires weren’t real. But when she’s attacked by a desperate scientist, and injected with a serum meant to be a deadly poison against the undead, she realizes it’s all true. And when the scientist is shot dead in front of her, his secrets die with him.

Declan Reyes hates vampires with all his heart—despite being half-vampire himself—and he knows the poison in Jillian’s veins could finally destroy the vampire king and his subjects. The serum makes her blood irresistible to all vampires—including Declan. One taste means death.

Driven by duty to protect her, Declan pulls Jillian into his secret world of blood and battle. But will either of them survive lies, betrayal, and the poison in Jillian’s blood?

A “treat for those who like J. R. Ward” (Booklist)

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban