Fictionwise Under a Dollar

Four more new books at Fictionwise that are priced ultra low (below 50 cents). I suspect the pricing is an error, so may change at any time. Like The Heir Hunter in the previous post, these are only available in DRM secured formats and are not Kindle compatible.

The Furies ($6.59 Paperback), by Bill Napier

Book Description
An unidentified object crashes from the sky into an Arizona canyon, releasing anthrax spores and leaving innocent victims in its wake. Investigators are shocked by what they find in the rubble: a swastika. They call upon former spy and World War II–era weapons expert Lewis Sharp for help. Could this be a biochemical weapon designed by the Nazis half a century ago—or is it an elaborate hoax? Sharp is convinced that it’s the real McCoy and he warns that two more killing machines are still out there, primed and ready to strike…

The attacker has left a cryptic note hinting at an another attack. Now, it’s up to Sharp to piece together a sixty-year-old mystery—one that spans from a convent in Hitler’s Germany to Hollywood, the Executive Branch to shadowy third-world governments. Sharp and his colleagues have just five days left to stop the weapon from unleashing mass destruction—and leading the world to the brink of a whole new kind of war…

The Gun Fight ($6.81 Paperback), by Richard Matheson

Book Description
John Benton was one of the toughest men ever to wear a Texas Ranger badge. But eight years ago, in August 1871, he hung up his guns for good.

Or so he hoped.

Then young Robby Coles challenged him to a fight over some imagined slight to the boy’s sixteen-year-old girlfriend. At first Benton tried to laugh off the affair. Why, the boy was little more than a child. But rumors and gossip spread like wildfire through their dusty frontier town and soon enough the entire community seems to be goading both men towards a fatal confrontation neither one truly wants.

Benton doesn’t want to kill again. Robby is secretly terrified of facing the legendary gunfighter. Yet, with both men’s honor on the line, is there any way to avoid a duel to the death?

The Vitamin Book ($6.39 Kindle), by Harold M. Silverman

Book Description
America's Most Reliable Vitamin Guide...Completely Updated!

We've all heard about the miraculous curative and preventive powers of vitamins, minerals, and herbal remedies. Now the new, revised The Vitamin Book, compiled by pharmacological experts, cuts through the confusion so you learn what to take and why.

Here is authoritative and up-to-date scientific information on exactly what vitamins, minerals, and herbal remedies can do for you. You'll find:

• Detailed descriptions of vitamins, minerals, trace elements, and electrolytes, including daily requirements, dosages, therapeutic uses, and more
• The latest research on St. John's wort, echinacea, CoQ10, DHEA, and other popular herbal and dietary supplements
• An essential guide to brand-name multivitamins found in your supermarket or health food store
• Specific recommendations for children, athletes, seniors, and pregnant or postmenopausal women
• Guidelines for safe supplement use, including megadosing and critical drug interactions
• The nutrient content of hundreds of common foods, including popular fast foods
• How computer programs can monitor your vitamin and mineral intake
• And much, much more

The Calorie Counter, 5th Edition ($6.39 Kindle), by Karen J Nolan & Jo-Ann Heslin

Book Description
DIET TRENDS MAY COME AND GO, BUT ONE THING IS CERTAIN -- CALORIES COUNT!

Recent research confirms that if you want to lose weight, which foods you eat is less important than how many calories you consume -- if you track calories, you'll drop pounds.

Revised and updated, The Calorie Counter, 5th Edition, is the most complete and easy-to-use calorie counter in the marketplace:

• Calorie counts for over 20,000 foods, including more than 800 take-out items and dishes from over 100 national and regional restaurant chains
• Easy tips for understanding calories and portion sizes that put you in charge of your eating habits
• Simple tricks for burning more calories in your daily life
• Advice for keeping liquid calories and dieting myths from sabotaging your success
• An all-new look at why men are more successful at losing weight

The Calorie Counter, 5th Edition, is a weight-loss guide that will never let you down!

Here are the links at Fictionwise; don't forget to use coupon code JK25 for the extra 25% off.

The Furies
The Gun Fight
The Vitamin Book
The Calorie Counter, 5th Edition


UPDATE: I've received a couple of reports that the books that downloads is not the books described with this one. Instead, it's old, public domain classics. If you bought any of these books, check them, as you may have to ask for a refund.

The Heir Hunter

The Heir Hunter ($5.59 Kindle), by Chris Larsgaard, can be had for as little as 31 cents over at Fictionwise, with rebates and membership and the 25% coupon that expires after today (but typically keeps working for a few days afterwards). Before the coupon, the price is 50 cents after rebate for non-members and 43 cents for members. The only two formats available are both DRM secured: Mobipocket and eReader (so no deal for Kindle owners, unless you read on the computer).

