Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for May 23, 2024

In this “epic tale” (Library Journal), three reluctant heroes rise to save a land ravaged by monsters, magic, and epic battles. But will they be enough? “Clever and well-written… immediately evoke similarities with the iconic The Witcher series by Andrzej Sapkowski and the First Law series by Joe Abercrombie.” (Grimdark Magazine)

IT Tech Jeff Hawke is thrust into mind-bending adventure when he crosses paths with mysterious cyberattackers, shapeshifting energy beings from another universe tethered to Earth, and a stunning woman. Jeff and diverse allies face hurdles and peril as they confront inner selves and outer forces that threaten the future of all life Earth sustains.

Category: Fantasy – Metaphysical & Visionary

A spoonful of gunpowder makes the buildings go down….. Anna-Marie Pauper had the perfect plan. Return to London. Find the missing children. Get out. Simple and straightforward. Perfectly practical, just like herself. Or so she thought until a ragtag group of stolen orphans, a dangerously flirtatious criminal, and a beguiling airship captain soon had her emotions in an uproar.

Category: Science Fiction – Steampunk

Fourteen-year-old Warden-trainee Maels Raptori faces off against implacable alien invaders using powerful—and deadly—new technology to conquer Earth. Enslaved, spirited away to their homeworld, and alone in a society of violence, he needs all his wits and skills to fight back if he hopes to save Earth—and himself—from annihilation.

Category: Science Fiction – Alien Invasion

Kaylina travels to the capital to open a meadery but instead stumbles onto a crime scene and meets Lord Vlerion, a powerful royal ranger who accuses her of murder.

In this romantic fantasy adventure, Kaylina must work with Vlerion to clear suspicion from her name, even as she unearths a dark secret about him that could get her killed.

Category: Fantasy – Epic

From the moment she shifted into a werewolf, Alex was terrified. First, of the man who attacked her—then of the creature within her.

Alex wants to build a life in Hopewell, but she struggles to keep her savage passenger caged. If her inner wolf breaks free again, people could die, and she’ll be the one hunted.

For help, she relies on her best friend Emma, a wizard and the only person she trusts with her secret. But Emma has her own secret: Mitch. He’s twisting her into someone unrecognizable…and he may be harming other vulnerable supernatural citizens.

To save Emma, Alex must make alliances with wizards and werewolves alike, face the Committee, unravel deadly conspiracies, and confront her own worst fear—herself.

Other Retailers
Nook

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

A neurodiverse Earthling smuggles a stranded robot home to the stars. For Nexus, meeting aliens is a dream come true, until sabotage derails his space train to Luna. His first mystery is who attacked the train, and why? New standalone series in the Thrive universe.

Category: Science Fiction – Adventure

Just published!
Orpheus meets Ringworld in this coming-of-age tale.
Book three of the Feigned Moon of Entiria Epic Serial.
After being forced into the Underworld by a friend and almost losing his mind as a result, Giels had hoped to regain his privileged life back at home as the Tribe’s Lead Storyteller. But he’s failed.
At the behest of mysterious messages, he’s coaxed back into the strange, industrial land of the dead to find purpose in his fraying life.
But will the aide from the Underworld’s denizens be his greatest gambit or worst mistake?

Category: Science Fiction – Adventure

Daniel Dodson, a gifted psychiatrist, finds himself presented with a mysterious new patient. The world of swords and magic Tenai remembers obviously isn’t real. The long war that left such deep emotional scars plainly symbolize something else. But perhaps Daniel can still use the signposts of her imagined past to aid Tenai in moving forward into a new life.

Daniel’s hopes seem to be fulfilled … until Tenai’s enemies pull her back into her own world. Daniel, pulled with her into a world where magic lies waiting within every deep shadow and every flickering candle flame, finds himself struggling to protect himself, his daughter Jenna, and Tenai herself in a battle against hidden enemies.

Forced into unwilling cooperation with these enemies, Daniel must find a way to defy their plans, protect his daughter, and help Tenai overcome the shadows of her past — before it’s too late.

Category: Fantasy – Epic

In an Afterworld with Hell and Heaven on Earth, I’m the lowest a being can be. My life is one of drudgery, degradation—and danger. And that’s before I started dealing Angelescence, a drug only I can produce, and everyone would kill for.
Then I make one single mistake, and it gets me arrested, and my terrifying captor drags me to the Celestial Court—on a leash—to stand trial. My sentence?
Conscription to Celestial Academy—with Godric, the most powerful nephilim in history and Heaven’s assassin as my mentor. He’s been assigned with discovering the root of my unprecedented ability to capture Angel Essence.
We hate our forced proximity—and each other. But our private war takes a backseat as he unearths even more terrible mysteries within me. Meanwhile, lethal trials loom at mid-term, and a devastating internal war as well as another Apocalypse are brewing.
And I’m at the center of it all.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

Witty, fast-paced fantasy heist where morality is…debatable.

Kip is a young thief on the hard streets of Tander in the middle of the Sparelands—a dry, hot piece of hell, hit with frequent and terrible storms. All he wants to do is leave, but first he must save enough to cover fare for the only safe exit in town: the Iron Wain.

With six months to go, the job of a lifetime lands in his lap: To steal a vial of the Essence — a piece of myth and legend. He’ll do anything to pull it off, but the question is… Will he survive?

*The exciting sequel Kip’s Return is now available.*

READERS CALL KIP THE QUICK:
“a fast paced fantasy thriller”
“clever and very amusing!”
“action-filled”
“awesome short fantasy-adventure!”
“I really liked the book!”

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Category: Fantasy – Coming of Age

After disease and nuclear warfare decimate the world population, 17-year-old Nadia is sure she’s the last person left on Earth. Then she hears a voice on her radio and everything changes. But as she and her new companions unravel the mysteries surrounding their survival, they soon realize it was no accident, and that they could be in grave danger…

Category: Science Fiction – Genetic Engineering