October 2024 Indie Book Releases
We at EPIC Indie host our book release calendar and will highlight the books coming out every month! If you have a book coming out get in touch and provide a pre-order link and we’ll add it to the calendar. We want to become the place where readers come to discover what’s due for release. Spread the word!
October 1st 2024
In Emre, bards are revered. Their stories have answers; their stories have influence; their stories have power.
When the subject of his story meets an untimely end, Vatis, a disgraced bard, finds himself alone in the unforgiving wilderness. Undeterred and desperate, he embarks on a quest to find a new subject for his revitalizing tale.
A fascinating hero emerges. Vidmar, an army deserter turned treasure hunter, is tasked with a secret mission–to find a powerful, long-lost crown. However, his merciless employer's patience wanes with each passing day. In desperation, he confronts the bard, hoping he can provide a new clue.
Their unlikely partnership leads to confrontations with bandits, thieves, wolves, and worse until Vidmar's secret is revealed. With Vatis's knowledge, they uncover new clues to the crown's location, bringing Vidmar closer than he's ever been.
Can Vatis restore his place in the Bard's Guild and earn the recognition he desperately craves?
Can they find the crown before they are killed?
Or will the story be lost to the darkness slowly spreading across Emre?
On a hilltop long ago, the first Little Angel arrived amidst a burst of lightning.
One by one, they fell to earth, their purpose yet unknown.
The Church of Conjured Angels, or CCA, has but one goal: To raise the Little Angels from infancy to adulthood, spreading their love and holiness to all who prove willing and able to open their hearts—and their wallets.
Tam was the fiftieth angel to make her arrival seventeen years ago. The only problem? She doesn’t think there’s anything angelic about herself, nor anything holy about the CCA that has done a measly job raising her. Her doubts and suspicions clash when she awakes one night from a dream that feels more like a vision. A dream that sends the CCA into a tailspin.
A dream of a red-haired man.
Pursued by an armed militia, crazed zealots, and the trials and tribulations of teenage years, Tam embarks on a dimension-hopping escape from her past, with a single destination in mind: the truth.
This world is not the Overlap, but that does not mean it is out of reach.
October 4th 2024
MODIFICATIONS COME AT A PRICE.
Detective Sol Harkones is tangled in the wires of a deadly conspiracy involving defective body modifications causing permanent brain damage. A suspect is known, but something more dangerous may be lurking in the shadows.
A city plagued by waste.
Violence fills the streets.
Oblivion is within reach.
Falling Into Oblivion is the electrifying first book in the Tendrils of Chrome cyberpunk sci-fi series. If you're a fan of William Gibson's Neuromancer, HBO's True Detective, or Philip K. Dick’s Blade Runner, you will love Aaron M. Payne’s rapid-fire saga.
Link - https://amzn.to/4bIlER9
October 5th 2024
There is a legend of old, a black wolf who fought the chains that kept him and other wolves captive for many years. As hard as they tried, his captures could not break the spirit of the alpha.
The years heightened his defiance and fed his rage until he shattered his prison walls, freeing himself and the other males.
They prowl across the country, having formed a tight-knit pack.
United by a common purpose to reclaim what was stolen and to exact vengeance,
Ruby
There I was, minding my own business, when this huge man stalks into the club where I dance. He demanded everything from me, and then some.
I am used to depending solely on myself, being brought up in the foster system, mum and dad unknown. Kind of makes you independent.
I am doing all right, I'm putting myself through university and the dancing gig is paying my way.
Then he turns up, and now the things I've learnt are shocking.
The truth about all the films you've seen, is that they aren't just made up,
The monsters are very real...
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October 8th 2024
Don't be distracted. Trust the Quest. Kill your target.
Ten years ago, the System brought dungeons and monsters to Earth. Billions were lost.
While most try to rebuild, Claire chooses to take revenge on the people who took advantage of orphans in the chaos - one hundred names, one hundred targets.
Apocalypse Assassin takes the reader through an alternate world where people delve into dungeons to grow stronger, Skills bring magic to life, and the world rebuilds.
