Every month, we choose spectacular books of speculative fiction to discount by 80 percent or more. From fantasy classics to cutting-edge science fiction sagas, you can dive into these foreign worlds for a couple of books.
The deals last through the end of the month, but there's no time like the present to snag one and start reading!
Snow-walker
Since Gudrun came from the frozen mists beyond the edge of the world, the Jarl's people have obeyed her in hatred and terror. But the enchantress has one weakness: a son, Kari, banished to a forbidding fortress in the north, never seen by the Jarl's people. In secret they wonder: Are the rumors true? Was he born a monster?
Now Jessa and her cousin Thorkil have been exiled to the north, and if they survive the journey, they will find the truth: Is Kari a beast? Or the means to stop the sorceress?
Barrow Witch
Author Craig Comer concludes his trilogy inspired by Scottish myths with Barrow Witch. As Effie of Glen Coe and her allies hunt for the titular Barrow Witch, they uncover a sinister plot to transform free souls into devilish slaves.
“Brings human and magical beings together brilliantly! [...] This intricate tale is woven with much lore, mysticism, clever banter, and incredible characters that readers will instantly love!” —InD’tale
Bone War
A brave half-troll must stop an evil elf queen from destroying the world in this epic fantasy trilogy finale by the author of Blood Storm.
“[Harper’s] reinterpretations of trolls, giants, and fae folk give this series opener a fresh feeling, while his nods to Norse mythology and folklore root it strongly in fantasy tradition. Readers will be eager to see what’s in store for Aisa and Danr.” —Publishers Weekly
Hunter
Ice Age warrior Braldt the Hunter is captured and sold into slavery while searching for a healing crystal, and is forced to fight against creatures from other worlds in an intergalactic coliseum called Arena.
The Prophet of the Termite God
Once an outcast, Pleckoo has risen to Prophet-Commander of the Hulkrish army. But a million warriors and their ghost ants were not enough to defeat his cousin, Anand the Roach Boy, the tamer of night wasps and founder of Bee-Jor. Now Pleckoo is hunted by the army that once revered him. Yet in all his despair, Pleckoo receives prophecies from his termite god, assuring him he will kill Anand to rule the Sand, and establish the One True Religion.
Can the boy who worked in the dung heap rise above the turmoil, survive his assassins, and prevent the massacre of millions?
Lynch
A resurrected gunslinger leaves a trail of corpses across the post–Civil War West in this grisly thriller by the Bram Stoker Award–winning author of Sunglasses After Dark.
Otaku
In a city of towering monoliths, Ashley Akachi is trying her best to cope with a brother who's slipping away, a mother who's already gone, and angry young men who want to put her in her place.
When she escapes into Infinite Game, a virtual world requiring physical perfection, Ash is Ashura the Terrible. There, she is leader of the Sunjewel Warriors, loved, feared, and watched by millions across the globe. Haptic chambers, known as hapspheres, translate their every move in the real to the digital—and the Sunjewel Warriors' feats are legendary.
However, Ash is about to stumble upon a deadly conspiracy that will set her worlds crashing together, and in the real, you only get to die once…
The Time Ship
H. G. Wells wasn't the only nineteenth-century writer to dream of a time machine. The Spanish playwright Enrique Gaspar published El anacronópete—"He who flies against time"—eight years before Wells's influential work appeared. The novel begins at the 1878 Paris Exposition, where Dr. Don Sindulfo unveils his new invention—which looks like a giant sailing vessel. Soon the doctor embarks on a voyage back in time to track down the imprisoned wife of a third-century Chinese emperor, believed to possess the secret to immortality.
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