Wednesday, November 20, 2019

iTunes Store: Top 25 Books in Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2019-11-20

Jim C. Hines - Terminal Alliance artwork Terminal Alliance
Jim C. Hines
Genre: Science Fiction
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: November 07, 2017
Publisher: DAW
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

In his hilarious new sci-fi series, Jim C. Hines introduces the unlikely heroes that may just save the galaxy: a crew of space janitors. The Krakau came to Earth to invite humanity into a growing alliance of sentient species. However, they happened to arrive after a mutated plague wiped out half the planet, turned the rest into shambling, near-unstoppable animals, and basically destroyed human civilization. You know—your standard apocalypse. The Krakau’s first impulse was to turn around and go home. (After all, it’s hard to have diplomatic relations with mindless savages who eat your diplomats.) Their second impulse was to try to fix us. Now, a century later, human beings might not be what they once were, but at least they’re no longer trying to eat everyone. Mostly. Marion “Mops” Adamopoulos is surprisingly bright (for a human). As a Lieutenant on the Earth Mercenary Corps Ship Pufferfish, she’s in charge of the Shipboard Hygiene and Sanitation team. When a bioweapon attack wipes out the Krakau command crew and reverts the rest of the humans to their feral state, only Mops and her team are left with their minds intact. Escaping the attacking aliens—not to mention her shambling crewmates—is only the beginning. Sure, Mops and her team of space janitors and plumbers can clean the ship as well as anyone, but flying the damn thing is another matter. As they struggle to keep the Pufferfish functioning and find a cure for their crew, they stumble onto a conspiracy that could threaten the entire alliance… a conspiracy born from the truth of what happened on Earth all those years ago. Jim C. Hines has proven himself a master of humorous fantasy with his Jig the Goblin novels, and has turned the usual fantasy tropes sideways and upside down with his Princess and his Magic Ex Libris series. With  Terminal Alliance , the debut novel in his humorous military science fiction series, Jim takes us into a brand-new universe of entertainment certain to appeal to fans of both Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett.



Patrick Senécal - Ceux de là-bas artwork Ceux de là-bas
Patrick Senécal
Genre: Paranormal
Price: $17.99
Publish Date: November 14, 2019
Publisher: Alire
Seller: De Marque, Inc.

À l’aube de la cinquantaine, Victor Bettany est psychologue auprès des étudiants du cégep de Drummondville. En excellente forme physique, c’est toujours à pied qu’il se rend au boulot… ou au CHSLD afin de rendre visite à son père, Philippe, aux prises avec l’alzheimer, et de soutenir sa mère, Thérèse, continuellement au chevet de son mari. Or, de voir dépérir son père perturbe Victor, lui qui a vécu il y a deux ans le décès accidentel de Roxanne, son amoureuse, et dont la peur de la mort s’amplifie en vieillissant. Mais, comme il le confie souvent à sa meilleure amie Lucie, Victor se sait capable de surmonter ses angoisses, et tout cela ne l’empêche pas de vivre sa vie, ni même de chercher une nouvelle âme sœur. Mais ce soir, sa rencontre avec une flamme potentielle ne s’est pas très bien déroulée et, plutôt que de revenir chez lui, Victor décide sur un coup de tête – qu’il va amèrement regretter quelques heures plus tard – d’assister à la première du nouveau spectacle de Crypto, un jeune hypnotiseur qui aime fouiller, paraît-il, dans les zones sombres de l’humain…



Nora Roberts - The Rise of Magicks artwork The Rise of Magicks
Chronicles of The One, Book 3
Nora Roberts
Genre: Paranormal
Price: $15.99
Expected Publish Date: November 26, 2019
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Seller: Macmillan

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Year One and Of Blood and Bone concludes her stunning trilogy that the New York Times Book Review praised as "A match for end-of-the-world classics like Stephen King's The Stand ."



