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SPRING–SUMMER 2013 See pages 14–21 for Young Adult! “[Pyr is] a genre powerhouse.” —JOHN SCALZI, AUTHOR OF OLD MAN’S WAR AND FUZZY NATION NEW RELEASES N e b u l a Awa r d s Showcase 2013 Edited by Catherine Asaro 390 pp • ISBN 978-1-61614-783-9 • Paperback • $18.00 • May 2013 Also available in ebook format Trade paperback. World English rights. Ebook rights. Reprint rights. The latest volume of the prestigious anthology series, published annually across six decades! Cover Illustration © Julie Dillon he Nebula Awards Showcase volumes have been published annually since 1966, reprinting the winning and nominated stories in the Nebula Awards, T voted on by the members of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America®. The editor selected by SFWA’s anthology committee (chaired by Mike Resnick) is two-time Nebula winner, Catherine Asaro. This year’s volume includes stories and excerpts by Connie Willis, Jo Walton, Kij Johnson, Geoff Ryman, John Clute, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Ferrett Steinmetz, Ken Liu, Nancy Fulda, Delia Sherman, Amal El-Mohtar, C. S. E. Cooney, David Goldman, Katherine Sparrow, E. Lily Yu, and Brad R. Torgersen. 2 www.pyrsf.com • Pyr® NEW RELEASES Also available: Cover Illustration © Chris McGrath Nebula Awards Showcase 2012 Edited by James Patrick Kelly & John Kessel 416 pp • ISBN 978-1-61614-619-1 Paperback • $17.95 Also available in ebook format Praise for the Nebula Awards Showcase 2012: “From the cover by Nebula-winning artist Michael Whelan to the very last page, this remarkable anthology is filled with the very best of the SF and fantasy published in 2010.” —Publishers Weekly starred review “Every once in a while, I read a collection of short stories to see if my youthful fascination with the form will ever return—and I have to say [Nebula Awards Showcase 2012] restored a little of my faith.” —Contra Costa Times Photograph © David Bartell Editor Catherine Asaro is a two-time Nebula Award winner and bestselling novelist of more than twenty-five books, as well as a dancer, teacher, and musician. She is a multiple winner of the Readers’ Choice Award from Analog magazine and a three-time recipient of the RT BOOKClub Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. Her soundtrack Diamond Star, for her novel of the same name, is performed with the rock band Point Valid. She is a theoretical physicist with a PhD from Harvard and teaches part-time at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Visit her at www.facebook.com/ Catherine.Asaro. Pyr® • 800-421-0351 • Fax 716-691-0137 3 NEW RELEASES Shield of Sea and Space The Chaos Knight Book Three Erin Hoffman 300 pp • ISBN 978-1-61614-769-3 • Paperback • $18.00 • May 2013 Also available in ebook format Trade paperback. World English rights. Foreign language rights. Ebook rights. Audio rights. Reprint rights. The epic conclusion to the Chaos Knight story Cover Illustration © Dehong He (Cover in progress) idarian Rulorat, called the Tesseract, a powerful magic-user whose abilities spread across multiple elements, finds himself at war with the Alorean Import V Company, a powerful cabal of merchants wealthy enough to buy nations. By opening the gate between worlds, Vidarian released the Starhunter, goddess of chaos. With her coming, wild magic returned to the world of Andovar, bringing with it shape- changers and strange awakened elemental technologies, including many-sailed ships powered by air magic, and mechanical automata lit from within by earth and fire. Now, Vidarian discovers that the Alorean Import Company is determined to eliminate two- thirds of this new life on Andovar in the hopes of hoarding more magic for themselves in a new, worldwide plutocracy. Along with his human, gryphon, and shapechanger allies, he must stop the Company if he is to safeguard any future for the diverse life of Andovar, including his and Ariadel’s newborn daughter. With the existence of whole species hanging in the balance, Vidarian is locked in a race for the future of the world. 4 www.pyrsf.com • Pyr® NEW RELEASES Also available: Cover Illustration © Dehong He Cover Illustration © Dehong He Sword of Fire and Sea Lance of Earth and Sky The Chaos Knight Book One The Chaos Knight Book Two 277 pp • ISBN 978-1-61614-373-2 310 pp • ISBN 978-1-61614-615-3 Paperback • $17.00 Paperback • $17.95 Also available in ebook format Also available in ebook format “Sword of Fire and Sea is a fantastic debut novel. Vividly descriptive, [Hoffman] quickly pulls the reader into her world and it is an interesting one full of gryphons, magic, and good old-fashioned pirates. Fans of fantasy series should definitely read this book.” —Portland Book Review “A merchant captain and a priestess stumble into a web of politics, magic, and ambition in this likable high-seas fantasy adventure debut.” —Publishers Weekly “Highly entertaining.” —Kirkus