FREE/BARGAIN - Science Fiction, Fantasy - 2016

[itisbomb]

The Broken Sword
by Poul Anderson

is $1.99 at Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Broken-Sword-P...+poul+anderson

Below is the blurb:
This acclaimed fantasy classic of men, elves, and gods is at once breathtakingly exciting and heartbreakingly tragic

Published the same year as The Fellowship of the Ring, Poul Anderson’s novel The Broken Sword draws on similar Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon sources. In his greed for land and power, Orm the Strong slays the family of a Saxon witch—and for his sins, the Northman must pay with his newborn son. Stolen by elves and replaced by a changeling, Skafloc is raised to manhood unaware of his true heritage and treasured for his ability to handle the iron that the elven dare not touch. Meanwhile, the being who supplanted him as Orm’s son grows up angry and embittered by the humanity he has been denied. A pawn in a witch’s vengeance, the creature Valgard will never know love, and consumed by rage, he will commit a murderous act of unspeakable vileness.

It is their destiny to finally meet on the field of battle—the man-elf and his dark twin, the monster—when the long-simmering war between elves and trolls finally erupts with a devastating fury. And only the mighty sword Tyrfing, broken by Thor and presented to Skafloc in infancy, can turn the tide in a terrible clashing of faerie folk that will ultimately determine the fate of the old gods.

Along with such notables as Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury, multiple Hugo and Nebula Award winner Poul Anderson is considered one of the masters of speculative fiction.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by itisbomb

The Broken Sword
by Poul Anderson

is $1.99 at Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Broken-Sword-P...+poul+anderson

Below is the blurb:
This acclaimed fantasy classic of men, elves, and gods is at once breathtakingly exciting and heartbreakingly tragic

Published the same year as The Fellowship of the Ring, Poul Anderson’s novel The Broken Sword draws on similar Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon sources. In his greed for land and power, Orm the Strong slays the family of a Saxon witch—and for his sins, the Northman must pay with his newborn son. Stolen by elves and replaced by a changeling, Skafloc is raised to manhood unaware of his true heritage and treasured for his ability to handle the iron that the elven dare not touch. Meanwhile, the being who supplanted him as Orm’s son grows up angry and embittered by the humanity he has been denied. A pawn in a witch’s vengeance, the creature Valgard will never know love, and consumed by rage, he will commit a murderous act of unspeakable vileness.

It is their destiny to finally meet on the field of battle—the man-elf and his dark twin, the monster—when the long-simmering war between elves and trolls finally erupts with a devastating fury. And only the mighty sword Tyrfing, broken by Thor and presented to Skafloc in infancy, can turn the tide in a terrible clashing of faerie folk that will ultimately determine the fate of the old gods.

Along with such notables as Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury, multiple Hugo and Nebula Award winner Poul Anderson is considered one of the masters of speculative fiction.

If you like Fantasy, this is a classic in the field.

Highly recommended.

Get a sample and try it....

[maddz]

Todays Kindle Daily Deal on Amazon UK includes the Hugo-nominated 'The Three Body Problem' by Cixin Liu and Ken Liu

https://www.amazon.co.uk/b/ref=sv_ki...ode=5400977031

[DrNefario]

More than nominated: it won.

[maddz]

So I was told later that morning... I tend not to take any notice of whether a book has been nominated or what ever; if I like the author or the style then I'll read it, otherwise it's far too reminiscent of duty reading.

[scottken]

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Originally Posted by itisbomb View Post

The Broken Sword
by Poul Anderson

is $1.99 at Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Broken-Sword-P...+poul+anderson

Below is the blurb:
This acclaimed fantasy classic of men, elves, and gods is at once breathtakingly exciting and heartbreakingly tragic

Published the same year as The Fellowship of the Ring, Poul Anderson’s novel The Broken Sword draws on similar Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon sources. In his greed for land and power, Orm the Strong slays the family of a Saxon witch—and for his sins, the Northman must pay with his newborn son. Stolen by elves and replaced by a changeling, Skafloc is raised to manhood unaware of his true heritage and treasured for his ability to handle the iron that the elven dare not touch. Meanwhile, the being who supplanted him as Orm’s son grows up angry and embittered by the humanity he has been denied. A pawn in a witch’s vengeance, the creature Valgard will never know love, and consumed by rage, he will commit a murderous act of unspeakable vileness.