Book Description
An unclaimed $22-million estate is up for grabs in first-time novelist Larsgaard's ingenious thriller. Sexy attorney Alex Moreno-the Albany, N.Y.-based partner to former cop Nick Merchant who now specializes in finding heirs to unsettled estates-slips a county deputy attorney a $10,000 bribe to get a sneak preview of four probate files 10 days before the official release date. One of the files contains the mind-boggling multimillion-dollar legacy of Gerald Jacobs, an 87-year-old Hudson, N.Y., recluse who died with no apparent heirs. Since Nick's customary finder's fee averages about 30%, this represents the proverbial jackpot. Unfortunately, there is absolutely no record of the deceased's life earlier than his final three years at the Hudson address, so leads for Nick and Alex are meager. Unaware of clandestine forces working to quash any probe into the dead man's background, the intrepid heir hunters stage a daylight burglary of Jacobs's residence, but are interrupted by a mysterious intruder who shoots a cop investigating the reported break-in. Accused of attempted murder, Nick follows sketchy clues obtained in the burglary and winds up in Germany, where he finds an old lover of Jacobs and learns that the mysterious retiree was part of the FBI's witness protection program. The plot thickens and the chase picks up speed as Nick investigates in Iowa and Geneva. Grim reminders of the Holocaust and Swiss bankers' collusion with the Nazis--plus a sobering look at federal agencies operating outside the law--are well drawn, as is an artful undercurrent of sexual tension. If one forgives a brief lapse in the middle of the story that gives a bit too much plot away, and sporadic missteps from the fledgling author's earnest tendency to overwrite, this fine debut oozes authenticity and provides a fascinating glimpse into the quixotic and dangerous realm of high-stakes "assets recovery."

Click HERE for the book listing and don't forget to use coupon code JK25 for the extra 25% off.

UPDATE: I've received a couple of reports that the book that downloads is not the book described with this one. Instead, it's an old, public domain classic. If you bought the book, check it, as you may have to ask for a refund.

Free Book (EPUB) - Unseen Academicals

Unseen Academicals ($9.99) Kindle, by Terry Pratchett, is free in (DRM'd) EPUB format over at Kobo Books (compatible with Sony or nook readers). Don't forget to add it to your Library, as well as download the EPUB, in case you want access to the book after the price goes back up.

This is Pratchett's latest book, released just this past October, and the thirty-second book in the Discworld series.

Book Description
The wizards at Ankh-Morpork's Unseen University are renowned for many things-wisdom, magic, and their love of teatime-but athletics is most assuredly not on the list. And so when Lord Ventinari, the city's benevolent tyrant, strongly suggests to Archchancellor Mustrum Ridcully that the university revive an erstwhile tradition and once again put forth a football team composed of faculty, students, and staff, the wizards of UU find themselves in a quandary. To begin with, they have to figure out just what it is that makes this sport-soccer with a bit of rugby thrown in-so popular with Ankh-Morporkians of all ages and social strata. Then they have to learn how to play it. Oh, and on top of that, they must win a football match without using magic. Meanwhile, Trev (a handsome street urchin and a right good kicker) falls hard for kitchen maid Juliet (beautiful, dim, and perhaps the greatest fashion model there ever was), and Juliet's best pal, UU night cook Glenda (homely, sensible, and a baker of jolly good pies) befriends the mysterious Mr. Nutt (about whom no one knows very much, including Mr. Nutt, which is worrisome . . .). As the big match approaches, these four lives are entangled and changed forever. Because the thing about football-the most important thing about football­-is that it is never just about football.

Click HERE for the free book.

Free Short Story (PDF) - Fated

Another free read from Simon and Schuster, Fated, by Shayla Black, a short story that fits into her Doomsday Brethren series.

This one expires today, but is an unsecured PDF, rather than an EPUB, so it should work fine as-is or converted on the Kindle, Sony or nook.

Click HERE for the download.

Free Book (EPUB) - Wake

Simon and Schuster is giving away the first book in the Wake Trilogy, Wake ($7.19 Kindle), by Lisa McMann. The download is only valid this week, December 26-31, and the book is a DRM'd EPUB - it won't work on the Kindle, but should be fine on your PC, Sony Reader or Nook (amongst others). Credit for this one goes to Staci, an alert reader that tipped me off to the download.

Book Description
For seventeen-year-old Janie, getting sucked into other people's dreams is getting old. Especially the falling dreams, the naked-but-nobody-notices dreams, and the sex-crazed dreams. Janie's seen enough fantasy booty to last her a lifetime.

She can't tell anybody about what she does -- they'd never believe her, or worse, they'd think she's a freak. So Janie lives on the fringe, cursed with an ability she doesn't want and can't control.

Then she falls into a gruesome nightmare, one that chills her to the bone. For the first time, Janie is more than a witness to someone else's twisted psyche. She is a participant....

Click HERE to sign up for the download. You can use a throw-away email address, as you'll get the download link immediately after submitting, rather than via email.

UPDATE: In addition to only being available for download for five days, it appears the DRM on this book will only allow you to read it for the next 30 days (like a library book). It's short, so it should be no problem to finish it quickly, but be sure to add it to the top of your TBR list.