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February ..............................17

March ...................................32

April ......................................47

Backlist ................................59

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A Memory of Light Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson

The majestic, long-awaited conclusion to the finest American fantasy series

Since 1990, when Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time® burst on the world with its first book, The Eye of the World, readers have been anticipating the final scenes of this extraordinary saga, which has sold over forty million copies in over thirty-two languages.

When Robert Jordan died in 2007, all feared that these concluding scenes would never be written. But working from notes and partials left by Jordan, established fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson stepped in to complete the masterwork. With The Gathering Storm (Book 12) and Towers of Midnight (Book 13) behind him, both of which were # 1 New York Times hardcover bestsellers, Sanderson now re-creates the vision that Robert Jordan left behind.

Edited by Jordan’s widow, who edited all of Jordan’s books, A Memory of Light will delight, enthrall, and deeply satisfy all of Jordan’s legions of readers.

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, May yet fall under the Shadow. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.

ROBERT JORDAN (October 17, 1948–September 16, 2007), a native of Charleston, South Carolina, was the author of the bestselling The Wheel of Time®, with millions of books in print.

BRANDON SANDERSON grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska. He teaches creative writing at Brigham Young University and lives in Utah with his wife and children.

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JANUARY 2013

MARKETING

Year-Long Marketing Campaign: · National on-sale: January 8, 2013 · National advertising in multiple major daily newspapers, major genre magazines and websites · National TV advertising on major networks · 25-city author tour · Fan cons: San Diego and NY Comic Cons, Jordan Con, GenCon · Extensive digital promotions · Movie screen advertising in select cities · Social referral program · Early content release program · Giveaways · 12-copy floor display: 9780765334534 $419.88 / $479.88 Can

PRAISE

“The battle scenes have the breathless urgency of firsthand experience, and the…evil laced into the forces of good, the dangers latent in any promised salvation, the sense of the unavoidable onslaught of unpredictable events bear the marks of American national experience during the last three decades, just as the experience of the First World War and its aftermath gave its imprint to J. R. R. Tolkien’s work.” —The New York Times on The Wheel of Time®

FICTION / FANTASY Tor Books | January 8, 2013 9780765325952 | $34.99/$39.99 Can. Hardback | 864 pages | Carton Qty: 12 6.125 in W | 9.250 in H

Other Available Formats: Audio ISBN: 9781427210241 Ebook ISBN: 9781429997171

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Towers of Midnight 10/2011 | 9780765364876 Paperback / softback | $9.99/$11.99 Can.

The Gathering Storm 9/2010 | 9780765341532 Paperback / softback | $9.99/$11.99 Can.

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FICTION / FANTASY Tor Books | January 2013 9780765331151 | $299.00/$299.00 Can. Leather / fine binding | 864 pages | Carton Qty: 6.125 in W | 9.250 in H

Other Available Formats: Audio ISBN: 9781427210241 Hardcover ISBN: 9780765325952 Ebook ISBN: 9781429997171

MARKETING

Year-Long Marketing Campaign: · National on-sale: January 8, 2013 · National advertising in multiple major daily newspapers, major genre magazines and websites · National TV advertising on major networks · 25-city author tour · Fan cons: San Diego and NY Comic Cons, Jordan Con, GenCon · Extensive digital promotions · Movie screen advertising in select cities · Social referral program · Early content release program · Giveaways · 12-copy floor display: 9780765334534 $419.88 / $479.88 Can

A Memory of Light Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson

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FICTION / SCIENCE FICTION Tor Books | January 2013 9780765327574 | $25.99/$29.99 Can. Hardback | 368 pages | Carton Qty: 20 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H

Other Available Formats: Ebook ISBN: 9781429987547

MARKETING

Plans: · Advertising in science fiction/fantasy and young adult fiction media, including targeted focus on fans of Ender’s Game. · Publicity · Digital promotion including targeted social networking sites, the Tor/Forge blog, and the Tor/Forge e-newsletter

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Jumper: Griffin's Story 2/2008 | 9780765357854 Paperback / softback | $7.99/$9.99 Can.

Jumper: A Novel 10/1993 | 9780812522372 Paperback / softback | $6.99/$8.99 Can.

Impulse Steven Gould

Steven Gould returns to the world of his classic novel Jumper

Cent has a secret. She lives in isolation, with her parents, hiding from the people who took her father captive and tortured him to gain control over his ability to teleport, and from the government agencies who want to use his talent. Cent has seen the world, but only from the safety of her parents’ arms. She’s teleported more than anyone on Earth, except for her mother and father, but she’s never been able to do it herself. Her life has never been in danger. Until the day when she went snowboarding without permission and triggered an avalanche. When the snow and ice thundered down on her, she suddenly found herself in her own bedroom. That was the first time.

PRAISE

“Jumper [is] one of those rare books that can be read as a YA or a book for adults; like Ender's Game or vintage Heinlein.” —Cory Doctorow

“Reflex is a fun, fast-paced novel… You don’t need to have read Jumper to enjoy the new

novel, but all three of the books mentioned here are highly recommended.” —Charles de Lint, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

STEVEN GOULD is the author of Jumper, Wildside, Helm, Blind Waves, Reflex, and Jumper: Griffin’s Story, as well as many short stories. He is the recipient of the Hal Clement Young Adult Award for Science Fiction and has been nominated for both the Hugo and the Nebula Awards. Gould lives in New Mexico with his wife, writer Laura J. Mixon, and their two daughters.


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FICTION / FANTASY Tor Books | January 2013 9780765332837 | $27.99/$31.99 Can. Hardback | 512 pages | Carton Qty: 12 6.125 in W | 9.250 in H | 1.625 in T


MARKETING

Plans: · National print and online advertising targeting science fiction/fantasy readers · Publicity · Digital promotion including targeted social networking sites, the Tor/Forge blog, and the Tor/Forge e-newsletter

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Imager's Intrigue 6/2011 | 9780765364654 Paperback / softback | $7.99/$9.99 Can.

Imager's Challenge: Book Two of the Imager Portfolio 9/2010 | 9780765360908 Paperback / softback | $7.99/$9.99 Can.

Imager's Battalion L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

The newest novel of the New York Times bestselling Imager Portfolio follows Quaeryt into war

The sequel to the New York Times bestselling Princeps follows magical hero Quaeryt as he leads history's first Imager fighting force into war. Given the rank of subcommander by his wife's brother, Lord Bhayar, the ruler of Telaryn, Quaeryt joins an invading army into the hostile land of Bovaria, in retaliation for Bovaria's attempted annexation of Telaryn. But Quaeryt has his own agenda in doing Bhayar's bidding: to legitimize Imagers in the hearts and minds of all men, by demonstrating their value as heroes as he leads his battalion into one costly battle after another. Making matters worse, court intrigues pursue Quaeryt even to the front lines of the conflict, as the Imager's enemies continue to plot against him.

PRAISE

“Modesitt produces some of the best fantasy novels published. His numerous series have devout fans…. I look forward to Quaeryt's continuing adventures.” —SFRevu

“Solidly engrossing.” —Kirkus Reviews on Princeps

“Modesitt's work shines with engrossing characters, terrific plotting, and realistic world-building.” —RT Book Reviews on Imager

“The Imager Portfolio features some of the best characters Modesitt has ever created, real enough to make you consider what you’d do in their places.” —Booklist on Imager's Challenge

L. E. MODESITT, JR. is the bestselling author of over forty novels encompassing two science fiction series and three fantasy series, including the saga of Recluce. He lives in Cedar City, Utah. www.lemodesittjr.com


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FICTION / SCIENCE FICTION Tor Books | January 2013 9780765330925 | $24.99/$28.99 Can. Hardback | 288 pages | Carton Qty: 20 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 1.000 in T


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The Kassa Gambit M. C. Planck

Far from Earth, an outlaw and a cop are the first on the scene when an alien ship crashes on a human colony

Centuries after the ecological collapse of Earth, humanity has spread among the stars. Under the governance of the League, our endless need for resources has driven us to colonize hundreds of planets, all of them devoid of other sentient life. Humanity is apparently alone in the universe.

Then comes the sudden, brutal decimation of Kassa, a small farming planet, by a mysterious attacker. The few survivors send out a desperate plea for aid, which is answered by two unlikely rescuers. Prudence Falling is the young captain of a tramp freighter. She and her ragtag crew have been on the run and living job to job for years, eking out a living by making cargo runs that aren’t always entirely legal. Lt. Kyle Daspar is a police officer from the wealthy planet of Altair Prime, working undercover as a double agent against the League. He’s been undercover so long he can't be trusted by anyone—even himself.

While flying rescue missions to extract survivors from the surface of devastated Kassa, they discover what could be the most important artifact in the history of man: an alien spaceship, crashed and abandoned during the attack.

But something tells them there is more to the story. Together, they discover the cruel truth about the destruction of Kassa, and that an imminent alien invasion is the least of humanity’s concerns.

PRAISE

“A fast moving and cynical who-done-it, thriller, political novel, and space opera all rolled into one, with a touch of romance as well, where you can't help cheering for the protagonists, even as you wonder exactly how they'll manage to pull it out.” —L. E. Modesitt, Jr., author of the Recluce Saga

“Takes the tried-and-true motif of space traders…and embroils them in a web of conspiracy worthy of John LeCarré himself…. I haven’t had my spine chilled by paranoia this strong since I first read Frank Herbert’s Dune. Planck is to be congratulated on a

most impressive debut.” —Dave Duncan, author of The Seventh Sword

M. C. PLANCK lives in Australila. mcplanck.blogspot.com


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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / FANTASY Tor Books | January 2013 9780765331632 | $24.99/$28.99 Can. Hardback | 176 pages | Carton Qty: 24 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H

Selling Territory: US, CAN, PHIL, OPEN MARKETS

MARKETING

Plans: · Online advertising targeting comics and graphic novel audiences · Targeted advertising in trade comic and education publications · Online publicity campaign · Digital promotions including targeted sites, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads; featured on Tor.com and the Tor/Forge e-newsletter

ALSO AVAILABLE

Eye of the World: the Graphic Novel, Volume Two 6/2012 | 9780765331625 Hardback | $24.99/$28.99 Can.

The Eye of the World: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 9/2011 | 9780765324887 Hardback | $24.99/$28.99 Can.

Eye of the World: The Graphic Novel, Volume Three Based on the novel by Robert Jordan, written by Chuck Dixon, and illustrated by Marcio Fiorito and Francis Nuguit

The third volume of the New York Times bestselling, full-color, graphic novel adaptation of Robert Jordan's epic fantasy classic, The Eye of the World

With the full permission and cooperation of the Jordan estate, adapted by well-known comics writer Chuck Dixon, The Eye of the World: The Graphic Novel has been hailed as an exciting interpretation of Robert Jordan's classic fantasy novel. It features brilliant interior art by Marcio Fiorito and Francis Nuguit, and stunning covers by Jeremy Saliba and Seamus Gallagher. It collects issues thirteen to eighteen of the comic book. Rand; his friends Mat, Perrin, and Egwene; the Aes Sedai Moiraine and her Warder, Lan Mandragoran; Thom the gleeman and Nynaeve, the village Wisdom, split into three groups while trying to escape the ancient, dead city of Shadar Logoth, where they are pursued by the deadly Mashadar. A disastrous river crossing leaves Perrin and Egwene on their own—until they meet a mysterious stranger who claims that he and Perrin share a remarkable ability. Meanwhile, Rand, Mat, pose as Thom’s apprentices as they sail downriver on a cargo ship.

PRAISE

“All of the dialogue is straight out of the book. Dixon is able to make the story flow on the page, without making it feel too dry or wordy. All the characters look like how I might imagine them. Fans of the books will be reminded of the things they enjoyed about the series in the first place.” —Geeks of Doom

“I loved it. I really loved it. This is not just a beautiful visual aid to the story, but a means of being able to enjoy the story in a new way. I eagerly look forward to the next volume.” —Richard Fife on Dragonmount.com

ROBERT JORDAN was a New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, Washington Post, and Toronto Globe and Mail bestselling author. CHUCK DIXON, considered one of the best writers of Batman of the last decade, works closely with the Jordan estate on the Wheel of Time adaptations. MARCIO FIORITO has illustrated for Anne Elizabeth’s Pulse of Power, among other works. He was born in Brazil FRANCIS NUGUIT is a comic-book illustrator from the Philippines.


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FICTION / FANTASY Tor Books | January 2013 9780765326775 | $27.99/$31.99 Can. Hardback | 304 pages | Carton Qty: 20 6.125 in W | 9.250 in H

Other Available Formats: Trade_Paperback ISBN: 9780765327161 Ebook ISBN: 9781429945608

MARKETING


ALSO AVAILABLE

Endurance 8/2012 | 9780765327154 Paperback / softback | $15.99/$18.50 Can.

Green 2/2011 | 9780765326478 Paperback / softback | $15.99/$18.50 Can.

LEAD FICTION

Kalimpura Jay Lake

“Green lives in a remarkable world, in which gods walk the earth, and not all people are human. Lake’s world-building is stellar.” —Booklist

This sequel to Green and Endurance takes Green back to the city of Kalimpura and the service of the Lily Goddess.

Green is hounded by the gods of Copper Downs and the gods of Kalimpura, who have laid claim to her and her children. She never wanted to be a conduit for the supernatural, but when she killed the Immortal Duke and created the Ox god with the power she released, she came to their notice.

Now she has sworn to retrieve the two girls taken hostage by the Bittern Court, one of Kalimpura’s rival guilds. But the Temple of the Lily Goddess is playing politics with her life.

PRAISE

“Assassin and ex-courtesan Green has saved a city and birthed a god. Now she wants to move on—but she’s hunted by enemies from her past, the city council is mired in a power struggle and can’t provide much aid, and something is stalking goddesses, including the one Green serves. Lake deftly weaves complicated, stubborn characters into a plot that reaches the grandest and most personal scales without ever straining credulity…. This complex, lonesome, haunting novel will appeal to fans of Valente, Monette, and Miéville.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review on Endurance

JAY LAKE lives and works in Portland, Oregon, within sight of an 11,000-foot volcano. He is the author of over two hundred short stories, four collections, and a chapbook, along with ten novels. In 2004, Lake won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. He has also been a Hugo nominee for his short fiction and a three-time World Fantasy Award nominee for his editing. www.jlake.com


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JUVENILE FICTION / ACTION & ADVENTURE Tor Teen | January 2013 9780765329615 | $9.99/$10.99 Can. Paperback / softback | 368 pages | Carton Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.875 in T

Selling Territory: World

Other Available Formats: Hardcover ISBN: 9780765329585 Ebook ISBN: 9781429987738

MARKETING Plans: · Advertising in young adult, education, science fiction/fantasy media · Online advertising targeting fans of Hunger Games and Twilight series · 5-city author tour · Online publicity campaign with distribution of book trailer · Author appearance at select book festivals · Digital promotions on targeted sites, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, Tor.com and Tor/Forge e-newsletter

LEAD FICTION

Article 5 Kristen Simmons

“This action-packed novel is a dystopian unlike any other I have read.” —The Huffington Post

New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., have been abandoned. The Bill of Rights has been revoked and replaced with the Moral Statutes. There are no more police—instead, there are soldiers. There are no more fines for bad behavior—instead, there are arrests, trials, and maybe worse. People who get arrested usually don't come back. Seventeen-year-old Ember Miller is old enough to remember that things weren’t always this way. Living with her rebellious single mother, it’s hard for her to forget that people weren’t always arrested for reading the wrong books or staying out after dark. That life in the United States used to be different. Ember has perfected the art of keeping a low profile. She knows how to get the things she needs, like food stamps and hand-me-down clothes, and how to pass the random home inspections by the military. Her life is as close to peaceful as circumstances allow. That is, until her mother is arrested for noncompliance with Article 5 of the Moral Statutes. And one of the arresting officers is none other than Chase Jennings…the only boy Ember has ever loved.

