FREE/BARGAIN — Science Fiction & Fantasy

[Kieran Seymour]

It looks like the February Star Trek bargains for the UK are live a few days early, and it's a Next Generation month. All 99p each.

Amazon | Kobo.

All three books in the Cold Equations trilogy from 2012, set in the aftermath of the Typhon Pact series.

Book I - The Persistence of Memory - David Mack
Book II - Silent Weapons - David Mack
Book III - The Body Electric - David Mack

And the six Slings and Arrows novellas from 2007/8, which are exclusively available in eBook format.

Book I - A Sea of Troubles - J Steven York & Christina F York
Book II - The Oppressor's Wrong - Phaedra M Wilson
Book III - The Insolence of Office - William Leisner
Book IV - The Sleep of Death - Terri Osborne
Book V - A Weary Life - Robert Greenberger
Book VI - Enterprises of Great Pitch and Moment - Keith RA DeCandido

[ZodWallop]

Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling is $1.99 at Amazon US.

In a near-future new age of corporate control, hacker mercenaries, and electronic terrorism, a public relations executive on the rise finds herself caught in the violent epicenter of a data war

Two decades into the twenty-first century, the world’s nations are becoming irrelevant. Corporations are the true global powers, with information the most valuable currency, while the smaller island nations have become sanctuaries for data pirates and terrorists. A globe-trotting PR executive for the large corporate economic democracy Rizome Industries Group, Laura Webster is present when a foreign representative is assassinated on Rizome soil during a conference for offshore data havens. Dispatched immediately on an international mission of diplomacy, Laura hopes she can make a difference in a volatile, unsteady world, but instead finds herself trapped on the front lines of rapidly escalating third-world hostilities and caught up in an inescapable net of conspiracy, terrorism, post-millennial voodoo, and electronic warfare.

[ZodWallop]

Continuing the classic cyberpunk theme:
Synners by Pat Cadigan is $1.99 at Amazon US.

In Synners, the line between technology and humanity is hopelessly slim. To be a Synner is to join the online hardcore, an outlaw band of hackers, simulation pirates, and reality synthesizers hooked on artificial reality and virtual space. Now you can change yourself to suit the machines - all it costs you is your freedom, and your humanity.

Synners shows us a world perilously close to our own. A constant stream of new technology spawns new crime before it hits the streets, and the human mind and the external landscape have fused to the point where any encounter with "reality" is incidental. Equal parts thrill-ride and cautionary tale, this classic novel by the Queen of Cyberpunk offers us a terrifying glimpse into the future of our race.

Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for best novel, 1992

and:
Count Zero by William Gibson is also $1.99 at Amazon US.

A corporate mercenary wakes in a reconstructed body, a beautiful woman by his side. Then Hosaka Corporation reactivates him, for a mission more dangerous than the one he’s recovering from: to get a defecting chief of R&D—and the biochip he’s perfected—out intact. But this proves to be of supreme interest to certain other parties—some of whom aren’t remotely human...

[Fbone]

Theory of Bastards by Audrey Schulman is $2.99

https://smile.amazon.com/Theory-Bast...t%2C166&sr=1-1

Francine decided to share her MacArthur award with the Foundation so that she could study a group of remarkable animals, gentle and intelligent – the perfect creatures to certify her astonishing theory of reproduction, a revolutionary concept that has already changed genetic testing and unmasked public figures and past presidents.

As Francine learns more about her fascinating subjects, we slowly discover that she has access to the most advanced technology: “bodyware,” the lifelike devices that have replaced cellphones, computers, watches, television—most every means of communication. This near-future world is utterly dependent on these little understood mechanisms and implants.

And so when the terrible, dry winds sweep out of the abandoned places in America, silencing all devices, Francine and the man she has grown to love make a decision that will determine if they’ll face a premature ending or, maybe, find a chance to start life over.

[Fbone]

Polaris Rising (The Consortium Rebellion Book 1) Kindle Edition
by Jessie Mihalik is $1.99

A space princess on the run and a notorious outlaw soldier become unlikely allies in this imaginative, sexy space opera adventure—the first in an exciting science fiction trilogy.

In the far distant future, the universe is officially ruled by the Royal Consortium, but the High Councillors, the heads of the three High Houses, wield the true power. As the fifth of six children, Ada von Hasenberg has no authority; her only value to her High House is as a pawn in a political marriage. When her father arranges for her to wed a noble from House Rockhurst, a man she neither wants nor loves, Ada seizes control of her own destiny. The spirited princess flees before the betrothal ceremony and disappears among the stars.

https://smile.amazon.com/Polaris-Ris...t%2C166&sr=1-1

[maddz]

Today's Big Deal at Amazon.co.uk is The Foundation series by Isaac Azimov:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=s9_ac...d_i=5400977031

Foundation
Second Foundation
Foundation and Empire
I, Robot REPEAT

All 4 are 99p each

[maddz]

The February Monthly Deal on Amazon.co.uk includes:

Holly Black: Tales of Modern Faerie trilogy at 99p each:
Tithe
Valiant
Ironside
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?bbn=43633...s_authors__200

