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Fall 2014 TOR BOOKS SEPTEMBER 2014 The Seventh Sigil Margaret Weis and Robert Krammes Margaret Weis, the bestselling author of many epic adventure fantasies, delivers a new tale in the Dragon Brigades series featuring a battle to save the magical world Margaret Weis, the bestselling author of many epic adventure fantasies, is at her best in The Seventh Sigil. Five hundred years ago, a clan of rebels was banished to the bottom of the world; ever since, these Bottom Dwellers have sought revenge, and now they are waging allout war on the rest of humanity, those who live Above. Their deadly “contramagic” beams destroy buildings and attack naval airships, and their magical drumming brings terrible storms and disrupts the magic of the people and dragons Above. The attack of their full contramagic power will FICTION / FANTASY / EPIC create a magical armageddon. Tor Books | 9/23/2014 9780765333506 | $27.99 / $31.99 Can. Hardback | 528 pages | Carton Qty: 16 In an effort to prevent further death, the reunited Dragon Brigade will take the 6.125 in W | 9.250 in H | 1.000 lb Wt fight to the Bottom. But strength of arms alone will not be enough to conquer their Other Available Formats: foe. Ebook ISBN: 9781466801820 As the Bottom Dwellers’ blood magic eats away at the world, those Above MARKETING realize their only possible defense lies in the heretical secrets of contramagic. Plans: Loyal priests must decide whether to protect the Church, or risk its destruction in • National advertising in science fiction/fantasy media pursuit of the truth. • Promotion in print and eBook of Storm Riders MM (8/14) Only the Dragon Brigade can keep the world from plunging into an endless dark • Extensive online publicity campaign • Digital promotion on Facebook, Twitter, age. Their epic battle will test the mettle of those thrown into the breach, and and Tumblr; featured on the Tor/Forge determine the fate of this magical world. blog and in the newsletter PRAISE ALSO AVAILABLE For Storm Riders “The novel is a great ride, offering shifting political alliances, Storm Riders thrilling battle sequences, angsty romance, and hairpin plot twists.” —Kirkus, starred 7/2014 | 9780765369529 review Paperback / softback | $8.99 / $10.99 Can. “A very solid piece of epic fantasy, with conspiracy and plotting as well as a great deal of action, Storm Riders carries on an entertaining story to a cliffhanger that guarantees readers will want the next volume.” —Booklist MARGARET WEIS is the internationally bestselling author and coauthor of The Dragonlance® Chronicles and other great fantasy series. She lives in Wisconsin. ROBERT KRAMMES lives in Southwest Ohio. He is a longtime member of the Society for Creative Anachronism. 2 TOR BOOKS SEPTEMBER 2014 Forge of Darkness Steven Erikson In this first installment of the prequel trilogy for the New York Times bestselling series Malazan Book of Fallen, an ancient power emerges at the brink of civil war Steven Erikson entered the pantheon of great fantasy writers with his debut, Gardens of the Moon. Now Erikson returns with a trilogy that takes place millennia before the events of the Malazan Book of the Fallen. Forge of Darkness introduces readers to Kurald Galain, the warren of Darkness, and tells an epic tale of a realm whose fate plays a crucial role in shaping the world of the Malazan Empire. FICTION / FANTASY / EPIC Tor Books | 9/16/2014 It’s a conflicted time in Kurald Galain, the realm of Darkness, where Mother 9780765323637 | $17.99 Dark reigns. This ancient land was once home to many powers…and even death Paperback / softback | 688 pages | Carton Qty: is not quite eternal. The commoners’ great hero, Vatha Urusander, is being 12 6.125 in W | 9.250 in H | 1.000 lb Wt promoted by his followers to take Mother Dark’s hand in marriage, but her Consort, Lord Draconus, stands in the way of such ambitions. The impending Other Available Formats: clash sends fissures throughout the realm, and as rumors of civil war burn through Hardcover ISBN: 9780765323569 Ebook ISBN: 9781466814189 the masses, an ancient power emerges from the long dead seas. Caught in the middle of it all are the First Sons of Darkness, Anomander, Andarist, and Silchas MARKETING Ruin of the Purake Hold. Plans: • National consumer and genre print advertising Steven Erikson brings to life this ancient and important tale set in the world he • Digital promotion on Facebook and introduced in the Malazan Book of the Fallen. Twitter; featured on the Tor/Forge blog • Promotion of new hardcover Willful Child (10/14) in back of print and eBook PRAISE • All marketing efforts will be coordinated with new hardcover, Willful Child (10/14) “Extraordinarily enjoyable… Erikson is a master of lost and forgotten epochs, a weaver of ancient epics.” —Salon.com ALSO AVAILABLE “Erikson has no peer when it comes to action and imagination, and joins the ranks of Willful Child Tolkien and Donaldson in his mythic vision and perhaps then goes one better.” —SF Site 11/2014 | 9780765374899 Hardback | $24.99 / $28.99 Can. STEVEN ERIKSON was born in Toronto, grew up in Winnipeg, and then lived in the UK for The Crippled God: Book Ten of The several years with his wife and son. They recently returned to Winnipeg. He spent nearly twenty Malazan Book of the Fallen years working as an anthropologist and archaeologist, which shines quite clearly in the depth and 3/2011 | 9780765316561 breadth of the various societies, peoples, and cultures in this epic fantasy series. He is a graduate of Paperback / softback | $19.99 the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. Dust of Dreams: Book Nine of The Malazan Book of the Fallen 1/2010 | 9780765316554 Paperback / softback | $17.99 3 STARSCAPE SEPTEMBER 2014 Tut: The Story of My Immortal Life P. J. Hoover For fans of Rick Riordan—a fast and funny middlegrade novel about the adventures of King Tut, now an immortal eighth grader living in Washington, D.C. You’d think it would be great being an Egyptian demigod, but if King Tut has to sit through eighth grade one more time, he’ll mummify himself. Granted the gift of immortality by the gods—or is it a curse?—Tut has been stuck in middle school for ages. Even worse, evil General Horemheb, the man who killed Tut’s father and whom Tut imprisoned in a tomb for three thousand years, JUVENILE FICTION / FANTASY & MAGIC is out and after him. The general is in league with the Cult of Set, a bunch of guys Starscape | 9/16/2014 who worship one of the scariest gods of the Egyptian pantheon—Set, the god of 9780765334688 | $15.99 / $18.50 Can. Chaos. Hardback | 320 pages | Carton Qty: 20 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 1.000 lb Wt The General and the Cult of Set have plans for Tut…and if Tut doesn’t find a Other Available Formats: Ebook ISBN: 9781466814752 way to keep out of their clutches, he’ll never make it to the afterworld alive. MARKETING PRAISE Plans: • Prepub features in trade media For Solstice • Review attention • Online publicity campaign “[Hoover’s] confident deployment of myth is impressive. Most readers will be happy to • Regional trade shows & select book immerse themselves in Piper’s struggles with adulthood, love, and fate.”—Publishers festivals, inc. Texas Library Association • Educational marketing inc. extensive Weekly galley distribution, submission to major awards, regional school visits, feature at “Fastpaced and intriguing, the mystery of discovering Piper’s true identity is just as major & regional conferences, common gripping as the fantastical settings of the text, including imaginative spaces straight core teacher’s guide, feature on AAP’s from Greek mythology and a fascinating depiction of an earth where weather has turned Book Buzz panel & Booklist Webinar title • Digital promotion on Facebook, Twitter, against humanity. Sure to be a fan favorite, Solstice is not a book readers will be able to Tor/Forge blog & newsletter easily put down.” —VOYA P. J. HOOVER is the author of Solstice. After a fifteenyear bout as an electrical engineer designing computer chips for a living, P. J. started writing books for kids and teens. When not writing, she spends time with her husband and two kids and enjoys practicing Kung Fu, solving Rubik's cubes, and watching Star Trek. She lives in Austin, Texas. 4 TOR BOOKS SEPTEMBER 2014 Exo Steven Gould Award winning author, Steven Gould, returns to the world of his classic novel Jumper in this sequel to Impulse , blending the drama of high school with world shattering consequences Cent can teleport. So can her parents, but they are the only people in the world who can. This is not as great as you might think it would be—sure, you can go shopping in Japan and then have tea in London, but it’s hard to keep a secret like that. And there are people, dangerous people, who work for governments and have guns, who want to make you do just this one thing for them. And when you’re a teenage girl things get even more complicated. High school. Boys. FICTION / SCIENCE FICTION / Global climate change, refugees, and genocide. Orbital mechanics. ADVENTURE Tor Books | 9/9/2014 But Cent isn’t easily daunted, and neither are Davy and Millie, her parents. She’s 9780765336545 | $25.99 / $29.99 Can. Hardback | 352 pages | Carton Qty: 20 going to make some changes in the world. 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 1.000 lb Wt Other Available Formats: PRAISE Ebook ISBN: 9781466828483 “Impulse is a cracking yarn; takes the world of Jumper to the next level.”—Charles Stross MARKETING Plans: • National advertising in science “Delivers both a satisfying comingofage story and an entertaining tale of humans with fiction/fantasy media • Select appearances at regional trade extraordinary abilities running from a corrupt bureaucracy.”—RT Book Reviews on shows and festivals Impulse • Regional events including trade shows • Online publicity campaign and print review attention “A great science fiction story that holds up to classic adult/YA crossovers, this is a • Digital promotion on Facebook and mustread for any fans of the genre.