Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for October 4, 2020

Dave is a virtual reality gaming addict, willing to risk everything to keep the thrill alive. But how far is he ready to go?

His addiction has taken his family to breaking point. And now he must choose. Can he give up the one thing that allows him to escape the mundane, to belong, to become something greater?

When he meets the gaming girl of his dreams, she offers him the chance of a lifetime. But will he get what he always wanted, or end up paying the ultimate price?

If you like intense and gripping stories, with a reality-bending plot, then you’ll love HyperCage.

The last competition Belasko won was the catch a slippery pig contest at his village fair.

Now he has to beat the best warriors in the kingdom.

Belasko, a farm boy who ran away to war, is a decorated soldier and war hero with a good military career ahead of him. When Markus, champion to the king of Villan, summons Belasko to take part in the competition to choose his successor, a world of possibility opens up to him. Possibility that Belasko cannot resist. In order to take the mantle of champion, and rise to one of the highest positions in the Villanese court, Belasko must prove himself yet further against the finest blades in the kingdom. Against warriors from all walks of life. From those who have had access to the best fencing instructors money can buy, to fellow career soldiers, he must best them all. Including a young noble named Ervan with whom his fate will be intertwined.

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Category: Fantasy – Historical

The realm of Drinnglennin hangs poised on the cusp of chaos, for High King Urlion Konigur is dying and has yet to name an heir. Rumors abound that the Helgrins, Drinnglennin’s bitterest foes, are preparing their longboats to raid the Isle’s shores, while the roving a Livari folk, for whom the island kingdom is the last sanctuary, are strangely disappearing. And in distant Belestar, the fabled dragons are stirring from their self-imposed exile…

Drinnglennin’s hopes lie with the wizard Morgan, who must gather together and safeguard the king’s possible heirs, all of whom are coming of age. Yet a dangerously powerful house seeks the succession for one of their own, even if it means disrupting the fragile peace of the realm.

One thing is certain: whoever next sits on the Einhorn Throne will determine the fate not only of Drinnglennin, but of all who dwell in the Known World.

Category: Fantasy – Epic

An ominous darkness is gathering over the Known
World, and none will escape its long shadow… In Helgrinia, Fynn, son of Aetheor Yarl, finds his position ever more precarious. When tragedy strikes on Midsommer’s Eve, he’s compelled to make a perilous vow. Across the Erolin Sea, Master Morgan travels the length of the Isle determined to uncover the roots of King Urlion’s illness; the treachery he discovers sets him on an even more dangerous course. In Mithralyn, Whit and Halla’s mutual enmity grows, and an ill-thought out decision by one of the cousins spells calamity for the other. And in Drinnkastel, Maura and Leif, summoned by the High King, become embroiled in the intrigues of the Konigur court and risk exposure. All the while, in the Lost Lands, Lazdac Strigori stirs his cauldron of chaos; the bitter seeds he has planted will soon bear their baneful fruit, which bodes ill for all.

Category: Fantasy – Epic

Amber is one of over a million eighteen-year-olds in one of the great hive cities of twenty-sixth century Earth. She’s about to enter the Lottery of 2532, which will assess her abilities and decide her hive level, her profession, her whole future life. Amber’s dream is to be level 10 or above, her nightmare is to be a level 99 worker in the depths of the hive.

When Lottery discovers Amber is a rare and precious telepath, she must adapt to a new life protecting the people of the crowded hive city. Her job is hunting down criminals before they commit their crimes, but she doesn’t know she’s being hunted herself.

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Category: Science Fiction – Metaphysical & Visionary

In a kingdom where the ruling and lower classes live and die apart by law, a noblewoman and a commoner make a fatal mistake: they fall in love.

Category: Science Fiction – Dystopian

My name is Harlow, and I am the loser who got suckered into the worst job in history.
I am a gargoyle huntress.
Thanks to a tiny bit of vandalism, I now wrestle wayward bitey devils back to their perches at way-too-early o’clock.

But lately, something has gone wrong. Gargoyles all over the country are flying the coop, if you will.

When a dark and mysterious stranger blows into town trying to convince me that this is my problem, I’d rather tell him and his obviously chiseled abs to &@$% off. But I don’t have a choice. My gargoyles are vanishing too–including the one that contains a real live demon who possessed me years ago.

In order to get to the bottom of this strange disturbance, I have to strap on my boots and grab my trusty net.

It’s gargoyle hunting time.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

Probably the strangest series you will ever read…

There is a place where nightmares are real. A dark and terrifying place that is hidden from the world we know, by borders that only the most unfortunate of souls will ever cross.
James Halldon woke up in the dark, alone.
No food. No water. No light. Almost no memories of his past.
Things moved in the darkness around him. Things that growled.
And daytime never seemed to come.

Category: Science Fiction – Adventure