PRAISE

“Fans of dystopian books will love this debut novel, the first in a series.” —School Library Journal

“[A] gripping, atmospheric story of survival. Alongside a fierce depiction of oppressive government, Simmons has created a bleak portrait of an America lost. I could hardly put it down.” —Kendare Blake, author of Anna Dressed in Blood “[A] fun read...a good amount of adventure and action.” —Wired

KRISTEN SIMMONS has a master’s degree in social work and is an advocate for mental health. She lives with her husband, Jason, and their precious greyhound, Rudy, in Tampa, Florida.

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FICTION / FANTASY Tor Books | January 2013 9780765328748 | $14.99/$16.99 Can. Paperback / softback | 384 pages | Carton Qty: 20 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H


MARKETING

Plans: · National print and online advertising in science fiction/fantasy media · Publicity · Digital promotions to include social networking sites, the Tor/Forge blog, and the Tor/Forge e-newsletter

ALSO AVAILABLE

The Isis Collar 3/2012 | 9780765328731 Paperback / softback | $14.99/$16.99 Can.

Demon Song 10/2011 | 9780765364241 Paperback / softback | $7.99/$9.99 Can.

The Eldritch Conspiracy Cat Adams

“A balance between urban fantasy and paranormal romance. The emotional components are just as strong as the action sequences.” —Publishers Weekly on Demon Song

Celia Graves was once an ordinary human, but those days are long gone. Now she strives to maintain her sanity and her soul while juggling both vampire abilities and the powers of a Siren. Not every bride needs a bridesmaid who can double as a bodyguard. But Celia's cousin Adriana is no ordinary bride: she's a Siren princess, and she's marrying the king of a small but politically important European country. She's getting death threats from fanatics who want to see the whole Siren race wiped out—including Celia herself, who is half Siren. Luckily, Celia is on duty when a trip to a bridal salon is interrupted by an assassination attempt, so everyone survives. When Adriana returns to the Siren homeland to try to prevent a coup, Celia is free to hunt for the terrorists and the vile mage who is helping them (while keeping her eyes open for the perfect maid-of-honor dress). Assuming the bride and groom both live to see their wedding day, this will be one royal wedding no one will ever forget.

PRAISE

“Adams takes creepy to a whole new level with this intense and enthralling adventure. Urban Fantasy doesn’t get much better than this!” —RT Book Reviews, 4 ½ stars, Top Pick! on The Isis Collar

“Fast and fun reading, with enough complexity in plot and characters to keep readers engaged from book to book.” —Booklist on The Isis Collar

“How many ways must I say how awesome this series is before everyone believes me? Suspense, drama, action, and even a little romance thrown in. . . . With Cat Adams I know that my interest will be held and my expectations exceeded before even opening the cover.” —TeensReadToo (Gold Star award) on Demon Song

CAT ADAMS is the author of the much-lauded Blood Singer series, Blood Song, Siren Song, Demon Song, and The Isis Collar. Adams is the joint pen name of C. T. Adams and Cathy Clamp, who live deep in the heart of Texas. They are USA Today bestselling authors with their Sazi and Thrall series.


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FICTION / SCIENCE FICTION Tor Books | January 2013 9780765334794 | $14.99/$16.99 Can. Paperback / softback | 336 pages | Carton Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H

Selling Territory: US Can Phil nx-OM


MARKETING

Plans: · Online advertising targeting technology-interest and social media websites · National print advertising including science fiction/fantasy media · Promotion at San Diego and New York Comic-Con · Online publicity campaign · Author appearance at select book festivals · Digital promotions including targeted sites, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads; featured on Tor.com and the Tor/Forge e-newsletter

ALSO AVAILABLE

Fuzzy Nation 3/2012 | 9780765367037 Paperback / softback | $7.99/$9.99 Can.

Old Man's War 12/2005 | 9780765315243 Paperback / softback | $12.95/$14.50 Can.

Redshirts A Novel with Three Codas

John Scalzi

Now in paperback: John Scalzi’s outrageous tale of the starship ensigns who were expendable…until they started comparing notes

Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456. It’s a prestige posting, with the chance to serve on "Away Missions" alongside the starship’s famous senior officers. Life couldn’t be better…until Andrew begins to realize that 1) every Away Mission involves a lethal confrontation with alien forces, 2) the ship’s senior officers always survive these confrontations, and 3) sadly, at least one low-ranking crew member is invariably killed. Unsurprisingly, the savvier crew members belowdecks avoid Away Missions at all costs. Then Andrew stumbles on information that transforms his and his colleagues’ understanding of what the starship Intrepid really is…and offers them a crazy, high-risk chance to save their own lives.

PRAISE

“John Scalzi sets his imagination to STUN and scores a direct hit. Read on and prosper.” —Joe Hill, New York Times bestselling author of Heart-Shaped Box

“I can honestly say I can’t think of another book that ever made me laugh this much. Ever.” —Patrick Rothfuss, New York Times bestselling author of The Name of the Wind

“Scalzi takes apart the whole Star Trek universe and puts it back together far more plausibly—and a lot funnier too.” —Lev Grossman, New York Times bestselling author of The Magicians

“A real joy to read… It’s hard to imagine a reader who wouldn’t enjoy this one.” —Booklist, starred review

JOHN SCALZI is the author of several SF novels including the bestselling Old Man’s War and its sequels and the New York Times bestseller Fuzzy Nation. A winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Scalzi won the Hugo Award for Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded, a collection of essays from his wildly popular blog The Whatever (whatever.scalzi.com). He lives in Ohio with his wife and daughter.


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FICTION / FANTASY Tor Books | January 2013 9780765325617 | $14.99/$16.99 Can. Paperback / softback | 336 pages | Carton Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H


MARKETING

Plans: · National print and online advertising targeting science fiction/fantasy readers · Select author events · Online campaign including book trailer · Digital promotions including targeted social networking sites, the Tor/Forge blog, and the Tor/Forge e-newsletter · Promotions to be coordinated with new hardcover release by Mary R. Kowal, Without A Summer (April 2013).

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Shades of Milk and Honey 6/2011 | 9780765325600 Paperback / softback | $14.99/$16.99 Can.

Glamour in Glass Mary Robinette Kowal

A fine Austen-esque adventure in war time from the acclaimed author of Nebula Award nominee Shades of Milk and Honey

Mary Robinette Kowal stunned readers with her charming first novel Shades of Milk and Honey, a loving tribute to the works of Jane Austen in a world where magic is an everyday occurrence. This magic comes in the form of glamour, which allows talented users to form practically any illusion they can imagine. Shades debuted to great acclaim and left readers eagerly awaiting its sequel. Glamour in Glass follows the lives of beloved main characters Jane and Vincent, with a much deeper vein of drama and intrigue. In the tumultuous months after Napoleon abdicates his throne, Jane and Vincent go to Belgium for their honeymoon. While there, the deposed emperor escapes his exile in Elba, throwing the continent into turmoil. With no easy way back to England, Jane and Vincent’s concerns turn from enjoying their honeymoon…to escaping it. Left with no outward salvation, Jane must persevere over her trying personal circumstances and use her glamour to rescue her husband from prison…and hopefully prevent her newly built marriage from getting stranded on the shoals of another country's war.

PRAISE

“Kowal does a startlingly good job of presenting a mindset that is very alien to me.... The language was delightfully in keeping with the time period, while not being needlessly cumbersome and opaque. The story and characterization were lovely, and I enjoyed the world-building, too. I also liked seeing a strong female character that was still very much a part (and product) of the painfully misogynistic culture she was raised in. That's a fine line to walk in a story.” —Patrick Rothfuss, bestselling author of The Wise Man’s Fear

MARY ROBINETTE KOWAL was the 2008 recipient of the Campbell Award for Best New Writer and a Hugo-winner for her story “For Want of a Nail.” Mary serves on the board of directors of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. A professional puppeteer and voice actor, Mary spent five years touring nationally with puppet theaters. She lives in Chicago with her husband Rob, and nine manual typewriters. www.maryrobinettekowal.com


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Starscape | January 2013 9780765330819 | $14.99/$16.99 Can. Hardback | 144 pages | Carton Qty: 36 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.563 in T


MARKETING

Plans: · Online and print advertising in trade and education media · Promotion at major trade shows targeting educators and librarians · Online publicity campaign · Promotion at regional events · Author school visits · Digital promotion on targeted sites, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads; promoted in the Tor/Forge e-newsletter

ALSO AVAILABLE

Attack of the Vampire Weenies: And Other Warped and Creepy Tales 4/2012 | 9780765363237 Paperback / softback | $5.99/$6.99 Can.

The Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies: And Other Warped and Creepy Tales 3/2010 | 9780765360755 Paperback / softback | $5.99/$6.99 Can.

Hyde and Shriek A Monsterrific Tale

David Lubar

A new addition to acclaimed author David Lubar’s monster series that will appeal to fans of his Weenies short story collections, which have sold nearly two million copies!

There’s something strange going on at Washington Irving Elementary School. People are turning into monsters—literally!

Ms. Clevis is one of the most popular teachers at Washington Irving. Until the morning she accidentally puts some of the wrong ingredients into her breakfast smoothie. Suddenly she finds herself switching back and forth between mean substitute teacher Ms. Hyde and a sweet sixth grade girl named Jackie. Will Jackie figure out the cure before she changes into the horrible Ms. Hyde forever?

PRAISE

“Whoever thinks the short story is dead, or that kids don’t like short stories, hasn’t talked to any real live kids and hasn’t read the latest in this popular series.” —School Library Journal on Attack of the Vampire Weenies

“Bullies and others get their due in this hilarious new collection of thirty-five warped and creepy tales by the master of the ‘weenie’ story.” —Buffalo News on The Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies

DAVID LUBAR created a sensation with his debut novel, Hidden Talents, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. He is also the author of the Nathan Abercrombie series, True Talents, Flip, and six Weenies short story collections. He lives in Nazareth, Pennsylvania.

STARSCAPE JANUARY 2013

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FICTION / FANTASY Tor Books | January 2013 9780765328991 | $14.99/$16.99 Can. Paperback / softback | 304 pages | Carton Qty: 28 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.750 in T


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Wide Open Deborah Coates

Ghosts haunt lonely country backroads as powerful magic crackles across the prairie sky in this atmospheric contemporary fantasy debut

When Sergeant Hallie Michaels comes back to South Dakota from Afghanistan on ten days' compassionate leave, her sister Dell's ghost is waiting at the airport to greet her.

The sheriff says that Dell's death was a suicide, but Hallie doesn't believe it. Something happened, or Dell's ghost wouldn't still be hanging around. Friends and family, mourning Dell's loss, think Hallie's letting her grief interfere with her judgment. The one person who seems willing to listen is the deputy sheriff, Boyd Davies, who shows up everywhere and helps when he doesn't have to.

As Hallie asks more questions, she attracts new ghosts, women who disappeared without a trace. Soon, someone's trying to beat her up, burn down her father's ranch, and stop her investigation. Hallie's going to need Boyd, her friends, and all the ghosts she can find to defeat an enemy who has an unimaginable ancient power at his command.

PRAISE

“[A] refreshingly original dark fantasy debut.” —Publishers Weekly “Coates’s debut novel scores.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Coates does an excellent job… Sergent Hallie Michaels is a complex heroine.” —RT Book Reviews “Wide Open is a good read—full of sound and fury, ghosts and fire… I loved it.” —Patricia Briggs, New York Times bestselling author of River Marked

“Twin Peaks meets Dean Koontz… Deborah Coates offers a pitch-perfect sense of place,

an uncanny knack for dialogue, and a complex heroine who’s mad, sad, tenacious, and tough.” —Sharon Shinn, author of The Shape of Desire

DEBORAH COATES lives in Ames, Iowa and works for Iowa State University. Her short fiction has appeared in Asimov's and Strange Horizons, as well as Year's Best Fantasy 6, Best Paranormal Romance, and Best American Fantasy.


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FICTION / FANTASY Tor Books | January 2013 9780765329325 | $25.99/$29.99 Can. Hardback | 368 pages | Carton Qty: 20 6.125 in W | 9.250 in H | 1.250 in T


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The Six-Gun Tarot Rod Belcher

Buffy meets Deadwood in a dark, wildly imaginative historical fantasy

Nevada, 1869: Beyond the pitiless 40-Mile Desert lies Golgotha, a cattle town that hides more than its share of unnatural secrets. The sheriff bears the mark of the noose around his neck; some say he is a dead man whose time has not yet come. His half-human deputy is kin to coyotes. The mayor guards a hoard of mythical treasures. A banker’s wife belongs to a secret order of assassins. And a shady saloon owner, whose fingers are in everyone’s business, may know more about the town’s true origins than he’s letting on. A haven for the blessed and the damned, Golgotha has known many strange events, but nothing like the primordial darkness stirring in the abandoned silver mine overlooking the town. Bleeding midnight, an ancient evil is spilling into the world, and unless the sheriff and his posse can saddle up in time, Golgotha will have seen its last dawn…and so will all of Creation.

PRAISE

“A jaw-dropping first novel that explodes across genre lines. Wild, gritty, insanely inventive and a hell of a lot of fun!” —Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Dust & Decay and Assassin’s Code “It's H. P. Lovecraft meets High Noon, a dark and mythic romp through a weird West

that never was.” —Rosemary Edghill, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Dead Reckoning

“If you want to see what Weird Westerns are all about, there’s no better place to start than The Six-Gun Tarot.” —Mike Resnick, award-winning author of Santiago

ROD BELCHER won the Grand Prize in the Strange New Worlds SF-writing contest. He runs Cosmic Castle, a comic book shop in Roanoke, Virginia. This is his first novel.


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JUVENILE FICTION / SCIENCE FICTION Tor Teen | January 2013 9780765332165 | $9.99/$10.99 Can. Paperback / softback | 288 pages | Carton Qty: 28 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.688 in T


MARKETING

Plans: · Print and online advertising on science fiction/fantasy and young adult media, including targeted outreach to fans of The Hunger Games · Education and library promotion including major national conferences · Publicity · Digital promotions including targeted social networking sites, the Tor/Forge blog, and the Tor/Forge e-newsletter

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Earthseed 2/2012 | 9780765332158 Paperback / softback | $9.99/$10.99 Can.

Farseed Pamela Sargent

The critically acclaimed sequel to Earthseed, which has been optioned by Paramount Pictures and is set to be produced by the adaptor of the Twilight series

Centuries ago, the people of Earth sent Ship into space. Deep within its core, it carried the seed of humankind….

More than twenty years have passed since Ship left its children on an uninhabited, earthlike planet. Zoheret and her companions have started settlements and had children of their own. But soon after their arrival, Zoheret’s old nemesis, Ho, struck out on his own.

When Ho’s daughter, fifteen-year-old Nuy, spies three strangers headed toward their home, the hostility between the two groups of old shipmates begins anew. Can the divided settlers face the challenges of adapting to their new environment in spite of their conflicts?

