FREE/BARGAIN — Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Captives Of The Flame by Samuel R. Delany is $0.99 on Amazon.com
This is also available on Project Gutenberg. There they claim the copyright was not renewed, but in the book the copyright year is 2016 by Delany.

The Empire of Toromon had finally declared war. The attacks on its planes had been nothing compared to the final insult - the kidnapping of the Crown Prince. The enemy must be dealt with, and when they were, Toromon would be able to get back on its economic feet. But how would the members of this civilization - one of the few that survived the Great Fire - get beyond the deadly radiation barrier, behind which the enemy lay? And assuming they got beyond the barrier, how would they deal with that enemy - the Lord of the Flames - whose very presence was unknown to the people among whom he lived?

[salty-horse]

The first three Graceling Realm books by Kristin Cashore are on sale for $1.99 each on Amazon.com
This is a YA fantasy series.
The fourth book is out tomorrow.

[salty-horse]

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas is $2.99 on Amazon.com

Yadriel has summoned a ghost, and now he can't get rid of him.

Bestowed by the ancient goddess of death, Yadriel and the gifted members of his Latinx community can see spirits: women have the power to heal bodies and souls, while men can release lost spirits to the afterlife. But Yadriel, a trans boy, has never been able to perform the tasks of the brujas - because he is a brujo.

When his cousin suddenly dies, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo. With the help of his cousin and best friend Maritza, he performs the ritual himself, and then sets out to find the ghost of his murdered cousin and set it free.

However, the ghost he summons is not his cousin. It's Julian Diaz, the resident bad boy of his high school, and Julian is not about to go quietly into death. He's determined to find out what happened and tie off some loose ends before he leaves.

Left with no choice, Yadriel agrees to help Julian, so that they can both get what they want. But the longer Yadriel spends with Julian, the less he wants to let him leave.

[salty-horse]

Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman is $1.99 on Amazon.com

A modern classic, Einstein’s Dreams is a fictional collage of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein in 1905, when he worked in a patent office in Switzerland. As the defiant but sensitive young genius is creating his theory of relativity, a new conception of time, he imagines many possible worlds. In one, time is circular, so that people are fated to repeat triumphs and failures over and over. In another, there is a place where time stands still, visited by lovers and parents clinging to their children. In another, time is a nightingale, sometimes trapped by a bell jar.

Now translated into thirty languages, Einstein’s Dreams has inspired playwrights, dancers, musicians, and painters all over the world. In poetic vignettes, it explores the connections between science and art, the process of creativity, and ultimately the fragility of human existence.

[Squirsier]

Thanks a lot for that one, purchased

Originally Posted by salty-horse

Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman is $1.99 on Amazon.com

[Tarana]

Zombie Lover By Piers Anthony $1.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N (book 22 according to Fantastic Fiction)

Way Station By Clifford D. Simak $1.99 Amazon,Kobo and B&N

Cross posted in fiction
The Fireman By Joe Hill $2.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Tarana

Way Station By Clifford D. Simak $1.99 Amazon,Kobo and B&N

I recommend Way Station to anyone who's not read it before. An excellent story, well told.

[Gardenman]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I recommend Way Station to anyone who's not read it before. An excellent story, well told.

So do I

[Apache]

Originally Posted by Gardenman

So do I

Me three.
Apache

[salty-horse]

The Beauty by Aliya Whiteley is $2.99 on Amazon.com
This is a novella, with a bonus short story.
Maybe it's more horror than SF...

Somewhere away from the cities and towns, in the Valley of the Rocks, a society of men and boys gather around the fire each night to listen to their history recounted by Nate, the storyteller. Requested most often by the group is the tale of the death of all women.

They are the last generation.

One evening, Nate brings back new secrets from the woods; peculiar mushrooms are growing from the ground where the women’s bodies lie buried. These are the first signs of a strange and insidious presence unlike anything ever known before…

Discover the Beauty.

[murraypaul]

Hyperion by Dan Simmons is 99p at Amazon UK.

It is the 29th century and the universe of the Human Hegemony is under threat. Invasion by the warlike Ousters looms, and the mysterious schemes of the secessionist AI TechnoCore bring chaos ever closer.

On the eve of disaster, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set fourth on a final voyage to the legendary Time Tombs on Hyperion, home to the Shrike, a lethal creature, part god and part killing machine, whose powers transcend the limits of time and space. The pilgrims have resolved to die before discovering anything less than the secrets of the universe itself.

[salty-horse]

Annihilation Aria by Michael R. Underwood is $1.99 at Amazon.com and other US stores.

A woman who can wield a weapon like a song and her voice like a weapon. A man who can out-think any problem. A pilot who can outmaneuver the best of them. Lahra, Max, and Wheel live and work aboard the Kettle, salvaging artifacts from dangerous galactic ruins to keep scraping by.

But those artifacts can unlock an ancient power which threatens the iron-fisted rule of the galaxy’s imperialist overlords, the Vsenk. To protect their dominion, the Vsenk have humbled entire civilizations. They eat ships like the Kettle and her found family for breakfast.

Lahra, Max, and Wheel are each just trying to get home to the lives they lost, but they’ll have to evade space fascists, kick-start a rebellion, and save the galaxy first to do it.

Board the Kettle for a space opera like none you’ve ever read before; an adventure of galactic subterfuge, ancient alien lore, a secret resistance force, lost civilizations, and giant space turtles.

[ottdmk]

Annihilation Aria is also on sale for $1.99 CDN at Kobo and Amazon.ca.

[itisbomb]

Magic Bleeds (Kate Daniels #3)
Magic Breaks (Kate Daniels #7)
by Ilona Andrews

is $1.99 each at Kobo U.S.

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/magic-bleeds

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/magic-breaks

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Architects of Memory by Karen Osborne is $2.99 on Amazon.com
First in a series.

Terminally ill salvage pilot Ash Jackson lost everything in the war with the alien Vai, but she'll be damned if she loses her future. Her plan: to buy, beg, or lie her way out of corporate indenture and find a cure. When her crew salvages a genocidal weapon from a ravaged starship above a dead colony, Ash uncovers a conspiracy of corporate intrigue and betrayal that threatens to turn her into a living weapon.