[Abyss]

Audible.com sale in progress, a bunch of WHOLE SERIES' are on sale for $4-$6/book.

I've already grabbed Campbell's GENESIS FLEET, looking at Cameron's TRAITOR SON cycle as well.

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Just noticed two pre-release fantasy ebooks free with Amazon Prime until end of April:

'Epic fantasy
The Druid
Jeff Wheeler
[...] Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Muirwood and Kingfountain novels.'

'Wall Street journal bestselling', WTF? Never heard of him, probably too genre convention bound and not literary-ish or philosophical enough for my tastes.

OTOH it's about a druid, which is mildly interesting. (Extra points if they transform into cats.) And 'Muir' could be a reference to Edwin Muir, maybe?

'Literary
The Last Goddess: A Novel

Last in a centuries-old lineage of healing women, Dora Idesová was raised by her aunt Surmena in the White Carpathians. Resistant to superstition, Dora grew up hearing stories of the "goddesses" who were said to conjure love and curses and, through divine connection, cure the spirit and the body. Now an academic, Dora is researching the tales that for generations spellbound the hillside where she grew up. As the mysteries become truths, they reveal a stunning discovery that reaches back from the witch trials of the seventeenth century through Nazi-occupied Germany. Embarking on an emotional journey, Dora is about to find out how deeply and fatefully she is entwined with secret tradition.

Beautifully weaving together fact, folklore, and fiction, Kateřina Tučková draws on the stories of her ancestors to explore the extraordinary history of goddesses who walked the earth.'
'"Gerta's main strength is its lyrical language, translated exquisitely from the original Czech into English [...] The nimble text elevates the narrative and evokes deep emotions, while succinct descriptions capture Gerta's—and her country's—pitiable condition."'

'"Tučková has tackled one [of] the most difficult chapters in European history, one that has been influencing the relationship between two nations for decades. It's a tale of prejudice, of exclusion and collective shame. Gerta is both a disturbing novel and a wonderful piece of literature that could easily become a classic."'

'It's Discovery of Witches meets All the Light We Cannot See. Come for the possibility of magic and stay for the deep feelings of connection created by family, place, and customs.'

- translation might not be as good---especially for conveying literary qualities
- original (I guess?) is 'award-winning and internationally bestselling' fwiw (is some of that in translation?)
- 'deep feelings of connection created by family, place, and customs'... not my cup of meat so much (though I don't begrudge).

Probably not going to bother reading either, since I generally prefer audiobooks (for fantasy or fiction... not so much for mathematics).

This post has been edited by Azath Vitr (D'ivers: 25 April 2022 - 06:28 PM

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Azath Vitr (D, on 25 April 2022 - 06:27 PM, said:

Jeff Wheeler

This guys is a self-pub I think, and his stuff has been on the ebook sale lists for like 6 months at least, so he may not be all that great...but he seems persistent in that he keeps his books on sale to get noticed/readership.

[Salt-Man Z]

Yeah, I feel like every week at least one Jeff Wheeler book shows up on my Kindle deals emails for free.

[worry]

Sounds like a real wheeler and dealer.

[Abyss]

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[Tiste Simeon]

worry, on 25 April 2022 - 11:49 PM, said:

Sounds like a real wheeler and dealer.

You Wheely went there didn't you?

[pat5150]

John Gwynne's Malice is 2.99$ on Kindle​​​​​​​.

[Abyss]

Abyss, on 25 April 2022 - 05:01 PM, said:

Audible.com sale in progress, a bunch of WHOLE SERIES' are on sale for $4-$6/book.

I've already grabbed Campbell's GENESIS FLEET, looking at Cameron's TRAITOR SON cycle as well.

Obliged to mention that the Malazan Book of the Fallen 1-4 are on there, $6 or less each.
Also spotted: Rivers of London/Peter Grant, Sandman Acts 1 and 2, Name of the Wind, Ryiria...

[pat5150]

Anthony Ryan's The Waking Fire is 3.99$ on Kindle​​​​​​​.

[pat5150]

Richard Morgan's The Steel Remains is 5.94$ on Kindle.

[pat5150]

D. Djèli Clark's A Master of Djinn is 2.99$ on Kindle​​​​​​​.

[Cyphon]

The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik is £0.99 on kobo uk...

[pat5150]

Daniel Abraham's A Shadow in Summer is 3.99$ on Kindle​​​​​​​.

[pat5150]

L. E. Modesitt, jr.'s Imager is 3.99$ on Kindle​​​​​​​.

[Abyss]

Audible has a 2 for 1 credit sale to May 15.
Not a pile of sf/f on there, but Mark Lawrence's RED QUEEN'S WAR trilo is there, as is the SEVEN DEATHS OF EVELYN HARDCASTLE.
Worth a look if you earbook.



....heehee, see what i did there....?

[QuickTidal]

pat5150, on 11 May 2022 - 02:52 AM, said:

L. E. Modesitt, jr.'s Imager is 3.99$ on Kindle​​​​​​​.

Nabbed. Thanks Pat!

[pat5150]

Miles Cameron's Artifact Space is 1.99$ on Kindle​​​​​​​.

[pat5150]

Miles Cameron's Artifact Space is 1.99$ on Kindle​​​​​​​.

[pat5150]

Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race is 3.99$ on Kindle​​​​​​​.