PRAISE

Farseed was a A VOYA Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Selection of 2007

“This thoughtful planetary adventure is extremely well done. This novel is a fine example of [Sargent’s] work.” —VOYA on Farseed

“The interpersonal dynamics, plus the challenges of adapting to another world, give this long-awaited second book in the Seed Trilogy strong appeal.” —Booklist on Farseed

PAMELA SARGENT is the author of many highly praised novels, including Earthseed. She has won the Nebula Award, the Locus Award, and has been a finalist for the Hugo Award. She lives with writer George Zebrowski in upstate New York.

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FICTION / FANTASY Tor Books | January 2013 9780765335364 | $14.99/$16.99 Can. Paperback / softback | 336 pages | Carton Qty: 24 6.125 in W | 9.250 in H | 0.813 in T



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Range of Ghosts Elizabeth Bear

“Gripping, perfectly balanced and highly recommended.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

A powerful new fantasy from Hugo award–winning author Elizabeth Bear, Range of Ghosts creates a world both deep and broad, where a sorcerer-prince seeks world domination to the glory of his God. Temur, grandson of the Great Khan, is walking from a battlefield where he was left for dead. All around lie the fallen armies of his cousin and his brother who made war to rule the Khaganate. Temur is now the legitimate heir by blood to his grandfather’s throne, but he is not the strongest. Going into exile is the only way to survive his ruthless cousin. Once-Princess Samarkar is climbing the thousand steps of the Citadel of the Wizards of Tsarepheth. She was heir to the Rasan Empire until her father got a son on a new wife. Then she was sent to be the wife of a Prince in Song, but that marriage ended in battle and blood. Now she has renounced her worldly power to seek the magical power of the wizards. These two will come together to stand against the hidden cult that has so carefully brought all the empires of the Celadon Highway to strife and civil war through guile and deceit and sorcerous power.

PRAISE

“This lean, sinewy, visceral narrative, set forth in extraordinarily vivid prose full of telling detail, conveys a remarkable sense of time and place, where the characters belong to the landscape and whose personalities derive naturally from it.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“Elizabeth Bear launches a trilogy in a fantastic new world with this compelling tale…Bear creates a vivid world where wizards must sacrifice their ability to procreate in order to control magic and the sky changes to reflect the gods of the land's rulers. The strong setting and engaging characters will have readers eager for the second installment.” —Publishers Weekly

ELIZABETH BEAR was born on the same day as Frodo and Bilbo Baggins, but in a different year. She was the recipient of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2005. She has won two Hugo Awards for her short fiction, and her Hammered trilogy is a Locus Award winner. www.elizabethbear.com


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Homeland Cory Doctorow

The direct sequel to Little Brother—in which Marcus finds himself once again risking everything to take on creeping tyranny and surveillance

Just a few years after Little Brother, Marcus's problems are back: California's economy has collapsed, taking his parents and his university tuition with it. But M1k3y's political past saves him and lands him a job as webmaster for a muckraking politician who promises reform. Things are never simple, though, as Marcus discovers when his onetime girlfriend Masha emerges from the political underground to gift him with a thumbdrive containing a Wikileaks-style cable-dump full of hard evidence of conscious corporate and governmental perfidy. It’s incendiary stuff—and if Masha goes missing, Marcus is supposed to release it to the world. But Marcus can’t out himself as the Bradley Manning of this leak, because if he does he’ll cost his employers the election. And he’s surrounded by friends and acquaintances who regard him as a hacker hero. He can’t even attend a demonstration without being dragged onstage and handed a mike. Nobody—his current girlfriend, his weary parents, his progressive-minded employer, his hacker admirers—knows just how unsure of himself he really is. Meanwhile, hard people are beginning to shadow him, people who look like they’ve got plenty of experience inflicting pain until they get the answers they want. Inflicting it on Marcus…or, worse, on people he loves. Fast-moving, passionate, and as current as next week, Homeland is every bit the equal of Little Brother—a paen to activism, to courage, to the drive to make the world a better place.

Canadian-born CORY DOCTOROW is the author of the New York Times bestselling young adult novel Little Brother. His adult novels and short stories have won him three Locus Awards and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. He has been named one of the Web’s twenty-five “influencers” by Forbes magazine and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.

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MARKETING

Plans: · Online advertising on technology blogs and social media · Promotion at New York Comic-Con · National print advertising including science fiction/fantasy, young adult and education publications · 7-city author tour · Radio satellite tour · Online publicity campaign · Digital promotions including targeted sites, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads; featured on Tor.com and the Tor/Forge e-newsletter

PRAISE

For Little Brother “A wonderful, important book… I’d recommend Little Brother over pretty much any book I’ve read this year.” —Neil Gaiman “A rousing tale of techno-geek rebellion.” —Scott Westerfeld, bestselling author of Leviathan “A terrific read... A neat story and a cogently written, passionately felt argument. It’s a stirring call to arms.” —The New York Times “One of the year’s most important books.” —Chicago Tribune

JUVENILE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN Tor Teen | February 5, 2013 9780765333698 | $17.99/$19.99 Can. Hardback | 400 pages | Carton Qty: 20 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H

Other Available Formats: Trade_Paperback ISBN: 9780765333704 Ebook ISBN: 9781466805873

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Little Brother 4/2010 | 9780765323118 Paperback / softback | $9.99/$11.99 Can.

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FICTION / SCIENCE FICTION Tor Books | February 2013 9780765326447 | $25.99/$29.99 Can. Hardback | 368 pages | Carton Qty: 20 6.125 in W | 9.250 in H | 1.250 in T

Subrights: British rights, bookclub rights Selling Territory: World English

Other Available Formats: Trade Paperback ISBN: 9780765326454 Ebook ISBN: 9781429988452

MARKETING

Plans: · National print advertising in science fiction/fantasy media · Targeted online advertising on the science fiction/fantasy e-magazine, Lightspeed and social media outlets · Extensive online publicity campaign · Author appearance at select events and book festivals · Digital promotions including targeted sites, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads; featured on Tor.com and the Tor/Forge e-newsletter

The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius

edited by John Joseph Adams

Blockbuster anthology of original evil genius stories by bestselling authors with a maniacal glint in their eye

From Victor Frankenstein to Lex Luthor, from Dr. Moreau to Dr. Doom, readers have long been fascinated by insane plans for world domination and the madmen who devise them. Typically, we see these villains through the eyes of good guys. This anthology, however, explores the world of mad scientists and evil geniuses—from their own wonderfully twisted point of view.

An all-star roster of bestselling authors—including Diana Gabaldon, Daniel Wilson, Austin Grossman, Naomi Novik, and Seanan McGuire…twenty-two great storytellers all told—have produced a fabulous assortment of stories guaranteed to provide readers with hour after hour of high-octane entertainment born of the most megalomaniacal mayhem imaginable.

Everybody loves villains. They’re bad; they always stir the pot; they’re much more fun than the good guys, even if we want to see the good guys win. Their fiendish schemes, maniacal laughter, and limitless ambition are legendary, but what lies behind those crazy eyes and wicked grins? How—and why—do they commit these nefarious deeds? And why are they so set on taking over the world?

If you’ve ever asked yourself any of these questions, you’re in luck: It’s finally time for the madmen’s side of the story.

PRAISE

“Breathtakingly rich… Superior writing, fantastic storytelling, and creative adherence to the theme will keep readers enthralled.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review on Federations

JOHN JOSEPH ADAMS is the bestselling editor of Wastelands, Under the Moons of Mars, Seeds of Change, The Living Dead, The Way of the Wizard, By Blood We Live, and The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. He's a two-time finalist for the Hugo and a three-time finalist for the World Fantasy Award. He is also the publisher and editor of Lightspeed Magazine, and the cohost of Wired.com’s “The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy” podcast. He lives in Coastal Central California. www.johnjosephadams.com

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FICTION / SCIENCE FICTION Tor Books | February 2013 9780765326454 | $14.99/$16.99 Can. Paperback / softback | 368 pages | Carton Qty: 24 6.125 in W | 9.250 in H | 0.938 in T

Subrights: British rights, bookclub rights Selling Territory: World English


MARKETING

Plans: · National print advertising in science fiction/fantasy media · Targeted online advertising on the science fiction/fantasy e-magazine, Lightspeed and social media outlets · Extensive online publicity campaign · Author appearance at select events and book festivals · Digital promotions including targeted sites, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads; featured on Tor.com and the Tor/Forge e-newsletter

The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius

edited by John Joseph Adams

A blockbuster anthology of stories about the evil geniuses we love to hate, by bestselling authors with that strange glint in their eye

From Victor Frankenstein to Lex Luthor, from Dr. Moreau to Dr. Doom, readers have long been fascinated by insane plans for world domination and the madmen who devise them. Typically, we see these villains through the eyes of good guys. This anthology, however, explores the world of mad scientists and evil geniuses—from their own wonderfully twisted point of view.

An all-star roster of bestselling authors—including Diana Gabaldon, Daniel Wilson, Austin Grossman, Naomi Novik, and Seanan McGuire…twenty-two great storytellers all told—have produced a fabulous assortment of stories guaranteed to provide readers with hour after hour of high-octane entertainment born of the most megalomaniacal mayhem imaginable.

Everybody loves villains. They’re bad; they always stir the pot; they’re much more fun than the good guys, even if we want to see the good guys win. Their fiendish schemes, maniacal laughter, and limitless ambition are legendary, but what lies behind those crazy eyes and wicked grins? How—and why—do they commit these nefarious deeds? And why are they so set on taking over the world?

If you’ve ever asked yourself any of these questions, you’re in luck: It’s finally time for the madmen’s side of the story.

PRAISE

“Breathtakingly rich… Superior writing, fantastic storytelling, and creative adherence to the theme will keep readers enthralled.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review on Federations

“Editor John Joseph Adams has put together an impressive collection.” —The Washington Post on The Living Dead 2

JOHN JOSEPH ADAMS is the bestselling editor of Wastelands, Under the Moons of Mars, Seeds of Change, The Living Dead, The Way of the Wizard, By Blood We Live, and The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. He's a two-time finalist for the Hugo and a three-time finalist for the World Fantasy Award. He is also the publisher and editor of Lightspeed Magazine, and the co-host of Wired.com’s “The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy” podcast. He lives in Coastal Central California. www.johnjosephadams.com


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FICTION / THRILLERS Tor Books | February 2013 9780765333292 | $24.99/$28.99 Can. Hardback | 304 pages | Carton Qty: 20 6.125 in W | 9.250 in H


MARKETING

Plans: · Online advertising targeting fans of major genre authors and cataclysmic thriller fiction, including science fiction/fantasy readers · National print advertising in major news and science fiction/fantasy media · Extensive online publicity campaign · Digital promotions on targeted sites, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads; featured on Criminal Element and the Tor/Forge e-newsletter

Pandemonium Warren Fahy

The long-awaited sequel to the critically acclaimed thriller, Fragment

Deep beneath the Ural Mountains, in an underground city carved out by slave labor during the darkest hours of the Cold War, ancient caverns hold exotic and dangerous life-forms that have evolved in isolation for countless millennia. Cut off from the surface world, an entire ecosystem of bizarre subterranean species has survived undetected—until now. Biologists Nell and Geoffrey Binswanger barely survived their last encounter with terrifying, invasive creatures that threatened to engulf the planet. They think the danger is over until a ruthless Russian tycoon lures them to his underground metropolis, where they find themselves confronted by a vicious menagerie of biological horrors from their past—and by entirely new breeds of voracious predators. Now they’re rising up from the bowels of the Earth to consume the world as we know it. USA Today praised Warren Fahy's debut novel, Fragment, as “a rollicking tale [that] will enthrall readers of Jurassic Park and The Ruins.” Now Fahy sets off an even more thrilling stampede of action and suspense, bursting forth from the hellish depths of...Pandemonium.

PRAISE

“What do you get when you cross Jurassic Park with an ancient underground city? The answer is Pandemonium, an exciting read from thriller author Warren Fahy.” —Steve Alten, New York Times bestselling author of MEG and The Loch.

Praise for Fragment

“Few debuts are as explosive…a story of evolutionary horror that leaps off the page and grabs for your throat. Think Jurassic Park on steroids. This is one helluva ride!” —James Rollins, New York Times betselling author of The Last Oracle

“Fast-paced action adventures with a speculative scientific edge.” —Library Journal

WARREN FAHY has been a bookseller and editor, and lead writer for Rockstar Games' Red Dead Revolver and WowWee Robotics. He is the author of Fragment (nominated for a BSFA and an International Thriller Award) and other works. He currently resides in San Diego, California.


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FICTION / SCIENCE FICTION Tor Books | February 2013 9780765323873 | $24.99/$28.99 Can. Hardback | 400 pages | Carton Qty: 16 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H


MARKETING

Plans: · National print and online advertising targeting science fiction/fantasy readers · Publicity · Digital promotion including targeted social networking sites, the Tor/Forge blog, and the Tor/Forge e- newsletter

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Power Play 11/2012 | 9780765357236 Paperback / softback | $7.99/$9.99 Can.

Able One 3/2011 | 9780765363589 Paperback / softback | $7.99/$9.99 Can.

Farside Ben Bova

A new science fiction novel by a six-time Hugo Award winner

Farside, the side of the Moon that never faces Earth, is the ideal location for an astronomical observatory. It is also the setting for a tangled web of politics, personal ambition, love, jealousy, and murder.

Telescopes on Earth have detected an Earth-sized planet circling a star some thirty light-years away. Now the race is on to get pictures of that distant world, photographs and spectra that will show whether or not the planet is truly like Earth, and if it bears life.

Farside will include the largest optical telescope in the solar system as well as a vast array of radio antennas, the most sensitive radio telescope possible, insulated from the interference of Earth’s radio chatter by a thousand kilometers of the Moon’s solid body.

Building the Farside observatory is a complex, often dangerous task. On the airless surface of the Moon, under constant bombardment of hard radiation and infalling micrometeoroids, builders must work in cumbersome spacesuits and use robotic machines as much as possible. Breakdowns—mechanical and emotional—are commonplace. Accidents happen, some of them fatal.

What they find stuns everyone, and the human race will never be the same.

PRAISE

“Bova’s fans and hard SF lovers should flock to his latest novel.” —Library Journal on Leviathans of Jupiter

“A quick-paced space adventure.” —Publishers Weekly on Leviathans of Jupiter

BEN BOVA is a six-time winner of the Hugo Award, a former editor of Analog, former editorial director of Omni, and a past president of both the National Space Society and the Science Fiction Writers of America. Bova is the author of more than a hundred works of science fact and fiction. He lives in Florida. www.benbova.net


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FICTION / FANTASY Tor Books | February 2013 9780765333223 | $24.99/$28.99 Can. Hardback | 352 pages | Carton Qty: 20 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 1.188 in T


MARKETING

Plans: · National print advertising in and online outreach to science fiction/fantasy media · Online advertising targeting science fiction/fantasy readers, including fans of The Hunger Games, on popular search engines · Extensive online campaign including book trailer distribution · Hardcover release mailing to top newspapers, magazines and websites · Digital promotions including targeted sites, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads; featured on Tor.com and the Tor/Forge e-newsletter

Firebrand Gillian Philip

A critically acclaimed urban fantasy series debuting in the United States for the first time

It is the last decade of the sixteenth century: a time of religious wars in the mortal world. But the Sithe are at peace, hidden behind the Veil that protects their world until their queen, Kate NicNiven, determines to destroy it.

