Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for October 20, 2023

Trapped in another world. Seven days to escape. Failure means death.

When Max awakens on a different planet, he doesn’t know how he got there or why he can’t get home. And a mysterious Life Counter is steadily descending towards zero.

Now he’s alone in a world unknown, where his skills as a bard might win him friends to survive. But it may already be too late – someone is hunting him and wants him dead.

Gaining skills as fast as he can, Max searches for answers and freedom. But if he can’t have either, he’s determined to find the power to defy death.

Faster Than Light space travel is a dream …
… Until Ethan Richards develops a drive to to do just that.
Once he establishes a team to build the drive and install it in a space ship, he hopes to share the technology for everyone to use.
During the drive’s development, his team realises it requires a mineral unavailable on Earth. But it’s plentiful on Iapetus, a moon of Saturn.
When Loki Mason, a businessman, hears of the drive and realises the wealth it could achieve for his empire, he wants the rights to the mineral. And Loki gets whatever he wants.
Ethan and Loki must race to Iapetus. Each knows he must get there first.

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Category: Science Fiction – Adventure

What if the video game Civilization was real?

Bestlethrone is attacked and doomed to fall. Now Prince Felan must flee, leaving his family behind in a desperate attempt to save his father’s kingdom against known forces and the influence of the gods who may be moving against them. All his family built over centuries hangs in the balance, as Felan fights against invaders, betrayal and the ‘gods’ who are really humans, now a galaxy spanning civilization, interfering with Felan’s species as a game.

Unbeknownst to Felan his fate is intertwined with Sandra Ferrara, a 13-year-old girl growing up in the space colony located above his planet and retired General Dash Cricken, a veteran of the Galaxy Wars. Though Felan is oblivious to their existence, what they do could change Felan’s fate and the fate of everyone on his planet.

Category: Science Fiction – Space Opera

Legend has it that a Calender will deliver the seven worlds from Fell Craven. Peter Calender finds himself alone and lost in a new land where others believe he is the one to save them and restore the laws that govern the seven worlds. Peter doubts that he is the child of the prophecy, but events lead him into dangers that he could never have imagined. Death and destruction lurk at every turn and one false step could lead to disaster. Hunted for the moonstone he was given, where else would he go but home. But is there a home to go to?

Category: Fantasy – Sword & Sorcery

I’ve fallen for the alpha’s son … and he left me to die.

I’m the underdog in my own pack, an outcast of the worst kind, and Shane, the cocky alpha heir, doesn’t hide just how much he despises me. Well, the feeling is mutual.

But fate tricks the both of us. Shane and I share a mating bond, and there’s no denying temptation.

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Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

Launch day has finally arrived, and Kyra Bishop is chomping at the bit to step into what has been touted as the most realistic VMMORPG of all time. But when events unfold in a way she never expected, Kyra is thrust into more than just a game, she finds herself trapped in a new life.

An avid climber and athlete in the outside world, If she wants to survive, Kyra will have to unleash all her real-life skills on a violent virtual realm filled with creatures—and players—who long to kill her.

Category: Fantasy – Epic

First book in an exciting galaxy-spanning sci-fi series.

Attacked and left for dead in the blackness of space, bounty hunter Kole Anwyn pursues his would-be assassin before they can try again.

Category: Science Fiction – Adventure

Emily and Luna, two audacious sisters straight outta Los Angeles, set their sights on Frazier Mountain, lured by the whispers of supernatural commotion. Armed with nothing but a camera and a tripod, these plucky gals are ready to go viral and skyrocket their social media stardom to astronomical heights. Get ready to ride shotgun on their escapades, where friendship blossoms amidst the serenity of mountain life. But hold on tight, ’cause things are about to get wild!

Before you can say “Who’s got the popcorn?”, one of their new friends vanishes like a magician’s trick. Now, hold your breath and prepare for a mind-blowing showdown, folks. The remaining sisters must unravel a spine-tingling mystery that will have you sitting at the edge of your seat, biting your nails like there’s no tomorrow.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban