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FANTASY SUPER LEAD Terry Goodkind
Death's Mistress
A new series from #1 NYT bestselling author Terry Goodkind set in the world of The Sword of Truth
Once she was “Death’s Mistress,” the “Slave Queen,” lieutenant of the evil Emperor Jagang. She captured Richard Rahl in order to convince him that Jagang’s Imperial Order stood for the greater good. But it was Richard who converted Nicci instead, and for years thereafter she served Richard and Kahlan as one of their closest friends—and one of their most lethal defenders.
Now, with the reign of Richard and Kahlan finally stabilized, Nicci has set out upon new adventures. One of her jobs will be to keep her travelling companion, the unworldly prophet Nathan, out of trouble. But her real task ON-SALE DATE: 12/5/2017 will be to scout the far reaches of Richard Rahl’s realm. This will take her ISBN-13: 9780765388230 and Nathan to visit the mysterious witch-woman Red, to tangle with the EBOOK ISBN: 9780765388223 street life of the port city of Tanimura, to fight lethal battles on the high PRICE: $9.99 / $13.99 CAN. seas, and ultimately to a vast magical confrontation far from home…with the future of life itself, in the Old World and the New, at stake. PAGES: 640 SPINE: 1.310 IN This will launch an entirely new series and cast of characters centered on CTN COUNT: 24 one of best-loved characters in the now-concluded Sword of Truth. CPDA/CAT: 32/FANTASY ORIGIN: TOR HC (1/17, KEY SELLING POINTS: 978-0-7653-8821-6) * FRESH START TO STRONG BACKLIST AUTHOR: This is the first AUTHOR HOME: HENDERSON, NV truly new series for Goodkind's beloved world, as it does not feature Richard and Kahlan. It will be a great entry point for general fantasy lovers as well as Goodkind fans *NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: The Omen Machine (2011) debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list *SERIES COMMITMENT: Goodkind is committed to producing a novel a year in this new series *SERIES REBOOT, BUT WITH FAMILIAR CHARACTERS: Nicci, the former Sister of the Dark who changed sides to fight for Richard Rahl, is a fan favorite from the Sword of Truth and will be the protagonist of this series
"Wonderfully creative, seamless, and stirring." —Kirkus Reviews on Wizard's First Rule
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LEAD FICTION Heather Graham, Jon Land
The Rising
Heather Graham and Jon Land team up in this pulse pounding adventure of two teens racing to save our world from a terrible fate
From acclaimed thriller-suspense novelists Heather Graham and Jon Land comes a story of action, mystery, and the endurance of young love in The Rising.
Alex Chin is a football star and Homecoming King: the classic all-American teen, raised in a loving fashion with all the opportunities his parents could give him. His tutor, Samantha Dixon, is preparing to graduate high school at the top of her class. She plans to turn her NASA internship into a career. Their world is turned upside down when a football accident lands Alex in the hospital...and his CT scan yields abnormal results. ON-SALE DATE: 12/5/2017 ISBN-13: 9780765371126 His doctor is murdered. Then, his parents. Death seems to follow him EBOOK ISBN: 9781466836488 wherever he goes, and now it's after him. Alex flees. He tells Samantha not PRICE: $8.99 / $12.99 CAN. to follow, but she became involved the moment she walked through his door and found Mr. and Mrs. Chin as they lay dying in their home. She cannot PAGES: 400 abandon the young man she loves. The two race desperately to stay ahead SPINE: 24.610 IN of Alex's attackers long enough to figure out why they are hunting him in CTN COUNT: 48 the first place. The answer lies with a secret buried deep in his past, a secret CPDA/CAT: 05/SUSPENSE/THRILLER his parents died to protect. Alex always knew he was adopted, but he never knew the real reason his birth parents abandoned him. He never knew where ORIGIN: TOR HC (1/17, he truly came from—until now. 978-0-7653-3791-7) AUTHOR HOME: HEATHER GRAHAM KEY SELLING POINTS: - CORAL GABLES, FL; JON LAND - PROVIDENCE, RI * ADDICTIVE READ: Graham's talent for writing suspense and romance, here combined with Land's heart-pounding action sequences, make The Rising nearly impossible to put down * STRONG WRITING PAIR: Heather Graham is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Jon Land is the USA Today bestselling author of the widely-praised Caitlin Strong series. The two linked up during ThrillerFest weekend to brainstorm a possible NASA novel with YA/adult crossover, and they sketched out the entire concept for The Rising between convention panels!