The Kingdom of Copper, by S A Charkraborty (Daevabad 2) is £1.99
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingdom-Cop...2AZJ14F&sr=1-2

Viper, by Bex Hogan (Isles of Storm and Sorrow 1) is 99p
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Viper-Book-...ZJ14F&sr=1-605

The Thief of Time, by Terry Pratchett (Discworld 26) is £1.99
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thief-Time-...AZJ14F&sr=1-15

The Ghost Brigades, by John Scalzi (Old Man's War 2) is 99p REPEAT
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ghost-Briga...AZJ14F&sr=1-22

Sorcerer to the Crown, by Zen Cho is 99p REPEAT
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sorcerer-Cr...AZJ14F&sr=1-25

The White Dragon, by Anne McCaffrey (Pern 3) is 99p REPEAT
https://www.amazon.co.uk/White-Drago...AZJ14F&sr=1-30

An Orc on the Wild Side, by Tom Holt (aka K J Parker) is 99p
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Orc-Wild-Si...AZJ14F&sr=1-32

The Raven Tower, by Anne Leckie is 99p REPEAT
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Raven-Tower...AZJ14F&sr=1-36

Midnight Tides, by Steven Erikson (Malazan Book of the Fallen 5) is £1.99 REPEAT
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Midnight-Ti...AZJ14F&sr=1-37

Brief Cases, by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files stories) is 99p REPEAT
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brief-Cases...AZJ14F&sr=1-41

The Chronicles of St Mary's Omnibus, by Jodi Taylor (St Mary's 1-3) is 99p
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chronicles-...AZJ14F&sr=1-68
I think the individual titles have all been in various Kindle deals before so check your library.

White Hot, by Ilona Andrews (Hidden Legacy 2) is 99p REPEAT
https://www.amazon.co.uk/White-Hot-H...AZJ14F&sr=1-77

[itisbomb]

Lock In
by John Scalzi

is $2.99 at U.S. stores

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/lock-in-2

[Fbone]

Blackdog (Gods of the Caravan Road Book 1)by K. Johansen is $1.99

https://smile.amazon.com/Blackdog-Go...al-text&sr=1-1

[Fbone]

Turning Darkness Into Light by Marie Brennan is $2.99

As the renowned granddaughter of Isabella Camherst (Lady Trent, of the riveting and daring Draconic adventure memoirs) Audrey Camherst has always known she, too, would want to make her scholarly mark upon a chosen field of study.

When Lord Gleinheigh recruits Audrey to decipher a series of ancient tablets holding the secrets of the ancient Draconean civilization, she has no idea that her research will plunge her into an intricate conspiracy, one meant to incite rebellion and invoke war. Alongside dearest childhood friend and fellow archeologist Kudshayn, Audrey must find proof of the conspiracy before it’s too late.

https://smile.amazon.com/Turning-Dar...t%2C171&sr=1-1

[salty-horse]

Originally Posted by Fbone

Turning Darkness Into Light by Marie Brennan is $2.99

Note that this is a sequel to the Lady Trent series and contains spoilers to the events in it.

Here's an answer to a Goodreads question if you should read the main series first:

think having read the whole series beforehand would be helpful. You could probably catch on to the basic gist of how this world works without it, but many of the countries have be previously visited in the other series and aren't explained here. The main character's background would also make more sense having read the series. Lady Trent herself plays a cameo role at the end. And of course, this book involves massive spoilers for the final volume of the Lady Trent series.

If you really want to, you probably could do it. But it would be a better experience to read after finishing the series.

[Number9]

Originally Posted by itisbomb

Lock In

by John Scalzi



is $2.99 at U.S. stores



Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/lock-in-2

That is a good one, I think. 👍

[BetterRead]

All 3 titles in the Impossible Times Trilogy by Mark Lawrence are currently on sale for $1.99 apiece at Amazon US.

One Word Kill

Limited Wish

Dispel Illusion

Spoiler:

[Fbone]

Last Song Before Night: The Harp and Ring Sequence #1 by Ilana C. Myer is $2.99

https://smile.amazon.com/Last-Song-B...t%2C175&sr=1-1

A high fantasy following a young woman's defiance of her culture as she undertakes a dangerous quest to restore her world's lost magic in Ilana C. Myer's Last Song Before Night.

[salty-horse]

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel is $2.99 at Amazon.com and other retailers.

(This sale is to promote her upcoming novel, The Glass Hotel)

An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse, Station Eleven tells the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity.

A National Book Award Finalist
A PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist

Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the city, and within weeks, civilization as we know it came to an end.

Twenty years later, Kirsten moves between the settlements of the altered world with a small troupe of actors and musicians. They call themselves The Traveling Symphony, and they have dedicated themselves to keeping the remnants of art and humanity alive. But when they arrive in St. Deborah by the Water, they encounter a violent prophet who will threaten the tiny band’s existence. And as the story takes off, moving back and forth in time, and vividly depicting life before and after the pandemic, the strange twist of fate that connects them all will be revealed.