Winter 2015 TOR BOOKS JANUARY 2015 Pillar to the Sky William Forstchen From William Forstchen, the New York Times bestselling author of One Second After, comes Pillar to the Sky, a towering epic to rank with Douglas Preston’s Blasphemy and Michael Crichton’s Prey Pandemic drought, skyrocketing oil prices, dwindling energy supplies, and wars of water scarcity threaten the planet. Only four people can prevent global chaos. Gary Morgan—a brilliant, renegade scientist is pilloried by the scientific community for his belief in a space elevator: a pillar to the sky, which he believes will make space flight fast, simple, and affordable. FICTION / THRILLERS Tor Books | 1/27/2015 Eva Morgan—a brilliant and beautiful scientist, has had a lifelong obsession to 9780765334398 | $15.99 / $18.50 Can. build a a tower which would mine the power of the sun and supply humanity with Paperback / softback | 416 pages | Carton Qty: cheap, limitless energy forever. 24 6.125 in W | 9.250 in H | 1.000 lb Wt Erich Rothenberg—the ancient but revered rocket­scientist who labored to create Other Available Formats: the first rockets. A legend, he has mentored Gary and Eva for two decades, Hardcover ISBN: 9780765334381 Ebook ISBN: 9781466810778 nurturing and encouraging their transcendent vision. MARKETING Franklin Smith—the eccentric Silicon Valley billionaire who will champion their cause, wage war with Congress and government bureaucracy, and, most Plans: important, finance their herculean undertaking. • National advertising in major news media • National advertising targeting thriller The Goddard Space Flight Center—the novel’s pre­eminent hero, whose audiences enormous army of scientists, engineers and astronauts will fight endless battles • Advertising in trade media and overcome countless obstacles every step of the way. • Promotion at educator conventions • Publicity • Digital promotion on social networking This journey to the stars will not be easy—a tumultuous struggle filled with sites and the Tor/Forge blog violence and heroism, love and death, spellbinding beauty and heartbreaking betrayal. The stakes could not be higher. Humanity's salvation will hang in the balance. ALSO AVAILABLE One Second After PRAISE 4/2011 | 9780765356864 Paperback / softback | $9.99 / $11.99 Can. “A riveting cautionary tale.” —Booklist on One Second After “An entertaining apocalyptic thriller.” —Publishers Weekly on One Second After WILLIAM R. FORSTCHEN is the New York Times bestselling author of One Second After, among numerous other books in diverse subjects ranging from history to science fiction. Forstchen holds a PhD in history from Purdue University, with specializations in military history and the history of technology. He is currently a faculty fellow and professor of history at Montreat College, near Asheville, North Carolina. 2 Tor Books Tip Sheet Winter 2015/January 2015 Title: Pillar to the Sky ISBN: 978-0-7653-3439-8 Editor: Gleason, Bob Subtitle: Rel. Date: 01/08/15 Publicist: Author(s): William Forstchen On Sale: 01/27/15 Marketing: Nowshin, Sumiya Pub Date: 01/27/15 Announced Mkt. Distr: 150,000 BISAC 1: FICTION / Thrillers/General BISAC 2: KEY SELLING POINTS: MARKETING PLANS: *Fortstchen presents a near-future premise, as a space elevator is a very Plans: real possibility. He has discsussed the technology extensively with • National advertising in major news media NASA, and the science in the novel is accurate. • National advertising targeting thriller audiences • Advertising in trade media * At the same time, he has written a gripping thriller, sure to thrill fans of • Promotion at educator conventions his smash hit Once Second After. • Publicity • Digital promotion on social networking sties and the Tor/Forge blog * Forstchen is an excellent promoter. One Second After was featured on the National Geographic television channel, Fox News, and various other AUTHOR INFORMATION: media. WILLIAM R. FORSTCHEN has a Ph.D. from Purdue University with specializations in military history and the history of technology. He is a * The hardcover edition of One Second After was #11 on the New York faculty fellow and professor of history at Montreat College. Forstchen is Times bestsellers list, remaining on the list for four weeks. The mass the author of more than forty books, including the New York Times market edition was also on the New York Times bestsellers list for two bestselling series Gettysburg and Pearl Harbor (coauthored with Newt weeks, peaking at #25. Gingrich), as well as the award-winning young-adult novel We Look Like Men of War. Forstchen has written numerous short stories and articles * Forstchen's novels with Newt Gingrich are perennial New York Times about military history and military technology. He owns and flies an bestsellers. original World War II “recon bird.” Forstchen resides near Asheville, North Carolina, with his teenage daughter, Meghan, and their small pack *The film rights to One Second After have already been optioned by of golden retrievers and yellow labs. Warner Brothers Setting: Various QUOTES: Author Hometown: Newark, NJ Praise for One Second After: Author Residence: Black Mountain, North Carolina Illustrator Hometown: “Civilization slides into the abyss of a new dark age in this horrifying Illustrator Residence: apocalyptic novel. Forstchen has taken civilization straight to the rack.”