Seth MacGregor is the half-feral son of a Sithe nobleman. When his father is assassinated and Seth is exiled with his brother Conal to the full-mortal world, they vow not only to survive, but to return to reclaim their fortress and save the Veil.

But even the Veil's power cannot protect the brothers when the brutal witch-hunts begin….

Brimming with intrigue and rebellion, Firebrand is the first book in the Rebel Angels series by Gillian Philip, the Carnegie Medal–nominated author of Crossing the Line and multi-award-nominated Bad Faith.

PRAISE

"Once a year, a new novelist really blows me away. Last year it was Suzanne Collins with The Hunger Games…. This year it's Gillian Philip's Firebrand…. A fantastically violent, utterly thrilling tale.... Firebrand is one of the very best...Philip’s clear prose is

as fiery as whiskey…. The best fantasy novel of 2010." —The Sunday Times

"Philip has created an utterly believable other world, where male and female are equals in arms. It is often stark and brutal but with moments of heartbreaking beauty." —The Guardian

GILLIAN PHILIP was born in Glasgow, lived for twelve years in Barbados, and now lives in the north of Scotland with her husband, twin children, three dogs, two sociopathic cats, a slayer hamster, three chickens, and a lot of nervous fish. www.gillianphilip.com


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FICTION / FANTASY Tor Books | February 2013 9780765331663 | $25.99/$29.99 Can. Hardback | 480 pages | Carton Qty: 16 6.125 in W | 9.250 in H

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Songs of the Earth 1/2013 | 9780765368508 Paperback / softback | $7.99/$9.99 Can.

Trinity Rising Elspeth Cooper

“The absorbing narrative and sheer quality of the production will keep readers impatiently awaiting the next installment.” —Kirkus Reviews on Songs of the Earth

This sequel to Songs of the Earth by Elspeth Cooper continues the story of a young man who has been sentenced to death, and then exiled, for his magical abilities. As Gair struggles with grief over the loss of the only home he had known, and his beloved, he is walking into a conflict that's greater and more deadly than he or his mentor ever anticipated. A storm of unrest is spreading across the land and they are going to be caught up in it—at a moment when Gair's hold on his magic, his greatest defense and most valuable tool, is starting to slip….

PRAISE

For Songs of the Earth

“There are those who believe the music of the earth is natural, intertwined with the fabric of creation, and others who believe those who hear the music must be burned at the stake as witches for the sake of creation. This is an engaging first installment from a new author.” —Booklist

“The story flows effortlessly with strong characterization and authorial voice. Fantasy fans will enjoy this debut and look forward to seeing Cooper develop her skills.” —Publishers Weekly

ELSPETH COOPER was born in 1968 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She has been a fan of the written word since she could read unaided, and has been writing stories for almost as long. Songs of the Earth is her first novel. She lives in Northumberland, UK, with her husband and two cats, in a house full of books. www.elspethcooper.com


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FICTION / FANTASY Tor Books | February 2013 9780765328779 | $25.99/$29.99 Can. Hardback | 384 pages | Carton Qty: 20 6.125 in W | 9.250 in H | 1.250 in T

Selling Territory: US/Can/Phil/nx-OM


MARKETING Plans: · National print and online advertising in science fiction/fantasy and romance media · Author tour · Online publicity campaign · Promotion at fan conventions · Cross-promotion with Tor.com · Digital promotions including the Tor-Forge blog, social networking sites and e-newsletters · Teaser excerpt in the MM of Touchstone (1/13; ISBN: 978-0-7653-6347-3; $7.99/$9.99 Can)

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Elsewhens Melanie Rawn

Theater, magic, art, and politics all blend in this amazing high-fantasy series from the imagination of Melanie Rawn

Touchstone, the magical theater troupe, continues to build audiences. But Cayden is increasingly troubled by his “elsewhens,” the uncontrolled moments when he is plunged into visions of the possible futures. He fears that his Fae gift will forever taint his friendships; his friends fear that his increasing distance will destroy him. But worldly success follows them—an apparent loss in the Trials leads to Touchstone being selected to travel to the Continent with a Royal Embassy to collect Prince Ashgar’s new bride. They are the first theater artists to appear outside Albeyn for at least seventy years—for magic is suspect and forbidden elsewhere, and the Kingdom’s easy race mixing and magic use horrifies the people they are to travel among.

PRAISE

“Rawn knows what makes people tick, and how to create and present rich, complex characters the reader cares deeply about. Touchstone is a fascinating mix of character

choreography, magic, and a refreshingly new fantasy backdrop.” —Jennifer Roberson, bestselling author of The Chronicles of Cheysuli

MELANIE RAWN is the three-time Locus Award–nominated author of the bestselling Dragon Prince trilogy and of the Dragon Star trilogy. She graduated from Scripps College with a BA in History and has worked as a teacher and editor. Rawn lives in Flagstaff, Arizona.


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JUVENILE FICTION / SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, & MAGIC Starscape | February 2013 9780765319265 | $17.99/$19.99 Can. Hardback | 384 pages | Carton Qty: 20 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H


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City of Ice 5/2012 | 9780765358806 Paperback / softback | $5.99/$6.99 Can.

City of Fire 8/2010 | 9780765358790 Paperback / softback | $5.99/$6.99 Can.

City of Death Laurence Yep

Two-time Newbery Honor Award–winning author Laurence Yep brings his epic City Trilogy to an action-packed and heart-pounding conclusion

Scirye and her loyal companions chase the villainous Mr. Roland for a final showdown at Riye Srukalleyis, the City of Death, located in the heart of the Kushan Empire, along the Silk Road. There, they reunite with old friends, meet new allies, and confront an even more dangerous foe....

This is the thrilling conclusion to the trilogy that began with City of Fire and City of Ice by esteemed storyteller Laurence Yep, who has been one of the preeminent Asian-American authors for children for the past forty years.

PRAISE

City of Ice is a VOYA 2011 Perfect Tens Selection

“A magnificent adventure, mixing both history and fantasy.... This reader is looking forward to the final book in this most enjoyable trilogy.” — VOYA on City of Ice

“Yep’s second entry in the City Trilogy sings and crackles with as much detail and action as the first.... New readers have enough clues to feel instantly at home. Makes a great read aloud too.” —Booklist on City of Ice

LAURENCE YEP is the critically acclaimed author of more than sixty books for children and young adults, including two Newbery Honor Award winners: Dragonwings and Dragon’s Gate. In 2005, he was awarded the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for a substantial and lasting contribution literature for children. Yep lives with his wife, author and editor Joanne Ryder, in California.

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JUVENILE FICTION / ACTION & ADVENTURE Tor Teen | February 2013 9780765329592 | $17.99/$19.99 Can. Hardback | 400 pages | Carton Qty: 20 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H



MARKETING

Plans: · Advertising in young adult, education, science fiction/fantasy media · Online advertising targeting fans of Hunger Games and Twilight series · 5-city author tour · Online publicity campaign with distribution of book trailer · Author appearance at select book festivals · Digital promotions on targeted sites, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, Tor.com and Tor/Forge e-newsletter

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Article 5 1/2013 | 9780765329615 Paperback / softback | $9.99/$10.99 Can.

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Breaking Point Kristen Simmons

The second installment in Kristen Simmons's fast-paced, gripping YA dystopian series

After faking their deaths to escape from prison, Ember Miller and Chase Jennings have only one goal: to lay low until the Federal Bureau of Reformation forgets they ever existed. Near-celebrities now for the increasingly sensationalized tales of their struggles with the government, Ember and Chase are recognized and taken in by the Resistance—an underground organization working to systematically take down the government. At headquarters, all eyes are on the sniper, an anonymous assassin taking out FBR soldiers one by one. Rumors are flying about the sniper's true identity, and Ember and Chase welcome the diversion…. Until the government posts its most-wanted list, and their number one suspect is Ember herself. Orders are shoot to kill, and soldiers are cleared to fire on suspicion alone. Suddenly Ember can’t even step onto the street without fear of being recognized, and “laying low” is a joke. Even members of the Resistance are starting to look at her sideways. With Chase urging her to run, Ember must decide: Go into hiding…or fight back?

PRAISE

For Article 5

“This action-packed novel is a dystopian unlike any other I have read.” —The Huffington Post

“Fans of dystopian books will love this debut novel, the first in a series.” —School Library Journal

“[A] gripping, atmospheric story of survival. Alongside a fierce depiction of oppressive government, Simmons has created a bleak portrait of an America lost. I could hardly put it down.” —Kendare Blake, author of Anna Dressed in Blood

KRISTEN SIMMONS has a master’s degree in social work and is an advocate for mental health. She lives with her husband, Jason, and their precious greyhound, Rudy, in Tampa, Florida.

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The Plain Man 1/2012 | 9780765364272 Paperback / softback | $7.99/$9.99 Can.

The Long Man 11/2010 | 9780765356611 Paperback / softback | $7.99/$9.99 Can.

The Arena Man Steve Englehart

An explosive new Max August magickal thriller from one of the great comics masters

Legendary comics writer Steve Englehart returns to the adventures of Max August in the fourth novel in his fantasy thriller series.

Max August was once a regular guy, before he learned the ways of magick and immortality and became a staunch crusader against the supernatural forces of evil. Though immune to the effects of time, Max is not indestructible, and now he must face the vast, worldwide conspiracy known as the Necklace.

Max has only a few allies in this fight among them: Pam, an apprentice in the alchemical arts, and Vee, a chanteuse with an uncanny knack for all things magick. But the Necklace is plotting a massive catastrophe fueled by the magical power of a demonic entity; using Black Ops helicopters to massacre tens of thousands of spectators in a domed stadium, re-awakening terrorist fears and destabilizing the U.S. government. Max will need all his magick, and all the help he can get, for him to have any chance to thwart the attack and survive to fight another day.

PRAISE

“Long before Buffy and Angel took up the good fight, long before Dresden began his Files, Max August was out there all alone, our point man in keeping the mundane world safe from the supernatural one.” —Bill Willingham, bestselling author of Fables

“Steve Englehart has created a series of rip-roaring, page-turning, pulp tomes. Think J. K. Rowling meets Ian Fleming. Become an Alchemist! Read Max August!” —Brad Rader, Emmy Award–winning animation artist

STEVE ENGLEHART is known to millions as the writer of over 800 comics for such series as Spider-Man, Captain America, Superman, The Fantastic Four, and Batman. The Arena Man is his fourth Max August novel. He lives in the San Francisco Bay area. www.steveenglehart.com


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Blood's Pride Evie Manieri

Cultures clash and sister betrays sister against the backdrop of a rich, fully realized world in this epic fantasy debut

Rising from their sea-torn ships like vengeful, pale phantoms, the Norlanders laid waste to the Shadar under cover of darkness. They forced the once-peaceful fisher folk into slavery and forged an alliance with their former trading partners, the desert-dwelling Nomas tribe, cutting off any hope of salvation.

Now, two decades after the invasion, a rebellion gathers strength in the dark corridors of the city. A small faction of Shadari have hired the Mongrel, an infamous mercenary, to aid their fledgling uprising—but with her own shadowy ties to the region, she is a frighteningly volatile ally. Has she really come to lead a revolution, or for a more sinister purpose all her own?

This thrilling new epic fantasy is set in a quasi-Medieval Mediterranean region, drawing together the warrior culture of Vikings, the wanderlust of desert nomads, and the oracles of ancient Greece. Blood's Pride is an intricate, lush book full of taut action, gut-wrenching betrayal, and soaring romance.

PRAISE

“Eve Manieri deftly portrays three clashing cultures about to be torn apart by violent rebellion. Against the background of war and revolution, three mismatched couples struggle to stay true to their families, themselves, and the ones they love. I found myself deeply engrossed in this fast-paced tale of honor and betrayal, hope and despair, secrets, revelations, and a whisper of divine magic.” —Sharon Shinn, author of Troubled Waters

“This clever take on epic fantasy, filled with unexpected twists and turns right to the end, will undoubtedly appeal to fans of Michelle West and Patricia Bray.” —Rachel Neumeier, author of the Griffin Mage Trilogy

EVIE MANIERI has a degree in Medieval History and Theatre from Wesleyan University. This is her first novel. She lives with her daughter in New York City.


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FICTION / FANTASY Tor Books | February 2013 9780765330314 | $17.99/$19.99 Can. Paperback / softback | 560 pages | Carton Qty: 16 6.125 in W | 9.250 in H


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The Paths of the Dead: Book One of the Viscount of Adrilankha 5/2012 | 9780765330307 Paperback / softback | $15.99/$18.50 Can.

The Book of Dzur 10/2011 | 9780765328953 Paperback / softback | $15.99/$18.50 Can.

The Lord of Castle Black Steven Brust

Back in print: the second part of the swashbuckling epic begun in The Paths of the Dead

Journeys! Intrigues! Sword fights! Young persons having adventures! Beloved older characters having adventures too! Quests! Battles! Romance! Snappy dialogue! Extravagant food! And the missing heir to the Imperial Throne! It's an old-fashioned adventure—moving at a twenty-first-century pace. The Interregnum is over. To everyone's astonishment, Zerika, a very young Phoenix, has coolly emerged from the Paths of the Dead, carrying with her the Orb, which everyone had thought was lost in Adron’s Disaster. The Orb is the heart of the Dragaeran Empire, the source of all its magic—and the infallible sign that Zerika is the new Empress. But not everyone is happy to hear the news. It's been 250 years since Adron’s Disaster, and power vacuums never stay vacuums for long.…

PRAISE

“Captivating!” —Kirkus Reviews

“Delightful, exciting, and sometimes brilliant, Steven Brust is the latest in a line of great Hungarian writers, which (I have no doubt) includes Alexandre Dumas, C. S. Forester, Mark Twain, and the author of the juiciest bits of the Old Testament.” —Neil Gaiman

STEVEN BRUST is the author of Dragon, Issola, the New York Times bestsellers Dzur and Tiassa, and many other novels of swashbuckling high fantasy. He lives in Minneapolis.


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A Star Shall Fall 9/2012 | 9780765364500 Paperback / softback | $7.99/$9.99 Can.

A Natural History of Dragons A Memoir by Lady Trent

Marie Brennan

The start of a thrilling new fantasy series combining adventure with the inquisitive spirit of the Victorian Age—and also dragons

All the world, from Scirland to the farthest reaches of Eriga, knows Isabella, Lady Trent, to be the world’s preeminent dragon naturalist. She is the remarkable woman who brought the study of dragons out of the misty shadows of myth and misunderstanding into the clear light of modern science. But before she became the illustrious figure we know today, there was a bookish young woman whose passion for learning, natural history, and, yes, dragons defied the stifling conventions of her day.

Here at last, in her own words, is the true story of a pioneering spirit who risked her reputation, her prospects, and her fragile flesh and bone to satisfy her scientific curiosity; of how she sought true love and happiness despite her lamentable eccentricities; and of her thrilling expedition to the perilous mountains of Vystrana, where she made the first of many historic discoveries that would change the world forever.