Michael Crichton & Daniel H. Wilson - The Andromeda Evolution artwork The Andromeda Evolution
Michael Crichton & Daniel H. Wilson
Genre: Adventure
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: November 12, 2019
Publisher: Harper
Seller: Harper Collins Canada Limited

Fifty years after The Andromeda Strain made Michael Crichton a household name—and spawned a new genre, the technothriller—the threat returns, in a gripping sequel that is terrifyingly realistic and resonant. The Evolution is Coming. In 1967, an extraterrestrial microbe came crashing down to Earth and nearly ended the human race. Accidental exposure to the particle—designated The Andromeda Strain—killed every resident of the town of Piedmont, Arizona, save for an elderly man and an infant boy. Over the next five days, a team of top scientists assigned to Project Wildfire worked valiantly to save the world from an epidemic of unimaginable proportions. In the moments before a catastrophic nuclear detonation, they succeeded. In the ensuing decades, research on the microparticle continued. And the world thought it was safe… Deep inside Fairchild Air Force Base, Project Eternal Vigilance has continued to watch and wait for the Andromeda Strain to reappear. On the verge of being shut down, the project has registered no activity—until now. A Brazilian terrain-mapping drone has detected a bizarre anomaly of otherworldly matter in the middle of the jungle, and, worse yet, the tell-tale chemical signature of the deadly microparticle. With this shocking discovery, the next-generation Project Wildfire is activated, and a diverse team of experts hailing from all over the world is dispatched to investigate the potentially apocalyptic threat. But the microbe is growing—evolving. And if the Wildfire team can’t reach the quarantine zone, enter the anomaly, and figure out how to stop it, this new Andromeda Evolution will annihilate all life as we know it.



Jame David, Victor - Forged in Space Omnibus artwork Forged in Space Omnibus
Jame David, Victor
Genre: Science Fiction
Price: $4.99
Publish Date: November 09, 2019
Publisher: Fairfield Publishing
Seller: VanBergen Inc.

As one man steps up to save humanity, he fights to keep a secret that can destroy him, and those around him. A military space adventure from Bestselling Author James David Victor. Jack Forge started as an unwilling recruit, but quickly established himself as a top-notch Marine and an inspired leader. When faced with impossible odds, he has repeatedly saved the day…and his fellow marines. As his status grows, he must fight to keep a secret that could cost himself and his friends everything. One thing is certain, Jack has been forged in space and will fight to save humanity from the hostile aliens who inhabit it. The the  Forged in Space Omnibus  includes the first three books in the Jack Forge, Fleet Marine series. If you like fast paced military science fiction, Jack Forge is the kind of hero you can root for. Download the  Forged in Space Omnibus  and get started on your next space adventure today! Stories Included: Recruit Forged in Space Forged to Lead



R.J. Vickers - The Natural Order artwork The Natural Order
R.J. Vickers
Genre: Contemporary
Price: $0.99
Publish Date: February 12, 2016
Publisher: R.J. Vickers
Seller: Smashwords, Inc.

Only young criminals are allowed at the Underground Academy of Magic.  When Tristan Fairholm is invited to study at the Underground Academy, he thinks he’s being transferred to a more secure juvenile detention center.  He hadn’t meant to give his bully a concussion. He had never even fought back before. But this time, something strange happened—something he can’t explain. A strange power surged through him, and the next thing he knew, the kid was on the floor, bleeding from his nose.  If he rejects the offer to study at the Underground Academy, Tristan will remain in Juvie.  But something doesn’t seem quite right about this new academy.  For one, it’s hidden away in the northern Rocky Mountains, where no one can find it.  For another, there are no students except the fourteen recruited alongside Tristan.  Oh—and they’re studying magic.  * * * As he learns to extract and shape raw magic, Tristan finds unexpected friendship in his fellow students, from lovable Rusty Lennox to mysterious, fey Amber Ashton. But the more he learns, the more the mysteries pile up.  Why are only criminals welcome at the Underground Academy?  Why are the students harvesting mountains of raw magic, if they rarely get a chance to use it?  And who is sabotaging their school?  Dive into a world of magic and mystery—scroll up and buy The Natural Order today.  * * *  "It’s like characters from my favorite series had been gathered into a book.”  "This book gave so many Harry Potter feels." "The Natural Order has a raw, suspenseful energy running through it from beginning to end."



