FREE/BARGAIN — Science Fiction & Fantasy

[Fbone]

A World Without Heroes (Beyonders Book 1) by Brandon Mull is $2.99

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003VPWXWO...v_ov_lig_dp_it

Jason Walker has often wished his life could be a bit less predictable—until a routine day at the zoo ends with Jason suddenly transporting from the hippo tank to a place unlike anything he’s ever seen. In the past, the people of Lyrian welcomed visitors from the Beyond, but attitudes have changed since the wizard emperor Maldor rose to power. The brave resisters who opposed the emperor have been bought off or broken, leaving a realm where fear and suspicion prevail.

In his search for a way home, Jason meets Rachel, who was also mysteriously drawn to Lyrian from our world. With the help of a few scattered rebels, Jason and Rachel become entangled in a quest to piece together the word of power that can destroy the emperor—and learn that their best hope to find a way home will be to save this world without heroes.

[DrNefario]

Nine Steven Erikson Malazan books are on offer on the UK Kindle store today at 99p each:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/b/?_encodin...ode=4725112031

Most people seem to love the series, but I read the first one years ago and didn't get on with it.

[Cactus Chef]

Originally Posted by DrNefario

Nine Steven Erikson Malazan books are on offer on the UK Kindle store today at 99p each:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/b/?_encodin...ode=4725112031

Most people seem to love the series, but I read the first one years ago and didn't get on with it.

There was a Humble Bundle for the whole series a few months back. Good I guess if you missed that one--plus it might've been US only, I don't recall.

[tch65721]

Speaking of Humble Bundle... I got a note yesterday that the Pratchett bundle is making yet another short (US only) encore. Looks like four days left.

[salty-horse]

Solaris are having a sale on their website again. Regional restrictions apply.
https://rebellionpublishing.com/sale/

The highlight this time is The Siege of Burning Grass by Premee Mohammed

The Empires of Varkal and Med’ariz have always been at war.

Alefret, the founder of Varkal’s pacifist resistance, was bombed and maimed by his own government, locked up in a secret prison and tortured by a ‘visionary’ scientist. But now they’re offering him a chance of freedom.

Ordered to infiltrate one of Med’ariz’s flying cities, obeying the bloodthirsty zealot Qhudur, he must find fellow anti-war activists in the enemy’s population and provoke them into an uprising against their rulers.

He should refuse to serve the warmongers, but what if he could end this pointless war once and for all? Is that worth compromising his own morals and the principles of his fellow resistance members?

My Murder by Katie Williams is $3 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)
Has an SFnal premise, but I wouldn't necessarily classify this as SF.

What if the murder you had to solve was your own?

Lou is a happily married mother of an adorable toddler. She’s also the victim of a local serial killer. Recently brought back to life and returned to her grieving family by a government project, she is grateful for this second chance. But as the new Lou re-adapts to her old routines, and as she bonds with other female victims, she realizes that disturbing questions remain about what exactly preceded her death and how much she can really trust those around her.

Now it’s not enough to care for her child, love her husband, and work the job she’s always enjoyed—she must also figure out the circumstances of her death. Darkly comic, tautly paced, and full of surprises, My Murder is a devour-in-one-sitting, clever twist on the classic thriller.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by tch65721

Speaking of Humble Bundle... I got a note yesterday that the Pratchett bundle is making yet another short (US only) encore. Looks like four days left.

9 days left from now.

[JSWolf]

Tales of the Space Marine
Chapters 2024
Black Library

A 24 book Humble Bundle. 14 days 8 hours to go. This is also available in the UK. US cost is $18. UK cost is £13.71.

Discover the fearless exploits of the Adeptus Astartes—the elite Space Marines of the Warhammer 40,000 universe—in this collection of novels & fiction from Black Library! This galaxy-spanning bundle gathers war stories of Chapters and squads from across the Imperium, charged with defending humanity against the relentless forces of Chaos. Explore the grim darkness of the Warhammer 40,000 universe, and support EveryLibrary with your purchase!

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/t...ary_bookbundle

[salty-horse]

36 Streets by T.R. Napper is $2 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)

[...] Dystopian cyberpunk about memory, identity, and the power of narratives.

Lin ‘The Silent One’ Vu is a gangster in Chinese-occupied Hanoi, living in the steaming, paranoid alleyways of the 36 Streets. Born in Vietnam, raised in Australia, everywhere she is an outsider.

Through grit and courage, Lin has carved a place for herself in the Hanoi underworld under the tutelage of Bao Nguyen, who is training her to fight and survive. Because on the streets there are no second chances.