Reviews “This series debut . features well-drawn characters, both human and mythical. Introducing a world of elemental magic, intelligent gryphons, and warring forces, this fantasy adventure is suitable for both YA and adult readers.” —Library Journal Erin Hoffman is the author of The Chaos Knight books Sword of Fire and Sea and Lance of Earth and Sky. Born in San Diego, California, she now lives with her husband, two parrots, and a dog in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her eclectic college degree landed her in the strange waters of video-game design, where she tells stories using a diabolical combination of character, controller, and math. A graduate of the Odyssey Fantasy Writers Workshop, her games have been played by over four million kids and adults worldwide. Visit her online at www.erinhoffman.com and on Twitter @gryphoness, and join the World of Andovar at www.facebook.com/andovar.world. Pyr® • 800-421-0351 • Fax 716-691-0137 5 NEW RELEASES In Thunder Forged: The Iron Kingdoms Chronicles The Fall of Llael Book One Ari Marmell 320 pp • ISBN 978-1-61614-773-0 • Paperback • $18.00 • June 2013 Also available in ebook format Trade paperback. World English rights. Foreign language rights. Ebook rights. Audio rights. Reprint rights. The first novels based upon the award-winning WARMACHINE® steam-powered fantasy wargame and the world of the Iron Kingdoms™ Role Playing Game! he Iron Kingdoms are at war—a war fought with T machine guns and magic, knights of valor, and earth-shaking titans of steam and steel. And now that war may hinge entirely on nothing more than a sheaf of papers. An alchemical formula, stolen by an ally they thought they could trust, could cost the brave soldiers of Cygnar everything. Their only hope: a cunning spy, a knight out of her element, and a frighteningly small unit of the best that Cygnar has to offer. Cover Illustration by Jon Sullivan Arrayed against them is not only a single, devious enemy, but the com- bined intelligence apparatus—and possibly the full military might—of the most brutal martial power Cygnar has ever known. The author of The Goblin Corps and the Widdershins Adventures series, Ari Marmell has also worked as an author of role-playing- game materials for games such as Dungeons & Dragons and the World of Darkness line. Born in New York, Ari lives in Texas with his wife, George; two cats; and a variety of neuroses. Visit him online at http://mouseferatu.com and on Twitter @mouseferatu. Visit his Photo © Jessica Cargill Widdershins page at www.facebook/Madeleine.Valois. Iron Kingdoms, WARMACHINE®, Privateer Press, and all related content © [2013] and/or ™ Privateer Press, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used under license. 6 www.pyrsf.com • Pyr® NEW RELEASES big iron: The Iron Kingdoms Chronicles The Fall of Llael Book Two C. A. Suleiman 320 pp • ISBN 978-1-61614-775-4 • Paperback • $18.00 • July 2013 Also available in ebook format Trade paperback. World English rights. Foreign language rights. Ebook rights. Audio rights. Reprint rights. Action-packed steam-tech fantasy novels that combine elements of epic wartime adventure with thrilling cloak-and-dagger espionage he Iron Kingdoms are at war. On the same day that T Cygnar declares war on Khador, two dangerous, off-the-books operations launch themselves behind enemy lines: one of a highly personal (and royally unsanctioned) nature; the other launched to stop the first by Cover Illustration by Jon Sullivan any means necessary. While hot war rages in Llael, these forces collide in no-man's-lands far removed from the front. A junior marksman with the feared Widowmaker corps, a nineteen-year- old Khadoran woman named Irina is caught up in these events when the integrity of her own mission collapses. Trapped alone, deep in hostile territory, Irina must rely on her courage, her train- ing, and her wits to navigate both the perils of the wild and the malice of her enemies, while still desperate to accom- plish her own mission in the process. If she can survive at all. C. A. Suleiman has contributed scores of books to the hobby games Photo © Greg Whitesell industry’s top properties, including Dungeons & Dragons and the World of Darkness. He is the developer for White Wolf’s Mummy line, the creator of the Hamunaptra setting, and the coauthor of Vampire: The Requiem. Suleiman lives in the Washington, DC, area, where his band (Toll Carom) is busy toiling away at its latest concept album. Visit him at www.facebook.com/casuleiman. Iron Kingdoms, WARMACHINE®, Privateer Press, and all related content © [2013] and/or ™ Privateer Press, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used under license. Pyr® • 800-421-0351 • Fax 716-691-0137 7 NEW RELEASES The Secret of Abdu El Yezdi A Burton & Swinburne Adventure Mark Hodder 370 pp • ISBN 978-1-61614-777-8 • Paperback • $18.00 • July 2013 Also available in ebook format Trade paperback.