Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for May 30, 2017

Magic is real? Big deal. Bills still gotta be paid.

Especially when you’re heading into vet med. Emma Chase is nothing special – if anything, with a roomie who turns into a jaguar on a regular basis, she’s the sidekick, not the heroine. Her superpowers have more to do with acing her finals and overworking herself. Knowing her best friend’s secret makes it easier to justify her own inclination to keep people at a distance, but it doesn’t change her life.

Until others like him show up on her doorstep, convinced she’s the fated savior of their race, telling her she’s destined to command the magic of – well, Emma doesn’t quite catch that part, she’s too busy getting her ass the hell out of there.

What she does know? The Jaguar King is after her, his rivals want her dead, and she doesn’t have to believe in prophecy to believe they’ll stop at nothing to catch her.

Vaslisha Tor Dain is a mercenary starship captain with a few simple rules: A good ship is better than a great man, in case of confusion always err on the side of blowing someone’s head off, and never fall for a telepath or a member of her crew.
All of those are about to bite her in the ass.
Vas’s life takes a turn for the worse when she comes back to her crew after what should have been a two week pleasure trip to find out she’s actually been gone a month and has no memory of missing time. Her beloved ship, The Victorious Dead, has been sold for scrap and its pieces scattered throughout the galaxy. In addition, there are unmarked ships blowing apart entire planets and the Commonwealth government can’t, or won’t, stop them.
Vas has to fight her crew, the Commonwealth, and a mysterious cadre of warrior monks to get her ship back and save a universe that may not want to be saved.

Category: Science Fiction – Space Opera

LIMITED TIME BOX SET of the BESTSELLING Mindjack Series! When everyone reads minds, a secret is a dangerous thing to keep. Kira is an outcast who can’t read thoughts. When she accidentally mind-controls her only friend, she’s forced into an underworld where mindjacking everyone she loves is just the start.

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Category: Science Fiction – Dystopian

Once a mortal girl, Brea Cairgead discovers her magical heritage and escapes the human world to dwell in the Realm of Faerie. But fate has more in store for Brea than a simple existence as one of the fey folk, and when she runs afoul of the Dark Queen, she must embark on an adventure that will change her future… forever.

A novella of approximately 65 pages, Brea’s Tale falls between Spark and Royal in the Feyguard books.

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Category: Fantasy – Coming of Age

Samurai vs. robots. In 1901, the Meiji Restoration has abolished the old ways and ushered in a cybernetic revolution. Androids integrate into society at all levels, following their programming for the betterment of every citizen, as servants, bodyguards, and bureaucrats. Jinzou are the future. Japan is at the threshold of a new tomorrow!

As a ronin steeped in the old ways, Itaru wants nothing more to do with the artificial creations posing as human. But when a jinzou is suspected of murder, he’s pulled into a mystery that could tear the nation apart.

​Malfunction or free will? When is a machine more than just a machine?

IZANAMI’S CHOICE is an alternate history sci-fi novella set in Meiji Era Japan. It’s samurai vs. robots as the author explores how Japan might grapple with the rise of artificial intelligence.

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Category: Science Fiction – Alternative History

Against the rising horde of the underworld, the gods have one weapon: Vee Shankar. Special Agent. Supernatural CSI.

Beneath New York’s cosmopolitan veneer lies a darker truth–a concrete jungle of the supernatural kind. But humanity is protected, their souls guarded by ancient and powerful Hindu Gods.

The Shankars deal in death–demons, evil spirits, possessions, and even the odd rogue God or two. But Vee’s power to read life essences is a gift and a curse. She’s a Warrior of the Gods, but she’s also in the crosshairs of powerful demonic forces. And from the shadows, dark things come, dogging her every step, threatening her every move.

She doesn’t know it, but Vee’s power means more than just a quirk of her DNA. Her true identity is a secret better left untold. But as both her alliance with a mystery informant and her strange powers grow, Vee must confront a truth that will make her question her very existence.

Before all hell breaks loose.

Literally.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban