Bargain @ $1.99 for today only (Nov 18th) according to the newsletter from Open Road Media (couponable @ Kobo, should be available in all the usual stores, price good for Canada & US, possibly other regions as well):
To the Vanishing Point by Alan Dean Foster (
ISFDB,
Wikipedia), a standalone science fiction novel involving a family that picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, only to find themselves embroiled in an alien conflict, originally out from Warner's Questar imprint in 1988.
The Sonderberg family does not know it yet, but this is not going to be any ordinary road trip. After they pick up an unassuming hitchhiker, a quiet drive down Interstate 40 becomes a trip into an alternate reality. It turns out the family has just given a ride to an alien who has the fate of the universe resting on her shoulders. Now the Sonderberg family must fight evil alongside their new alien friend, in a desperate attempt to save the world they love.
ETA: x-link to the Historical Fiction megathread since Pamela Sargent is a Nebula-winning and multiple Tiptree Award-nominated author:
Bargain @ 99 cents for today only, also from Open Road Media:
Ruler of the Sky: A Novel of Genghis Khan by Pamela Sargent, a non-sfnal standalone historical fiction novel originally out from Crown Publishing in 1993.