Nora Roberts - Of Blood and Bone artwork Of Blood and Bone
Chronicles of The One, Book 2
Nora Roberts
Genre: Paranormal
Price: $10.99
Publish Date: December 04, 2018
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Seller: Macmillan

Nora Roberts, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the epic Year One returns with Of Blood and Bone, a new tale of terror and magick in a brand new world. They look like an everyday family living an ordinary life. But beyond the edges of this peaceful farm, unimaginable forces of light and dark have been unleashed. Fallon Swift, approaching her thirteenth birthday, barely knows the world that existed before—the city where her parents lived, now in ruins and reclaimed by nature since the Doom sickened and killed billions. Traveling anywhere is a danger, as vicious gangs of Raiders and fanatics called Purity Warriors search for their next victim. Those like Fallon, in possession of gifts, are hunted—and the time is coming when her true nature, her identity as The One, can no longer be hidden. In a mysterious shelter in the forest, her training is about to begin under the guidance of Mallick, whose skills have been honed over centuries. She will learn the old ways of healing; study and spar; encounter faeries and elves and shifters; and find powers within herself she never imagined. And when the time is right, she will take up the sword, and fight. For until she grows into the woman she was born to be, the world outside will never be whole again.



Arthur C. Clarke - Rendezvous with Rama artwork Rendezvous with Rama
Arthur C. Clarke
Genre: Science Fiction
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: November 30, 2012
Publisher: RosettaBooks
Seller: OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC

Astronauts explore an alien spacecraft hurtling toward the sun in this Hugo and Nebula Award–winning novel—“a stone-cold classic” of hard sci-fi ( The Guardian ).   An enormous cylindrical object has entered Earth’s solar system on a collision course with the sun. A team of astronauts are sent to explore the mysterious craft, which the denizens of the solar system name  Rama . What they find is astonishing evidence of a civilization far more advanced than ours. They find an interior stretching over fifty kilometers; a forbidding cylindrical sea; mysterious and inaccessible buildings; and strange machine-animal hybrids, or “biots,” that inhabit the ship. But what they don’t find is an alien presence. So who—and where—are the Ramans?   Often listed as one of Clarke’s finest novels,  Rendezvous with Rama  won numerous awards, including the Hugo, the Nebula, the Jupiter, and the British Science Fiction Awards. A fast-paced and compelling story of an enigmatic encounter with alien technology,  Rendezvous with Rama  offers both answers and unsolved mysteries that will continue to fascinate readers for generations.   “Mr. Clarke is splendid . . . We experience that chilling touch of the alien, the not-quite-knowable, that distinguishes SF at its most technically imaginative.” — The New York Times



Becca Blake - Darkness Rising artwork Darkness Rising
A Limited Edition Fantasy and Urban Fantasy Collection
Becca Blake
Genre: Fantasy
Price: $0.99
Expected Publish Date: April 14, 2020
Publisher: Carter & Bradley Publishing
Seller: Heather Adkins

Few can survive the rising dark. Join unimaginable paranormal creatures in epic battles or enjoy a heart-stopping romance that will take your breath away. In this collection of paranormal romance and fantasy novels, witches, wolves, demons, and demigods haunt the pages as they fight against the pull of darkness. But will they succeed? Fans of Ilona Andrews and Deborah Harkness will devour this soul-scorching collection of 24 novels from today’s USA Today bestsellers and talented new authors! Scroll up and one click to secure your copy of this limited edition collection! Featuring stories from: Becca Blake USA Today Bestseller Koko Brown USA Today Bestseller S.C. Stokes Jennifer Ann Schlag JJ King Award Winning Author Maya Daniels Jess Reece Tempi Lark Rachel Rawlings Emmy Gatrell Jayelle Morgan Cayce Poponea Zoey Indiana Tiffany Ransier Carly Marino Mimi Milan Dylan Quinn Rosie Wylor-Owen C.A. King Shannon McRoberts Emily Cyr Scarlett Kol James Ransier



Andrzej Sapkowski & David A French - The Time of Contempt artwork The Time of Contempt
Andrzej Sapkowski & David A French
Genre: Epic
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: August 27, 2013
Publisher: Orbit
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

Soon to be a major Netflix original series! To protect his ward, Ciri, Geralt of Rivia sends her away from the home of the Witchers to train with the sorceress Yennefer. But all is not well within the Wizard's Guild in the second book of the NYT bestselling series that inspired the blockbuster video games. Geralt is a witcher: guardian of the innocent; protector of those in need; a defender, in dark times, against some of the most frightening creatures of myth and legend. His task, now, is to protect Ciri. A child of prophecy, she will have the power to change the world for good or for ill -- but only if she lives to use it. Andrzej Sapkowski, winner of the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement award, started an international phenomenon with his Witcher series: Witcher novels Blood of Elves The Time of Contempt Baptism of Fire The Tower of Swallows Lady of the Lake Season of Storms Witcher collections The Last Wish Sword of Destiny The Malady and Other Stories: An Andrzej Sapkowski Sampler (e-only) Translated from original Polish by David French



Ella Wilde - The Lion Shifters artwork The Lion Shifters
Ella Wilde
Genre: Fantasy
Price: $0.99
Publish Date: October 03, 2019
Publisher: Vered Ehsani
Seller: Smashwords, Inc.