— Bookstore Author Frequents: Stephen Coonts, author of The Assassin “Forstchen's work has flair and power.”—Joel Rosenberg, author of The Sleeping Dragon Author Sales Track Title ISBN13 US Publisher On Sale Fmt Gross Net One Second After 978-0-7653-5686-4 $9.99 Tom Doherty Associates 04-26-11 MM 262,722 160,514 Pillar to the Sky 978-0-7653-3438-1 $25.99 Tom Doherty Associates 02-11-14 TC 25,297 9,721 Pillar to the Sky 978-1-4668-1077-8 $12.99 Tom Doherty Associates 02-11-14 EBA 3,558 3,558 One Second After 978-0-7653-2725-3 $15.99 Tom Doherty Associates 11-24-09 TP 144,778 129,411 One Second After 978-1-4299-2206-7 $9.99 Tom Doherty Associates 04-26-11 EBA 170,335 170,335 One Second After 978-0-7653-1758-2 $25.99 Tom Doherty Associates 03-17-09 TC 80,372 73,139 06/30/14 TOR BOOKS JANUARY 2015 Pacific Fire Greg Van Eekhout The stunning sequel to California Bones—a novel of magic, friendship, and the choices we can’t avoid I’m Sam. I’m just this guy. Okay, yeah, I’m a golem created from the substance of his own magic by the late Hierarch of Southern California. With a lot of work, I might be able to wield magic myself. I kind of doubt it, though. Not like Daniel Blackland can. Daniel’s the reason the Hierarch’s gone and I’m still alive. He’s also the reason I’ve lived my entire life on the run. Ten years of never, ever going back to Los FICTION / FANTASY / GENERAL Angeles. Daniel’s determined to protect me. To teach me. Tor Books | 1/27/2015 9780765328564 | $24.99 / $28.99 Can. But it gets old. I’ve got nobody but Daniel. I’ll never do anything normal. Like Hardback | 304 pages | Carton Qty: 20 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 1.000 lb Wt attend school. Or date a girl. Other Available Formats: Ebook ISBN: 9781429945691 Now it’s worse. Because things are happening back in LA. Very bad people are building a Pacific firedrake, a kind of ultimate weapon of mass magical MARKETING destruction. Daniel seemed to think only he could stop them. Now Daniel’s been Plans: hurt. I managed to get us to the place run by the Emmas. (Many of them. All • National advertising targeting science named Emma. It’s a long story.) They seem to be healing him, but he isn’t going fiction/fantasy audiences • Author tour anyplace soon. • Select appearances at regional trade shows Do I even have a reason for existing, if it isn’t to prevent this firedrake from • Promotion at SDCC and NYCC • Promotion at educator conventions happening? I’m good at escaping from things. Now I’ve escaped from Daniel and • Extensive online publicity campaign the Emmas, and I’m on my way to LA. • Digital promotion on social networking sites and the Tor/Forge blog This may be the worst idea I ever had. PRAISE For California Bones "LA noir as dark as La Brea tar meets magic drawn from ancient bones."—Steven Gould, author of Jumper "I both love and am terrified by Greg Van Eekhout's vision of Los Angeles. I already want to go back." —John Scalzi "The story is structured like a caper novel, and fans of stories about heists will enjoy it, but its fantastical elements make it an absoslute must for urban fantasy readers, too." —Booklist, starred review GREG VAN EEKHOUT is the author of California Bones, as well as a previous fantasy novel with Bantam Books, Norse Code. He is also the author of two middle­grade SF novels, Kid vs. Squid and The Boy at the End of the World (a finalist for the Andre Norton Award). He lives in San Diego, California. 3 Tor Books Tip Sheet Winter 2015/January 2015 Title: Pacific Fire ISBN: 978-0-7653-2856-4 Editor: Nielsen Hayden, Patrick Subtitle: Rel. Date: 01/08/15 Publicist: Author(s): Greg Van Eekhout On Sale: 01/27/15 Marketing: Nowshin, Sumiya Pub Date: 01/27/15 Announced Mkt. Distr: 40,000 BISAC 1: FICTION / Fantasy/General BISAC 2: KEY SELLING POINTS: MARKETING PLANS: * The sequel to the June 2014 hardcover California Bones, which will be Plans: published in trade paperback to coincide with this hardcover. After the • National advertising targeting science fiction/fantasy audiences tumultous dismantling of the Hierarch's empire, Daniel is on the run • Author tour again, hoping to hid a golem with a very familiar DNA code, when they • Select appearances at regional trade shows catch wind of a dangerous plot back in L.