"A twist on every page, hair-raising surprises galore...super-charged.” —Sandra Brown
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Margaret Truman, Donald Bain
Margaret Truman's Deadly Medicine
Medicine meets murder in this newest installment in the New York Times bestselling Capital Crimes series
Margaret Truman's Capital Crimes novels have been delighting readers for decades, and each book in the series is a stand-alone mystery in its own right. Donald Bain here continues the legacy with Margaret Truman's Deadly Medicine.
If someone in the pharmaceutical industry came upon a cheaper, non-addictive, and more effective painkiller, would he kill for it? Washington, D.C., private detective Robert Brixton discovers the answer is a resounding “Yes,” as he helps Jayla King, a medical researcher at a small D.C. pharmaceutical firm, carry on the work of her father after his murder ON-SALE DATE: 12/5/2017 and the theft of papers detailing his discoveries. ISBN-13: 9780765379894 EBOOK ISBN: 9781466870635 Did her father’s lab assistant kill the doctor and steal his research, and is PRICE: $8.99 / $12.99 CAN. Jayla herself now at risk? And to what lengths would Big Pharma’s leading lobbyist go to cover up his involvement with King’s death...and to protect a PAGES: 368 leading champion of the pharmaceutical industry, a Georgia senator with a SPINE: 23.020 IN shady past? No pill can ease the pain that the answers to these questions will CTN COUNT: 48 inflict. CPDA/CAT: 10/MYSTERY ORIGIN: FORGE HC (6/16, KEY SELLING POINTS: 978-0-7653-7988-7) * SERIES COMMITMENT: Donald Bain collaborated on all of Truman's AUTHOR HOME: DONALD BAIN - bestselling books and has continued the beloved series after her passing. DANBURY, CT With at least one more book under contract, we are looking forward to publishing Bain through 2018, with the possibility of buying more books * BESTSELLING STATUS: Several novels in the series have been national bestsellers. Murder in the CIA, Murder Inside the Beltway, and Murder at the FBI all hit the New York Times bestseller list
For the Capital Crimes series
"Dead-on descriptions of Washington's most crack-ridden streets and exclusionary shindigs." --USA Today on Murder at Ford's Theater
"[A] satisfying tale...remarkably fresh in its insights about politics, intrigue,
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David Nevin
Dream West
The New York Times bestselling fictional account of famed North America explorer John Charles Fremont
Upon its release over twenty years ago, Dream West was deemed a classic novel of the American West by both critics and the reading public. Telling the amazing true story of America's famed explorer, John Charles Fremont, and his beloved supporter and muse, Jessie Benton, it quickly found its way onto the New York Times bestseller list and was adapted into a CBS mini-series starring Richard Chamberlain. Now available once more in paperback, Nevin's epic of adventure and discovery will once again give readers a chance to witness the passion of an early explorer's dreams of the great unknown, and the love and perseverance that saw his dream come to life. Together, the Fremonts defied both nature and man, trailblazing across the Rockies to the Pacific to accomplish what no one ever thought possible: mapping the American West.
KEY SELLING POINTS: ON-SALE DATE: 12/5/2017 * Dream West hit the New York Times bestseller list in 1984 and again in ISBN-13: 9780765398635 1985 when released in paperback PRICE: $9.99 / $13.99 CAN. * A miniseries based on Dream West aired on CBS in 1986 PAGES: 928
SPINE: 191MM H | 4IN W IN "A rousing, old-fashioned yarn, rich in detail and romance." CPDA/CAT: 00/GENERAL FICTION --The New York Times ORIGIN: FORGE TPB (7/05, 978-0-7653-1398-0)FORGE MM (5/00, "Big, wonderful...written with verve, authenticity, and a sure sense of our 978-0-8125-3926-4) history." --John Jakes, author of the North and South trilogy AUTHOR HOME: GREENWICH, CT
"Masterful storytelling in the grand manner that will keep you turning pages until far, far into the night." --Denver Post
"To tell this story is to tell the story of the United States during the turbulent nineteenth century.... A winner!" --Publishers Weekly
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Richard Matheson
Duel
"Richard Matheson is worth our time, attention, and great affection."--Ray Bradbury (from his Appreciation)
Remember that murderous semi chasing Dennis Weaver down a lonely stretch of desert highway? Duel, Stephen Spielberg's acclaimed first film, was adapted by Richard Matheson from his unforgettable story of the same name.
