Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for September 14, 2021

Monsters. Magic. Epic battles. A broken nation in need of a savior—ravaged by plague, decimated by dark magic. Three reluctant heroes rise to save the beleaguered land. But will they be enough? “An epic tale” —Library Journal

From USA Today bestselling author, Megg Jensen…

For hundreds of years, the orcs and humans of Doros have shared an uneasy peace. It shatters in an instant with the botched assassination of a human priest in the orc capital. Hell bent on revenge, the humans take up arms as the orc monarchy crumbles from outside interference.

Now Tace, the unlucky assassin, is on the run. It’s soon clear, however, that her mistake hasn’t only precipitated a war. It’s unleashed ancient powers, the stuff of legends and fireside tales—and not the cozy kind.

Tace has always worked solo, but to save Doros, she’ll need to assemble the unlikeliest allies. Together, they’ll unravel the mysteries of the orcs’ cult of death, and in the process, Tace will come to question everything she’s ever believed. Only one thing is certain: a great destiny awaits her—if she can live long enough to meet it.

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Category: Fantasy – Epic

The month of Darkness is quickly approaching. It is a time when the denizens of the night roam the land freely and the citizens of Arkdale lock themselves behind their high walls. A secret has been uncovered at the ancient ruins of the HARP that could unlock the past and reshape the future. One that has gained the attention of Arkdale’s mysterious Architects and their militia of men and machines.

Once orphans, now outcasts, the four inseparable friends must find a way to survive in a dystopian world of metal monsters and unspeakable horrors. They must rediscover the truths of a forgotten age to endure the surging storm.
But why is one of them changing in inexplicable ways?
Can they trust the strangers that suddenly appear to help them?
And most importantly, what is buried beneath the ruins?

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Category: Science Fiction – Dystopian

Blossom Frane is only weeks away from her transformation. On her eighteenth birthday, she’ll find out her future branch of society and her totem, the animal form she’ll be able to take at will for the rest of her life. Like her brothers, she’s expected to be a brown bear of the religious branch known as Terra.

In the Alderwood forests, Blossom’s bear blood is a valuable asset. Any day now, a rival clan leader will step forward and offer her father a hefty bounty in exchange for her hand in marriage. Blossom can do nothing more than sit back and wait to be traded to the highest bidder.

Determined to spend her last weeks exploring the Alderwood, Blossom manages to find Kaide Landel, a rising political star of the Pyro branch. Known for his violence and disregard for the religious teachings of the Terra branch, he’s all wrong for the bear clan’s prized daughter. Or is he?

Category: Fantasy – Fairy Tales

The edge of the galaxy has gone dark. All outposts have fallen silent. When the Alliance sends scouts, they never return.

As a member of the legendary Orlion academy, Kane is no stranger to magic and danger. But when he and his mentor Jorak are tasked with traveling to the furthest reaches of the known galaxy to investigate a mysterious communications blackout, he knows that something has gone terribly wrong.

And upon reaching the outermost planets, his suspicions are confirmed. Other members of the Orlion academy are missing, nothing but ruins left behind. It soon becomes clear that the blackout was no coincidence.

Something is lurking beyond the reach of the Alliance. A dark secret, waiting for its chance to strike. One that’s not afraid to take on the Orlion academy and kill anyone who stands in their way…

Category: Science Fiction – Alien Invasion

A father and his son. 2500 miles apart. A blue ribbon crosses the sky. The world starts to unravel.

No one knows what is happening, but everyone is trying to find out. Buck is running his big rig from the west coast. Garth is trapped in New York City with his high school friend.

Category: Science Fiction – Post-Apocalyptic

Star’s life is far from what she thought when she discovers she’s just a pawn in a delusional society. Secrets and lies show her the hard truth of a dying human race where females are scarce and controlled with an iron fist. She must find her parents but sneaking back home is a precarious trek. All she finds is the city overrun and deep under the control of a ruthless ruler. Alone and defeated, an unlikely ally offers to help her, but at what cost?

Category: Fantasy – Coming of Age

They’re lying to you, and some lies are lethal.

The secretive Forever Institute towers over London. Some say it’s a cult, others call it a mafia. To seventeen-year-old Fern, Forever is simply home, run by the scientists who created her. A home she’s never been allowed to leave.

Forever gave Fern everything. A body that will never age. Psychic abilities, if she can work out how to access them. A purpose… Fern will be part of a new dawn for humanity, although she’s never been told exactly how.

Then Fern is contacted by a cryptic telepath from outside the Institute, and learns some dark truths: children are being murdered, and Fern is in danger. She must sort truth from lies, and new loves from old loyalties, if she’s to survive the conspiracy surrounding her.

But her new friend has secrets of his own…

Category: Science Fiction – Adventure

Startus Maximus, defender of Gladen, armed with the Spear of Reivl, hunts down the latest winged threat that has retreated over the horizon of the rising light. His journey lightward takes him over land and sea, has him overcoming obstacles, encountering new and exciting characters, and experiencing loss, all with a spectactular ending.

Category: Fantasy – New Adult & College

Good boys go to Ivy League Schools. Bad boys go to Spartan.

When Jackson gets expelled from HS, his rich uncle sends him to Stonyhurst in England where he’ll learn to control his rage and use it for world peace or something less exciting. What Jackson doesn’t know is that at night selected members of the school go underground where the real education begins. The true purpose of Stonyhurst is as dark and twisted as the original Grimm’s Fairy Tales.

Between Jackson’s lucid nightmares and the demonic horrors hidden below the surface, not everything is what it seems. Teens are going missing and someone wants Jackson dead. When everything Jackson believes is stripped away, it will take more than his fists to survive his freshmen year and save his new friends.

Stonyhurst isn’t just a school. It’s a life or death sentence.

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Category: Dark Fantasy