It is their destiny to finally meet on the field of battle—the man-elf and his dark twin, the monster—when the long-simmering war between elves and trolls finally erupts with a devastating fury. And only the mighty sword Tyrfing, broken by Thor and presented to Skafloc in infancy, can turn the tide in a terrible clashing of faerie folk that will ultimately determine the fate of the old gods.

Along with such notables as Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury, multiple Hugo and Nebula Award winner Poul Anderson is considered one of the masters of speculative fiction.

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

If you like Fantasy, this is a classic in the field.



Highly recommended.

Get a sample and try it....

Just doubling down on this endorsement. A terrific book.

[orangekiwi]

Jaran (The Novels of the Jaran book 1) by Kate Elliott is $1.99 again in the US. It's one of Open Roads daily deals so should be available at most US retailers for this price for today.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DUOP9QS
https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/jaran

This was one of the books that I really enjoyed and recommend

Synopsis
The first book of Kate Elliott’s epic Novels of the Jaran, set in an alien-controlled galaxy where a young woman seeks to find her own life and love, but is tied to her brother’s revolutionary fate

In the future, Earth is just one of the planets ruled by the vast Chapalii empire. The volatility of these alien overlords is something with which Tess Soerensen is all too familiar. Her brother, Charles, rebelled against them at one time and was rewarded by being elevated into their interstellar system—yet there is reason to believe they murdered his and Tess’s parents.

Struggling to find her place in the world and still mending a broken heart, Tess sneaks aboard a shuttle bound for Rhui, one of her brother’s planets. On the ground, she joins up with the native jaran people, becoming immersed in their nomadic society and customs while also attempting to get to the bottom of a smuggling scheme she encountered on her journey there. As she grows ever closer to the charismatic jaran ruler, Ilya—who is inflamed by an urgent mission of his own—Tess must choose between her feelings for him and her loyalty to her brother.

[ATDrake]

X-link to the DRM-free megathread for this Tuesday's new Wildside Press freebie:

A Stranger in Paradise by Edward M. Lerner, a mini-collection of his short science fiction stories.

Also, StoryBundle has a new Weird Horror Bundle up, with horror-leaning speculative weird fiction, and Humble Bundle's Lord of the Rings audiobook bundle, and Apex Magazine's anthology Kickstarter where you can add on almost all their back issues for a cost of less than 40 cents per issue, are both expiring soon. And there's some sfnal RPG bundles, if you're into that.

[orangekiwi]

The Silent Tower (Windrose Chronicles Book 1) by Barbara Hambly is $1.99 in the US, one of todays Open Road deals.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004TC1450
https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/eb...e-silent-tower

A wizard and a computer programmer from opposite sides of an interdimensional portal must work together to save their worlds from destruction

In a world where wizards are relegated to ghettos, it is no surprise to see one murdered in the street. But for Stonne Caris, a young warrior monk who sees the killing and gives chase to the culprit, there is nothing ordinary about seeing a murderer disappear into a black, inky portal. The Archmage sends him in search of Antryg Windrose—a half-mad mage who understands the nature of these passages between dimensions.

On the other side of the Void is Joanna, a programmer as mild as Caris is deadly. She has spent her life in cubicles, staring into computer terminals, as far from heroism as she can get. But when the power that is crossing between dimensions draws her through the Void, she finds herself battling to save a world she never even knew existed.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Barbara Hambly, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.

[AnemicOak]

Some $0.99 specials on Star Trek books...

