Free/Bargain Science Fiction/Fantasy April 2013

[itisbomb]

At Amazon, the price of Theft of Swords (Book 1 of Riyria Revelation) has been dropped to match that of B&N's. Both stores are now selling such ebook for $4.99 (50% off).

http://www.amazon.com/Theft-Swords-R...mm_kin_title_0

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/thef...heft+of+swords

The price at Kobo is still $9.99, though.

[Apache]

Originally Posted by itisbomb

At Amazon, the price of Theft of Swords (Book 1 of Riyria Revelation) has been dropped to match that of B&N's. Both stores are now selling such ebook for $4.99 (50% off).

http://www.amazon.com/Theft-Swords-R...mm_kin_title_0

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/thef...heft+of+swords

The price at Kobo is still $9.99, though.

Theft of Swords is actually an Omnibus containing the first two books in the series, The Crown Conspiracy and Avempartha.
Apache

[dreams]

The End - Visions of Apocalypse - N. E. White (Author, Editor) no DRM - An anthology of apocalyptic stories free at amazon.

"Contributors include: Michael Aaron, Liam Baldwin, R. F. Dickson, Wilson Geiger, Norman Gray, Hugh Howey, Stephen “B5” Jones, G. L. Lathian, Igor Ljubuncic, Pete McLean, Michael J. Sullivan, and Tristis Ward"

Spoiler:

Publication Date: December 31, 2012
Snap! The world didn't end on December 21st, 2012! Oh, well, look on the bright side: You got plenty of time to read this excellent anthology of apocalyptic stories.

This compilation brings together short stories by award-winning science fiction and fantasy authors Hugh Howey, Michael J. Sullivan and Tristis Ward, with fresh, new voices selected by their peers at SFFWorld.com - all brought to you in this first-of-its-kind anthology.

Each story explores a different end of the world. What is the limit of a computer virus? Can we save the world by stopping time itself, or will we just wither away in the relentless winds of the apocalypse?

Grab your copy now before the end of the world, and find out.

The Viscount and the Witch, short story (The Riyria Chronicles) by Michael J. Sullivan - free at amazon no DRM

Spoiler:

Publication Date: October 8, 2011
THE VISCOUNT AND THE WITCH (A Riyria Chronicles Short)
Eleven years before they were framed for the murder of a king, before even assuming the title of Riyria, Royce Melborn and Hadrian Blackwater were practically strangers. Unlikely associates, this cynical thief and idealist swordsman, were just learning how to work together as a team. In this standalone first installment of The Riyria Chronicles, Royce is determined to teach his naive partner a lesson about good deeds. Join Royce and Hadrian in this short story (5,400 words) about one of their earliest adventures.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by dreams

The End - Visions of Apocalypse - N. E. White (Author, Editor) no DRM - An anthology of apocalyptic stories free at amazon.

Also free at Kobo

[itisbomb]

Originally Posted by koland

The Emperors Knife ($9.99 Kindle), the first novel in the Tower and Knife Trilogy by Mazarkis Williams, is this week's Free Friday selection at Barnes & Noble, courtesy of publisher Night Shade Books.

As some of you might already have The Emperior Knife, if you wish to continue reading the trilogy, I suggest that you buy book 2 (Knife-Sworn) from Baen. It costs only $6 (roughly 50% cheaper than major stores)

http://www.baenebooks.com/p-1759-knife-sworn.aspx

Edit: Forgot to tell that book 3 is not out yet. And considering the problem of Night Shade, I don't know when (if at all) book 3 will be published.

[caleb72]

This one looks interesting for anyone who wants to spend a few dollars. The Hum and The Shiver by Alex Bledsoe is $2.99 at Amazon (US).

Named one of the Best Fiction Books of 2011 by Kirkus Reviews, The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe is an enchanting tale of music and magic older than the hills. . . .

No one knows where the Tufa came from, or how they ended up in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. Enigmatic and suspicious of outsiders, the Tufa live quiet lives in the hills and valleys of Cloud County. While their origins may be a mystery, there are hints of their true nature buried in the songs they have passed down for generations.

