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Winter 2012 Hardcovers & Trade Paperbacks Winter 2012 Hardcovers & Trade Paperbacks Tor WINTER 2012 forge Winter 2012 2012 Winter Hardcovers & Trade Paperbacks Trade & Hardcovers Fifth Avenue •Macmillan •4-141-421480 FifthAvenue Richmond • British Columbia V6V 1N2 1N2 V6V Columbia British • Richmond tor-forge.com New York, NY • 10010 • NY York, New Raincoast Books • 2440 Viking Way Viking 2440 • Books Raincoast Macmillan • 175 Fifth Avenue Fifth 175 • Macmillan by: Canada in Distributed Tor is distributed by: distributed is Tor by Kristen Simmons Kristen by 5 Article FORGE from art Cover Winter 2012 T 53 T . Hardcovers & Trade Paperbacks Backlist T 41 T . April Contents T 28 T . March January . F 2 T 16 T . February February . F 9 T 2 T . January March . F 14 CONTENTS April . F 19 Backlist . F 24 Paperbacks Trade & Hardcovers TOR Winter 2012 Winter Customer Service . F 26 Index . F 27 Cover art from Blowout by Byron L. Dorgan and David Hagberg Tor is distributed by: Distributed in Canada by: Macmillan Raincoast Books • 2440 Viking Way tor-forge.com 175 Fifth Avenue • New York, NY • 10010 Richmond • British Columbia V6V 1N2 TO r touchstone MElaNIE RawN Bestseller Melanie Rawn returns to high fantasy with this engaging tale of a magical world where the theater is both art and spell-craft ayden Silversun is part Elven, part Fae, part human Wizard— Cand all rebel. His aristocratic mother would have him follow his father to the Royal Court, to make a high society living off the scraps of kings. But Cade lives and breathes for the theater, and he’s good—very, very good. With his company, he’ll enter the highest reaches of society and power, as an honored artist—or die trying. Cade combines the talents of Merlin, Shakespeare, and John Lennon: a wholly charming character in a remarkably original fantasy world created by a mistress of the art. Although Touchstone can stand alone, it is the first book of a brilliant, utterly engaging new fantasy series from the author of the bestselling Dragon Prince series. “ Impressive….Melanie Rawn is good!” Marketing Plans —Anne MccAffrey, bestselling Author of The DragonriDers of Pern • Network online advertising targeting “ I am mad (petulant, in fact!) that I can’t immediately read book science fiction/fantasy audiences number two in the Exiles trilogy....Melanie Rawn has established • National print advertising in science beyond doubt that she is a great writer of fantasy and The Ruins fiction/fantasy publications of Ambrai will join the Dragon series in my library of favorites for years to come.” —realms of fanTasy on The ruins of ambrai • Publicity to include: • Regional author tour “ Rawn’s talent for lush descriptions and complex characterizations • Online publicity campaign provides a broad range of drama, intrigue, romance, and adventure. • Promotion at fan conventions Her depiction of lenfell’s unique matriarchal society adds further • Digital promotion through social texture to this densely woven fantasy tapestry.” networking sites and Tor/Forge —library Journal on The ruins of ambrai e-newsletter “ Romance, intrigue, magic, and myth mingle freely in this first of a • Extensive galley distribution series that should appeal to readers of fantasy and epic romance.” —library Journal on The Dragon Prince also available Fire Raiser (2/10) MELANIE RAWN is the three-time Locus Award–nominated author of ISBN: 978-0-7653-5437-2 the bestselling Dragon Prince trilogy and of the Dragon Star trilogy. She $7.99/$9.99 Can graduated from Scripps College with a BA in history and has worked as a teacher and editor. Rawn lives in Flagstaff, Arizona. Fantasy Tor Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7653-2362-0 $25.99 $29.99 Canadian 1 6 /8" x 9¼" / 368 pages Tor eBook ISBN: 978-1-4299-8724-0 february 2012 T | 1 Ender’s Shadow explores the stars in this all-new sequel to Shadow of the Giant At the end of Shadow of the Giant, Bean flees to the stars with three of his children—the three who share the engineered genes that gave him both, hyper-intelligence and a short, cruel physical life. The time dilation granted by the speed of their travel gives Earth’s scientists generations to seek a cure, to no avail. In time, they are forgotten—a fading ansible signal speaking of events lost to Earth’s history. But the Delphikis are about to make a discovery that will let them save themselves, and perhaps all of humanity in days to come. “Shadow of the Giant is a fitting For there in space lies a derelict Formic colony and satisfying continuation to ship. Aboard it, they will find both death and wonders— the life support that is failing on their own ship, room the Ender series, although it is to grow, and labs in which to explore their own genetic not a conclusion. Card…seems anomaly and the mysterious disease that killed the to indicate that he will at some ship’s colony. point return to follow Bean’s family and the other