FORGE BOOKS SEPTEMBER 2015

LEAD FICTION Hank Phillippi Ryan

Truth Be Told

Truth Be Told is Hank Phillippi Ryan at her best."—Linda Fairstein, New York Times bestselling author

Truth Be Told begins with tragedy: a family evicted from their home. In digging up the facts on this and other foreclosures, reporter Jane Ryland soon learns the truth behind a big­bucks scheme and the surprising players who will stop at nothing, including murder, to keep their goal a secret. Turns out, there's more than one way to rob a bank.

Boston police detective Jake Brogan has a liar on his hands. A man has just confessed to the famous twenty­year­old Lilac Sunday killing, and while Jake's colleagues take him at his word, Jake is not so sure.

ON­SALE DATE: 9/1/2015 Financial manipulation, the terror of foreclosures, the power of numbers, the primal need for home and family and love. What happens when what you believe ISBN­13: 9780765374943 is true turns out to be a lie? EBOOK ISBN: 9780765374974 PRICE: $7.99 / $9.99 CAN. KEY SELLING POINTS: PAGES: 448 SPINE: 4IN W | 7IN H | 1LB WT IN • Truth Be Told continues the popular Jane Ryland and Jake Brogan suspense series. It will appeal to suspense, thriller, and mystery fans and women's fiction CTN COUNT: 48 readers as well CPDA/CAT: 05/SUSPENSE/THRILLER • Truth Be Told was a Library Journal Best Book of 2014 and has been nominated SETTING: BOSTON for the RT Book Reviews Reveiwers Choice Award ORIGIN: FORGE HC (10/14, 978­0­7653­ • Ryan's first book with us, The Other Woman, hit #2 on the Boston Globe bestseller list 7493­6) • The Wrong Girl was a Boston Globe bestseller as well. She received starred AUTHOR HOME: BOSTON Booklist and Library Journal reviews and a Top Pick from RT Book Reviews • Ryan has won the Mary Higgins Clark, Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Awards. The Other Woman was also nominated for the Shamus, RT Reviewers Choice Award, and the Daphne du Maurier Award MARKETING • Digital outreach through Twitter, Facebook, and the Tor/Forge blog Praise for Truth Be Told •National print advertising in genre publications

"In Ryan's adroit hands, with her brisk prose, appealing protagonists, and well­limned characters, even foreclosures can be sexy."—Booklist, starred review

"Terrific—smart, edgy, and a thrilling read to the very last page. A winner!"—Linda Fairstein, New York Times bestselling author

2 FORGE BOOKS SEPTEMBER 2015

Miles Swarthout

The Last Shootist

The sequel to Glendon Swarthout's classic western, The Shootist, penned by his son Miles Swarthout

El Paso, Texas, 1901. A bloody saloon shootout that ended with the death of infamous gunfighter J. B. Books has left seventeen­year­old Gillom Rogers with a new pair of stolen revolvers—and a desire to seek fame and glory. When another midnight gunfight with the same pistols forces him to flee El Paso, though, the young man discovers he must ride a different trail to manhood.

Gillom longs to master the art of fast draws and gun tricks like the famous gunmen he so admires, but a string of dangerous confrontations and a run­in with a Mexican saloon dancer his own tender age forces him to consider what kind of man he really wants to be—always on the move defending his gun­slinging reputation, or a grown­up citizen of a booming border city, perhaps raising a respectable family?

KEY SELLING POINTS: ON­SALE DATE: 9/1/2015 ISBN­13: 9780765376794 • Miles Swarthout, Glendon Swarthout's son, is the perfect person to pen a sequel that lives up to his father's classic western, The Shootist EBOOK ISBN: 9781466851931 • Spur Award­winning novel The Shootist ranks #6 on the Western Writers of PRICE: $9.99 / $11.99 CAN. America's survey of the finest westerns written in the twentieth century PAGES: 416 • The Shootist is also a seminal western movie, and John Wayne's final film. Miles Swarthout cowrote the screenplay for the film SPINE: 4IN W | 8IN H IN, TALL RACK • Miles's first novel, The Sergeant's Lady, won a Spur Award for Best First Novel CTN COUNT: 48 from the Western Writers in 2004 CPDA/CAT: 40/WESTERN • Glendon Swarthout's The Homesman, another award­winning western novel, was made into a film by Tommy Lee Jones that premiered in May 2014. Miles ORIGIN: FORGE HC (10/14, 978­0­7653­ Swarthout worked on the script 7678­7) •The Last Shootist can be read as a stand­alone novel AUTHOR HOME: PLAYA DEL REY, CA

A wonderful ride once again into the western lands that all Swarthout writers know so well—and love to share with all of us." —True West Magazine

"Action­packed, funny, impressively researched, and often tenderly romantic. . . A rambunctious western and a youthful, zesty homage to Glendon Swarthout's forty­year­ old classic." —Ron Hansen, author of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

"Crisp prose and earthy details bring the rough reality of the Texas border at the turn of the twentieth century into vivid focus." —Lucia St. Clair Robson...

