FREE/BARGAIN — Science Fiction & Fantasy

[WillAdams]

Tolkien's Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Sir Orfeo is $1.99 on Amazon for the Kindle:

https://www.amazon.com/Gawain-Green-.../dp/B099Z4DP6T

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Jon, when you go out looking at cars, do you say this one is only $49.999.99 or do you say it's $50 thousand?

I have not gone looking at cars in a long time.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Jon, when you go out looking at cars, do you say this one is only $49.999.99 or do you say it's $50 thousand?

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I have not gone looking at cars in a long time.

Nice attempted avoidance, Jon.

And when you did go looking at cars? Did you go that car is $49 thousand since it is a whole penny away from $50 thousand?

Perhaps, I should have used $9,999.99 and $10 thousand instead to allow for you not having car shopped in decades.

[issybird]

Drop it now. Until next time. It’s not fair to those who are actually looking for bargains.

[salty-horse]

The Gaslight Dogs by Karin Lowachee is $0.75 on Amazon.com

At the edge of the known world, an ancient nomadic tribe faces a new enemy-an Empire fueled by technology and war.

A young spiritwalker of the Aniw and a captain in the Ciracusan army find themselves unexpectedly thrown together. The Aniw girl, taken prisoner from her people, must teach the reluctant soldier a forbidden talent -- one that may turn the tide of the war and will surely forever brand him an outcast.

From the rippling curtains of light in an Arctic sky, to the gaslit cobbled streets of the city, war is coming to the frozen north. Two people have a choice that will decide the fates of nations -- and may cast them into a darkness that threatens to bring destruction to both their peoples.

[ZodWallop]

The Desert of Souls series by Howard Andrew Jones are on sale, $3 a piece. This is old-fashioned sword and sorcery fantasy in an Arabian Nights setting.

The new covers are pretty crappy compared to the previous ones. A shame.

The Desert of Souls - Amazon, B&N, Kobo

The glittering tradition of sword-and-sorcery sweeps into the sands of ancient Arabia with the heart-stopping speed of a whirling dervish in this thrilling debut novel from new talent Howard Andrew Jones

In 8th century Baghdad, a stranger pleads with the vizier to safeguard the bejeweled tablet he carries, but he is murdered before he can explain. Charged with solving the puzzle, the scholar Dabir soon realizes that the tablet may unlock secrets hidden within the lost city of Ubar, the Atlantis of the sands. When the tablet is stolen from his care, Dabir and Captain Asim are sent after it, and into a life and death chase through the ancient Middle East.

Stopping the thieves—a cunning Greek spy and a fire wizard of the Magi—requires a desperate journey into the desert, but first Dabir and Asim must find the lost ruins of Ubar and contend with a mythic, sorcerous being that has traded wisdom for the souls of men since the dawn of time. But against all these hazards there is one more that may be too great even for Dabir to overcome...

The Bones of the Old Ones - Amazon, B&N, Kobo

As a snowfall blankets 8th century Mosul, a Persian noblewoman arrives at the home of the scholar Dabir and his friend the swordsman Captain Asim. Najya has escaped from a dangerous cabal that has ensorcelled her to track down ancient magical tools of tremendous power, the bones of the old ones.

To stop the cabal and save Najya, Dabir and Asim venture into the worst winter in human memory, hunted by a shape-changing assassin. The stalwart Asim is drawn irresistibly toward the beautiful Persian even as Dabir realizes she may be far more dangerous a threat than anyone who pursues them, for her enchantment worsens with the winter. As their opposition grows, Dabir and Asim have no choice but to ally with their deadliest enemy, the treacherous Greek necromancer, Lydia. But even if they can trust one another long enough to escape their foes, it may be too late for Najya, whose soul is bound up with a vengeful spirit intent on sheathing the world in ice for a thousand years...

The Waters of Eternity (short stories) - Amazon, B&N, Kobo

Dabir and Asim return! From acclaimed historical fantasy writer Howard Andrew Jones comes this collection of the short adventures that launched his career. Venture into the time of the Arabian Nights with stalwart Captain Asim and the brilliant Dabir as they hunt an unseen killer that craves only the eyes of his victims, and pursue a dark entity haunting the halls of an opulent mansion. Ride with them on a desperate journey to preserve a terrible weapon from Byzantine agents, and seek the waters of eternity to save a dying girl's life. In six tales brimming with mystery and sword-slinging action Dabir and Asim stride forward into adventure. With nothing to shield them but Asim's sword arm and Dabir's wit, the two heroes must unravel sinister puzzles, confront dark wizards, rescue fair maidens, and battle the terrifying monsters of legend.

[salty-horse]

Solaris has a Halloween sale. As usual, availability may change based on your region.
https://rebellionpublishing.com/sale/

[salty-horse]

Monday Starts on Saturday by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky is $3 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)
Translated by Andrew Bromfield.

