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[salty-horse]

Wayward Souls (A Harker & Moriarty Novel #2) by Susan J. Morris is $4 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)

The delightfully dark sequel to the gothic supernatural mystery Strange Beasts.

Six days before Samhain—the night when the veil between worlds is thinnest—Samantha Harker, daughter of Dracula’s killer, and Dr. Helena Moriarty, daughter of the famed criminal mastermind, are thrown into their next case: the mysterious disappearance of two Society field agents in Ireland. Only this time, the Royal Society is sending Jakob Van Helsing to keep an eye on them.

Sam and Hel may have solved the Paris case, but that doesn’t mean the Society trusts them. Sam has the power to slip into the minds of monsters, and Van Helsing has sworn to kill her at the first sign of corruption. And if Hel can’t prove her father’s existence, she’ll soon go down for his crimes.

Their investigation takes them from the crumbling ruins of Ireland’s untamed wilds to the occult societies of the rich and powerful. The connection between the Sam and Hel is electric, but as they fall deeper into each other’s orbit, their secrets only multiply. For Hel, it’s the sins she committed when she was her father’s pawn. For Sam, it’s a plague of death omens, mysterious black feathers, and a siren song no one else can hear. And then comes a chilling revelation that is poised to shatter everything: The agents who disappeared were each haunted by a ghost. And so, it seems, is Sam.

With characters drawn from the worlds of Dracula and Sherlock Holmes, Wayward Souls is a twisty puzzle box of a historical fantasy—perfect for fans of Genevieve Cogman, Theodora Goss, Freya Marske, T. Kingfisher, and Gail Carriger.

[salty-horse]

I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger is $2 on Amazon.com (only)

A storyteller “of great humanity and huge heart” (Minneapolis Star Tribune), Leif Enger debuted in the literary world with Peace Like a River which sold over a million copies and captured readers’ hearts around the globe. Now comes a new milestone in this boldly imaginative author’s accomplished, resonant body of work. Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of a bereaved and pursued musician embarking under sail on a sentient Lake Superior in search of his departed, deeply beloved, bookselling wife. Rainy, an endearing bear of an Orphean narrator, seeks refuge in the harbors, fogs and remote islands of the inland sea. Encountering lunatic storms and rising corpses from the warming depths, Rainy finds on land an increasingly desperate and illiterate people, a malignant billionaire ruling class, crumbled infrastructure and a lawless society. Amidst the Gulliver-like challenges of life at sea and no safe landings, Rainy is lifted by physical beauty, surprising humor, generous strangers, and an unexpected companion in a young girl who comes aboard. And as his innate guileless nature begins to make an inadvertent rebel of him, Rainy’s private quest for the love of his life grows into something wider and wilder, sweeping up friends and foes alike in his strengthening wake.

I Cheerfully Refuse epitomizes the “musical, sometimes magical and deeply satisfying kind of storytelling” (Los Angeles Times) for which Leif Enger is cherished. A rollicking narrative in the most evocative of settings, this latest novel is a symphony against despair and a rallying cry for the future.

[Cactus Chef]

Kobo UK (but not US) seems to have a "May be the 4th be with you" sale on lots of sci-fi/fantasy books, not just Star Wars stuff:

https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/p/may-the-books-be-with-you

[Cactus Chef]

Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett is $2 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The international bestselling author of the hilarious Discworld series—a writer who’s been compared to Mark Twain and Kurt Vonnegut—introduces the first steam engine into his complex, zany fantasy world.

“Everything that makes Pratchett one of the world’s most delightful writers.” —Cory Doctorow, author of Boing Boing**

Mister Simnel has produced a great clanging monster of a machine that harnesses the power of all the elements—earth, air, fire, and water—and it’s soon drawing astonished crowds. To the consternation of Ankh-Morpork’s formidable Patrician, Lord Vetinari, no one is in charge of this new invention. Who better to take the lead than the man he has already appointed master of the Post Office, the Mint and the Royal Bank?

Moist von Lipwig is not a man who enjoys hard work—unless it is dependent on words, which are not very heavy and don’t always need greasing. He does enjoy being alive, however, which makes a new job offer from Vetinari hard to refuse. Moist will have to grapple with gallons of grease, goblins, a controller with a history of throwing employees down the stairs, and some very angry dwarfs if he’s going to stop it all from going off the rails.

