Your Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Bargains for September 29, 2023

Zoya’s life in 1989 Moscow is tough for a 12-year-old. One day, when the meanest bully at school takes it too far, he knocks Zoya unconscious and she wakes up…in Paris.

There, everything is perfect. She discovers that she has a best friend! Zoya sets out to enjoy Paris to the fullest, except, it’s not really her life. She has taken the place of another girl, Zoé, who has disappeared. But before Zoya can understand what had happened, she is thrown back to dreary Moscow! Zoya will do anything to get back to Paris. It’s the life that she truly deserves! But first, she needs to understand how she ended up in Paris in the first place.

Did she discover a parallel universe? Did she travel in time? Or was it all just a dream?

As Zoya seeks answers, she learns about our multidimensional world and transforms her reality, as well as that of the people around her.

Ten years have passed and he has forgotten her. But Mirari would still do anything to save her childhood friend from the executioner’s sword.

Meanwhile, Fangbane has spent his life trying to end centuries of social and political hostility. As his fame spreads, brave Knights rally to his cause.

But to truly succeed, Fangbane must have two others: Gaven, the headstrong warrior he helped put on death row, and Mirari, a simple merchant with a past as secretive as her formidable magical ability. Their aid could be the difference between success and failure.

Can Gaven put aside his apathy to fully commit to the alliance?

Will Mirari become a worthy fighter and subdue her desire for revenge?

With the threat of a growing movement of underground vigilantes bent on tipping the system, the Knights must act quickly.

Time is running out to rid the world of evil.

Category: Fantasy – Sword & Sorcery

Betrayal strikes deep in bonds forged in friendship and loyalty.

Five years after the Knights unified the empires, rebels rise from the ashes of the Althaean Siege, and Mirari and Gaven are thrust into a world of treachery and uncertainty. Gaven will stop at nothing until all members of the Blessed are captured. However, when Mirari discovers the truth about the Blessed, she is torn between her duty as Gaven’s partner and her desire to help the oppressed. Suspicion and secrets swirl, and as the weight of past regrets consumes Gaven, Mirari is forced to make heart-wrenching decisions that will forever alter her destiny.

In the pulse-pounding second installment of Knights of the Alliance, the past collides with the present, identities unmask, and resilience is put to the ultimate test. Can they overcome the encroaching darkness, or will decades of enmity shatter their bonds forever?

From the moment she transformed into a werewolf, Alex was terrified. First, of the man who attacked her—then of herself. If her inner wolf breaks free again, people could die, and she’ll be hunted.
Alex struggles to keep her savage passenger caged, but life doesn’t make it easy. The Committee ruling the supernatural community would punish her for the slightest misstep. A group of zealots are targeting supernatural beings. Worst of all—some people are just jerks.
For help, she relies on her best friend Emma, a wizard and the only person she trusts with her secret. But Emma has her own secret: Mitch. He’s twisting her into someone unrecognizable…and he may be inflicting the same treatment on other supernatural citizens.
To save Emma, Alex must make alliances with wizards and werewolves alike, face the Committee, unravel deadly conspiracies, and confront her own worst fear—herself.

Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

An ancient evil returns, bent on vengeance. Langston Wheeler’s the only thing in their path. But a beautiful planetary executive wants more than just protection.

The Exile War series is a story of Interstellar war, horrifying genetically-engineered monstrosities, telepathic peacekeepers, martial arts, and forbidden love.

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Category: Science Fiction – Space Opera

In the land of Yohan, James knows one painful truth above all others — orphans never become apprentices. Abandoned by his parents at eight, James is homeless and alone, with only a gang of delinquents as companions until he is taken in by the kindly Master Wand-maker Othano.

Under Othano’s tutelage, James begins to learn all he can about the history of wands and Yohan. However, his newfound peace and security is threatened by a growing revolution and Othano’s disappearance. Now branded a traitor, James must find Othano, escape the revolutionaries, clear their names, and discover the secrets of The Owl-Headed Wand.

Category: Fantasy – Coming of Age

After an asteroid strike on the moon, a strange blue dust began to flow down through Earth’s atmosphere. It’s harmful to breathe, but at least the microscopic creatures within the dust are dormant. Or so we thought.

Tahira made a childhood promise to a friend that the crisis would bring their people together… before a violent riot tore their lives apart. Now, as an adult, Tahira works as a biologist for a corporation constructing experimental towers to force the spores—known as riebeckites—to germinate into harmless colonies.

Except they’re about to learn everything they think they know about the dust is wrong, a discovery that will plunge Tahira into unimaginable danger. The real threat isn’t the asteroid that struck the moon and by the time humanity figures it out, it might be too late.

Category: Hard Science Fiction

In this Sci-Fi / Portal Fantasy, Dr. Graeme Milford, a 32 year old technologist and Japanese sword fighting enthusiast, invents personal wormhole transportation at a secret research facility in Scotland full of scientific wonders using a laser that can cut through reality. His success turns into a nightmare as the unstoppable power hungry tech CEO of ‘Foresight’ forces him and three of his new colleagues to run for their lives or risk being purged.

Using Graeme’s device, they flee to the only place Graeme can think of, Orbem, another universe full of fantasy. Elves, Fairies, Caninth (wolf humanoids), Harilizards (lizard humanoids) and a dark Sorcerer meet our scientists as they try to survive in hopes of discovering a way to return home and defeat the CEO.

Category: Fantasy – Sword & Sorcery