3 FORGE BOOKS SEPTEMBER 2015

Harold Coyle, Barrett Tillman

Pandora's Legion

An explosive and timely military thriller from Harold Coyle and Barrett Tillman

A new type of war is being fought by private paramilitary companies at the beck and call of the highest bidder. With the military and intelligence agencies spread thin, the Unites States is constantly calling upon the services of these organizations­and Strategic Solutions, Inc., led by former Read Admiral Michael Derringer, is among the best.

Members of al­Qaida have triggered a vicious biological attack. Men and women infected with the highly communicable and deadly Marburg virus have been sent to major cities and sensitive locations throughout the world in the hopes of creating a deadly global epidemic. Using every resource it has, SSI launches an all­out search for the walking plague carriers before thousands more become infected.

ON­SALE DATE: 9/1/2015 Filled with the details of the military world that have made Coyle's books ISBN­13: 9780765383051 bestsellers, Pandora's Legion poses a frightening scenario that could become all EBOOK ISBN: 9781466891425 too real in the near future. PRICE: $8.99 / $10.99 CAN. PAGES: 384 KEY SELLING POINTS: SPINE: 4IN W | 7IN H | 0LB WT IN With its gripping story of al­Qaida and the threat of a global epidemic, Pandora's CTN COUNT: 48 Legion is very relevant at a time when the fights against ISIS and the spread of CPDA/CAT: 05/SUSPENSE/THRILLER Ebola feature so prominently in the news Upon its original publication, Pandora's Legion received great praise from several ORIGIN: FORGE HC (2/07, 978­0­7653­ New York Times bestselling authors including Tom Clancy, W. E. B. Griffin, and 1371­3) Clive Cussler AUTHOR HOME: HAROLD COYLE ­ This is the first of three books in the Strategic Solutions, Inc. series New York Times bestselling author Harold Coyle spent fourteen years on active FAIRFAX, VA; BARRETT TILLMAN ­ duty with the U.S. Army and incorporates this first­hand experience and MESA, AZ knowledge of the military world into this novel

Coyle is a master at high­tech suspense. He spins his story with such power that you're swept along to the climactic finish." ­Clive Cussler, New York Times bestselling author of the Dark Pitt series

"Engrossing and believable." ­Publishers Weekly

"Harold Coyle is the best natural storyteller I know." ­Tom Clancy, New York Times bestselling author of The Hunt for Red October

4 TOR BOOKS SEPTEMBER 2015

LEAD FICTION Glen Hirshberg

Motherless Child

Weaves love, desire, revenge, loyalty, and sacrifice into a blockbuster narrative." ­Publishers Weekly, starred review

It's the thrill of a lifetime when Sophie and Natalie, single mothers living in a trailer park in North Carolina, meet their idol, the musician known only as "the Whistler." Morning finds them covered with dried blood, their clothing shredded, their memories hazy. Things soon become horrifyingly clear: the Whistler is a vampire, and Natalie and Sophie his latest victims. The women leave their babies with Natalie's mother and hit the road, determined not to give in to their unnatural desires.

Hunger and desire make a powerful couple. So do the Whistler and his Mother, who are searching for Sophie and Natalie. The violent, emotionally moving ON­SALE DATE: 9/1/2015 showdown between two who should be victims and two who should be monsters will leave readers gasping in fear and delight. ISBN­13: 9780765370990 EBOOK ISBN: 9781466834415 PRICE: $7.99 / $9.99 CAN. KEY SELLING POINTS: PAGES: 272 Motherless Child received a starred Publishers Weekly review as well as rave SPINE: 4IN W | 7IN H IN reviews in the Los Angeles Times, Locus, Fangoria, and online Small­town/rural, Southern setting and sexy opening chapters should appeal to CTN COUNT: 72 fans of True Blood and Hannibal CPDA/CAT: 32/FANTASY Hirshberg has won the Shirley Jackson Award for outstanding achievement in the SETTING: SOUTHEAST UNITED literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic Hirshberg has won three International Horror Guild Awards and is a multiple STATES, PRIMARILY IN RURAL finalist for the Bram Stoker Award and the World Fantasy Award NORTH CAROLINA First of a projected trilogy featuring Sophie and Natalie. ORIGIN: TOR HC (5/14, 978­0­7653­ 3745­0) AUTHOR HOME: LA CRESCENTA, CA Always one of his generation's finest stylists, its most able students of character, [Hirshberg] has written one of the best books of the year." ­The Los Angeles Review of Books

MARKETING • Digital outreach through Twitter, Facebook, "Moves at a crackling pace...a healthy dollop of good old­fashioned horror. Deserves and the Tor/Forge blog. your attention." ­Cemetery Dance

"A compelling, heartbreaking thriller full of character, grit, and sorrow. Bravo." ­ Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author

5 TOR BOOKS OCTOBER 2013

F. Paul Wilson

Cold City

The beginning of a new prequel trilogy, Repairman Jack: The Early Years

The first of three Repairman Jack prequels, revealing the past of one of the most popular characters in contemporary dark fantasy: a self­styled "fix­it" man who is no stranger to the macabre or the supernatural, hired by victimized people who have no one else to turn to. We join Jack a few months after his arrival in New York City. He doesn't own a gun yet, though he's already connected with Abe. Soon he'll meet Julio and the Mikulski brothers. He runs afoul of some Dominicans, winds up at the East Side Marriott the night Meir Kahane is shot, gets on the bad side of some Arabs, starts a hot affair, and disrupts the smuggling of preteen sex slaves. And that's just Book One.