For anyone who bought the Discworld Humble Bundle back in the day, this book was not included in the bundle, so you may wish to grab it.

[nana77]

Originally Posted by Cactus Chef

Kobo UK (but not US) seems to have a "May be the 4th be with you" sale on lots of sci-fi/fantasy books, not just Star Wars stuff:

https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/p/may-the-books-be-with-you

Not having seem them all, but e.g. "Thrawn (Star Wars)" on Kobo US is @1,99 instead of 2,99 in UK.
I have read "Splinter of the Mind's Eye", which imho is great, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splint...e_Mind%27s_Eye) but it doesn't seems to be on discount.

[salty-horse]

Made to Kill (Ray Electromatic Mysteries #1) by Adam Christopher is $3 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)
The rest of the books in the series are frequently on sale.

Here's the original short story that spawned it, Brisk Money. (It has been retconned a bit when the novel came out, like the sidekick character being renamed from Googol to Ada. Wayback Machine link if you want to compare the text.

It was just another Tuesday morning when she walked into the office— young, as I suspected they all might be, another dark brunette with some assistance and enough eye black to match up to Cleopatra. And who am I? I'm Ray, the world's last robot, famed and feared in equal measure, which suits me just fine— after all, the last place you'd expect to find Hollywood's best hit man is in the plain light of day.
Raymond Electromatic is good at his job, the lone employee of the Electromatic Detective Agency—except for Ada, office gal and super-computer, the constant voice in Ray's inner ear. Ray might have taken up a new line of work, but money is money, after all, and he was programmed to make a profit. Besides, with his twenty-four-hour memory-tape limits, he sure can keep a secret.
When a familiar-looking woman arrives at the agency wanting to hire Ray to find a missing movie star, he's inclined to tell her to take a hike. But she had the cold hard cash, a demand for total anonymity, and tendency to vanish on her own.
Plunged into a glittering world of fame, fortune, and secrecy, Ray uncovers a sinister plot that goes much deeper than the silver screen—and this robot is at the wrong place, at the wrong time.

[Dr. Drib]

^^

I love the covers on these 3 books by Adam Christopher.

It reminds of those wonderful Dell mystery covers from the 1940s. At one time, I owned quite a few of them.

[salty-horse]

There are 3 variant covers here:
https://reactormag.com/cover-reveal-...-will-staehle/

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

There are 3 variant covers here:
https://reactormag.com/cover-reveal-...-will-staehle/

Thank you.

For me, it's similar to looking at vinyl record covers.

[salty-horse]

King of Shards and Queen of Static, the first two books in the Worldmenders trilogy by Matthew Kressel are $1 each in the US. (Amazon only, but price-matchable on Kobo)
This is a Jewish mythology-inspired dark fantasy. Only these books have been published, and I doubt a third is planned.

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024 by Hugh Howey is $3 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)
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[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

Only these books have been published, and I doubt a third is planned.

You've sparked my curiosity. Why has the trilogy been abandoned?

[salty-horse]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

You've sparked my curiosity. Why has the trilogy been abandoned?

I don't know if it's been abandoned, but I found no mention of it online, and he's published other books since.
You're welcome to ask and report back.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

King of Shards and Queen of Static, the first two books in the Worldmenders trilogy by Matthew Kressel are $1 each in the US. (Amazon only, but price-matchable on Kobo)
This is a Jewish mythology-inspired dark fantasy. Only these books have been published, and I doubt a third is planned.

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2024 by Hugh Howey is $3 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)
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Got them.

Thank you!

[nana77]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

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Thanks, time to try something in english.
There is (Kobo) "Selected Stories Of Philip K. Dick" @1,99$, and (Kobo) "Dr. Bloodmoney" and @2,99$.

A sort of companion to *Dr. Strangelove—*an unofficial and unhinged sequel—Dick’s dystopian novel is just as full of dark comedy and just as chilling.

[cc_in_oh]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

You've sparked my curiosity. Why has the trilogy been abandoned?

Maybe couldn't think of a title starting with Jack?