Shifts happen. Hearts change. Africa awaits. Escape to a land where everything is possible in this three-book boxset. A Lion’s Cage: Lion Shifter Lazarus Kiprop lives with blood on his hands and guilt in his heart. With no end in sight, he’s given up on ever seeing another sunrise, until Willow arrives. A newly made Vampire, Willow is determined to find a way out of captivity. But while she may be able to escape her cage, will she be able to escape her heart? A King’s Pride: When Emma rescues a lion Shifter from a trap, she’s flung into danger and a dilemma: move on, or risk her secrets and her heart to save the lion’s Pride. King Kiprop isn't happy about the life-debt he now owes to the female who saved him, even if Emma is attractive. Too bad the gods have other plans. A Demon’s Wing: When a family tragedy and a king’s command force lion shifter Jed Kiprop and demon Grace Elkhart to work together, sparks fly despite their mutual distrust. But will they be able to overcome their pride and prejudice in time to save the Pride and each other from an ancient enemy? Join the Kiprop Pride and start your adventure today! The Lion Shifters is cliffhanger-free and is meant to be read in order for the best reading experience: - A Lion's Cage - A King's Pride - A Demon's Wing - A Tiger's Eye - A Lion's Price - A Wolf's Song



James S. A. Corey - Auberon artwork Auberon
An Expanse Novella
James S. A. Corey
Genre: Adventure
Price: $3.99
Publish Date: November 12, 2019
Publisher: Orbit
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

A novella set in the universe of James S. A. Corey's NYT-bestselling Expanse series, Auberon explores a new and alien world and the age-old dangers that humanity has carried with it to the stars. Now a Prime Original series. Auberon is one of the first and most important colony worlds in humanity's reach, and the new conquering faction has come to claim it. Governor Rittenaur has come to bring civilization and order to the far outpost and guarantee the wealth and power of the Empire. But Auberon already has its own history, a complex culture, and a criminal kingpin named Erich with very different plans. In a world of deceit, violence, and corruption, the greatest danger Rittenaur faces is love. The Expanse Leviathan Wakes Caliban's War Abaddon's Gate Cibola Burn Nemesis Games Babylon's Ashes Persepolis Rising Tiamat's Wrath The Expanse Short Fiction The Butcher of Anderson Station Gods of Risk The Churn The Vital Abyss Strange Dogs Auberon



Brent Weeks - The Burning White artwork The Burning White
Brent Weeks
Genre: Epic
Price: $18.99
Publish Date: October 22, 2019
Publisher: Orbit
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

In the stunning conclusion to the epic, New York Times bestselling Lightbringer series by Brent Weeks, kingdoms clash as Kip must finally escape his family's shadow in order to protect the land and people he loves. Gavin Guile, once the most powerful man the world had ever seen, has been laid low. He's lost his magic, and now he is on a suicide mission. Failure will condemn the woman he loves. Success will condemn his entire empire. As the White King springs his great traps and the Chromeria itself is threatened by treason and siege, Kip Guile must gather his forces, rally his allies, and scramble to return for one impossible final stand. The long-awaited epic conclusion of Brent Weeks's New York Times bestselling Lightbringer series. Lightbringer The Black Prism The Blinding Knife The Broken Eye The Blood Mirror The Burning White For more from Brent Weeks, check out: Night Angel The Way of Shadows Shadow's Edge Beyond the Shadows The Night Angel Trilogy: 10th Anniversary Edition Night Angel: The Complete Trilogy (omnibus) Perfect Shadow: A Night Angel Novella The Way of Shadows: The Graphic Novel



Daniel Arenson - Kingdoms of Sand: Books 1-3 artwork Kingdoms of Sand: Books 1-3
Daniel Arenson
Genre: Epic
Price: $0.99
Publish Date: October 23, 2018
Publisher: Daniel Arenson
Seller: Draft2Digital, LLC

