Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for May 8, 2021

In the traditions of Starship Troopers and the Forever War, comes the Battle on the Marathon. The generational Colony Ship Marathon left a dying Earth to seek a home for humanity. Inside its giant biomes are people spending their entire lives on the flight. Their descendants will be the people who settle the destination world. Life in those biomes mimics life on an idyllic Earth. Additionally, tens of thousands of people are in suspended animation to be awakened on arrival. During the long journey, something went wrong. Something found the Marathon. This book chronicles the life of one habitat dweller, Kalju, as he becomes aware of his role in what is taking place. How will the battle on the Marathon end? This is a stand-alone book set in John Thornton’s Colony Ship Universe. Over thirty other books are related and also available. Also PROFESSIONALLY NARRATED AS AN AUDIOBOOK!

Viking legends, unforgettable characters and authentic history combine in an exciting series starter! Vikings and Saxons, ghostly curses, witches and soothsayers, dangerous were-creatures and a young boy who must find his courage…Ghostly Curses in Viking England! When a witch’s curse comes alive, a mishap turns young Finn into a vardoger, haunted by his own forerunner ghost. Suddenly thrust into a new realm beyond Midgard, Finn struggles to be a boy by day and a ghost at night. His own clan fears him, he overhears murder plots, he learns the truth of giants and the hidden folk, and the witch still hunts revenge… Will Finn find the courage to defeat his enemies, save his uncle, and accept his new ghostly existence?

Category: Fantasy – Myths & Legends

Vikings war with the last Saxon Kingdom, blood feuds stalk the family, the werebear takes revenge and our forerunner hero must face creatures of myth and legend… The epic adventures of the Agneson Clan continue! Danish forces assemble for war on Wessex and the loyal Agneson Clan heeds the call to join the Great Viking Horde, but while honorable men gather in the midlands, a blood feud draws mercenaries to their undefended homestead for murderous revenge. Sailing his Viking crew to fulfill their oath, Karl harbors suspicions over strange occurrences that bedevil his nephew Thorfinn, while far to the north their sworn enemy the werebear and his dark elf master strike back… And the young forerunner Thorfinn learns the Nine Realms are full of surprising hidden folk, but to earn his place aboard the Viking’s ship he must accept a mast troll’s quest….

Girl meets dragon. Girl works to befriend dragon. A large, red, dangerous dragon.

From bestselling authors Martha Carr and Michael Anderle, get this 8-book complete fantasy series today!

Raven Alby will have to train her new ride and save the dragon’s life or die trying.

Mix in starting at Fowler Academy as a first year, becoming a stronger mage and oh… people disappearing.

It’s all adding up to typical teenager stuff for a young mage.

First lesson Raven will learn? Don’t ever let anything come between a girl and her dragon.

Novels included in this complete series boxed set:

WarMage: Unexpected
WarMage: Unrestrained
WarMage: Uncontrolled
WarMage: Undeniable
WarMage: Unleashed
WarMage: Unrelenting
WarMage: Night Riders
WarMage: Dragon Rider

Category: Fantasy – Coming of Age

Elna Pasqualee’s plans to bring her family’s California island vineyard into the twenty-first century are dashed with the EMP strike. Broadcasts offer only a brief warning for the Pasqualees and their guests before missiles wipe out all power and communications across North America. Cut off from the mainland, Elna struggles to secure a reliable fresh water source for the island’s inhabitants in this terrifying new reality.

But they soon discover those on the mainland are facing dangerous trouble of their own.

Even with distressing deprivation, remaining trapped on the island becomes a blessing in disguise when Elna’s ex-boyfriend raises a vicious paramilitary horde determined to cross the shark-infested channel and conquer the island vineyard for its bounty.

But if the island falls into the wrong hands, the secrets it holds will be destroyed—spelling the end for America.

Category: Science Fiction – Post-Apocalyptic

Quinn is alone, lightyears from home, and the Academy that was supposed to be her salvation has turned into a nightmare.
When a terrifying enemy aims at her, she’ll have to master more than just net skills to survive in this nail-biting series starter.
Book 3, Quinn of Cygnus: Shockwave, releases April 29th, 2021!

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Category: Science Fiction – Space Opera

Humanity is in the eye of the beholder.

But for street-smart detective Amber Payne, it’s the eyes that aren’t human. Cybernetic implants replaced the organics she lost in the line of duty, and their appearance often causes Amber to doubt her self-worth.

Rookie detective Kevin Glass is her partner. And though he may be new, Kevin’s unparalleled skill as an elite cyber-surfer makes him an invaluable asset.

When Alta Corp contracts the two of them to solve a case of high stakes data theft, they will need every bit of skill, experience, and determination to succeed. For the more they investigate, the more it becomes evident that this case is much more than it appears, and its resolution may forever alter the world in which they live.

Category: Science Fiction – Cyberpunk

When their supposedly secure, off-net research facility is hacked, Micronics Corporation hires Securi-Tech LEOs Amber Payne and Richard Kayani to find those responsible. The case quickly leads them down a rabbit hole of twists and turns they could never have anticipated. With the body count rising quickly, the only link seems to be a mysterious thunderbird tattoo.

Welcome back to the world of Amber Payne, where cybernetic implants are a coveted advantage for criminals, and an absolute necessity for the LEOs who take them on.

Payne Before The Storm is book two of the Amber Payne series.

Drae Hallow is the home of Rule 9 Academy where nobody is normal and we’re all a little bit of strange.

They’ve invited me to attend their School for Magicals. Apparently, there’s something inside of me and it wants to come out to play. But I need to learn to control it before it controls me.

I’m game…

After all, I might be my Momma’s trouble; but I’ve always been my Daddy’s stubborn.

I’ll need every bit of it too, because something else roams the woods after dark, and it doesn’t have anything to do with Shifting 101.

Together, with the help of others just like me, we’ll have to uncover the lies before it’s too late. The Magical world depends on us to find out the truth…or its Lights Out, Dark Ages and Witch Hunts all over again.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

Aidan Foster never wanted to be a hero, and he sure as hell never wanted to be a starship captain.

But one led to the other and now he finds himself and his crew in an all-out war against an alien species that seems to know their every weakness.

What is behind the enemy’s superior tactics and is there anything that can be done before they sweep through human space, crushing everything in their wake?

Category: Science Fiction – Military