PRAISE

“Her Ladyship is a determined and canny woman in search of dragons—I wholeheartedly approve!” —Melanie Rawn, bestselling author of Touchstone, on A Natural History of Dragons

For A Star Shall Fall

“Enchanting, fearsome faerie vistas and pinpoint character delineations make Galen's absorbing quest one to savor and remember.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Splendidly mixing historical and fictional characters while carefully depicting the spirit of an age, Brennan’s latest novel should delight fans of historical fantasy.” —Library Journal

MARIE BRENNAN habitually pillages her background in anthropology, archaeology, and folklore for fictional purposes. She is the author of the Onyx Court series and the doppelgänger duology of Warrior and Witch, as well as more than thirty short stories www.swantower.com


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FICTION / FANTASY Tor Books | February 2013 9780765334770 | $16.99/$18.99 Can. Paperback / softback | 736 pages | Carton Qty: 12 6.125 in W | 9.250 in H | 1.188 in T

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Warriors Edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois

In a single volume paperback for the first time, a landmark original anthology including a new George R. R. Martin novella from the world of A Game of Thrones

George R. R. Martin, from his Introduction to Warriors: “People have been telling stories about warriors for as long as they have been telling stories. Since Homer first sang the wrath of Achilles and the ancient Sumerians set down their tales of Gilgamesh, warriors, soldiers, and fighters have fascinated us. Our contributors make up an all-star lineup of award-winning and bestselling writers. We asked each of them for the same thing—a story about a warrior. You will find warriors of every shape, size, and color in these pages, warriors from every epoch of human history, from yesterday and today and tomorrow, and from worlds that never were. Some of the stories will make you sad, some will make you laugh, and many will keep you on the edge of your seat.” Included are a long novella from the world of George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones, a new tale of Lord John by Diana Gabaldon, and an epic of humanity at bay by David Weber. Also present are original tales by David Ball, Peter S. Beagle, Lawrence Block, Gardner Dozois, Joe Haldeman, Robin Hobb, Cecelia Holland, Joe R. Lansdale, David Morrell, Naomi Novik, James Rollins, Steven Saylor, Robert Silverberg, S. M. Stirling, Carrie Vaughn, Howard Waldrop, and Tad Williams. Many of these writers are bestsellers. All of them are storytellers of the highest quality. Together they make a volume of unforgettable reading.

PRAISE

“An eclectic mix…. Highly recommended.” —Library Journal, starred review

“Pure entertainment.” —Publishers Weekly

“Entirely successful… There really is something for everybody in it.” —Booklist

Author of the New York Times bestselling Song of Ice and Fire series that begins with A Game of Thrones, and called “the American Tolkien” by Time magazine, GEORGE R. R. MARTIN is one of the leading authors of fantasy today. GARDNER DOZOIS is an acclaimed science fiction and fantasy editor and novelist who has won fifteen Hugo Awards for his editorial work.


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FICTION / FANTASY Tor Books | March 2013 9780765330901 | $25.99/$29.99 Can. Hardback | 336 pages | Carton Qty: 20 6.125 in W | 9.250 in H


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Quintessence David Walton

At the edge of the flat Earth, there is a place of wonders

Quintessence is an Alternate History/Fantasy set 500 years ago in the Age of Exploration, full of alchemy, human dissection, sea monsters, betrayal, torture, religious controversy, and magic. In Europe, the magic is thin, but at the edge of the world, where the stars reach down close to the Earth, wonders abound. This drives the bravest explorers to the alluring Western Ocean. Christopher Sinclair is an alchemist who cares only about one thing: quintessence, a substance he believes will grant magical powers and immortality. And he has a ship.

Fleeing an inquisition, physician Stephen Parris follows Sinclair to an island that perches on the edge of the world, bringing his daughter Catherine with him. The island is teeming with fantastical animals and alluring mysteries, and may hold the secret of immortality.

PRAISE

“Quintessence is an utterly stunning work of imagination, a slipstream counterhistory

set in a fourteenth century that is as audaciously imagined as any work of science fiction.” —Rosemary Edghill, coauthor of The Shadow of Albion

“With Quintessence David Walton proves that winning the Philip K. Dick Award was not

a fluke, but a harbinger of things to come.” —Mike Resnick, Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of the Oracle Trilogy “Terminal Mind is high-intensity human drama set in a thoroughly imagined and highly

plausible future.” —Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show DAVID WALTON won the 2008 Philip K. Dick Award for his debut novel, Terminal Mind. He lives near Philadelphia. davidwaltonfiction.wordpress.com

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Hellhole: Awakening Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson

The exciting sequel to Hellhole

General Adolphus knows the Monarchy crackdown is coming. Now he needs to pull together all the resources of the Hellhole colony, the ever-expanding shadow-Xayan settlement, and his connections with the other Deep Zone worlds. On Sonjeera, Diadem Michella Duchenet has collected a huge fleet, led by firebrand Commissar Escobar Hallholme, son of the man who originally defeated Adolphus. Uniting themselves and pooling their minds, the shadow-Xayans send a power surge along the original stringline path that links Hellhole with the Monarchy’s hub on Sonjeera. All of the Diadem’s battleships are currently approaching on that route, and when the mental blast wipes out all the substations, the battleships are effectively stranded. A bigger threat appears. Three asteroids come in from the outer reaches of the Candela system. On Hellhole, the awakened Xayans finally reveal information that has been hidden even from their own followers. A large group of powerful, rogue telemancers split away from the main race. Now that the Xayan civilization is reawakening, these violent fanatics have come back to destroy them once and for all. They are coming for Hellhole, and this time they will completely destroy it.

BRIAN HERBERT has been nominated for both the Hugo and the Nebula Awards. In 2003, he published Dreamer of Dune, a Hugo Award–nominated biography of his father. KEVIN J. ANDERSON has been nominated for the Nebula Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the SFX Reader's Choice Award. He set the Guinness-certified world record for the largest single-author book signing.

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Plans: · National print advertising including news and science fiction/fantasy media · Extensive online advertising on social media and popular search engines targeting science fiction/fantasy readers, Dune fans, and genre authors · New York Comic-Con Promotion · 5-city Author Tour · Extensive online publicity campaign · Author appearance at regional book festivals · Digital promotions on targeted sites, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads; featured on Tor.com and the Tor/Forge e-newsletter

PRAISE

“Hellhole is a militaristic SF story of galactic proportions… Brilliant strategist, lover of Old Earth history, and cast-off of a now-defunct noble line, Adolphus is a Robin Hood for the galaxy to unite behind. The characters are easy for the reader to believe in, brought to life through not only their own emotions but also the responses and thoughts of the individuals around them.” —Booklist, starred review “Combines the best of space opera with galactic intrigue and a cast of memorable characters. Fans of David Weber’s Honor Harrington series and the Star Wars® novels should enjoy a new entry into this popular category.” —Library Journal on Hellhole “Herbert and Anderson create vivid characters—both human and machine—with passionate goals.” —RT Book Reviews on Dune: The Battle of Corrin

FICTION / SCIENCE FICTION Tor Books | March 19, 2013 9780765322708 | $27.99/$31.99 Can. Hardback | 528 pages | Carton Qty: 12 6.125 in W | 9.250 in H

Other Available Formats: Audio ISBN: 9781427229113 Ebook ISBN: 9781429949590

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Hellhole 11/2011 | 9780765362582 Paperback / softback | $7.99/$9.99 Can.

The Winds of Dune 8/2010 | 9780765362629 Paperback / softback | $9.99/$11.99 Can.

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The Gate Thief Orson Scott Card

“Card sets his saga in a present where our legends about wizardry and magic are actually remembered truths…. Promises much.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer on The Lost Gate

In this sequel to The Lost Gate, bestselling author Orson Scott Card continues his fantastic tale of the Mages of Westil who live in exile on Earth. Here on Earth, Danny North is still in high school, yet he holds in his heart and mind all the stolen outselves of thirteen centuries of gatemages. The Families still want to kill him if they can't control him…and they can't control him. He is far too powerful. And on Westil, Wad is now nearly powerless—he lost everything to Danny in their struggle. Even if he can survive the revenge of his enemies, he still must somehow make peace with the Gatemage Daniel North. For when Danny took that power from Loki, he also took the responsibility for the Great Gates. And when he comes face-to-face with the mages who call themselves Bel and Ishtoreth, he will come to understand just why Loki closed the gates all those centuries ago.

ORSON SCOTT CARD is the author of the international bestsellers Shadow of the Giant, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Hegemon, and Ender's Shadow, and of the beloved classic of science fiction, Ender's Game, as well as the acclaimed fantasy series The Tales of Alvin Maker. He lives in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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Plans: · National print advertising including news and science fiction/fantasy media · Extensive online advertising on social media and popular search engines targeting science fiction/fantasy readers, Dune fans, and genre authors · New York Comic-Con Promotion · Extensive online publicity campaign · Author appearance at regional book festivals · Digital promotions on targeted sites, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads; featured on Tor.com and the Tor/Forge e-newsletter

PRAISE

“Mr. Card is giving a kind of tour of fantasy possibilities while integrating them into his intricately imagined system of magic. One of the system's charms is that it explains such a lot: what ghosts are (the fading “outselves” that mages can project), what fairies are (playful creations that mages make from trash, plants and petals), and why all Indo-European gods have such strong family resemblances. The hints of real history behind the families are especially enticing: I look forward to learning more.” —The Wall Street Journal on The Lost Gate

FICTION / FANTASY Tor Books | March 19, 2013 9780765326584 | $24.99/$28.99 Can. Hardback | 400 pages | Carton Qty: 16 6.125 in W | 9.250 in H


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The Lost Gate 11/2011 | 9780765365385 Paperback / softback | $7.99/$9.99 Can.

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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENA Tor Books | March 2013 9780765334985 | $14.99/$16.99 Can. Paperback / softback | 304 pages | Carton Qty: 28 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H

MARKETING

Plans: · National print and online advertising targeting urban and historical fantasy readers · Publicity · Digital promotion including targeted social networking sites, the Tor/Forge blog, and the Tor/Forge e-newsletter

The Mothman Prophecies John A. Keel

The New York Times nonfiction bestseller that inspired the 2002 film, and a classic in the literature of the unexplained

West Virginia, 1966. For thirteen months the town of Point Pleasant is gripped by a real-life nightmare culminating in a tragedy that makes headlines around the world. Strange occurrences and sightings, including a bizarre winged apparition that becomes known as the Mothman, trouble this ordinary American community. Mysterious lights are seen moving across the sky. Domestic animals are found slaughtered and mutilated. And journalist John Keel, arriving to investigate the freakish events, soon finds himself an integral part of an eerie and unfathomable mystery. Translated into over thirteen languages, John Keel’s unsettling true story of the paranormal has long been regarded as a classic in the literature of the unexplained.

PRAISE

“An essential read. Even if you just enjoy good suspense, when Keel talks of his own experiences with Men in Black, stolen evidence, and intimidation via eerie phone calls and visitations, you'll want to keep reading.” —Strange Horizons

“The Mothman remains a potent piece of American folklore.” —CNN

JOHN A. KEEL was a prominent journalist and UFOlogist, credited with coining the term “Men in Black.” He died in 2009.


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JUVENILE FICTION / GENERAL Tor Teen | March 2013 9780765333339 | $17.99/$19.99 Can. Hardback | 352 pages | Carton Qty: 20 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 1.125 in T


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Plans: · National print advertising in science fiction/fantasy and education media · Online publicity campaign including blog tour · Author appearances at regional events · Online outreach to educators · Promotion at educational trade shows · Digital promotions including targeted sites, Tor-Forge blog, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads; featured on Tor.com and the Tor/Forge e-newsletter

The Nightmare Affair Mindee Arnett

The first in a gripping new urban fantasy trilogy

Sixteen-year-old Dusty Everhart breaks into houses late at night, but not because she’s a criminal. No, she’s a Nightmare. Literally. Being the only Nightmare at Arkwell Academy, a boarding school for magickind, and living in the shadow of her mother’s infamy, is hard enough. But when Dusty sneaks into Eli Booker’s house, things get a whole lot more complicated. He’s hot, which means sitting on his chest and invading his dreams couldn’t get much more embarrassing. But it does. Eli is dreaming of a murder. Then Eli's dream comes true. Now Dusty has to follow the clues—both within Eli’s dreams and out of them—to stop the killer before more people turn up dead. And before the killer learns what she’s up to and marks her as the next target.

MINDEE ARNETT lives on a horse farm in Ohio with her husband, two kids, a couple of dogs, and an inappropriate number of cats. She’s addicted to jumping horses and telling tales of magic and the macabre. Her short stories have appeared in various magazines. Arnett has a Master of Arts in English literature with an emphasis in Creative Writing. She blogs and tweets, and is hard at work on the next novel in the Arkwell Academy series. MindeeArnett.com

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FICTION / FANTASY Tor Books | March 2013 9780765325990 | $17.99/$19.99 Can. Paperback / softback | 352 pages | Carton Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H


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Black Swan Rising 8/2012 | 9780765364890 Paperback / softback | $7.99/$9.99 Can.

The Watchtower 8/2011 | 9780765325983 Paperback / softback | $15.99/$18.50 Can.

The Shape Stealer Lee Carroll

Evil has crossed time to threaten our world….

Jewelry designer Garet James is the Watchtower—the last in a long line of powerful women sworn to protect the world from evil. Although she had once defeated evil in New York City, her pursuit of her true love, the 400-year-old vampire Will Hughes, has now unleashed an age-old evil onto the modern world, and the entire planet is at risk.

Marduk, the ageless descendant of a demonic Babylonian deity, is now loose in Paris. He has joined forces with the villainous John Dee in a plan to destroy the world’s economy and plunge the entire world into chaos.

To fight this threat, Garet enlists the help of a modern-day band of knights who are dedicated to preserving the sanctity of the timeline. As she and her allies face this threat, new challenges arise in the form of a rival faction of knights who will stop at nothing to bring about the destruction of everything Garet holds dear.

PRAISE

“Clever and assured, with an authentic NYC setting.” —Kirkus Reviews on Black Swan Rising

“Fans of Charles de Lint and Mercedes Lackey should enjoy this vibrant addition to the urban fantasy genre.” —Library Journal on Black Swan Rising

LEE CARROLL is a pseudonym for the collaboration between Hammett Award–winning mystery novelist Carol Goodman and her poet and hedge fund manager husband, Lee Slonimsky. Goodman and Slonimsky live in Great Neck, New York.


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Wide Open 1/2013 | 9780765328991 Paperback / softback | $14.99/$16.99 Can.

Deep Down Deborah Coates

Death stalks the haunted, windswept prairie in this chilling sequel to Wide Open

Now that she's solved her sister's murder, Hallie Michaels has left the army and isn't sure what to do next. Her relationship with deputy Boyd Davies is tentative, there's still distance between her and her father, and she needs a job. The good news is, she hasn't seen a ghost in weeks.

All that changes when she gets a call asking her to help an elderly neighbor who is being stalked by black dogs, creatures from the underworld that are harbingers of death. When a black dog appears, Hallie learns, a reaper is sure to follow. And if the dark visions she's suddenly receiving are any indication, it looks like the reaper is now following her.

Meanwhile, strange events herald the arrival of ghosts from Boyd's past, ghosts the young deputy isn't ready to face. Refusing Hallie's help, Boyd takes off to deal with the problem on his own, only to find that he's facing something much larger and more frightening than he'd imagined.

Stalked by a reaper and plagued by dark visions, Hallie finds she must face her fears and travel into Death's own realm to save those she most loves.

PRAISE

For Wide Open:

“[A] refreshingly original dark fantasy debut.” —Publishers Weekly “Coates’s debut novel scores.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Excellent… Sergent Hallie Michaels is a complex heroine filled with anger, sadness, and grief who runs headlong into a murderous puzzle.” —RT Book Reviews

“Deborah Coates is a storyteller in the best sense of the word.” —Patricia Briggs, New York Times bestselling author of River Marked

“Deborah Coates offers a pitch-perfect sense of place, an uncanny knack for dialogue, and a complex heroine who’s mad, sad, tenacious, and tough.” —Sharon Shinn, author of The Shape of Desire

DEBORAH COATES lives in Ames, Iowa, and works for Iowa State University. Her short fiction has appeared in Asimov's and Strange Horizons, as well as Year's Best Fantasy 6, Best Paranormal Romance, and Best American Fantasy.


