FREE/BARGAIN — Science Fiction & Fantasy

[sufue]

Nice to know that Amazon considers it to be the "#1 Best Seller in Mechanical & Material Engineering"...see the screenshot...

Originally Posted by salty-horse

The Cautious Traveller's Guide to The Wastelands by Sarah Brooks is £1 in the UK (Kobo, Amazon)
Was on my wishlist.
Review by Ian Mond
Review by Mahvesh Murad

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Play of Shadows: Thrills, Wit And Swordplay with a new generation of the Greatcoats! (The Court of Shadows Book 1) by Sebastien de Castell
Amazon US $0.99

Damelas Chademantaigne picked a poor night to flee a judicial duel.

He has precious little hope of escaping the wrath of the Vixen, the most feared duellist in the entire city, until he stumbles through the stage doors of the magnificent Operato Belleza and tricks his way into the company of actors. An archaic law provides a temporary respite from his troubles - until one night a ghostly voice in his head causes Damelas to fumble his lines, inadvertently blurting out a dreadful truth: the city's most legendary hero may actually be a traitor and a brutal murderer.

With only the help of his boisterous and lusty friend Bereto, a beautiful assassin whose target may well be Damelas himself, and a company of misfit actors who'd just as soon see him dead, this failed grandson of two Greatcoats must somehow find within himself the courage to dig up long-buried truths before a ruthless band of bravos known as the Iron Orchids come for his head.

Oh, and there's still that matter of the Vixen waiting to duel him . . .

[Manabi]

Arc Manor's giving away a free book, The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction 2021 edited by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki. Go to this link, then change the price to $0 for free checkout.

Spoiler:

The first ever Year's Best African speculative fiction anthology with works from some of the most exciting voices, old and new, published in the 2020 year.

• Where You Go by Somto O. Ihezue
• Things Boys Do by Pemi Aguda
• Giant Steps by Russell Nichols
• The Future in Saltwater by Tamara Jerée
• The ThoughtBox by Tlotlo Tsamaase
• The Parts That Make Us Monsters by Sheree Renée Thomas
• Scar Tissue by Tobias S. Buckell
• Ancestries by Sheree Renée Thomas
• Breath of the Sahara by Inegbenoise O. Osagie
• The Many Lives of an Abiku by Tobi Ogundiran
• A Love Song for Herkinal as composed by Ashkernas amid the ruins of New Haven by Chinelo Onwualu
• A Curse at Midnight by Moustapha Mbacké Diop
• A Mastery of German by Marian Denise Moore
• Are We Ourselves? by Michelle Mellon
• When the Last of the Birds and the Bees Have Gone On by C.L. Clark
• The Goatkeeper’s Harvest by Tobi Ogundiran
• Baba Klep by Eugen Bacon
• Desiccant by Craig Laurance Gidney
• Disassembly by Makena Onjerika
• The River of Night by Tlotlo Tsamaase
• Egoli by T.L. Huchu
• The Friendship Bench by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu
• Fort Kwame by Derek Lubangakene
• We Come as Gods by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
• And This is How to Stay Alive by Shingai Njeri Kagunda
• The Front Line by WC Dunlap
• Penultimate by ZZ Claybourne
• Love Hangover by Sheree Renée Thomas
• Red_Bati by Dilman Dila

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Twisting the Rope by R. A. MacAvoy is $2 at Amazon (only). Sequel to Tea With The Black Dragon.

I remember strongly being encouraged to buy this one last time it was on sale, but I missed it.

The Campbell Award–winning author’s follow-up to Tea with the Black Dragon: “Wow! MacAvoy’s done it again” (Anne McCaffrey, New York Times–bestselling author).

Mayland Long, aka the Black Dragon, has been enjoying a peaceful relationship with Martha Macnamara—but suddenly they face threats from seemingly every side. A wild psychic force is loose in the world; Martha’s three-year-old granddaughter has been kidnapped; and one of her Celtic musician friends has been found dead, hanging by a rope of twisted grass. Now the Black Dragon must use his wits to rescue the little girl and hunt for a killer . . . even if it brings him to a horrifying realization.

In this novel, the author of The Book of Kells returns to the modern-day California of Tea with the Black Dragon, blending fantasy, mystery, Chinese lore, and a timeless love story as she so masterfully did in her debut, which earned nominations for Nebula, Hugo, World Fantasy, and Philip K. Dick Awards. “MacAvoy supports her tale with a superbly drawn cast of characters . . . and her usual superior command of language” (Booklist).