Bronwyn Hyatt, a pure-blood Tufa, has always insisting on doing things her own way, regardless of the consequences. Even though Tufa rarely leave Cloud County, she enlisted in the Army to escape the pressures of Tufa life—her family, her obligations as a First Daughter, and her dangerous ex-boyfriend. But after barely surviving a devastating ambush that killed most of her fellow soldiers, Private Hyatt returns to Cloud County wounded in body and in spirit. But danger lurks in the mountains and hollows of her childhood home. Cryptic omens warn of impending tragedy, and a restless “haint” lurks nearby, waiting to reveal Bronwyn’s darkest secrets. Worst of all, Bronwyn has lost touch with the music that was once a vital part of her identity.

Now Bronwyn finds the greatest battle to be right here at home, where her obligations struggle with her need for freedom, and if she makes the wrong choice, the consequences could be deadly for all the Tufa. . . .

“A sheer delight.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.

Amazon (US): LINK

[caleb72]

The Dreaming Void by Peter F Hamilton $1.99 at Amazon (US). Grab it while it lasts:

Reviewers exhaust superlatives when it comes to the science fiction of Peter F. Hamilton. His complex and engaging novels, which span thousands of years–and light-years–are as intellectually stimulating as they are emotionally fulfilling. Now, with The Dreaming Void, the eagerly awaited first volume in a new trilogy set in the same far-future as his acclaimed Commonwealth saga, Hamilton has created his most ambitious and gripping space epic yet.

The year is 3589, fifteen hundred years after Commonwealth forces barely staved off human extinction in a war against the alien Prime. Now an even greater danger has surfaced: a threat to the existence of the universe itself.
At the very heart of the galaxy is the Void, a self-contained microuniverse that cannot be breached, cannot be destroyed, and cannot be stopped as it steadily expands in all directions, consuming everything in its path: planets, stars, civilizations. The Void has existed for untold millions of years. Even the oldest and most technologically advanced of the galaxy’s sentient races, the Raiel, do not know its origin, its makers, or its purpose.

But then Inigo, an astrophysicist studying the Void, begins dreaming of human beings who live within it. Inigo’s dreams reveal a world in which thoughts become actions and dreams become reality. Inside the Void, Inigo sees paradise. Thanks to the gaiafield, a neural entanglement wired into most humans, Inigo’s dreams are shared by hundreds of millions–and a religion, the Living Dream, is born, with Inigo as its prophet. But then he vanishes.

Suddenly there is a new wave of dreams. Dreams broadcast by an unknown Second Dreamer serve as the inspiration for a massive Pilgrimage into the Void. But there is a chance that by attempting to enter the Void, the pilgrims will trigger a catastrophic expansion, an accelerated devourment phase that will swallow up thousands of worlds.

And thus begins a desperate race to find Inigo and the mysterious Second Dreamer. Some seek to prevent the Pilgrimage; others to speed its progress–while within the Void, a supreme entity has turned its gaze, for the first time, outward. . . .

LINK

[caleb72]

Big day for Sci-Fi/Fantasy. Naomi Novik's His Majesty's Dragon is available for $0.99 at Amazon (US). If you were interested in giving this series a try, now is the time:

Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors rise to Britain’s defense by taking to the skies . . . not aboard aircraft but atop the mighty backs of fighting dragons.

When HMS Reliant captures a French frigate and seizes its precious cargo, an unhatched dragon egg, fate sweeps Capt. Will Laurence from his seafaring life into an uncertain future–and an unexpected kinship with a most extraordinary creature. Thrust into the rarified world of the Aerial Corps as master of the dragon Temeraire, he will face a crash course in the daring tactics of airborne battle. For as France’s own dragon-borne forces rally to breach British soil in Bonaparte’s boldest gambit, Laurence and Temeraire must soar into their own baptism of fire.

LINK

[caleb72]

Larry Niven and Brenda Cooper co-wrote Building Harlequin's Moon which is currently $2.99 at Amazon (US).

