FREE/BARGAIN — Science Fiction & Fantasy

[cromag]

Originally Posted by GlenBarrington

This is boring as all hell! I'll come back in a week or so.

I'm inclined to agree.

For the record, I'm happy if someone just let's me know that a particular book is on sale (or free). I know how to do the rest.

[JSWolf]

June 2022 Star Trek eBook deals
https://www.simonandschuster.com/p/s...ek-ebook-deals

[salty-horse]

Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel is $4 on Amazon.com

Kaikeyi is the story of the infamous queen from the Indian epic the Ramayana. It is a tale of fate, family, courage, and heartbreak—of an extraordinary woman determined to leave her mark in a world where gods and men dictate the shape of things to come.

I was born on the full moon under an auspicious constellation, the holiest of positions—much good it did me.

So begins Kaikeyi’s story. The only daughter of the kingdom of Kekaya, she is raised on tales of the gods: how they churned the vast ocean to obtain the nectar of immortality, how they vanquish evil and ensure the land of Bharat prospers, and how they offer powerful boons to the devout and the wise. Yet she watches as her father unceremoniously banishes her mother, listens as her own worth is reduced to how great a marriage alliance she can secure. And when she calls upon the gods for help, they never seem to hear.

Desperate for some measure of independence, she turns to the texts she once read with her mother and discovers a magic that is hers alone. With this power, Kaikeyi transforms herself from an overlooked princess into a warrior, diplomat, and most favored queen, determined to carve a better world for herself and the women around her.

But as the evil from her childhood stories threatens the cosmic order, the path she has forged clashes with the destiny the gods have chosen for her family. And Kaikeyi must decide if resistance is worth the destruction it will wreak—and what legacy she intends to leave behind.

[Kieran Seymour]

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Hunger Games prequel) by Suzanne Collins is a Daily Deal at Amazon UK today. £1.29.

It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuvre his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute.

The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined - ; every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favour or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute... and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.

[zelda.owns.link]

Originally Posted by salty-horse

Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel is $4 on Amazon.com

Also $3.99 on Kobo Canada.

[Little.Egret]

Originally Posted by zelda.owns.link

Also $3.99 on Kobo Canada.

And £5.49 Amazon.UK

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Kaikeyi-i...dp/B09XQTWP8F/

[salty-horse]

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

And £5.49 Amazon.UK

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Kaikeyi-i...dp/B09XQTWP8F/

That's the regular price, and not a discount.

[ZodWallop]

Two Gerin the Fox Novels by Harry Turtledove is $1.99 at Amazon US.

The first book in the collection is actually a combination of two earlier novels, so I guess you're getting three books for $2.

Before his renown as “the standard bearer for alternate history” (USA Today),New York Times–bestselling and Hugo Award–winning author Harry Turtledove’s first published series told of the heroic exploits of Gerin the Fox as he battled dark magic in the Empire of Elabon.

Werenight: The second son of the Baron of Fox Keep, young Gerin never wanted title or responsibility, but both were thrust upon him when his father and brother were ambushed and slain by enemy Trokmê. Now the Trokmê are returning, led by a powerful new wizard, and Gerin’s only chance for victory is to find a mage who can battle the sorcerer and fight the coming of the Werenight, when men will become monsters...

Prince of the North: Peace has been fragile since the terrible Werenight, when the light of four moons transformed men into beasts. The people look to Gerin the Fox to stand firm against encroaching chaos and civil war. But things are about to get much worse. When an earthquake tears their land open, undoing an ancient warding spell and unleashing a legion of ravaging beasts from the dark underground, Gerin must defend his realm from an onslaught of monsters...

This collection was previously published by Baen as Wisdom of the Fox

[ZodWallop]

The Penultimate Truth by Philip K Dick is $1.99 at Amazon US.

In this dystopian novel from the author of The Man in the High Castle, humanity is forced to live underground while a great secret hides above them.

In the future, most of humanity lives in massive underground bunkers, producing weapons for the nuclear war they’ve fled. Constantly bombarded by patriotic propaganda, the citizens of these industrial anthills believe they are waiting for the day when the war will be over and they can return aboveground. But when Nick St. James, president of one anthill, makes an unauthorized trip to the surface, what he finds is more shocking than anything he could imagine.

[svenlind]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

The Penultimate Truth by Philip K Dick is $1.99 at Amazon US.

Got it

[ReadingManiac]

I've come across a rather good indie Fantasy author, Angel Haze.

She has two free books available on her website. This one is no obligation, the other one is a mailing list sign-up.

http://angelhaze.com/books/bound-death/

[ZodWallop]

The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham is $1.99 at Amazon US.

Probably better known by its filmed title: Village of the Damned.

What if the women of a sleepy English village all became simultaneously pregnant, and the children, once born, possessed supernatural—and possibly alien—powers?

A mysterious silver object appears in quiet, picture-perfect Midwich. A day later, the object is gone—and all the women in the village, they will come to learn, are now pregnant.

The resultant children of Midwich are shockingly, frighteningly other. Faced with these unfathomable and potentially unstoppable children, the question arises: What will humanity do when faced with the threat of the unknown?

[salty-horse]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham is $1.99 at Amazon US

This looks like a new edition by a proper publisher, and an introduction by Kelly Link.

I have the old Rosetta Ebooks edition, which has since been removed from Amazon. I haven't read it, but I'll get the new one. It's possible that edition was missing text, which is the case with their edition of Queen's Gambit, which is missing about two pages.

[Quoth]

It's PD in in countries that are Life + 50, which all would be if it wasn't for USA Corporations.
So if you live in Canada it's free as an ebook.
He died in 1969.

I like a lot of Wyndham books and still have many on paper. I wasn't so fond of Midwich Cuckoos. I've one of his John Benyon books; Wanderers of Time.

[salty-horse]

Tuyo by Rachel Neumeier is FREE for a limited time(?) on Amazon.com
First in a series. Has good reviews. I think it's self-published.

Raised a warrior in the harsh winter country, Ryo inGara has always been willing to die for his family and his tribe. When war erupts against the summer country, the prospect of death in battle seems imminent. But when his warleader leaves Ryo as a sacrifice -- a tuyo -- to die at the hands of their enemies, he faces a fate he never imagined.

Ryo's captor, a lord of the summer country, may be an enemy . . . but far worse enemies are moving, with the current war nothing but the opening moves in a hidden game Ryo barely glimpses, a game in which all his people may be merely pawns. Suddenly Ryo finds his convictions overturned and his loyalties uncertain. Should he support the man who holds him prisoner, the only man who may be able to defeat their greater enemy? And even if he does, can he persuade his people to do the same?