Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for November 30, 2024

When one of the world’s most influential billionaires warns in a podcast that the mysterious Foundation, at the heart of Silicon Valley, is on the verge of achieving Artificial General Intelligence and the existential risk that poses, social media erupts with concern.
Two freshmen at Stanford will find themselves caught in a whirlwind plot that will make you question what it means to be human.

Dragons don’t exist. Except on the Astral Plane where humans aren’t welcome.

When humanity built spaceships and headed to the stars, they found the dragons waiting. Some places they’ll let humans go. Others they won’t.

And sometimes humanity refuses to be denied. That’s where the Mystics come in. They commune with the Astral Plane. They deal with the dragons. They suffer the dragon’s fury. And sometimes they bend the dragons to their will.

Very few have the gift of seeing the Astral Plane. Their innate talents are nurtured in the Mystic Academy while Earth Fleet has its own academy where they train the best and brightest for careers in space. The fleet has to work within the laws of physics. And they have to work with the Mystics, too, even though they don’t understand them.

Because they don’t believe that Dragons are real.

This is the complete trilogy – all three books in one place

Category: Science Fiction – First Contact

When a hunky, human rock star stands up at his best friend’s wedding, he never expects to encounter vampires, werewolves, and the woman of his dreams. But she’s not what she seems… she’s half a faerie. “Supernatural characters, small town charm (think Gilmore Girls) and a romance as sweet as the first sip of hot chocolate on Christmas morning!”

Category: Fantasy – Coming of Age

Prince Ligo’s had a rough engagement. Betrothed to an outsider to fix a kingdom whose patron god has abandoned the family line, tossed in a seizure to the icy sea while hunting for his betrothal feast, and waking up just in time for his fiancée’s family to seize the volcano-menaced kingdom. Oh yes, Prince Ligo’s seen better days, for sure.

But when the beguiling Mystic Riggan joins him on a quest to find his mother at a sanctum to their bloodline’s god, and the tender duo is joined by another loyal soldier in pursuit of answers to what truly ails his realm, Ligo discovers more ancient mysteries at his journey’s end. He also finds the beginnings of a home, and family like none he’s ever known.

Category: Fantasy – New Adult & College

The war is over, and vampires lost – but plenty of other enemies remain. Their old life in ashes behind them, Natividad and her brothers seek shelter with Dimilioc – the last stronghold of black dogs. A brand-new twist on werewolves: Black Dog is “frightening and beautiful and solid right down to its core.” — Heidi Frederick at tor.com.

Category: Fantasy – Coming of Age

From the lead designer of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim comes an epic journey into Norse Mythology.

What if Loki was never the bad guy?

Loki, once a god, now nothing more than a stage magician in modern-day Chicago. His enemies from a thousand years ago have long memories.

Victors wrote the history, and Loki was blamed for the sins of the Norse gods. They can’t let him live in peace.

He has to set aside his new life to settle old grudges while coming to terms with what it means to be a man.

And a god.

If Loki fails, the nine realms will fall.

Category: Fantasy – Myths & Legends

The Lostai are a warring race focused on expanding their empire. They invade planet Aranda. A young boy and his family are transported to a labor camp. The boy should have died there, but the Lostai discover he has special abilities. They separate him from his loved ones and force him to become their supersoldier instead.

Category: Science Fiction – Space Opera

“Mind-expanding”—Kirkus, starred review.

When Minister Shea Ashcroft refuses the queen’s brutal order to gas a rioting crowd, he’s exiled to the borderlands with an impossible task: overseeing the construction of the largest defensive tower in history. Propped by volatile anti-gravity technology borrowed from a race of Drakiri refugees, the tower is as dangerous as it is monumental.

As Cold War-esque tensions between countries escalate, Shea forms an unlikely alliance with a Drakiri woman who reminds him of someone he lost. Drakiri hate and fear the tower; they say it mirrors one from their past, a structure that nearly led to their extinction by opening a gateway to an unimaginable threat.

Fighting memories and hallucinations, Shea must make a choice. If he defies his orders, his future will be destroyed. If he doesn’t, everyone may be.

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Category: Fantasy – Metaphysical & Visionary

When a dragon crashes through a portal near her Texas high school, Ophelia can hardly believe her eyes. Dragons and magic just exist in fairy tales, right?

But the moment she bonds with the dying monarch dragon named Sun in the Black Sky, Ophelia discovers they are very real…and very deadly. Before she can make sense of what’s happening, Ophelia is dragged into the magical and treacherous realm of Charassi. A world where her dragon bond marks her as Queen of the Fae.

Grappling with her newfound extraordinary powers, Ophelia will need all the help she can get to defend her throne and protect her bonded dragon. With the Fae Prince Corrin by her side, they embark on a perilous quest to seek the help of the dragons, only to encounter a shocking revelation that unveils a nefarious curse.

Deadly secrets lurk in the shadowy corners of her realm: walking corpses & dark magic…

Category: Fantasy – Epic