But "Duel" is only one of the classic suspense tales in this outstanding collection of stories by the Grand Master of Horror, which also contains Matheson's legendary first story, "Born of Man and Woman," as well as several stunning shockers that inspired memorable episodes of The Twilight Zone, including "Little Girl Lost," "Steel," and "Third from the Sun."
ON-SALE DATE: 12/5/2017 Like Matheson's previous collection, Nightmare at 20,000 Feet, Duel is an ISBN-13: 9780765399939 indispensable treasure trove of terror. EBOOK ISBN: 9781429913669 PRICE: $8.99 / $12.99 CAN. KEY SELLING POINTS: PAGES: 480 *The DVD re-release of Spielberg's Duel includes "Richard Matheson: The SPINE: 29.370 IN Writing of Duel" as a bonus feature (Released 4/16/02) CTN COUNT: 48 * Matheson was called the Hemingway of Horror in his starred PW review of ORIGIN: TOR TPB (1/03, Hunted Past Reason 978-0-3128-7826-9) * Ray Bradbury has agreed to let us reprint his essay as an "appreciation," just like Stephen King did with Nightmare at 20,000 Feet AUTHOR HOME: DECEASED * Matheson continues to be a super strong backlist bestseller: I Am Legend's Orb edition has sold over 50,000 copies
Praise for Richard Matheson:
"Matheson [is] the Hemingway of horror, a writer whose honed prose and primal themes articulate universal fears and dreads." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Hunted Past Reason
"The author's combination of bluntly economic language, Ray Bradbury-like poetic nostalgia, and razor-edged, macabre O. Henry-esque sensibilities add up to a potent package." --The Onion on Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
"It's impossible for veteran readers of Matheson to look at this collection without reminiscing about all the great stories that weren't inc... 6 TOR FANTASY DECEMBER 2017
Will Elliott
Shadow
Shadow is the second deeply subversive fantasy title in the Pendulum Trilogy by multi-award winning Australian author, Will Elliot
Eric Albright lived a so-so life…until the day he opened a mysterious red door and entered Levaal, a magical world populated by mages, giants, pit devils—and dragons.
Tyrant Lord Vous rules with an iron fist and his ambitions of godhood are kept at bay only by the Wall at World’s End. But the Wall comes crashing down, sparking a violent war, and Eric and his friends are caught in the thick of it. They are forced to flee from dreadful creatures pouring through the breach, and there are rumors that one of the great dragons has escaped its sky prison.
ON-SALE DATE: 12/5/2017 Worse yet, Vous’s journey to godhood is almost complete, and a mysterious ISBN-13: 9780765368584 being called Shadow—who looks remarkably like Eric—is wandering Levaal with deadly power. EBOOK ISBN: 9781429943123 PRICE: $8.99 / $12.99 CAN. The end might be coming faster than anyone thinks. PAGES: 400 SPINE: 24.610 IN KEY SELLING POINTS: CTN COUNT: 48 * EVOCATIVE FANTASY SERIES: Shadow is the second title in The CPDA/CAT: 32/FANTASY Pendulum Trilogy, a brilliantly subversive work that twists the conventions ORIGIN: TOR HC (2/15, of genre. Kirkus Reviews chose the first book, The Pilgrims, as Best Bet for 978-0-7653-3189-2) Speculative Fiction March 2014 AUTHOR HOME: AUSTRALIA * MULTI-AWARD WINNING AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR: Eliott's debut novel The Pilo Family Circus won the Australian Aurealis Award as well as the Golden Aurealis Award, the Australian Shadows Award, the Ditmar Award (Best Novel), the Sydney Morning Herald's "Best Young Novelist Award" for 2007, and the "Premios Nocte" Best Foreign Book Award in 2011
"Fast-paced action and vivid descriptions of the magic-wielding creatures help propel this fantasy, giving the reader a fish-out-of-water view of a new imaginative world." —Library Journal on The Pilgrims
For The Pilo Family Circus
"I couldn't put Elliott's debut novel down. It's fantastic." —Independent on Sunday 7 TOR FANTASY DECEMBER 2017
L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
The Order War
A fantasy classic from the New York Times bestselling writer, from one of his best-loved series
Two hundred years before The Magic of Recluce, in a perfect entry-point for new readers of the series, the deadly White Wizards of Fairhaven, wielding the forces of chaos, threaten the ancient matriarchy of Sarronnyn, the last bastion of order in Candar. Their ruler appeals to the Black Wizards of Recluce, masters of order, for help.
