Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for May 8, 2024

It’s time to be the hero you’ve always wanted to be.
Diving into a revolutionary new video game, Marcus and his friends escape a stagnant society, entering into a world that defies their wildest imaginations. But from the moment that he logs in, Marcus finds himself separated from his friends and thrown into remote village under attack by a horde of goblins.

Forced into battle, Marcus rallies the beleaguered villagers and with their help, manages to drive off the invading creatures. With the village in ruins and their supplies spoiled, the survivors desperately turn to Marcus for help in rebuilding the village.

Realizing that this game is nothing like he’s ever played before, Marcus is swept up into a whirlwind of adventure as he struggles to defend his new home, quickly finding that marauding goblins are the least of his problems.

They came from deep space. They came to destroy us. Fifty years ago, bloodthirsty aliens devastated the Earth. Most of humanity perished. We fell into darkness. But now we rise from the ashes. Now we fight back! If you loved Ender’s Game, Starship Troopers, and Old Man’s War, you’ll love Earthrise. From a USA Today bestselling author.

Category: Science Fiction – Space Exploration

Five days. It took me five days to crawl out from the bowels of the rubble. I emerged from my tomb into a world nothing more than a wasteland; propelled into chaos where everyone has all but lost their humanity. My name is Phoenix, and the world as I knew it ended that day; the day the human race was nearly eradicated, and my journey home began.

Category: Science Fiction – Dystopian

Humanity’s only hope? Nick Decker, a scotch-swilling PI armed with a .45 and the Wrath of God, his nerdy ninja-stripper girlfriend Gretchen, and his loyal acid-dropping, street-doc, war-buddy Jammer. It’s up to them to keep the battle of Armageddon from happening… and find the Devil’s lost dog.

Category: Fantasy – Epic

Temptation comes to Calla Caldwell in the form of a charming and mysterious stranger. Giving in to his seduction, her world is forever changed by a single bite.
Calla quickly learns the handsome stranger is vampire prince, Trystan Vladu. His bite was an attempt to claim and save her from a plot of vengeance generations in the making. However, that ancient vendetta is being revealed.
Thrust into a new nightmare by the evil Prince of the kingdom of Morbeth, Calla is captured, tortured, and starved in the dank confines of his dungeon. In captivity, she takes part in a séance, contacting a departed relative who bequeaths a gift that will tip the scales of good and evil . . . if she can learn to harness it. With dark secrets, lies, and murder unraveling around her, Calla must learn to embrace the power roiling through her veins, or be snuffed out by the malevolent darkness.

Category: Fantasy – Epic

Alex, Imara, and Sirenī, fleeing from the Unified Government of Gaea, seek refuge in the Ring of Worlds. Pursued by Zeta Force and the Tèng Empire’s Dragon Guard, they encounter Jack Carter on Earth, assigned to kill them. But their reunion signals new challenges as dark forces stir.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

Inspired by true events.

A team of special force ops, led by hunter turned soldier Sergeant Joel “Bwana” Sutton and CIA Special Agent Ray Kreipe, on a rescue mission along the Cambodia Border at the height of the Vietnam War encounter an unknown species of ape unlike anything known to science. The discovery quickly turns the rescue mission into a desperate battle of survival of which not all will survive.

Category: Science Fiction – Adventure

As a Breaker, she was destined to live a hard life serving the whims of galactic corporations. As an Earth Alliance Marine, she has a chance to change the balance of power in the galaxy.

Category: Science Fiction – Military

Seven years after Queen Sylvia’s dramatic liberation of Aurba from tyrannical sorcerers, the realm confronts a dire new threat. The four deposed sorcerer lords—Clement, Darien, Lillian, and Xanaphia—driven by a thirst for revenge, unexpectedly find their plans thwarted by Darlyth, a demon lord whose ancient power far surpasses their own. Recently freed from a millennium of imprisonment, Darlyth aims to usurp Sylvia’s enchanted tiara, a relic endowed with extraordinary powers. As Sylvia endures brutal torture and betrayal by Darlyth’s minions, her former adversaries traverse a land on the brink of destruction. Their perilous journey through blizzards and monster-infested forests compels them to confront their painful pasts and deepest fears.

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Category: Fantasy – Sword & Sorcery