The first interstellar starship, John Glenn, fled a Solar System populated by rogue AIs and machine/human hybrids, threatened by too much nanotechnology, and rife with political dangers. The John Glenn's crew intended to terraform the nearly pristine planet Ymir, in hopes of creating a utopian society that would limit intelligent technology.
But by some miscalculation they have landed in another solar system and must shape the gas giant planet Harlequin's moon, Selene, into a new, temporary home. Their only hope of ever reaching Ymir is to rebuild their store of antimatter by terraforming the moon.
Gabriel, the head terraformer, must lead this nearly impossible task, with all the wrong materials: the wrong ships and tools, and too few resources. His primary tools are the uneducated and nearly-illiterate children of the original colonists, born and bred to build Harlequin's moon into an antimatter factory.
Rachel Vanowen is one of these children. Basically a slave girl, she must do whatever the terraforming Council tells her. She knows that Council monitors her actions from a circling vessel above Selene's atmosphere, and is responsible for everything Rachel and her people know, as well as all the skills, food, and knowledge they have ever received. With no concept of the future and a life defined with duty, how will the children of Selene ever survive once the Council is through terraforming and have abandoned Selene for its ultimate goal of Ymir?

At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.

LINK

[gbm]

Sci-fi Sale: 50% Off Select Kindle Books 35 ebooks in all.
All of the Area 51 books by Bob Mayer seem to be listed. The highest price is $1.99.

bernie

[bgalbrecht]

Originally Posted by caleb72

Big day for Sci-Fi/Fantasy. Naomi Novik's His Majesty's Dragon is available for $0.99 at Amazon (US). If you were interested in giving this series a try, now is the time:

It's probably because the latest book in the series is about to be released in paperback (tomorrow). I note that Amazon is discounting the paperbacks but not the ebooks except book 1 (boo).

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by bgalbrecht

It's probably because the latest book in the series is about to be released in paperback (tomorrow). I note that Amazon is discounting the paperbacks but not the ebooks except book 1 (boo).

They're published by Random House so the eBooks can't be discounted by anyone but the publisher (they're still agency).

[itisbomb]

Just saw that Lamentation (Psalms of Isaak Series #1) by Ken Scholes is being sold for $2.99 at Diesel and B&N. Not sure how much it costs at Amazon or Kobo.

It says on Diesel that the sale end June 18, 2013.

[RareBird]

Originally Posted by itisbomb

Just saw that Lamentation (Psalms of Isaak Series #1) by Ken Scholes is being sold for $2.99 at Diesel and B&N. Not sure how much it costs at Amazon or Kobo.

It says on Diesel that the sale end June 18, 2013.

At Kobo too.

[adelous]

As I write (I am not in the US) free from Amazon.com:
Rosetta (Jim Meade: Martian P.I) by RJ Johnson:
http://http://www.amazon.com/Rosetta...7393906&sr=1-9

Murder, betrayal, the fate of Humanity... it's all in a day's work for Jim Meade: Martian P.I.

In a slow orbit around the sun, just beyond Mars, a mining colony known as Rosetta houses thousands of Consortium citizens who mine the valuable ore Humanity uses for space travel. Over the last three years, Rosetta has grown exponentially, from a tiny mining colony, into an economic behemoth that threatens the delicate balance of power between The Consortium and Coalition - two nations who are still healing from a devastating nuclear war that turned Earth into a hellscape of hopelessness and despair.

After a prominent scientist for The Consortium dies in an apparent accident, Jim Meade is hired by the victim's family to find out what really happened to their father Dr. Sanjay Sinjakama. There, Meade finds himself caught up in a power struggle between the diabolical CEO of Nebula Mining Dimitri Koschei, and Lazarus Rincon, the charismatic leader of a vicious cult.

With the assistance of his friend and confidant (the beautiful Emeline Hunan), Meade races against the clock to find Sinjakama's murderer and prevent a catastrophic disaster that might mean the end of all life on Earth.