Can't make it to Worldcon? Feeling that August will never end? Console yourself with these fantasy and science fiction ebooks on sale August 14-20, including (ahem) Death by Silver:

Melissa Scott & Amy Griswold

Murder and magic in a Victorian London that never was.

Metaphysician Ned Mathey certified that the Nevett family silver held no curse, but Nevett patriarch is dead, struck down by a silver candlestick. Can Mathey and his sometime lover Julian Lynes find out what really happened before more people die?

(regularly $9.99)

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The Armor of Light

Melissa Scott & Lisa A. Barnett

Dark magic threatens Elizabeth I of England.

Royal agents Sir Philip Sidney and Christopher Marlowe are sent to track the evil to its source, but at least one of their patrons would prefer that the culprit was never found…

(regularly $3.99)

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The Emperor’s Agent

Jo Graham

Courtesan, actress, medium—spy.

Elza is Napoleon’s secret agent, tasked with uncovering a British spy in the camps of the Grand Army. With the life of the man she loves hanging in the balance, it will take all her cunning, charm, and a magical ability she is only beginning to learn to use.

(regularly $4.99)

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Railroad Spine

Geonn Cannon

Steampunk adventure.

After having her child taken from her for the crime of sharing knowledge, an airship captain teams up with a group of terrorists to bring down an oppressive government.

(regularly $3.99)

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All is Silence

Robert L. Slater

What if death forgot you?

Lizzie, suicidal teen, searches for reasons to live and a stranger she thought was dead in this realistic apocalypse.

(regularly $6.99)

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Don Sakers

The cyber-thriller that predicted Google Glass

“Imagine a Stand on Zanzibar written by a left-wing Robert Heinlein, and infused with the most exciting possibilities of the new cyber-technology: Dance for the Ivory Madonna.” -Melissa Scott

(regularly $3.99/£2.49)

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Somewhere in the Middle of Eternity

edited by Phil Giunta

Thirteen imaginative tales of horror, science fiction, fantasy and the supernatural by Daniel Patrick Corcoran, Michael Critzer, Phil Giunta, Amanda Headlee, Susanna Reilly, Stuart S. Roth, Lance Woods and Mark Time & Parsec Award-Winner Steven H. Wilson.

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(regularly $2.99)

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Sword and Chant

Blair MacGregor

Epic Fantasy

Shala and Jaynes are enemies, but they must lead their people to reconcile before the god of sacrifice – strengthened by mortal bloodshed – grows powerful enough to crush any who defy His commands.

(regularly $4.99)

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