Meanwhile the people of Hanoi are succumbing to Fat Victory, an addictive immersive simulation of the US-Vietnam war. When an Englishman—one of the game’s developers—comes to Hanoi on the trail of his friend’s murderer, Lin is drawn into the grand conspiracies of the neon gods: the mega-corporations backed by powerful regimes that seek to control her city.

Lin must confront the immutable moral calculus of unjust wars. She must choose: family, country, or gang. Blood, truth, or redemption. No choice is easy on the 36 Streets.

[Critteranne]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Tales of the Space Marine
Chapters 2024
Black Library

A 24 book Humble Bundle. 14 days 8 hours to go. This is also available in the UK. US cost is $18. UK cost is £13.71.



https://www.humblebundle.com/books/t...ary_bookbundle

Wow. That's a lot of grim darkness of the far future...

This is great considering how much Black Library ebooks usually go for.

[salty-horse]

A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck is $1 on Amazon.com
Recommended by Angela Collier in a video about books that are like the Twilight Zone

An ordinary family man, geologist, and Mormon, Soren Johansson has always believed he’ll be reunited with his loved ones after death in an eternal hereafter. Then, he dies. Soren wakes to find himself cast by a God he has never heard of into a Hell whose dimensions he can barely grasp: a vast library he can only escape from by finding the book that contains the story of his life.

In this haunting existential novella, author, philosopher, and ecologist Steven L. Peck explores a subversive vision of eternity, taking the reader on a journey through the afterlife of a world where everything everyone believed in turns out to be wrong.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Critteranne

Wow. That's a lot of grim darkness of the far future...

This is great considering how much Black Library ebooks usually go for.

Happy to help. How much do Black Library eBooks go for?

[salty-horse]

Chasing the Phoenix by Michael Swanwick is $3 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)
This is the second novel-length Darger and Surplus story (the first is out of print), but I think they're standalone.
Review on Strange Horizons by Duncan Lawie

In the distant future, Surplus arrives in China dressed as a Mongolian shaman, leading a yak which carries the corpse of his friend, Darger. The old high-tech world has long since collapsed, and the artificial intelligences that ran it are outlawed and destroyed. Or so it seems.

Darger and Surplus, a human and a genetically engineered dog with human intelligence who walks upright, are a pair of con men and the heroes of a series of prior Swanwick stories. They travel to what was once China and invent a scam to become rich and powerful. Pretending to have limited super-powers, they aid an ambitious local warlord who dreams of conquest and once again reuniting China under one ruler. And, against all odds, it begins to work, but it seems as if there are other forces at work behind the scenes.

[Critteranne]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Happy to help. How much do Black Library eBooks go for?

Single novels tend to be priced at $9.99 (with some going higher). The omnibus editions often go for $21.99. (And they are often around a thousand pages.) Sometimes, the ebooks are a bit cheaper on the Black Library website.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Critteranne

Single novels tend to be priced at $9.99 (with some going higher). The omnibus editions often go for $21.99. (And they are often around a thousand pages.) Sometimes, the ebooks are a bit cheaper on the Black Library website.

Then this really is a very good deal.

[salty-horse]

Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan is $3 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)
Debut adult novel from popular YA author. First in a series.

This adult epic fantasy debut from Sarah Rees Brennan puts the reader in the villain's shoes, for an adventure that is both "brilliant" (Holly Black) and "supremely satisfying" (Leigh Bardugo). Expect a rogue's gallery of villains including an axe wielding maid, a shining knight with dark moods, a homicidal bodyguard, and a playboy spymaster with a golden heart and a filthy reputation.

When her whole life collapsed, Rae still had books. Dying, she seizes a second chance at living: a magical bargain that lets her enter the world of her favorite fantasy series.

She wakes in a castle on the edge of a hellish chasm, in a kingdom on the brink of war. Home to dangerous monsters, scheming courtiers and her favourite fictional character: the Once and Forever Emperor. He's impossibly alluring, as only fiction can be. And in this fantasy world, she discovers she's not the heroine, but the villainess in the Emperor's tale.

So be it. The wicked are better dressed, with better one-liners, even if they're doomed to bad ends. She assembles the wildly disparate villains of the story under her evil leadership, plotting to change their fate. But as the body count rises and the Emperor's fury increases, it seems Rae and her allies may not survive to see the final page.

THIS IS A TALE FOR EVERYONE WHO'S EVER FALLEN FOR THE VILLAIN...