When young programmer Alexander Ivanovich Privalov picks up two hitchhikers while driving in Karelia, he is drawn into the mysterious world of the National Institute for the Technology of Witchcraft and Thaumaturgy, where research into magic is serious business.

And where science, sorcery and socialism meet, can chaos be far behind?

[pdurrant]

Shadows over Baker Street is £0.99 at Amazon UK today.

"The terrifyingly surreal universe of horror master H. P. Lovecraft bleeds into the logical world of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's champion of rational deduction, in these stories by twenty top horror, mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writers."

Included stories:

“A Study in Emerald” by Neil Gaiman
“A Case of Royal Blood” by Steven-Elliot Altman
“Art in the Blood” by Brian Stableford
“The Curious Case of Miss Violet Stone” by Poppy Z. Brite and David Ferguson
“The Horror of the Many Faces” by Tim Lebbon
“Tiger! Tiger!” by Elizabeth Bear
“The Case of the Wavy Black Dagger” by Steve Perry
“The Weeping Masks” by James Lowder
“The Adventure of the Antiquarian’s Niece” by Barbara Hambly
“The Mystery of the Worm” by John Pelan
“The Mystery of the Hanged Man’s Puzzle” by Paul Finch
“The Adventure of the Arab’s Manuscript” by Michael Reaves
“The Drowned Geologist” by Caitlín R. Kiernan
“A Case of Insomnia” by John P. Vourlis
“The Adventure of the Voorish Sign” by Richard A. Lupoff
“The Adventure of Exham Priory” by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre
“Death Did Not Become Him” by David Niall Wilson and Patricia Lee Macomber
“Nightmare in Wax” by Simon Clark

[svenlind]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Shadows over Baker Street is £0.99 at Amazon UK today.

Thank you for that one
It is also avaiable at Amazon US at about the same price. At least for me in Denmark

[salty-horse]

Johnny and the Dead (Johnny Maxwell #2) by Terry Pratchett is $2 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)

Sell the cemetery?

Over their dead bodies . . .

Not many people can see the dead (not many would want to). Twelve-year-old Johnny Maxwell can. And he's got bad news for them: the council want to sell the cemetery as a building site. But the dead have learnt a thing or two from Johnny. They're not going to take it lying down . . . especially since it's Halloween tomorrow.

Besides, they're beginning to find that life is a lot more fun than it was when they were . . . well . . . alive. Particularly if they break a few rules . . .

[salty-horse]

Navola by Paolo Bacigalupi is $2 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)
Newish release. Will be a series with 2 or 3 books.

In Navola, a bustling city-state dominated by a handful of influential families, business is power, and power is everything. For generations, the di Regulai family—merchant bankers with a vast empire—has nurtured tendrils that stretch to the farthest reaches of the known world. And though they claim not to be political, their staggering wealth has bought cities and toppled kingdoms. Soon, Davico di Regulai will be expected to take the reins of power from his father and demonstrate his mastery of the games of Navolese diplomacy: knowing who to trust and who to doubt, and how to read what lies hidden behind a smile. But in Navola, strange and ancient undercurrents lurk behind the gilt and grandeur—like the fossilized dragon eye in the family’s possession, a potent symbol of their raw power and a talisman that seems to be summoning Davico to act.

As tensions rise and the events unfold, Davico will be tested to his limits. His fate depends on the eldritch dragon relic and on what lies buried in the heart of his adopted sister, Celia di Balcosi, whose own family was destroyed by Nalova’s twisted politics.

[pdurrant]

Starter Villain by John Scalzi is £0.99 at Amazon UK this month.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Starter-Vil...dp/B0BJDXRGX8/

This was first published in September 2023!

[salty-horse]

Also in the monthly UK sale is Gnomon by Nick Harkaway for £1 (Kobo, Amazon)
Recommended by Vajra Chandrasekera in this Five Books interview about science fantasy.

Near-future Britain is a state in which citizens are constantly observed and democracy has reached a pinnacle of 'transparency.' Every action is seen, every word is recorded and the System has access to thoughts and memories.

When suspected dissident Diana Hunter dies in custody, it marks the first time a citizen has been killed during an interrogation. Mielikki Neith, a trusted state inspector, is assigned to find out what went wrong. Immersing herself in neural recordings of the interrogation, what she finds isn't Hunter but rather a panorama of characters within Hunter's psyche.

Embedded in the memories of these impossible lives lies a code which Neith must decipher to find out what Hunter is hiding. The staggering consequences of what she finds will reverberate throughout the world.

[BionicGecko]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

Also in the monthly UK sale is Gnomon by Nick Harkaway for £1

Thanks for this! Quick question: is there an easy way to see what the monthly deals are? Amazon UK has changed their landing page for Kindle deals and it’s a bit of a mess now; Kobo seems better but it’s still not that great. AFAIK neither has a clear “monthly deals” page, or perhaps I somehow missed it?