Battle School children as they expand throughout the galaxy.” H “ Card’s latest installment in his Shadow subseries —sf site.coM …does a superlative job of dramatically portraying the maturing process of child into adult…. Card makes the important point that science Fiction there’s always more than one side to every issue. Tor Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7653-3200-4 Fans will marvel at how subtly he has prepared $21.99 for the clever resolution.” $24.99 Canadian —Publishers Weekly, 5½" x 8¼" / 240 pages stArred review, on shaDoW of The gianT Tor eBook ISBN: 978-1-4299-5096-1 National Marketing Plan • National on-sale date: January 17th, 2012 • National print advertising in major daily newspapers • Extensive targeted web advertising • National print advertising in science fiction/ fantasy publications • Publicity to include: • National radio campaign • National print campaign • Online publicity campaign • Trade show appearance • Select events and author appearances • Digital promotion to targeted sites, blogs, social networking sites, and the Tor/Forge e-newsletter • Promotion at fan conventions • Back-of-book ad in the MM of The Lost Gate (12/11; ISBN: 978-0-7653-6538-5; $7.99/$9.99 Can) • 12-copy floor display (1/12; ISBN: 978-0-7653-3228-8; $263.88/$299.88 Can) * Macmillan reserves the right to ship loose copies of titles included in displays and prepacks if the Also AvAilAble displays and prepacks are not available. Shadow of the Giant (3/06) Shadow Puppets (6/03) ISBN: 978-0-8125-7139-4 ISBN: 978-0-7653-4005-4 $7.99/$9.99 Can $7.99/$9.99 Can “ Once again, Card keeps the action, danger, and intrigue levels high…paves the way ORSON SCOTT CARD for further Ender-Bean developments; and is the internationally leaves his readers eagerly awaiting them.” bestselling author of Ender’s Game. He lives —booklisT in Greensboro, North on shaDoW PuPPeTs Carolina. photo: bob henderson January 2012 from Hugo and nebula award–winning author G r e G B e a r The sequel to the New York Times bestseller Halo®: Cryptum, from the exciting new series based on the blockbuster video game p r i m o r d i u m alo has become one of the most Now Hugo and Nebula Award–winner Hsuccessful science fiction franchises and bestselling author Greg Bear takes of all time. Its ability to captivate us deep into the time of the Forerunners. gamers with groundbreaking action This is the second book in a trilogy is unquestionable. But it’s also a that began with Halo: Cryptum and spectacular universe, rich with untold will unlock many secrets of Halo’s most stories that have led hundreds of mysterious race. Halo fans will for the first thousands of Halo fans to pick up the time discover just who the Forerunners novels. The fans are always hungry for are, how they harnessed technology and more exposure to new material set engineering, and what caused them to within the Halo universe, and one of disappear completely from existence as the most enigmatic and speculated we know it. upon corners of Halo is the ancient engineering race of the Forerunners. Worshipped by the Covenant as gods, their engineering relics pepper the GreG Bear galaxy, yet their connection to humanity is the Hugo and Nebula remains a mystery. Award–winner for Eon, The Forge of God, and Hull Zero Three. Bear lives science Fiction in the Seattle, Washington. Tor Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7653-2397-2 Bear Anderson Astrid Photo: $25.99 $29.99 Canadian 5½" x 8¼" / 352 pages Tor eBook January 2012 © 2012 Microsoft Corp. ISBN: 978-1-4299-8638-0 All Rights Reserved. Enter the New York Times bestselling universe. National marketing plan • National on-sale date January 3rd, 2012 • Coordinated consumer marketing efforts with Microsoft; print, web and broadcast • Publicity to include national press announcements and author events • Digital marketing campaign to targeted sites, blogs, social networking sites and through the Tor/Forge e-newsletter • Promotion at major fan conventions • Back-of-book ad in the MM of Halo: The Flood (3/12; ISBN: 978-0-7653-6730-3; $7.99/$9.99 Can) • Available on unabridged audio from Macmillan audio (1/12; ISBN: 978-1-4272- 1467-6; $34.99/$39.99 Can) also availaBle: Halo: Glasslands (11/11) Volume ll Halo: The Cole Protocol Halo: Ghosts of Onyx (4/07) Karen Travis ISBN: 978-0-7653-6695-5 (12/08) Eric Nylund ISBN: 978-0-7653-2393-4 MM • $6.99/$8.99 Can Tobias S. Buckell ISBN: 978-0-7653-1568-7 HC • $29.99/$31.99 Can ISBN: 978-0-7653-1570-0 TPB • $13.99/$15.99 Can Halo: First Strike (12 /10) TPB • $14.95/$16.95 Can Halo: Cryptum (1/11) Eric Nylund ISBN: 978-0-7653-5470-9 Greg Bear ISBN: 978-0-7653-2834-2 ISBN: 978-0-7653-5472-3 MM • $7.99/$9.99 Can MM • $7.99/$9.99 Can ISBN: 978-0-7653-2396-5 TPB • $14.99/$16.99 Can Halo Mass Market HC • $24.99/$28.99 Can Halo: The Flood (10/10) Halo: Contact Harvest (11/07) Boxed Set Halo: Evolutions (11/09) William C.
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