Star Trek: The Original Series: Vulcan's Soul #1: Exodus by Josepha Sherman & Susan Shwartz
Amazon US | Google

Star Trek: The Original Series: Vulcan's Soul #2: Exiles by Josepha Sherman & Susan Shwartz
Amazon US | Google

Star Trek: The Original Series: Vulcan's Soul #3: Epiphany by Josepha Sherman & Susan Shwartz
Amazon US | Google

Spectre (Mirror Universe 1) by William Shatner
Amazon US | Google

Dark Victory (Mirror Universe 2) by William Shatner
Amazon US | Google

Preserver (Mirror Universe 3) by William Shatner
Amazon US | Google

[pdurrant]

Amazon UK Daily Deal: Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks for £0.99.

This is the second in the series, but I've been told it's a good place to start. It's also, apparently, where the TV series starts.

[orangekiwi]

Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko is $1.99 in the US

http://www.amazon.com/Night-Watch-Bo.../dp/B00DB3FSNW
https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/night-watch-15

They are the "Others," an ancient race of supernatural beings—magicians, shape-shifters, vampires, and healers—who live among us. Human born, they must choose a side to swear allegiance to—the Dark or the Light—when they come of age.

For a millennium, these opponents have coexisted in an uneasy peace, enforced by defenders like the Night Watch, forces of the Light who guard against the Dark. But prophecy decrees that one supreme "Other" will arise to spark a cataclysmic war.

Anton Gorodetsky, an untested mid-level Light magician with the Night Watch, discovers a cursed young woman—an Other of tremendous potential unallied with either side—who can shift the balance of power. With the battle lines between Light and Dark drawn, the magician must move carefully, for one wrong step could mean the beginning of annihilation.

[Ravensknight]

Originally Posted by orangekiwi

Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko is $1.99 in the US

http://www.amazon.com/Night-Watch-Bo.../dp/B00DB3FSNW
https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/night-watch-15.

Good stuff. This is as melancholy and depressing as any of the russian classics I've read :-D I recommend it.

[orangekiwi]

Trace of Magic by Diana Pharaoh Francis (The Diamond City Magic Novels Book #1) is currently $1.99 in the US

https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/trace-of-magic
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M4NSPRG

Urban Fantasy with romance.

Even the most powerful tracers can't track you if the magical trace you leave behind is too old. But I can track almost anything, even dead trace. That makes me a unicorn, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, and the Loch Ness Monster all rolled into one. In a word, I am unique. A very special snowflake. And if anyone ever finds out, I'll be dead or a slave to one of the Tyet criminal factions.

Riley Hollis has quietly traced kidnapped children and quietly tipped the cops to their whereabouts one too many times. Now she's on the radar of Detective Clay Price, a cop in the pocket of a powerful magic Tyet faction. When he blackmails her into doing a dangerous trace for him, Riley will have to break every rule that keeps her safe. Or become a Tyet pawn in a deadly, magical war.

[orangekiwi]

Old Man's War by John Scalzi (Old Man's War Book 1) is currently $2.99 (discounted in the US and also in Germany so check your local stores)

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000SEIK2S
https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/old-man-s-war

John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined the army.
The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to live on are scarce-and aliens willing to fight for them are common. The universe, it turns out, is a hostile place.
So: we fight. To defend Earth (a target for our new enemies, should we let them get close enough) and to stake our own claim to planetary real estate. Far from Earth, the war has gone on for decades: brutal, bloody, unyielding.
Earth itself is a backwater. The bulk of humanity's resources are in the hands of the Colonial Defense Force, which shields the home planet from too much knowledge of the situation. What's known to everybody is that when you reach retirement age, you can join the CDF. They don't want young people; they want people who carry the knowledge and skills of decades of living. You'll be taken off Earth and never allowed to return. You'll serve your time at the front. And if you survive, you'll be given a generous homestead stake of your own, on one of our hard-won colony planets.
John Perry is taking that deal. He has only the vaguest idea what to expect. Because the actual fight, light-years from home, is far, far harder than he can imagine-and what he will become is far stranger.