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FICTION / SCIENCE FICTION Tor Books | March 2013 9780765334190 | $17.99/$19.99 Can. Paperback / softback | 480 pages | Carton Qty: 16 6.125 in W | 9.250 in H | 1.188 in T


MARKETING

Plans: · National print and online advertising targeting mystery and thriller fiction readers · Publicity · Digital promotion including targeted social networking sites, the Tor/Forge blog, and the Tor/Forge e-newsletter

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Firestar 3/1997 | 9780812530063 Paperback / softback | $7.99/$9.99 Can.

The Wreck of the River of Stars Michael Flynn

Mythic space opera from the winner of the Robert A. Heinlein Medal for lifetime achievement

This is a story of the glory that was. In the days of the great interplanetary sailing ships in the mid-21st century, when magnetic sails drew cargo and passengers alike to every corner of the Solar System, sailors had the highest status of all spacemen, and the crew of the luxury liner The River of Stars, the highest among all sailors.

But development of the Farnsworth fusion drive doomed the sailing ships and now The River of Stars is the last of its kind, retro-fitted with engines, her mast vestigial, her sails unraised for years. An ungainly hybrid, she operates in the late years of the century as a mere tramp freighter among the outer planets, and her crew is a motley group of misfits. Stepan Gorgas is the escapist executive officer who becomes captain. Ramakrishnan Bhatterji is the chief engineer who disdains him. Eugenie Satterwaithe, once a captain herself, is third officer and, for form's sake, sailing master.

When an unlikely and catastrophic engine failure strikes The River, Bhatterji is confident he can effect repairs with heroic engineering, but Satterwaithe and the other sailors among the crew plot to save her with a glorious last gasp for the old ways, mesmerized by a vision of arriving at Jupiter proudly under sail. The story of their doom has the power, the poetry, and the inevitability of Greek tragedy. This is a great science fiction novel.

PRAISE

“Full of intrigue, poetry, and thunder…an opulent tapestry of human observation… Go and read this large, insinuating, emotionally labyrinthine book.” —Locus

“Thrilling… A narrative machine whose denouement exerts a great power over the reader…triumph and tragedy merge into an ultimately satisfying whole…. Emerges finally as a lovely tale…told with integrity and intelligence.” —Strange Horizons

“A tour de force of character development… Flynn's writing is masterful… This is a wonderful book, easily Flynn's best… Highly recommended.” —SFSite

MICHAEL FLYNN lives in Easton, Pennsylvania.


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Range of Ghosts 1/2013 | 9780765335364 Paperback / softback | $14.99/$16.99 Can.

Shattered Pillars Elizabeth Bear

“[A] vivid world...The strong setting and engaging characters will have readers eager for the second installment.” —Publishers Weekly

The Shattered Pillars is the second book of Bear’s The Eternal Sky trilogy and the sequel to Range of Ghosts. Set in a world drawn from our own great Asian Steppes, this saga of magic, politics and war sets Re-Temur, the exiled heir to the great Khagan and his friend Sarmarkar, a Wizard of Tsarepheth, against dark forces determined to conquer all the great Empires along the Celedon Road. Elizabeth Bear is an astonishing writer, whose prose draws you into strange and wonderful worlds, and makes you care deeply about the people and the stories she tells. The world of The Eternal Sky is broadly and deeply created—her award-nominated novella, "Bone and Jewel Creatures" is also set there.

PRAISE

“This lean, sinewy, visceral narrative, set forth in extraordinarily vivid prose full of telling detail, conveys a remarkable sense of time and place, where the characters belong to the landscape and whose personalities derive naturally from it. Though the book is not self-contained, Bear provides this opener with enough of a resolution to satisfy while whetting the appetite for more. Gripping, perfectly balanced and highly recommended." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review on Range of Ghosts

ELIZABETH BEAR was born on the same day as Frodo and Bilbo Baggins, but in a different year. She was the recipient of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2005. She has won two Hugo Awards for her short fiction, and her Hammered trilogy is a Locus Award winner. www.elizabethbear.com


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Queen Victoria's Book of Spells Edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling

An anthology featuring all-original tales of gaslamp fantasy from bestselling and award-winning authors

“Gaslamp Fantasy,” or historical fantasy set in a magical version of the nineteenth century, has long been popular with readers and writers alike. A number of wonderful fantasy novels, including Stardust by Neil Gaiman, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke, and The Prestige by Christopher Priest, owe their inspiration to works by nineteenth-century writers ranging from Jane Austen, the Brontës, and George Meredith to Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, and William Morris. And, of course, the entire steampunk genre and subculture owes more than a little to literature inspired by this period. Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells is an anthology for everyone who loves these works of neo-Victorian fiction, and wishes to explore the wide variety of ways that modern fantasists are using nineteenth-century settings, characters, and themes. These approaches stretch from steampunk fiction to the Austen-and-Trollope inspired works that some critics call Fantasy of Manners, all of which fit under the larger umbrella of Gaslamp Fantasy. The result is eighteen stories by experts from the fantasy, horror, mainstream, and young adult fields, including both bestselling writers and exciting new talents such as Elizabeth Bear, James Blaylock, Jeffrey Ford, Ellen Kushner, Tanith Lee, Gregory Maguire, Delia Sherman, and Catherynne M. Valente, who present a bewitching vision of a nineteenth century invested (or cursed!) with magic.

PRAISE

“A superb sampling of urban fantasy.... You will have fun with all twenty stories.” —Booklist on Naked City

“This is a treasure chest. Open it and revel in its riches.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review on The Faery Reel

“An often sophisticated view of the world [and] a real sense of how powerful nature can be in its various guises.” —School Library Journal on The Green Man

“An enchanting, witty collection of original stories.... This superior volume proves that the notion of modern-day Grimms, Andersens and Wildes isn’t just a fairy tale.” —Publishers Weekly on Black Thorn, White Rose

Multiple award-winning editor ELLEN DATLOW has been editing science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction for almost thirty years. She was fiction editor of OMNI magazine and SciFiction and has edited more than fifty anthologies. She lives in New York City.

TERRI WINDLING is a writer, artist, and book editor interested in myth, folklore, and fairy tales. She lives in a little village at the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, England.


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FICTION / FANTASY Tor Books | March 2013 9780765332271 | $15.99/$18.50 Can. Paperback / softback | 352 pages | Carton Qty: 24 6.125 in W | 9.250 in H



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Blood and Other Cravings 10/2012 | 9780765328298 Paperback / softback | $16.99/$18.99 Can.

Haunted Legends 9/2010 | 9780765323019 Paperback / softback | $16.99/$18.99 Can.

Queen Victoria's Book of Spells Edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling

An anthology featuring all-original tales of gaslamp fantasy from bestselling and award-winning authors

“Gaslamp Fantasy,” or historical fantasy set in a magical version of the nineteenth century, has long been popular with readers and writers alike. A number of wonderful fantasy novels, including Stardust by Neil Gaiman, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke, and The Prestige by Christopher Priest, owe their inspiration to works by nineteenth-century writers ranging from Jane Austen, the Brontës, and George Meredith to Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, and William Morris. And, of course, the entire steampunk genre and subculture owes more than a little to literature inspired by this period. Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells is an anthology for everyone who loves these works of neo-Victorian fiction, and wishes to explore the wide variety of ways that modern fantasists are using nineteenth-century settings, characters, and themes. These approaches stretch from steampunk fiction to the Austen-and-Trollope inspired works that some critics call Fantasy of Manners, all of which fit under the larger umbrella of Gaslamp Fantasy. The result is eighteen stories by experts from the fantasy, horror, mainstream, and young adult fields, including both bestselling writers and exciting new talents such as Elizabeth Bear, James Blaylock, Jeffrey Ford, Ellen Kushner, Tanith Lee, Gregory Maguire, Delia Sherman, and Catherynne M. Valente, who present a bewitching vision of a nineteenth century invested (or cursed!) with magic.

PRAISE

“A superb sampling of urban fantasy.... You will have fun with all twenty stories.” —Booklist on Naked City

“This is a treasure chest. Open it and revel in its riches.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review on The Faery Reel

“An often sophisticated view of the world [and] a real sense of how powerful nature can be in its various guises.” —School Library Journal on The Green Man

“An enchanting, witty collection of original stories.... This superior volume proves that the notion of modern-day Grimms, Andersens and Wildes isn’t just a fairy tale.” —Publishers Weekly on Black Thorn, White Rose

Multiple award-winning editor ELLEN DATLOW has been editing science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction for almost thirty years. She was fiction editor of OMNI magazine and SciFiction and has edited more than fifty anthologies. She lives in New York City.

TERRI WINDLING is a writer, artist, and book editor interested in myth, folklore, and fairy tales. She lives in a little village at the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, England.


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Subrights: Book club, British, Translation rights, Audio Selling Territory: World, all languages


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Dark Victory 1/2013 | 9780765362964 Paperback / softback | $7.99/$9.99 Can.

Lady Lazarus 5/2011 | 9780765362957 Paperback / softback | $7.99/$9.99 Can.

Rebel Angels Michele Lang

The thrilling conclusion of the Lady Lazarus World War II urban fantasy trilogy

Magda Lazarus has twice come back from the dead to fight the Nazis’ devastating conquest of Poland. To prevent the Holocaust her sister has seen in terrible visions, Magda will need the Heaven Sapphire, a gem powerful enough to defeat even the demon Asmodel. With the future of all Europe in the balance, Magda and her husband, the fallen angel Raziel, begin a perilous journey to the Caucasus, the resting place of the fabled stone.

Surrounded by Germans, Russians, and mistrustful Azerbaijani tribesmen, Magda must summon all her magic to withstand the predations of the deadly supernatural foes. But more dangerous yet is the power of the Sapphire itself, which could stop Hitler…or destroy Magda.

Rebel Angels, the climactic book of the Lady Lazarus trilogy, filled with suspense, magic, and action, will have readers at the edge of their seats until the exciting conclusion.

PRAISE

“A riveting must-read for the true historical fantasy fan” —RT Book Reviews, 4 1/2 stars on Lady Lazarus

“A groundbreaking, rich, enthralling series that combines the darkest days of World War II with magic, very human characters, and stakes that couldn't be higher. A tour de force!” —Rachel Caine on Dark Victory

MICHELE LANG is the author of the historical urban fantasy novel, Lady Lazarus, and its sequel, Dark Victory. Like her protagonist, Lang is of Hungarian-Jewish ancestry. She and her family live on the North Shore of Long Island, New York. michelelang.com


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FICTION / SCIENCE FICTION Tor Books | March 2013 9780765324931 | $17.99/$19.99 Can. Paperback / softback | 384 pages | Carton Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H


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The Sunless Countries 5/2012 | 9780765328472 Paperback / softback | $15.99/$18.50 Can.

Pirate Sun 11/2010 | 9780765326423 Paperback / softback | $15.99/$18.50 Can.

Ashes of Candesce Karl Schroeder

The epic finale of the Virga series: a high-flying collision of futuristics, monsters, and minds

A world of endless sky, with no land, no gravity: this is Virga. Beginning in the seminal science fiction novel Sun of Suns, the saga of this striking world has introduced readers to the people of stubborn pride and resilience who have made Virga their home; but also, always lurking beyond the walls of the world, to the mysterious threat known only as Artificial Nature. In The Sunless Countries, history tutor Leal Hieronyma Maspeth became the first human in centuries to learn the true nature of this threat. Her reward was exile, but now, in Ashes of Candesce, Artificial Nature makes its final bid to destroy Virga, and it is up to Leal to unite the quarrelling clans of her world to fight back.

Ashes of Candesce brings together all the heroes of the Virga series and draws the diverse threads of the previous storylines together into one climactic conflict. Blending steampunk styling with a far-future setting and meditations on the posthuman condition, Ashes of Candesce mixes high adventure and cutting-edge ideas in a fitting climax to one of science fiction’s most innovative series.

PRAISE

“One of the best ways to think about the future is to create something to think with—such as a machine, a scenario, or a story. There are people who do this for a living: futurists, for instance, and writers of speculative fiction (SF). The Canadian SF writer Karl Schroeder is both.” —The Atlantic

“Brings the Virga saga to an operatic, crashing finale; a splendid climax to the hard SF saga of the decade!” —Charles Stross, author of the Merchant Princes Series, on Ashes of Candesce

“I loved it. It never slowed down.” —Larry Niven, author of Ringworld, on Sun of Suns

KARL SCHROEDER lives in Toronto, Ontario. www.kschroeder.com


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FICTION / ALTERNATIVE HISTORY Tor Books | March 2013 9780765323132 | $14.99/$16.99 Can. Paperback / softback | 320 pages | Carton Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.813 in T


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Among Others 1/2012 | 9780765331724 Paperback / softback | $14.99/$16.99 Can.

Half a Crown 9/2008 | 9780765316219 Hardback | $25.95/$28.95 Can.

Farthing Jo Walton

Back in print, the acclaimed novel of a Britain sliding quietly into fascism—and the few brave people who resist it

First published in 2006, Jo Walton’s Farthing was hailed as a masterpiece, a darkly romantic thriller set in an alternate postwar England sliding into fascism. Eight years after they overthrew Churchill and led Britain into a separate peace with Hitler, the upper-crust families of the “Farthing set” are gathered for a weekend retreat. Among them is estranged Farthing scion Lucy Kahn, who can’t understand why her and her husband David’s presence was so forcefully requested. Then the country-house idyll is interrupted when the eminent Sir James Thirkie is found murdered—with a yellow Star of David pinned to his chest. Lucy begins to realize that her Jewish husband is about to be framed for the crime—an outcome that would be convenient for altogether too many of the various political machinations underway in Parliament in the coming week. But whoever’s behind the murder, and the frame-up, didn’t reckon on the principal investigator from Scotland Yard being a man with very private reasons for sympathizing with outcasts and underdogs—and prone to look beyond the obvious as a result. As the trap slowly shuts on Lucy and David, they begin to see a way out—a way fraught with peril in a darkening world.

PRAISE

“If Le Carré scares you, try Jo Walton. Of course her brilliant story of a democracy selling itself out to fascism sixty years ago is just a mystery, just a thriller, just a fantasy—of course we know nothing like that could happen now. Don’t we?” —Ursula K. Le Guin “Stunningly powerful…While the whodunit plot is compelling, it’s the convincing portrait of a country’s incremental slide into fascism that makes this novel a standout. Mainstream readers should be enthralled as well.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Amazing… One of the most compelling and chilling books of the year.” —RT Book Reviews

JO WALTON won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer on the publication of her debut novel, The King's Peace. Her novel Tooth and Claw won the World Fantasy Award, and the novels of her Small Change sequence—Farthing, Ha'Penny, and Half a Crown—have won acclaim ranging from national newspapers to the Romantic Times Critics’ Choice Award. Most recently, her novel Among Others won the Nebula Award. A native of Wales, she lives in Montreal.


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FICTION / FANTASY Tor Books | April 2013 9780765334152 | $24.99/$28.99 Can. Hardback | 336 pages | Carton Qty: 20 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H


MARKETING

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Glamour in Glass 1/2013 | 9780765325617 Paperback / softback | $14.99/$16.99 Can.