Game of Thrones  meets  Spartacus  in an epic saga of sand and splendor. This bundle contains the first three novels of  Kingdoms of Sand , a fantasy series from a  USA Today  bestselling author. That's over 1,000 pages of battles, intrigue, and magic. Sweeping from snowy forests to cruel deserts, from bazaars of wonder to fields of war, here is a tale of legionaries and lepers, priests and paupers, kings and crows. Here a girl travels across endless dunes, seeking magic; a cruel prince struggles to claim a bloodstained throne; and a young soldier fights to hold back an overwhelming host. The fate of all civilization stands upon a knife's edge, for under the storm of war, even the greatest nations are but kingdoms of sand.



Karl Drinkwater - Helene artwork Helene
Karl Drinkwater
Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Price: $0.99
Publish Date: October 03, 2019
Publisher: Organic Apocalypse
Seller: Draft2Digital, LLC

Dr Helene Vermalle is shaping the conscience of a goddess-level AI. As a leading civilian expert in Emergent AI Socialisation, she has been invited to assist in a secret military project. Her role? Helping ViraUHX, the most advanced AI in the universe, to pass through four theoretical development stages. But it's not easy training a mind that surpasses her in raw intellect. And the developing AI is capable of killing her with a single tantrum. On top of this, she must prove her loyalty to the oppressive government hovering over her shoulder. They want a weapon. She wants to instil an overriding sense of morality. Can she teach the AI right and wrong without being categorised as disloyal? Lost Tales of Solace are short side-stories set in the Lost Solace universe.



Rebecca Roanhorse - Resistance Reborn (Star Wars) artwork Resistance Reborn (Star Wars)
Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Rebecca Roanhorse
Genre: Science Fiction
Price: $16.99
Publish Date: November 05, 2019
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

In this pivotal prequel to  Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker , the heroes of the Resistance—Poe Dameron, General Leia Organa, Rey, and Finn—must fight back from the edge of oblivion. The Resistance is in ruins. In the wake of their harrowing escape from Crait, what was once an army has been reduced to a handful of wounded heroes. Finn, Poe, Rey, Rose, Chewbacca, Leia Organa—their names are famous among the oppressed worlds they fight to liberate. But names can only get you so far, and Leia’s last desperate call for aid has gone unanswered.    From the jungles of Ryloth to the shipyards of Corellia, the shadow of the First Order looms large, and those with the bravery to face the darkness are scattered and isolated. If hope is to survive, the Resistance must journey throughout the galaxy, seeking out more leaders—including those who, in days gone by, helped a nascent rebellion topple an empire. Battles will be fought, alliances will be forged, and the Resistance will be reborn.



Andrzej Sapkowski - Blood of Elves artwork Blood of Elves
Andrzej Sapkowski
Genre: Epic
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: May 01, 2009
Publisher: Orbit
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

Soon to be a major Netflix original series! The Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, becomes the guardian of Ciri, surviving heiress of a bloody revolution and prophesied savior of the world, in the first novel of the NYT bestselling series that inspired the blockbuster video games. For over a century, humans, dwarves, gnomes, and elves have lived together in relative peace. But times have changed, the uneasy peace is over, and now the races are fighting once again. The only good elf, it seems, is a dead elf. Geralt of Rivia, the cunning assassin known as The Witcher, has been waiting for the birth of a prophesied child. This child has the power to change the world - for good, or for evil. As the threat of war hangs over the land and the child is hunted for her extraordinary powers, it will become Geralt's responsibility to protect them all - and the Witcher never accepts defeat. Blood of Elves is the first full-length Witcher novel by World Fantasy Award winner Andrzej Sapkowski, and the perfect follow up if you've read The Last Wish collection . Witcher novels Blood of Elves The Time of Contempt Baptism of Fire The Tower of Swallows Lady of the Lake Season of Storms Witcher collections The Last Wish Sword of Destiny The Malady and Other Stories: An Andrzej Sapkowski Sampler (e-only) Translated from original Polish by Danusia Stok



Sarra Cannon - Shadow Demons artwork Shadow Demons
The Shadow Demons Saga, #4
Sarra Cannon
Genre: Paranormal
Price: $0.99
Publish Date: October 24, 2013
Publisher: Dead River Books
Seller: Dead River Books LLC

If Harper Madison's learned anything, it's that in Peachville, there's a fine line between good and evil. That line is about to be crossed. Read The Shadow Demons Saga: BEAUTIFUL DEMONS (Book 1) INNER DEMONS (Book 2) BITTER DEMONS (Book 3) SHADOW DEMONS (Book 4) RIVAL DEMONS (Book 5) DEMONS FOREVER (Book 6) A DEMON’S WRATH (Bonus Novel) EMERALD DARKNESS (Book 7) FORGOTTEN DARKNESS (Book 8) *Formerly called The Peachville High Demons Series.* This book is approximately 61,000 words.