Despite their success in destroying more than half the White armies, Sarronnyn falls. Justen, a young Black Engineer, must escape the city and fight the highest powers of order and master forbidden technology to harness chaos itself in his efforts to halt the conquest of the White Wizards.
KEY SELLING POINTS: ON-SALE DATE: 12/5/2017 ISBN-13: 9780765399380 * POPULAR BESTSELLING SERIES: The Saga of Recluce is one of Modesitt's most popular, bestselling series EBOOK ISBN: 9781429995412 * GROUNDBREAKING MAGIC SYSTEM: This, the fourth book in the PRICE: $8.99 / $12.99 CAN. Saga of Recluce, was hailed as part of a groundbreaking magical system PAGES: 608 praised by people like Robert Jordan SPINE: 1.540 IN * SOLID FAN BASE FOR RECLUCE: Modesitt's prolific writing career, and CTN COUNT: 48 in particular his Saga of Recluce series, has garnered a steadfast group of CPDA/CAT: 32/FANTASY fans. He has an active backlist that continues to sell steadily across multiple ORIGIN: TOR HC (1/95, formats 978-0-3128-5569-7) AUTHOR HOME: CEDAR CITY, UT “A thinking person's fantasy novel, with world-building of the first order.” —Robert J. Sawyer, author of End of an Era
“Exciting, adventurous, gland-tweaking yarn he is spinning on the surface.” —Analog
“Modesitt's elaborate and intelligent working out of a system of magic and a system of technology parallel to it is becoming more the life-blood of the Recluce books with every new volume.” —Booklist
“The author's ability to concentrate on the personal lives of the characters as well as their involvement in world-shaking decisions gives depth and believabilit...
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Frank Herbert
The Dosadi Experiment and The Eyes of Heisenberg
From Frank Herbert, creator of the Dune series, comes two classic works of science fiction
The Dosadi Experiment
Generations of a tormented human-alien people, caged on a toxic planet, conditioned by constant hunger and war-this is the Dosadi Experiment, and it has succeeded too well. The Dosadi have bred for vengeance and they have learned how to pass through the shimmering God Wall to visit their wrath on the Universe that created them.
The Eyes of Heisenberg ON-SALE DATE: 12/5/2017 ISBN-13: 9781250164544 Public Law 10927 is clear and direct. Parents are permitted to watch the genetic alterations of their gametes by skilled surgeons...only no one has PRICE: $9.99 / $13.99 CAN. ever requested it. But when Lizbeth and Harvey Durant invoke the Law the PAGES: 512 consequences could be catastrophic. SPINE: 1.250 IN CTN COUNT: 24 CPDA/CAT: 30/SCIENCE FICTION KEY SELLING POINTS: AUTHOR HOME: DECEASED * ICONIC AUTHOR: Frank Herbert is a legendary science fiction who with a following world wide * STAND-ALONE TITLES: These are two of Herbert's other novels published independently of the Dune universe * BESTSELLING AUTHOR: Dune titles have been national bestsellers in both hardcover and mass market, each spending multiple weeks on the New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly lists
For Dune
"A portrayal of an alien society more complete and deeply detailed than any other author in the field has managed…a story absorbing equally for its action and philosophical vistas…. An astonishing science fiction phenomenon." —The Washington Post
"Powerful, convincing, and most ingenious." —Robert A. Heinlein 9 Index
Death's Mistress: Sister of Darkness: The Nicci Chronicles, Volume I; Terry Goodkind...... 2 Dosadi Experiment and The Eyes of Heisenberg, The; Frank Herbert...... 9 Dream West; David Nevin...... 5 Duel: Terror Stories by Richard Matheson; Richard Matheson...... 6 Elliott, Will; Shadow: A Novel...... 7 Goodkind, Terry; Death's Mistress: Sister of Darkness: The Nicci Chronicles, Volume I...... 2 Graham, Heather; The Rising: A Novel...... 3 Herbert, Frank; The Dosadi Experiment and The Eyes of Heisenberg...... 9 Margaret Truman's Deadly Medicine: A Capital Crimes Novel; Margaret Truman...... 4 Matheson, Richard; Duel: Terror Stories by Richard Matheson ...... 6 Modesitt, Jr., L. E.; The Order War...... 8 Nevin, David; Dream West...... 5 Order War, The; L. E. Modesitt, Jr...... 8 Rising, The: A Novel; Heather Graham...... 3 Shadow: A Novel; Will Elliott...... 7 Truman, Margaret; Margaret Truman's Deadly Medicine: A Capital Crimes Novel...... 4