All while Claire kills anyone whose name appears on her list.
About the series: System Orphans is set in a post-apocalypse fantasy & LitRPG world, where each story will follow a different orphan in their altered environment. Claire's story, which will be written over at least three books, is the first in this elegant yet brutal fantasy. With magic, dungeons, and twists you didn't see coming, you're gonna love this killer teenager.
Claire's story is inspired by movies like 'Red Sparrow' and 'John Wick', while drawing inspiration from LitRPGs such as 'System Apocalypse' by Tao Wong and 'Dungeon Crawler Carl' by Matt Dinniman.
The series includes excessive language, brutal fights, and death. The series will have no sexual or sexualized content.
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Jael Ked’Korhva hadn’t anticipated becoming the galaxy’s most wanted.
He hadn’t planned on picking up a strange alien artifact, either, but once it was clasped around his wrist, Jael was granted extraordinary abilities. His senses were heightened, his reflexes faster, and he could now regenerate from damage that would spell the end for others, which was a boon, considering he was just a derelict scavenger.
That was until forces from every corner of the stars wanted Jael’s artifact for themselves, and they’ll stop at nothing to take it back. What initially appears as a boon swiftly transforms into a weighty charge. Yet, it's a charge Jael accepts without hesitation, understanding the catastrophic potential should the relic fall into the wrong hands.
Prodded onward by visions of an ancient ally and a mysterious enemy, Jael becomes a pivotal piece in a vast interstellar play of power and dominion.
An action-packed space opera, perfect for science fiction fans of Sun Eater by Christopher Ruocchio or The Mercy of Gods by James S. A. Corey.
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An ancient blade buried deep within an abandoned tower of the Watch Guard calls for justice and someone to wield its power.
Dan Torren, Junior Lord of Septily, wants to break free from his father's political machinations and fight with honor for the Watch Guard, a multi-kingdom organization that Keeps Watch over all of the known world of Aramatir.
Unfortunately, Dan is saddled with training partners who hinder him: his country's prince in exile and another young man who would rather be a Shepherd. With recruits from many kingdoms, including beautiful swords women, pirates, and a griffin, the training is intense.
With human trafficking on the rise, the world of Aramatir cries out for justice. King Xandros, Sword Master Theran, and Shepherd Jordan hatch a plan to catch the culprits, but even they are not prepared for the treachery they will find.
Dan may want to become a simple swordsman, fighting among allies to protect his world, but supernatural events work to forge a path he can't resist as he battles his own inner darkness.
This is the first book in The Dark Blade Series, a series which predates the events in The Champion Trilogy.
Sweeping across kingdoms, set in a sword and sorcery fantasy world, this series is about hope overcoming darkness, and includes references to Christian faith within the fantasy setting. This series also includes off-the-page material about human trafficking and some references to post-traumatic stress.
This fantasy series published first on the Kindle Vella platform, but the eBook and paperbacks have bonus material included which was not featured in the KV format.
October 16th 2024
They survived mancers. They survived monsters. They survived the Storm.
With the mountains behind them and Illredus on the horizon, they thought the hardest part of the journey over.
They were wrong.
Outlawed and on the run, Lyss struggles to control her new and volatile magic. A magic that will destroy her.
Her only hope: Find the last remaining witch to tame it.
Her only clue: Buried in Illredus. City of mancers. Capital of the Empire.
Together, she and Skaar descend into Illredus’ underbelly and discover a warren of illegal magics and the monstrous legacy Lyss’ father left behind.
As truth, loyalties, and magic clash, Lyss must decide how far she’ll go to exact justice in her father’s name…
And how far she’ll fall to rule the power inside her once and for all.
October 17th 2024
Magical makeovers are a messy business.
But how was junior arcane lecturer Gerome to know his attempt to improve a part of his anatomy would open a portal to the Shade Planes? Or, worse, unleash the all-powerful “Harbinger of the New Dark” – fondly or not nicknamed Al?