N. E. Conneely - Witch for Hire artwork Witch for Hire
N. E. Conneely
Genre: Fantasy
Price: $0.99
Publish Date: January 11, 2014
Publisher: N. E. Conneely
Seller: Draft2Digital, LLC

Most witches don't work for police departments, but Michelle isn't your average witch. She's clanless, looking for a warlock who isn't offended by her lack of family connections, and in danger of losing her job if she can't find the eight escaped trolls before they start eating the local residents. Trolls, angry police, and misbehaving spells are the least of her problems. Statues attacking homeowners might be problematic for your average witch, but to Michelle it's another day at the office. Her real concern is the wizard suddenly interested in dating her and an old elf set on pestering her. When her happy family is rocked by a long kept secret her stable life falls apart faster than she can pick up the pieces. And she still hasn't found those trolls.



Andrzej Sapkowski - The Last Wish artwork The Last Wish
Introducing the Witcher
Andrzej Sapkowski
Genre: Epic
Price: $9.99
Publish Date: December 14, 2008
Publisher: Orbit
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

Soon to be a major Netflix original series! Geralt the Witcher -- revered and hated -- holds the line against the monsters plaguing humanity in this collection of adventures in the NYT bestselling series that inspired the blockbuster video games. Geralt is a Witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary murderer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent. But not everything monstrous-looking is evil and not everything fair is good...and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth. Andrzej Sapkowski, winner of the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement award, started an international phenomenon with his Witcher series. The Last Wish short story collection is the perfect introduction to this one of a kind fantasy world. Witcher collections The Last Wish Sword of Destiny Witcher novels Blood of Elves The Time of Contempt Baptism of Fire The Tower of Swallows Lady of the Lake Season of Storms The Malady and Other Stories: An Andrzej Sapkowski Sampler ( e-only) Translated from original Polish by Danusia Stok



R.A. Salvatore - The Crystal Shard artwork The Crystal Shard
The Legend of Drizzt, Book IV
R.A. Salvatore
Genre: Epic
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: January 01, 1988
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Publishing
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

Drizzt Do’Urden has settled in the windswept towns of Icewind Dale. There, he encounters a young barbarian named Wulfgar, captured in a raid and made the ward of a grizzled dwarf name Bruenor. With Drizzt’s help, Wulfgar will grow from a feral child to a man with the heart of a dwarf, the instincts of a savage, and the soul of a hero. But it will take even more than that to defeat the demonic power of Crenshininbon, the fabled Crystal Shard.



Brandon Sanderson - The Way of Kings artwork The Way of Kings
Book One of the Stormlight Archive
Brandon Sanderson
Genre: Epic
Price: $10.99
Publish Date: August 31, 2010
Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates
Seller: Macmillan

