Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for October 25, 2023

It’s a sci-fi murder mystery with clones!

Jane is a leftover clone. Created for an unknown purpose, then abandoned at a rundown facility outside Grid City, she has a knack for trouble and a burning desire to find out why she was made.

When a powerful tycoon hires her to replace his son Isaac’s best friend, a girl from the same clone batch as her, Jane jumps at the chance to finally get some answers. All she has to do is convince the charming Isaac that his friend is still alive, without getting too close to him. Stepping into someone else’s life isn’t easy, though, even when you have the same genes.

As Jane struggles to survive at Isaac’s elite private school, she discovers the other clone’s death was no accident—and she might be next. She must solve her batchmate’s murder and unravel the mystery of their origins before the killer comes for her too.

Category: Science Fiction – Dystopian

Roxy’s got two hammers, her Breaker magic, and a deathbed promise she made to her father.

The Seattle Slayers, an elite cadre of fighters who protect the city, is having their Trials for new initiates. My dad was a Slayer–one of the best. I thought his legacy might give me an edge in the Trials, but I was wrong. If anything, it made them harder on me.

But joining the Slayers is my best chance to save my mom. And, maybe, I need to see if I can fill my dad’s shoes.

The only things standing between me and my dreams are the other elite fighters and magic users who want their spot on the Slayers too. I will battle fae warriors, river demons, and a vicious animage who hates my guts.

I’ve got my hands full but a certain vampire princeling complicates my life even further. He’s powerful, handsome, and deadly–a combination I find hard to resist.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

I’ve trained and fought hard to earn my place in the Slayers. But when my shifter landlady, Mrs. Chu, goes missing in the Wilds, I must choose between carrying out my duties with the Slayers or venturing into the dangerous Wilds to find her. My heart tells me what I have to do.

My search leads me to an abandoned ranch converted into an unholy enterprise. The problem? Hundreds of rogue vampires are roosting there, gaining control over their bloodthirst at an unprecedented rate. And they are all loyal to O’Malley, a vampire determined to tip the balance of power in Seattle.

The cost? Shifter blood.

O’Malley’s plan will kill all the shifters. I have to do something.

When Tyee shows up in the Wilds, hot on the trails of a missing member of the Night Court we strike a bargain. But will it be enough to stop O’Malley’s war?

Cadence Hawthorne stresses over the possibility of losing the love of her life as she plans to graduate from Hawthorne University. She’s also a bit distracted by a witch threatened with sacrificial murder and another murmuring to herself on a painted pentagram in her dorm room. Might the Abaddon witch be upsetting her plans?

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Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

On the eve of her 16th birthday, Candle Enys discovers her brother has sold her soul to a demon.

Scared for her life, Candle runs away. But the mountains of Hanternos are dangerous, especially for soft-hearted girls who have never learned to fight. At dawn and at dusk spirits crawl from the shadows, searching for bodies to steal. Evil stirs in the deep caves, and the wind smells of black powder.

A chance meeting with an ancient being sets her on the path to power she never knew she possessed. It also places a target on her back.

If she is to survive, Candle must defeat her monsters, or risk becoming one herself.

Category: Fantasy – Coming of Age

Conrad’s family spent the last 150 years staying under the megacorporations’ radars. Sure, they manufactured military and high-tech equipment, but Conrad’s actual goal was saving the world from itself. One tiny step at a time.

Then he found the first fissure — a crack in space/time that led right 61 Cygni. It should have made Conrad’s company rich. Instead, it attracted the attention of the same megacorporations that Conrad had tried so hard to avoid. Those companies wanted the fissure very, very badly. Enough to steam roll over anything in their way.

If Conrad can’t find a way to fend them off, he won’t only lose his dream. He’ll lose everything. Because corporations don’t play, and prisoners are not cost effective.

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Apple Books | Nook

Category: Science Fiction – Dystopian

Scientist Zeke Travers and his team escape a hostile alien attack in an experimental inter-dimensional spacecraft, embarking on a wild and perilous journey through the multiverse. Fans of Firefly and Guardians of the Galaxy will love this snarky, pandimensional page-turner.

Category: Science Fiction – Adventure

The winner will be crowned Ambassador’s Bride.
The losers will meet certain death.

17-year-old Marishel Vance works as a seamstress – but when she’s selected to compete in a brutal contest for the Ambassador’s hand in marriage, she’s quickly catapulted into a life-threatening struggle.

Marishel hates the idea of fighting for some stuck-up guy – no matter how handsome he is. But after her attempts to escape are thwarted, she becomes desperate to find a way to end the Blood Match and save the lives of the girls she’s training with.

As the Blood Match looms closer, Marishel spirals deeper into a world of intrigue, danger, punishment, and secrets. She’ll have to break every rule in the book to save herself and the other 59 girls sentenced to death.

Category: Science Fiction – Dystopian