Free/Bargain Science Fiction & Fantasy in April 2014

[Little.Egret]

Amazon UK Spring Sale includes
Taste of Darkness (An Avry of Kazan Novel - Book 3) by Maria V. Snyder (31 Dec 2013)

£0.99 Kindle Edition
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Taste-Darkne...dp/B00FBFJX3Y/

[Gazella]

Found (The Missing, Book 1) and Sent (The Missing, Book 2) By Margaret Peterson Haddix

The series follows the story of famous children in history stolen by futuristic time travelers from their place in time and accidentally sent to the twenty-first century as babies. Being one of the missing children, adopted thirteen year old Jonah, along with his non-adopted sister Katherine must help return the missing kids to their rightful places in history and fix time before it is destroyed.

$1.99 each at Amazon US

Book One

Book Two


* This is a science-fiction series but also YA. So I don't know if it belongs in the YA thread more or this one.

[PurpleStar]

A Dance of Cloaks by David Dalglish is on sale this month for $1.99. Kobo and Amazon.

[BelleZora]

Free today at Amazon US: Zadayi Red by Meredith Blevins and Win Blevins. It was originally published in hardcover by Tor-Forge Books in 2009 under the pen name Caleb Fox. It is tagged a Cherokee Historical Fantasy. Couldn't find it in epub.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009ITQRLU

[AnemicOak]

The Sand Omnibus by Hugh Howey is todays Kindle daily deal in the US price at $1.99

The old world is buried. A new one has been forged atop the shifting dunes. Here in this land of howling wind and infernal sand, four siblings find themselves scattered and lost. Their father was a sand diver, one of the elite few who could travel deep beneath the desert floor and bring up the relics and scraps that keep their people alive. But their father is gone. And the world he left behind might be next.

Welcome to the world of Sand, the first new novel from New York Times bestselling author Hugh Howey since his publication of the Silo Saga. Unrelated to those works, which looked at a dystopian world under totalitarian rule, Sand is an exploration of lawlessness. Here is a land ignored. Here is a people left to fend for themselves. Adjust your ker and take a last, deep breath before you enter.

Also at Amazon CA

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

The Phoenix Pick free ebook this month is Reboots by Mercedes Lackey and Cody Martin.

Alas, it's the usual horrible Phoenix pick formatting. I've just got irritated enough to use (the excellent) editor in calibre to remove all the extraneous spans and the fixed font sizes.

[Andreiuta]

The Dust of Ancients (The Lynher Mill Chronicles) by Terri Nixon is now free from Amazon.

A curse uttered in the extremity of terror and death can reverberate for centuries. When the means to bring that curse to fruition are suddenly within reach, the innocents must look to their past to protect their future ... and their past wants no part of it.

Richard Lucas has been plagued by vivid and disturbing dreams since the death of his wife eleven years ago, and, desperate to get his life back on track, he is persuaded by his best friend Dean to take a sabbatical. But when he arrives in Dean’s home village of Lynher Mill he discovers that, not only is Dean not who he seems, but that he himself is bound more tightly to the Cornish moorlands than he could have imagined. And far more deeply than he would ever want to be.

As the events that began to shape his life over three thousand years ago continue their steady, unstoppable march towards a terrifying conclusion, Richard discovers the truth about his connection to the moor, and eventually has to do battle with his own history just to survive. Those who love him struggle with conflicting loyalties and come to realise that, if the land itself is to endure, they must make some devastating decisions.

[Gazella]

The Dark Citadel (Book #1) By Michael Wallace

A slave boy named Darik falls in with a pair of spies as the great city of Balsalom comes under siege by the armies of a dark wizard. They flee west to enlist the aid of griffin riders, an order of wizards, and a band of ascetic knights to come to the city's defense. Meanwhile, a young queen named Kallia leads a heroic struggle to keep both her city and body free from the dark wizard's cruel embrace.

Free (originally $3.99)

Amazon

[KentE]

Originally Posted by BelleZora

Free today at Amazon US: Zadayi Red by Meredith Blevins and Win Blevins. It was originally published in hardcover by Tor-Forge Books in 2009 under the pen name Caleb Fox. It is tagged a Cherokee Historical Fantasy. Couldn't find it in epub.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009ITQRLU

Thanks for this Bella Zora!
My wife is (part) Cherokee, and I know she'll be tickled to see this!
KentE

[Gazella]

Ice Forged (The Ascendant Kingdoms Saga, Book 1) by Gail Z. Martin

Blaine killed the man who dishonored his sister — and now he’s condemned to live in Velant, a remote and icy colony. When magic begins to run wild, can Blaine band together with the people of Velant to save the world? A riveting, epic fantasy.

$1.99 (originally $9.99)

Amazon

[Purple Lady]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Alas, it's the usual horrible Phoenix pick formatting. I've just got irritated enough to use (the excellent) editor in calibre to remove all the extraneous spans and the fixed font sizes.

They have got nerve to even call this an epub. There is a small css file, but most everything is hardcoded inside the html. I was going to give them one more chance, but even with the Calibre Editor it's not worth it to me anymore.

ETA - and it's only a single large html file at that.

[Joykins]

Originally Posted by Gazella

Found (The Missing, Book 1) and Sent (The Missing, Book 2) By Margaret Peterson Haddix



$1.99 each at Amazon US

Book One

Book Two


* This is a science-fiction series but also YA. So I don't know if it belongs in the YA thread more or this one.

It's in our library in the children's department. My sixth grader loved this series. I thought it was more aimed at middle grades but yes it is certainly SF.

[Gazella]

Red Rising (The Red Rising Trilogy, Book 1) By Pierce Brown

Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he spends his life willingly, knowing that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children.

But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and lush wilds spread across the planet. Darrow—and Reds like him—are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class.

Inspired by a longing for justice, and driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste, where the next generation of humanity’s overlords struggle for power. He will be forced to compete for his life and the very future of civilization against the best and most brutal of Society’s ruling class. There, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies . . . even if it means he has to become one of them to do so.


NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“Ender, Katniss, and now Darrow.”—Scott Sigler

Pierce Brown’s relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card.

$1.99 (originally $10.99)

Amazon

B&N

Kobo

[treadlightly]

The Blade Itself (First Law Trilogy #1) by Joe Abercrombie is $1.99 at B&N.

[peachiekene]

Bargain Fantasy

$1.99
The Magic Kingdom of Landover Volume 1: Magic Kingdom For Sale SOLD! - The Black Unicorn - Wizard at Large by Terry Brooks

Capture the fantasy, thrills, and far-flung adventure of the first three novels in Terry Brooks’s enchanting Magic Kingdom of Landover series–now for the first time in one gripping volume.

Chicago lawyer Ben Holiday can’t fathom what lies ahead when he purchases Landover–a magical kingdom of chivalry and sorcery–from Meeks, the mysterious seller who placed the ad. Weary and jaded, Ben clings to the ad’s promise: “Escape into your dreams.” But Landover is not the enchanted idyll he expected.

The kingdom is in ruin. The barons refuse to recognize Ben as King, a dragon is decimating the countryside, and a demon lord has challenged any prospective ruler to a fatal duel. To make matters worse, the Paladin, renowned champion of the Kings of Landover, seems to be merely a legend.

Ben’s only allies are a bumbling court magician, a talking dog turned court scribe, and the beautiful Willow, who is part girl, part tree. With his friends in tow, Ben sets out to claim the throne. But when Meeks decides he wants Landover back, Ben will face supernatural foes of every stripe to prove himself worthy of the kingship. The question is: Can he survive?

AmazonUS

I've never read any Brooks, is this worth a read?