Shades of Milk and Honey 6/2011 | 9780765325600 Paperback / softback | $14.99/$16.99 Can.

Without a Summer Mary Robinette Kowal

The magical book that might result if Jane Austen's Emma were set against the Luddite uprising in the Year Without a Summer

Up-and-coming fantasist Mary Robinette Kowal enchanted fans with award-winning short stories and beloved novels featuring Regency pair Jane and Vincent Ellsworth. In Without a Summer the master glamourists return home, but in a world where magic is real, nothing—even the domestic sphere—is quite what it seems.

Jane and Vincent go to Long Parkmeade to spend time with Jane’s family, but quickly turn restless. The year is unseasonably cold. No one wants to be outside and Mr. Ellsworth is concerned by the harvest, since a bad one may imperil Melody’s dowry. And Melody has concerns of her own, given the inadequate selection of eligible bachelors. When Jane and Vincent receive a commission from a prominent family in London, they decide to take it, and take Melody with them. They hope the change of scenery will do her good and her marriage prospects—and mood—will be brighter in London.

Once there, talk is of nothing but the crop failures caused by the cold and increased unemployment of the coldmongers, which have provoked riots in several cities to the north. With each passing day, it’s more difficult to avoid getting embroiled in the intrigue, none of which really helps Melody’s chances for romance. It’s not long before Jane and Vincent realize that in addition to getting Melody to the church on time, they must take on one small task: solving a crisis of international proportions.

PRAISE

“The setting and the intricate techniques of glamour manipulation continue to intrigue, and the thoughtful portrayal of the difficulties of Jane and Vincent’s affectionately nontraditional partnership is thoroughly engaging.” —Publishers Weekly on Glamour in Glass

“Kowal does a startlingly good job of presenting a mindset that is very alien to me.... The language was delightfully in keeping with the time period, while not being needlessly cumbersome and opaque. The story and characterization were lovely, and I enjoyed the world-building, too.” —Patrick Rothfuss, bestselling author of The Wise Man’s Fear, on Glamour in Glass

MARY ROBINETTE KOWAL was the 2008 recipient of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer and a Hugo winner for her story “For Want of a Nail.” Mary serves on the board of directors of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. A professional puppeteer and voice actor, she spent five years touring nationally with puppet theaters. She lives in Chicago with her husband Rob and nine manual typewriters.

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JUVENILE FICTION / HUMOROUS STORIES Starscape | April 2013 9780765333179 | $12.99/$14.99 Can. Hardback | 192 pages | Carton Qty: 32 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H


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Plans: · Print advertising targeting librarians and educators · Promotion via major education trade shows · Online outreach to educators · Online publicity campaign · Regional events and school visits · Digital promotions including targeted sites, Tor-Forge blog, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads; promoted in the Tor/Forge e-newsletter

Cartboy and the Time Capsule L.A. Campbell

In the tradition of Diary of a Wimpy Kid comes this laugh-out-loud debut novel about sixth-grader Hal Rikind—unfortunately nicknamed “Cartboy”—and his horribly historic, hilarious year.

Hal hates history class—it literally bores him to tears. But his father is a big history buff, and unless Hal gets a good grade this year, he’ll never get his own room. Sixth grade gets off to a horrible start when history teacher Mr. Tupkin gives the class an assignment to write journals that will be buried in a time capsule at the end of the year. Things get even worse when his dad makes him take his neighbor’s old shopping cart to school, earning him the nickname “Cartboy.” What else could possibly go wrong? Read Hal’s journal to find out!

Filled with photos, drawings, and timelines, Hal’s time capsule journal chronicles a year in the life of the hopelessly hapless Cartboy.

L. A. CAMPBELL grew up in Park Ridge, New Jersey, and attended the University of Colorado, graduating with a degree in journalism. She started her own ad agency, which won awards for work on such brands as Comedy Central and New York magazine. She also won the Ernest Borgnine look-alike contest at Tortilla Flats in 1995. Cartboy and the Time Capsule is her first book. She lives in New York City with her husband and two children.

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FICTION / SCIENCE FICTION Tor Books | April 2013 9780765326003 | $29.99/$34.50 Can. Hardback | 576 pages | Carton Qty: 12 6.125 in W | 9.250 in H



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The Dark Descent 1/1997 | 9780312862176 Paperback / softback | $31.99/$36.99 Can.

Twenty-First Century Science Fiction Edited by David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Editorial dream team David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden's giant anthology of the best SF of the first wave of the twenty-first century

An enormous anthology—close to 250,000 words—edited by two of the most prestigious and award-winning editors in the SF field, featuring recent stories from some of science fiction's greatest up-and-coming authors, including many award-winners. David Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden have long been recognized as some of the most skilled and trusted arbiters of the field, but Twenty-First Century Science Fiction presents fans' first opportunities to see what their considerable talents come up with together, and also to get a unique perspective on what's coming next in the science fiction field. The anthology includes authors ranging from bestselling and established favorites to incandescent new talents including Cory Doctorow, Catherynne M. Valente, John Scalzi, Jo Walton, Charles Stross, Elizabeth Bear, and Peter Watts, and the stories selected include winners and nominees of all of the science fiction field's major awards.

PRAISE

“One of the definitive anthologies of the genre.” —Des Moines Register on The Science Fiction Century “An editor extraordinaire.” —Publishers Weekly on David Hartwell

“We are in the hands of a loving expert.” —John Updike on The Hard SF Rennaissance

“The finest collection of SF short stories published specifically for young adult readers in recent memory.” —VOYA on New Skies

“Superior—Nielsen Hayden deserves a medal. There hasn’t been an original anthology series so consistently satisfying since Damon Knight’s Orbit.” —Kirkus Reviews on Starlight 3

Widely acclaimed as the most influential SF editor of the age, DAVID G. HARTWELL lives in Pleasantville, New York. PATRICK NIELSEN HAYDEN, called by the Washington Post “one of the most literate and historically aware editors in science fiction,” lives in Brooklyn, New York. They have both won the World Fantasy Award and multiple Hugo Awards for their editorial work. www.davidghartwell.com www.nielsenhayden.com


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FICTION / SCIENCE FICTION Tor Books | April 2013 9780765330109 | $24.99/$28.99 Can. Hardback | 288 pages | Carton Qty: 20 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H

Other Available Formats: Ebook ISBN: 9781429943116 Ebook ISBN: 9781466816114 Ebook ISBN: 9781466816121

MARKETING

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The Gift of Fire / On the Head of a Pin: Two Short Novels from Crosstown to Oblivion 5/2012 | 9780765330086 Hardback | $24.99/$28.99 Can.

Stepping Stone / The Love Machine Crosstown to Oblivion

Walter Mosley

New York Times bestselling author Walter Mosley delivers two speculative tales where truth forever changes the way life, death, good, and evil are understood

Walter Mosley’s talent knows no bounds. Stepping Stone and The Love Machine are two complete short novels in which Mosley entertainingly explores life’s cosmic questions. From life’s meaning to the nature of good and evil, these tales take us on speculative journeys beyond the reality we have come to know. In each tale someone in our world today is given insight into these long pondered mysteries. But how would the world really receive the answers?

PRAISE

For The Last Days of Ptolemy Gray

“(Mosley) plays out an intriguing premise in his powerful latest: a man is given a second shot at life, but at the price of a hastened death.…Mosley’s depiction of the indignities of old age is heartbreaking, and Ptolemy’s grace and decency make for a wonderful character and a moving novel.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Mosley’s dramatic departure from his Easy Rawlins and Leonid McGill crime novels appears to be a very personal one, a deeply thoughtful, provocative, and often beautiful meditation on aging, memory, family, loss, and love.” —Booklist, starred review

WALTER MOSLEY is one of the most versatile and admired writers in America. He is the author of the bestselling mystery series featuring Easy Rawlins. Translated into twenty-one languages, his work includes literary fiction, science fiction, political monographs, and a young adult novel. He is the winner of numerous awards, including an O. Henry Award, a Grammy, and PEN America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He lives in New York City. www.waltermosley.com.


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FICTION / FANTASY Tor Books | April 2013 9780312875510 | $14.99/$16.99 Can. Paperback / softback | 336 pages | Carton Qty: 28 6.125 in W | 9.250 in H | 0.813 in T


MARKETING Plans: · National print and online advertising targeting fans of historical fiction and ancient history · Publicity · Digital promotions including targeted social networking sites, the Tor/Forge Blog, and the Tor/Forge e-newsletter

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Brendan 2/2011 | 9780812551112 Paperback / softback | $7.99/$9.99 Can.

Lion of Ireland 3/1996 | 9780812553994 Paperback / softback | $7.99/$9.99 Can.

Etruscans Morgan Llywelyn and Michael Scott

Bestselling authors Morgan Llywelyn and Michael Scott deliver an historical fantasy of the highest order

Morgan Llywelyn and Michael Scott team up for an epic fantasy based on the mythology of ancient Rome. As the Romans expand their rule from their newly founded capital city, the civilization of their elegant forerunners, the Etruscans, is waning. Into this era of flux and change strides a young figure destined to become one of the classical world's greatest mythic heroes. When Vesi, a young Etruscan noblewoman, is raped by a supernatural being who was once human, a child is conceived. Outcast from Etruria, Vesi bears a son she calls Horatrim: a child who is dangerous both to the Etruscans and to his own father. Horatrim is gifted with arcane knowledge and supernatural abilities, but has a human heart. Separated from his mother, he travels to Rome and is adopted by a businessman who changes his name to Horatius—a name that will ring down the ages. More than glory awaits the young man, however: his demon sire is pursuing Horatrim with the intent to kill him. Into a bold and colorful weave of action and adventure, Llywelyn and Scott skillfully incorporate the classical themes underlying imaginative fiction.

PRAISE

“[A] sturdy historical fantasy novel… Horatius grows persuasively as a character as well as in age…and the final sequence in the underworld is well up to Llywelyn’s usual vivid standard.” —Publishers Weekly

“The fast-paced plot, the large cast of characters, and the colorful settings certainly will appeal to readers of romantic fantasy.” —VOYA

MORGAN LLYWELYN, a well-known writer of historical fiction, is author of such bestsellers as Lion of Ireland and 1916. She lives in Dublin, Ireland. MICHAEL SCOTT is an authority on mythology and folklore, and the author of the New York Times bestselling series The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. He lives in Dublin, Ireland.


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MARKETING

Plans: · National print and online advertising targeting science fiction/fantasy readers · Online publicity campaign including book trailer distribution · Outreach to science fiction, urban fantasy and mystery blogs · Digital promotions including targeted sites, Tor-Forge Blog, Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads; featured on Tor.com and the Tor/Forge e-newsletter

London Falling Paul Cornell

A writer of the acclaimed modern incarnation of Doctor Who begins a nail-biting contemporary dark fantasy series

Police officers Quill, Costain, Sefton, and Ross know the worst of London—or they think they do. While investigating a mobster's mysterious death, they come into contact with a strange artifact and accidentally develop the Sight. Suddenly they can see the true evil haunting London’s streets.

Armed with police instincts and procedures, the four officers take on the otherworldly creatures secretly prowling London. Football lore and the tragic history of a Tudor queen become entwined in their pursuit of an age-old witch with a penchant for child sacrifice. But when London’s monsters become aware of their meddling, the officers must decide what they are willing to sacrifice to clean up their city.

PRAISE

“An irresistible blend of guns, gangsters, cops and monsters.” —Ben Aaronovitch, author of Midnight Riot

PAUL CORNELL is a British writer best known for his work in television drama, most notably for Doctor Who. Three of his Doctor Who episodes have been nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form. He has written several Doctor Who spin-off novels, and created the character Beatrice Summerfield. He has also written for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, and had two original novels published. www.paulcornell.com


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Subrights: Audio, Book Club Selling Territory: US, Phil, Can, nx-OM (incl. S.A.)


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Midsummer Night 6/2012 | 9780765358417 Paperback / softback | $7.99/$9.99 Can.

Elfland 5/2010 | 9780765358400 Paperback / softback | $7.99/$9.99 Can.

Grail of the Summer Stars Freda Warrington

The climactic novel in the spellbinding magical contemporary fantasy Aetherial Tales trilogy

A painting, depicting haunting scenes of a ruined palace and a scarlet-haired goddess in front of a fiery city, arrives unheralded in an art gallery with a cryptic note saying, “The world needs to see this.” The painting begins to change the lives of the woman who is the gallery's curator and that of an ancient man of the fey Aetherial folk who has mysteriously risen from the depths of the ocean. Neither human nor fairy knows how they are connected, but when the painting is stolen, both are compelled to discover the meaning behind the painting and the key it holds to their future.

In a haunting, powerful tale of two worlds and those caught between, Freda Warrington weaves an exciting story of suspense, adventure and danger that fulfills the promise of the Aetherial Tales as only she can.

PRAISE

“I said at the outset that this sort of hidden-race-among-us storyline is becoming rather commonplace in our genre, but Warrington makes it her own, and even the most jaded fantasy reader will quickly fall under the spell of her characters and the warm, intimate voice Warrington uses to tell us their stories. Highly recommended.” —Charles de Lint, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

“Solid wordplay, great pacing and a thrilling conclusion will definitely earn Warrington some new American fans.” —Publishers Weekly

FREDA WARRINGTON, who was born in and lives in Leicestershire, England, is the author of twenty novels. This is her third Aetherial Tales novel, her first series to be published in the United States. The first, Elfland, was named Best Fantasy of the Year by RT Book Reviews. www.fredawarrington.com


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JUVENILE FICTION / SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, & MAGIC Tor Teen | April 2013 9780765317636 | $10.99/$12.50 Can. Paperback / softback | 304 pages | Carton Qty: 32 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H


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Shadow Grail #2: Conspiracies 7/2011 | 9780765317629 Paperback / softback | $10.99/$12.50 Can.

Shadow Grail #1: Legacies 7/2010 | 9780765317612 Paperback / softback | $9.99/$11.99 Can.

Shadow Grail #3: Sacrifices Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill

The third book in the Shadow Grail series by the New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill

The students of Oakhurst Academy believe they have triumphed over the Shadow Knights. But Spirit, Burke, Muirin, Loch, and Addie know better. Under the guise of a company called Breakthrough Adventure Systems, the Shadow Knights have actually taken over the campus. The new regime is brutal, designed to turn the students into soldiers wielding both weapons and magic. Anyone who protests disappears.

Desperate, the group decides that Muirin should go undercover to spy on Breakthrough. But Muirin’s act is a little too good, and Spirit begins to fear that her friend’s loyalties might have truly changed. Surrounded by enemies and friends who suddenly seem like strangers, Spirit has decide who can—and cannot—be trusted.

PRAISE

“Lackey and Edghill know how to spin a yarn… Fast-paced action… There’s also a touch of romance, and readers who appreciate everything from X-Men to Harry Potter will be begging for the sequel.” —Booklist on Shadow Grail #1: Legacies

“The authors expertly balance a heady mixture of mystery and teenage romance." —RT Book Reviews on Shadow Grail #1: Legacies

MERCEDES LACKEY is the author of the Valdemar novels. She has collaborated with Andre Norton on the Elvenbane series and with James Mallory on the bestselling Obsidian Trilogy. She lives with her husband in Oklahoma.

ROSEMARY EDGHILL is a prolific writer in several genres, under her own name and various pseudonyms. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland, with several cats and several Cavalier King Charles spaniels, which she shows in obedience competitions.