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings , Book One of the Stormlight Archive begins an incredible new saga of epic proportion. Roshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain so frequently that they have shaped ecology and civilization alike. Animals hide in shells, trees pull in branches, and grass retracts into the soilless ground. Cities are built only where the topography offers shelter. It has been centuries since the fall of the ten consecrated orders known as the Knights Radiant, but their Shardblades and Shardplate remain: mystical swords and suits of armor that transform ordinary men into near-invincible warriors. Men trade kingdoms for Shardblades. Wars were fought for them, and won by them. One such war rages on a ruined landscape called the Shattered Plains. There, Kaladin, who traded his medical apprenticeship for a spear to protect his little brother, has been reduced to slavery. In a war that makes no sense, where ten armies fight separately against a single foe, he struggles to save his men and to fathom the leaders who consider them expendable. Brightlord Dalinar Kholin commands one of those other armies. Like his brother, the late king, he is fascinated by an ancient text called The Way of Kings . Troubled by over-powering visions of ancient times and the Knights Radiant, he has begun to doubt his own sanity. Across the ocean, an untried young woman named Shallan seeks to train under an eminent scholar and notorious heretic, Dalinar's niece, Jasnah. Though she genuinely loves learning, Shallan's motives are less than pure. As she plans a daring theft, her research for Jasnah hints at secrets of the Knights Radiant and the true cause of the war. The result of over ten years of planning, writing, and world-building, The Way of Kings is but the opening movement of the Stormlight Archive, a bold masterpiece in the making. Speak again the ancient oaths: Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before Destination. and return to men the Shards they once bore. The Knights Radiant must stand again. Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson The Cosmere The Stormlight Archive The Way of Kings Words of Radiance Edgedancer (Novella) Oathbringer The Mistborn trilogy Mistborn: The Final Empire The Well of Ascension The Hero of Ages Mistborn: The Wax and Wayne series Alloy of Law Shadows of Self Bands of Mourning Collection Arcanum Unbounded Other Cosmere novels Elantris Warbreaker The Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians The Scrivener's Bones The Knights of Crystallia The Shattered Lens The Dark Talent The Rithmatist series The Rithmatist Other books by Brandon Sanderson The Reckoners Steelheart Firefight Calamity At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.



N. K. Jemisin - The Fifth Season artwork The Fifth Season
N. K. Jemisin
Genre: Epic
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: August 04, 2015
Publisher: Orbit
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

At the end of the world, a woman must hide her secret power and find her kidnapped daughter in this "intricate and extraordinary" Hugo Award winning novel of power, oppression, and revolution. (The New York Times) This is the way the world ends...for the last time. It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world's sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. It starts with death, with a murdered son and a missing daughter. It starts with betrayal, and long dormant wounds rising up to fester. This is the Stillness, a land long familiar with catastrophe, where the power of the earth is wielded as a weapon. And where there is no mercy. Read the first book in the critically acclaimed, three-time Hugo award-winning trilogy by NYT bestselling author N. K. Jemisin. For more from N. K. Jemisin, check out: The Inheritance Trilogy The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms The Broken Kingdoms The Kingdom of Gods The Inheritance Trilogy (omnibus edition) Shades in Shadow: An Inheritance Triptych (e-only short fiction) The Awakened Kingdom (e-only novella) Dreamblood Duology The Killing Moon The Shadowed Sun The Broken Earth The Fifth Season The Obelisk Gate



Nnedi Okorafor - Binti artwork Binti
Nnedi Okorafor
Genre: Adventure
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: September 22, 2015
Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates
Seller: Macmillan

"Prepare to fall in love with Binti." —Neil Gaiman Winner of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for Best Novella! Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between the stars among strangers who do not share her ways or respect her customs. Knowledge comes at a cost, one that Binti is willing to pay, but her journey will not be easy. The world she seeks to enter has long warred with the Meduse, an alien race that has become the stuff of nightmares. Oomza University has wronged the Meduse, and Binti's stellar travel will bring her within their deadly reach. If Binti hopes to survive the legacy of a war not of her making, she will need both the gifts of her people and the wisdom enshrined within the University, itself — but first she has to make it there, alive. The Binti Series Book 1: Binti Book 2: Binti: Home Book 3: Binti: The Night Masquerade PRAISE FOR BINTI "Binti is a supreme read about a sexy, edgy Afropolitan in space! It's a wondrous combination of extra-terrestrial adventure and age-old African diplomacy. Unforgettable!" — Wanuri Kahiu, award-winning Kenyan film director of Punzi and From a Whisper At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.



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Keri Arthur
Genre: Paranormal
Price: $4.99
Publish Date: May 09, 2017
Publisher: Keri Arthur
Seller: Keri Arthur

In a world where magic and science sit side by side, and powerful witches are considered necessary aides for all governments, Lizzie Grace is something of an outlier. Though born into one the most powerful blue blood witch families, she wants nothing to do with either her past or her magic. But when she and Belle, her human familiar and best friend, open a small cafe in the Faelan werewolf reservation, she quickly finds herself enmeshed in the hunt for a vampire intent on wreaking bloody havoc. It’s a hunt that soon becomes personal, and one that is going to take all her skills to survive–that’s if the werewolves, who hate all things witch, don’t get her first.