Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for November 9, 2021

A dazzling intersection of mind, body, soul and the senses. When her father goes missing, Persephone Jones’ search for him brings her to a hidden art gallery in Shanghai. As she races to find answers to her questions, a room concealing a collection of glowing glass sculptures grips her.

Not knowing who, or what, to trust, Persephone becomes part of a gruesome plot that draws the young neuroscientist into a sinister and suspenseful situation. With time running out, mounting moral dilemmas, and her life in peril, can she triumph over darkness to accept where the future of medical technology leads?

Set in a near-future urban underworld, fantastic technology and futuristic Buddhism dance with characters caught in unpredictable events. This imaginative and eerie speculative vision is based in enough reality to haunt you.

An innovative cross-genre novel (metaphysical speculative SF).

Perfect for fans of Practical Magic, Garden Spells, and The Witches of New York.

As children, Mother twisted our magic as part of her games.

When she died, I came back to Grimsby to settle the estate. But my autistic brother is hauled in for questioning by the police, while my sister uses glamour to attract my ex-boyfriend.

And my old high-school sweetheart, now an FBI agent, can’t stop asking questions about why I ran away 19 years ago.

Worse, Mother’s blackmail book is missing, and someone is ready to kill to protect its secrets.
An exciting page-turner with romantic suspense and magical realism.

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Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

Magic belongs to the women. To the men—only death.

In the city of Merilaad, any boy displaying magical ability is swiftly executed. Elena, an apprentice mage with powers she resents and a past she’d rather forget, knows it has to be this way—to protect them all. To keep them safe.

But when her best friend suddenly and unexpectedly develops magical powers, Elena finds herself faced with a dangerous choice—should she report Jascha and sentence him to certain death, or risk everything to keep his abilities hidden?

As the two of them struggle with their deadly secret, they uncover more deception, lurking just beneath the surface of their peaceful, idyllic city. Can they reveal the truth before it’s too late…or will they plunge Merilaad back into its bloody past?

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Category: Fantasy – Sword & Sorcery

Ori may seem like an idealist, but he understands how this world works. Powerful people want to stay that way, and a degree of social order is needed to ensure that’s possible. Ego can be dangerous…

However, through everything he has done as founder and CEO of Singularity Group, Ori has proven what good can come from granting people certain freedoms. Though he hoped otherwise, he knew the day might come when powerful opposing forces would threaten what he’s built.

When a series of suspicious events escalate to an attempt on his life, Ori must use all he is capable of to see the bigger picture and who, or what, is pulling the strings.

Is protecting this legacy worth exposing who he truly is?

With imaginative twists that span across time into the near future, this series starter is “an intriguing thriller” with an “intelligent storyline” that “feels quite original” (The BookLife Prize).

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Category: Science Fiction – Metaphysical & Visionary

The oceans are dying. In an effort to provide sustainable tuna stocks, genetically engineered humans have been reconfigured to live at sea, using dolphins to herd large tuna schools. Olga is one of these shepherds. Independent fisherman are having a hard time catching fish and Toivo is among the best because he has a pair of dolphins that he talks to and they help locate fish for him. Troubles erupt when Toivo finds a raft of murdered shepherds and now he’s a target along with Olga and her shipmates. When fate brings them together they will have to find a way to survive against a drug cartel determined to eliminate witnesses.

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Category: Science Fiction – Adventure

I’m Apiya. No, I’m not a badass magical assassin. I’m a barber to the supernatural.

My magic is very weak and very niche—it works best with keeping things clean.

I know. I can sense your awe at my power already.

Being a barber is an easy enough gig – my biggest challenge these days is dealing with the insults from the barbershop’s cat.

But everything changes when a pair of forest fae come into the shop one night, asking for help to protect their youngling.

Because now that the fae have come to me, whatever’s after them is also after me.

My weak magic and a sarcastic cat for backup are unlikely to be enough to keep me alive and save the fae youngling. How the hell am I going to get out of this mess?

Grab Touched by Magic to see if I make it. Oh, and don’t get offended if the cat insults you…

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Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

As a mutated rabies virus sweeps through the world’s dog population causing carnage, Captain Ed Crowley has just been given orders to evacuate a group of civilians from an overrun town. He has a long buried reason for despising dogs – will he have the discipline to complete the mission safely, or will a thirst for revenge see him risk everything..?

Category: Science Fiction – Post-Apocalyptic

Treacherous. Evil. Dark. Dorcha Wood is all of these. And none of them.

The people of Felmore talk of Dorcha Wood in whispers, if they speak of it at all, fearing the wrath of the Cù-Sìth should their words be carried on the wind. Those murdering beasts still roam the darkness of the forest, the last remnants of the cursed Aos Sí—a race of elves long since vanished from the world.

But to seventeen-year-old Fiadh, it is home. A haven. A forest whose secrets become known only when it chooses to reveal them. Her life is one of balance until the outside world shatters it.

From the moment Fiadh set eyes on Gideon, the peaceful rhythm of her life was lost. As a new path unfolds, Fiadh confronts the reality of old hatreds, the consequences of things hidden, and the truth of who she really is

Category: Dark Fantasy