Utterly broke and burdened with demon (literally), Gerome begrudgingly joins a shady nobleman’s quest to free the stronghold of Elderstay from a powerful curse. His dysfunctional crew – the insufferable siblings Bijan and Najib, the perpetually moody Polly, and the enigmatic green-skinned Sha-sha – have more problems than they can wave a wand at. Walking corpses and ritual blood circles aside, Gerome is running out of time. At any moment, Al might break free and end the world. As for the horrors that await them in Elderstay?
Let's just say the "New Dark" is the least of their worries…
Buy - https://amzn.to/3ypCWF5
October 21st 2024
Debut author, Russell Carroll is excited to present the thrilling fantasy saga, The Prophecies of Zarune, Volume I - Relentless Blades! It's epic fantasy at its finest, with in-depth world building, heroes to cheer for and villains to despise. A page-turning thrill ride that will have you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end.
Cross the wrong men and meet their blades!
The vragoths, foul creatures with a sinister past, are driven by an insatiable desire to reclaim their malevolent dominion over Zarune. The key to achieving their goal lies in the recently discovered Scepter of Cymathu, the secret power of which endangers the world, and they are hell-bent on obtaining it. However, unlikely heroes threaten to derail their plans.
When duty calls, Valadian Knight Braunstone leads his squad to the frontier town of Exeter, hoping to expose the vragoths’ scheme. The ranger, Grimlock, longs for acceptance in a world that shuns his mixed-race parentage. Meanwhile, Vigilanton, a rogue plagued by a series of dreadful decisions and rebuked by his father, seeks to free himself from the clutches of a ruthless crime lord.
In a race against time, a motley band of comrades must overcome their differences and confront their inner demons if they are to thwart the vragoths. Together, they fight for vengeance and honor, but is it enough to defeat the vragoths and save Zarune?
Buy - https://amzn.to/3X2044R
"We're getting the band back together, you want in?"
Against his better judgment, Kyle Moretti — the least notable member of the once-world famous boy band, Never Boy Land — says yes.
He’s prepared for the drama and clashing egos that drove the band apart four years ago. What he isn’t expecting is for a VR publicity stunt to teleport the band to the magical land of Mythreal.
The good news? They're greeted by Souffy, an attractive young mage, a true fangirl in the making. The bad? She's in trouble with the law, and Kyle's bandmates have no clue how to cope with a real magical world — they don't play "nerd games"...
Among the stars, the rules are different.
In a war-ravaged solar system where Earth clings to the remnants of its fractured colonies, the only thing more dangerous than venturing into the unknown is what lies within it.
The elite Star Core have been tasked with an impossible mission: to infiltrate the uncharted territories beyond the Kuiper Belt—known as Wild Space—and neutralize a threat that could plunge the entire system into chaos. But Wild Space is no ordinary frontier. It’s a lawless expanse filled with rogue warlords, ruthless pirates, and remnants of humanity’s darkest secrets.
The Star Core’s mission will push them to their limits, testing their courage, loyalty, and their very humanity.
When the team uncovers the shocking truth about a legendary war criminal thought long dead, the stakes are raised higher than they ever imagined. With the fate of humanity hanging in the balance, the Core must navigate a deadly game of cat and mouse, where every decision could mean the difference between survival and oblivion.
Filled with heart-pounding action, relentless suspense, and deep space intrigue, Star Core: Wild Space is a thrilling ride that will leave you breathless. In the farthest reaches of space, where the lines between friend and foe blur, how far will they go to protect the future of mankind?
Prepare for a journey like no other, into the heart of darkness, and beyond.
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October 26th 2024
Humanity has been reduced to a few hundred survivors. All technology has been lost. In the Valley, the only law is survival.
A young woman known only as Murdergirl longs for a life beyond subjugation by the brutal warlord Hambone. A chance discovery of a motorcycle and shotgun from the long-lost past leads Murdergirl to embrace the darkness within on a quest for humanity's freedom. She battles violent gangs and cannibals, and with each kill risks losing herself to what she hates most. Can Murdergirl bring the people of the Valley together to defeat the vicious Skinheads and Bones? And is victory worth the price?
For Murdergirl, the road to peace is paved with blood.