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JUVENILE FICTION / SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, & MAGIC Tor Teen | April 2013 9780765328250 | $21.99/$24.99 Can. Hardback | 304 pages | Carton Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H


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Shadow Grail #3: Sacrifices Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill

The third book in the Shadow Grail series by the New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill

The students of Oakhurst Academy believe they have triumphed over the Shadow Knights. But Spirit, Burke, Muirin, Loch, and Addie know better. Under the guise of a company called Breakthrough Adventure Systems, the Shadow Knights have actually taken over the campus. The new regime is brutal, designed to turn the students into soldiers wielding both weapons and magic. Anyone who protests disappears.

Desperate, the group decides that Muirin should go undercover to spy on Breakthrough. But Muirin’s act is a little too good, and Spirit begins to fear that her friend’s loyalties might have truly changed. Surrounded by enemies and friends who suddenly seem like strangers, Spirit has decide who can—and cannot—be trusted.

PRAISE

“Lackey and Edghill know how to spin a yarn… Fast-paced action… There’s also a touch of romance, and readers who appreciate everything from X-Men to Harry Potter will be begging for the sequel.” —Booklist on Shadow Grail #1: Legacies

“The authors expertly balance a heady mixture of mystery and teenage romance.” —RT Book Reviews on Shadow Grail #1: Legacies

MERCEDES LACKEY is the author of the Valdemar novels. She has collaborated with Andre Norton on the Elvenbane series and with James Mallory on the bestselling Obsidian Trilogy. She lives with her husband in Oklahoma.

ROSEMARY EDGHILL is a prolific writer in several genres, under her own name and various pseudonyms. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland, with several cats and several Cavalier King Charles spaniels, which she shows in obedience competitions.

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FICTION / FANTASY Tor Books | April 2013 9780765334428 | $14.99/$16.99 Can. Paperback / softback | 352 pages | Carton Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.875 in T


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Jinx High: A Diana Tregarde Investigation 10/2006 | 9780765313195 Paperback / softback | $13.95/$15.50 Can.

Children of the Night: A Diana Tregarde Investigation 8/2005 | 9780765313188 Paperback / softback | $16.95/$19.50 Can.

Trio of Sorcery Mercedes Lackey

Three exciting urban fantasy short novels from a USA Today and New York Times bestselling author

Mercedes Lackey presents three exciting short urban fantasy novels, including the return of Diana Tregarde and the debut of a brand-new heroine for the twenty-first century. Arcanum 101: Diana Tregarde, hero of Burning Water. Studying at Harvard, Diana is asked to investigate a fake psychic—and discovers that the psychic is not a fake…and has kidnapped a young child! Drums: Jennifer Talldeer, hero of Sacred Ground. Nathan Begay and his girlfriend are from different tribes, but their real problem is that Caroline has attracted the attention of an angry Osage ghost. Nathan asks Jenny, an Osage shaman, for help banishing the dead warrior. Ghost in the Machine: Ellen McBride, techno-shaman. The "boss" of an new MMORPG is out of control. A brilliant programmer as well as a magic-worker, Ellen discovers that the wendigo in the game is real—and it's about to break out of the servers and into our world! PRAISE

“Sure to please Lackey fans… All three tales once again demonstrate that Lackey is a master storyteller, no matter the story’s length.” —RT Book Reviews, 4 ½ stars

“Lackey’s well-seasoned talents for good storytelling and character development are on full display here.” —Booklist

“The three novellas are well written and entertaining while starring strong females with similar traits but different scenarios confronting the supernatural.” —The Midwest Book Review

“A great mix of urban and paranormal fantasy.” —Book Chick City

MERCEDES LACKEY is the USA Today and New York Times bestselling author of Valdemar series, the Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms, and many other fantasy novels. Her most recent books for Tor are collaborations with James Mallory: Crown of Vengeance and the Enduring Flame trilogy, The Phoenix Unchained, The Phoenix Endangered, and The Phoenix Transformed. Lackey lives in Oklahoma.


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FICTION / SCIENCE FICTION Tor Books | April 2013 9780765330970 | $14.99/$16.99 Can. Paperback / softback | 256 pages | Carton Qty: 28 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H

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Dead Space: Martyr 4/2011 | 9780765364302 Paperback / softback | $7.99/$9.99 Can.

Immobility Brian Evenson

A far-future thriller that looks at a post-human world struggling to stay human

You open your eyes for what you know is not the first time and you remember nothing. You find out that a catastrophic event known as the Kollaps has destroyed life as we know it. Someone claiming to be your friend tells you that you’re needed. Something crucial has been stolen—but under no circumstances can you know what or why. You’ve got to get it back or something bad is going to happen. And you’ve got to get it back fast, so they can freeze you again before your own time runs out.

Paralyzed from the waist down, you’re being carried around on the backs of two men who don’t seem anything like you at all. Who inject you regularly and tell you it’s for your own good…to stop the disease, or else they must cut directly into your spine.

Welcome to the life of Josef Horkai….

Critically acclaimed and O. Henry Prize–winning author Brian Evenson turns his literary eye to a postapocalyptic earth in this dazzling science fiction novel.

PRAISE

“Evenson places himself farthest out on the sheerest, least sheltered narrative precipice—narrative at the far edge of narrative possibility—where he can speak clearly and plainly of loss, violence, and pain.” —Peter Straub, New York Times bestselling author of A Dark Matter

“A shock to the system. The style is brilliant… Immobility confirms Evenson’s ability to

colonize your brain much like the best visionaries, from J. G. Ballard on down.” —Jeff VanderMeer, award-winning author of Finch

BRIAN EVENSON has written several works of fiction, including The Wavering Knife, for which he was awarded the IHG Award for best story collection, and The Open Curtain. His most recent novel, Last Days, won the ALA award for Best Horror Novel of 2009 and was on Time Out New York’s list of top books of 2009. Evenson is the director of Brown University’s Literary Arts Program and is the recipient of an O. Henry Prize and an NEA fellowship.


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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / SCIENCE FICTION Tor Books | April 2013 9780765331311 | $14.99/$16.99 Can. Paperback / softback | 144 pages | Carton Qty: 20 6.500 in W | 10.000 in H


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The Battle of Blood and Ink A Fable of the Flying City

Jared Axelrod and Steve Walker

An exciting new steampunk fantasy adventure in graphic novel form

If you’re visiting the flying city of Amperstam without the latest printing of The Lurker’s Guide, you might as well be lost. This one-sheet is written, edited, and printed by Ashe, a girl raised on the streets of the flying city, and is dedicated to revealing its hidden treasures and deepest secrets—including many that the overcontrolling government doesn’t want anyone to know. The stakes are raised when Ashe accidentally uncovers the horror of exactly how Amperstam travels among the skies and her discovery garners the attention of those who would rather that secret be kept in the hands of the city’s powerful leaders.

Soon Ashe is on the run from thugs and assassins, faced with the choice of imperiling her life just to keep publishing, or giving in to the suggestion of a rich patron that she trade in her voice and identity for a quiet, comfortable life. It’s a war of confusion for Ashe, but one thing is very clear: just because you live in a flying city, you can’t always keep your head in the clouds.

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“A great read. Engaging heroine, sinister adversary, mysterious sky captain, intriguing world, fascinating setting—all taking flight in the first dozen pages. I very much want to see what happens next and where the story leads.” —Chris Claremont, award-winning writer of Uncanny X-Men

JARED AXELROD is an author, illustrator, costume designer, and podcaster. He is a founding member of 365 Tomorrows, and the writer and producer of several podcasts, including “Fables of the Flying City,” a set in the world of The Battle of Blood and Ink. He lives in Philadelphia. STEVE WALKER illustrated the graphic novel Sons of Liberty. He's worked for Image Comics and attends several comic conventions a year, selling commissioned drawings of superheroes. He lives in Philadelphia.


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Bitter Seeds 4/2012 | 9780765361202 Paperback / softback | $7.99/$9.99 Can.

Necessary Evil Ian Tregillis

"A major talent." —George R. R. Martin Hellboy meets Raiders of the Lost Ark in the stunning conclusion to Ian Tregillis’s Milkweed series

12 May 1940. Westminster, London, England: the early days of World War II.

Again.

Raybould Marsh, one of “our” Britain’s best spies, has travelled to another Earth in a desperate attempt to save at least one timeline from the Cthulhu-like monsters who have been observing our species from space and have already destroyed Marsh’s timeline. In order to accomplish this, he must remove all traces of the supermen that were created by the Nazi war machine and caused the spectors from outer space to notice our planet in the first place.

His biggest challenge is the mad seer Greta, one of the most powerful of the Nazi creations, who has sent a version of herself to this timeline to thwart Marsh. Why would she stand in his way? Because she has seen that in all the timelines she dies and she is determined to stop that from happening, even if it means destroying most of humanity in the process. And Marsh is the only man who can stop her.

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For Bitter Seeds:

“A combination of Alan Furst’s brand of historical espionage with the fantastical characters of graphic novelist Alan Moore.” —New Mexico Magazine

“Exciting and intense… The clash of magic and (mad) science meshes perfectly with the tumultuous setting.” —Publishers Weekly

“A white-knuckle plot, beautiful descriptions, and complex characters—an unstoppable Vickers of a novel.” —Cory Doctorow

“A striking first novel.” —Locus

“Bitter Seeds may rival Naomi Novik’s Tales of Temeraire as a sustained historical fantasy.” —Booklist

Necessary Evil is the third title in IAN TREGILLIS’s alternate history series, the first of which, Bitter Seeds, was highly praised. Tregillis lives near Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he works as a physicist at Los Alamos Laboratory. In addition, he is a member of the George R. R. Martin Wild Cards writing collective.


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Index

Adams, Cat; The Eldritch Conspiracy 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Adams, John Joseph; The Mad Scientist's Guide to WorldDomination: Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius .

22, 23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arena Man, The; Steve Englehart 31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arnett, Mindee; The Nightmare Affair 42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Article 5; Kristen Simmons 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ashes of Candesce; Karl Schroeder 50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Axelrod, Jared; The Battle of Blood and Ink: A Fable of theFlying City 63. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Battle of Blood and Ink: A Fable of the Flying City, The;Jared Axelrod 63. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bear, Elizabeth; Range of Ghosts 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bear, Elizabeth; Shattered Pillars 46. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Belcher, R. S.; The Six-Gun Tarot 17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Blood's Pride; Evie Manieri 32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bova, Ben; Farside 25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Breaking Point; Kristen Simmons 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brennan, Marie; A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir byLady Trent 34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brust, Steven; The Lord of Castle Black 33. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Campbell, L.A.; Cartboy and the Time Capsule 53. . . . . . . . . . .Card, Orson Scott; The Gate Thief 39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carroll, Lee; The Shape Stealer 43. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cartboy and the Time Capsule; L.A. Campbell 53. . . . . . . . . .City of Death; Laurence Yep 29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Coates, Deborah; Deep Down 44. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Coates, Deborah; Wide Open 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cooper, Elspeth; Trinity Rising 27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cornell, Paul; London Falling 57. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Datlow, Ellen; Queen Victoria's Book of Spells 47, 48. . . . . . . . .Deep Down; Deborah Coates 44. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Doctorow, Cory; Homeland 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eldritch Conspiracy, The; Cat Adams 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Elsewhens; Melanie Rawn 28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Englehart, Steve; The Arena Man 31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Etruscans; Morgan Llywelyn 56. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Evenson, Brian; Immobility 62. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eye of the World: The Graphic Novel, Volume Three;Robert Jordan 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fahy, Warren; Pandemonium 24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Farseed; Pamela Sargent 18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Farside; Ben Bova 25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Farthing; Jo Walton 51. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Firebrand; Gillian Philip 26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Flynn, Michael; The Wreck of the River of Stars 45. . . . . . . . . . .Gate Thief, The; Orson Scott Card 39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Glamour in Glass; Mary Robinette Kowal 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gould, Steven; Impulse 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grail of the Summer Stars; Freda Warrington 58. . . . . . . . . . .Hartwell, David G.; Twenty-First Century Science Fiction 54. . .Hellhole: Awakening; Brian Herbert 37. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Herbert, Brian; Hellhole: Awakening 37. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Homeland; Cory Doctorow 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hyde and Shriek: A Monsterrific Tale; David Lubar 15. . . . . .Imager's Battalion; L. E. Modesitt, Jr. 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Immobility; Brian Evenson 62. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Impulse; Steven Gould 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jordan, Robert; A Memory of Light 3, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jordan, Robert; Eye of the World: The Graphic Novel, VolumeThree 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kalimpura; Jay Lake 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kassa Gambit, The; M.C. Planck 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Keel, John A.; The Mothman Prophecies 41. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kowal, Mary Robinette; Glamour in Glass 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kowal, Mary Robinette; Without a Summer 52. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lackey, Mercedes; Shadow Grail #3: Sacrifices 59, 60. . . . . . . .Lackey, Mercedes; Trio of Sorcery 61. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lake, Jay; Kalimpura 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lang, Michele; Rebel Angels 49. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Llywelyn, Morgan; Etruscans 56. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .London Falling; Paul Cornell 57. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lord of Castle Black, The; Steven Brust 33. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lubar, David; Hyde and Shriek: A Monsterrific Tale 15. . . . . . . .Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination: Original ShortFiction for the Modern Evil Genius, The; John JosephAdams 22, 23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Manieri, Evie; Blood's Pride 32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Martin, George R.R.; Warriors 35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Memory of Light, A; Robert Jordan 3, 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Modesitt, L. E., Jr.; Imager's Battalion 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mosley, Walter; Stepping Stone / The Love Machine:Crosstown to Oblivion 55. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mothman Prophecies, The; John A. Keel 41. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent, A;Marie Brennan 34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Necessary Evil; Ian Tregillis 64. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nightmare Affair, The; Mindee Arnett 42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pandemonium; Warren Fahy 24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Philip, Gillian; Firebrand 26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Planck, M.C.; The Kassa Gambit 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Queen Victoria's Book of Spells; Ellen Datlow 47, 48. . . . . . .Quintessence; David Walton 36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Range of Ghosts; Elizabeth Bear 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rawn, Melanie; Elsewhens 28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rebel Angels; Michele Lang 49. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas; John Scalzi 13. . . . . . .Sargent, Pamela; Farseed 18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scalzi, John; Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas 13. . . . . . . .Schroeder, Karl; Ashes of Candesce 50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shadow Grail #3: Sacrifices; Mercedes Lackey 59, 60. . . . . . .Shape Stealer, The; Lee Carroll 43. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shattered Pillars; Elizabeth Bear 46. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Simmons, Kristen; Article 5 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Simmons, Kristen; Breaking Point 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Six-Gun Tarot, The; R. S. Belcher 17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stepping Stone / The Love Machine: Crosstown toOblivion; Walter Mosley 55. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tregillis, Ian; Necessary Evil 64. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Trinity Rising; Elspeth Cooper 27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Trio of Sorcery; Mercedes Lackey 61. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Twenty-First Century Science Fiction; David G. Hartwell . . .

54. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Walton, David; Quintessence 36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Walton, Jo; Farthing 51. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Warrington, Freda; Grail of the Summer Stars 58. . . . . . . . . . . .Warriors; George R.R. Martin 35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wide Open; Deborah Coates 16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Without a Summer; Mary Robinette Kowal 52. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wreck of the River of Stars, The; Michael Flynn 45. . . . . . . . .Yep, Laurence; City of Death 29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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