Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for September 23, 2021

Ruby Achera just wanted a nice, quiet drink at her family’s casino in Magic City. The Mist Casino sits just above a kemana with an interior that would make a ghost feel right at home. Of course it does.

After all, Magic City has to compete with nearby Vegas. A different kind of magic.

Ruby is just back from University for the summer, catching up with an old friend when everything changes with a BANG!

A series of small blasts are exploding all around her. Chips are flying through the air. Someone wanted to announce their arrival in town. But who?

Ruby is about to get drawn into a battle for control of Magic City. They just made the fight personal. Is the Ebon Dragon Casino next?

Will Ruby’s secrets get in her way?

What waits at the end could change her life forever, if she survives the journey.

Like millions of other kids, Jim grew up wanting to be a superhero. Unlike most, however, Jim actually had the goods: a plethora of super powers that would have been the envy of any meta on the planet. But when his tryout with the Alpha League – the world’s premier group of supers – goes disastrously wrong, Jim basically becomes an outcast.

Two years later, Jim is still bitter about what happened to him when an odd turn of events gives him a second chance at his dream. But nothing is as easy as it sounds, as Jim soon discovers. Among other things, he’s made an enemy of a prospective super teammate, he’s being stalked by an unknown pursuer, and a shadowy cabal bent on world domination has identified him as the only obstacle to their plans.

It’s a lot for one super to handle, even with a smorgasbord of abilities. But if saving the world were easy, everyone would do it…

Category: Fantasy – Superhero

The Dark King of Bounten ravages his kingdom in search of a rare metal known as tarilium. With a mystical wolf-like creature, known as a Valomere, by his side he is fearsome. Only one thing can stop his reign of terror—a commoner with a secret past and a powerful Valomere of her own.

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Category: Fantasy – New Adult & College

The message from Carmen Vincent’s mother wasn’t possible. She died in the Mars base disaster two years ago.

But when government agents show up at Carmen’s door, she realizes the message is no hoax. Someone is still trying to cover up the disaster and the reason why Earth abandoned its space program.

It’s a race to discover the truth of what happened on Mars before Carmen loses her mother for a second time.

Category: Science Fiction – Space Opera

With an 85% dropout rate, find the strength within or go home.

So far, Officer Candidate School is living up to its cutthroat reputation. Still, the merciless mental, physical, and psychological torture may be worth it for Lance Warder to have a chance to fight in space.

The space that awaits isn’t for the faint of heart. He’ll have to shed his mental chains to prove his mettle. Because no one cares who your father is when you’re faced with unknown threats in a dark, infinite void.

To help deal with the everyday grind of survival, evasion, resistance, and escape training, Lance will join a boxing league and even find himself in the middle of a mysterious AI takeover that may spell doom for mankind.

Category: Science Fiction – Alien Invasion

Seven centuries ago, Darmatus Aurelian won the Illyriite War, felling his own brother and giving up his life to close the Oblivion Well—a ravenous vortex that threatened to consume all life on Lozaria.

Yet his legacy has been forgotten. Though technology has revolutionized the spread of trade and information across the continent, mortal still fights mortal, oblivious to the creeping doom that stalks them from the shadows. Against a backdrop of soaring airships, marching armies, and scheming rulers, Vallen Metellus—a lowly cadet with a dubious past—must take up Darmatus’ mantle and finish what the legendary hero could not. The war isn’t over, the past isn’t buried, and a vengeful ancient power is about to be unleashed in the name of justice.

Victory is never absolute.

Winner of the 2020 OZMA Award for Best Fantasy
Winner of the 2021 American Fiction Award for Epic Fantasy

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Category: Fantasy – Epic

The dream of a mad scientist has evolved into a nightmare!

Jennifer will do anything to be famous. She thinks she’s gotten her big break after a night at the club lands her in bed with a producer, and the next morning he offers her a jungle adventure show.

But instead, she and her two friends are unwittingly trafficked to the Congo for a sinister purpose. A cult lives in the jungle that worships the dark legacy of Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov as they work to accomplish his insane life’s goal.

Will Jennifer escape the jungle compound, or will she fulfill their twisted vision of humanity’s future and become a broodmare to make an inhuman monster?

If you love jungle adventure and horror, don’t miss this action-packed read.

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Category: Science Fiction – Adventure

A witch with a side hustle.

Star needs another paying gig while she finishes up witch training. Why not at a funeral home? It fits her goth image, and the funeral director is sort of hot…even if he does wear a suit and tie.

The job seems perfect, until Star discovers one of their accidental death clients didn’t die accidentally.

Before she knows it, she’s neck-deep in paranormal intrigue and her completely human, way-too-nice-for-his-own-good boss is right there with her.

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Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban