Currently, you can get three ebooks published by Tor for only $3 each. These are the titles:
An ancient weapon has completely destroyed the city of
Windwir. From many miles away, Rudolfo, Lord of the Nine Forest
Houses, sees the horrifying column of smoke rising. He knows that war
is coming to the Named Lands.
Nearer to the Devastation, a young
apprentice is the only survivor of the city – he sat waiting for his
father outside the walls, and was transformed as he watched everyone he
knew die in an instant.
Soon all the Kingdoms of the Named Lands
will be at each others' throats, as alliances are challenged and hidden
plots are uncovered.
This remarkable first novel from an
award-winning short fiction writer will take readers away to a new world
– an Earth so far in the distant future that our time is not even a
memory; a world where magick is commonplace and great areas of the
planet are impassable wastes. But human nature hasn’t changed through
the ages: War and faith and love still move princes and nations.
The first interstellar starship, John Glenn, fled a Solar System
populated by rogue AIs and machine/human hybrids, threatened by too much
nanotechnology, and rife with political dangers. The John Glenn's crew
intended to terraform the nearly pristine planet Ymir, in hopes of
creating a utopian society that would limit intelligent technology.
But
by some miscalculation they have landed in another solar system and
must shape the gas giant planet Harlequin's moon, Selene, into a new,
temporary home. Their only hope of ever reaching Ymir is to rebuild
their store of antimatter by terraforming the moon.
Gabriel, the
head terraformer, must lead this nearly impossible task, with all the
wrong materials: the wrong ships and tools, and too few resources. His
primary tools are the uneducated and nearly-illiterate children of the
original colonists, born and bred to build Harlequin's moon into an
antimatter factory.
Rachel Vanowen is one of these children.
Basically a slave girl, she must do whatever the terraforming Council
tells her. She knows that Council monitors her actions from a circling
vessel above Selene's atmosphere, and is responsible for everything
Rachel and her people know, as well as all the skills, food, and
knowledge they have ever received. With no concept of the future and a
life defined with duty, how will the children of Selene ever survive
once the Council is through terraforming and have abandoned Selene for
its ultimate goal of Ymir?
The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe (Kobo)
Named one of the Best Fiction Books of 2011 by Kirkus Reviews, The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe is an enchanting tale of music and magic older than the hills...
No
one knows where the Tufa came from, or how they ended up in the Smoky
Mountains of East Tennessee. Enigmatic and suspicious of outsiders, the
Tufa live quiet lives in the hills and valleys of Cloud County. While
their origins may be a mystery, there are hints of their true nature
buried in the songs they have passed down for generations.
Bronwyn
Hyatt, a pure-blood Tufa, has always insisting on doing things her own
way, regardless of the consequences. Even though Tufa rarely leave Cloud
County, she enlisted in the Army to escape the pressures of Tufa
life—her family, her obligations as a First Daughter, and her dangerous
ex-boyfriend. But after barely surviving a devastating ambush that
killed most of her fellow soldiers, Private Hyatt returns to Cloud
County wounded in body and in spirit. But danger lurks in the mountains
and hollows of her childhood home. Cryptic omens warn of impending
tragedy, and a restless “haint” lurks nearby, waiting to reveal
Bronwyn’s darkest secrets. Worst of all, Bronwyn has lost touch with the
music that was once a vital part of her identity.
Now Bronwyn
finds the greatest battle to be right here at home, where her
obligations struggle with her need for freedom, and if she makes the
wrong choice, the consequences could be deadly for all the Tufa. . . .