KEY SELLING POINTS:

ON­SALE DATE: 10/1/2013 • This is the first volume in a new trilogy depicting the early adventures of Repairman Jack before he became entangled with the end of the world ISBN­13: 9780765368034 • A great entry point for new readers to discover the Repairman Jack books EBOOK ISBN: 9781429948333 • Ground Zero, By the Sword, and Harbingers were New York Times bestsellers, PRICE: $7.99 / $9.99 CAN. and Infernal was nominated for the 2005 Prometheus Award • The Tomb sold over three million copies in paperback and was a finalist for the PAGES: 496 Prometheus Award for Best Novel SPINE: 1.325 IN • A Repairman Jack movie is in preproduction CTN COUNT: 48 • F. Paul Wilson was named the 2005 Grand Master of Horror. In 2008, he won the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement CPDA/CAT: 10/MYSTERY • www.repairmanjack.com ORIGIN: TOR HC (11/12, 978­0­7653­ 3014­7) AUTHOR HOME: WALL, NJ Repairman Jack is one of the most original and intriguing characters to arise out of contemporary fiction in ages. His adventures are hugely entertaining."—Dean Koontz, bestselling author of Relentless

MARKETING "Jack stand[s] out from the supernatural pack...."—Chicago Sun­Times • Digital outreach through Twitter, Facebook, the Tor/Forge blog and e­newsletter.

ALSO AVAILABLE: Dark City | 10/14 | 9780765368041 | $8.99 / $10.99 Can. Nightworld | 1/14 | 9780765361097 | $8.99 / $10.99 Can.

6 TOR FANTASY NOVEMBER 2011

Orson Scott Card

The Lost Gate

His legion of fans—especially devotees of his classic novel Ender's Game... should enjoy this similar tale immensely."—Booklist

Danny North knew from early childhood that his family was different, and that he was different from them. While his cousins were learning how to create the things that commoners called fairies, ghosts, golems, trolls, werewolves, and other such miracles that were the heritage of the North family, Danny worried that he would never show a talent, never form an outself.

He grew up in the rambling old house, filled with dozens of cousins, and aunts and uncles, all ruled by his father. Their home was isolated in the mountains of western Virginia, far from town, far from schools, far from other people. There are many secrets in the House, and many rules that Danny must follow. There is a secret library with only a few dozen books, and none of them in English—but Danny and his cousins are expected to become fluent in the language of the books. While Danny's cousins are free to create magic whenever they like, they must ON­SALE DATE: 11/29/2011 never do it where outsiders might see. ISBN­13: 9780765365385 EBOOK ISBN: 9781429993418 Unfortunately, there are some secrets kept from Danny as well. And that will lead to disaster for the North family. PRICE: $7.99 / $9.99 CAN. PAGES: 464 SPINE: 1.245 IN KEY SELLING POINTS: CTN COUNT: 48 • The Lost Gate is the first book in Card's Mithermages series and was a New York CPDA/CAT: 32/FANTASY Times bestseller in hardcover • This series is contemporary fantasy, and appeals to fans of both urban fantasy ORIGIN: TOR HC (11/11, 978­0­7653­ and high fantasy 2657­7) • Orson Scott Card is the bestselling author of Ender's Game and its sequels. He AUTHOR HOME: GREENSBORO, NC has a special talent for writing young characters who appeal strongly to adult readers, and Danny North will engage everyone who reads his story • Card's SF novels routinely appear on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists • Ender's Game won the Hugo and Nebula awards, and in paperback is one of Tor's top backlist titles. It has been in print since 1985 and is an enduring classic of science fiction

This ambitious tale is well crafted, highly detailed, and pleasantly accessible."— Publishers Weekly on The Lost Gate

"The author of Ender's Game brings his masterful storytelling to a new series that should find favor among his many fans as well as readers looking for more stories in the Harry Potter vein."—Library Journal on The Lost Gate

7 TOR SCIENCE FICTION JUNE 2012

Wild Cards I

The first volume of George R. R. Martin's Wild Cards shared­world series, expanded with new original material

There is a secret history of the world—a history in which an alien virus struck the Earth in the aftermath of World War II , endowing a handful of survivors with extraordinary powers. Some were called Aces—those with superhuman mental and physical abilities. Others were termed Jokers—cursed with bizarre mental or physical disabilities. Some turned their talents to the service of humanity. Others used their powers for evil. Wild Cards is their story.

Originally published in 1987, Wild Cards I includes powerful tales by Roger Zelazny, Walter Jon Williams, Howard Waldrop, Lewis Shiner, and George R. R. Martin himself. And this new, expanded edition contains further original tales set at the beginning of the Wild Cards universe, by eminent new writers like Hugo– winner David Levine, noted screenwriter and novelist Michael Cassutt, and New York Times bestseller Carrie Vaughn.

ON­SALE DATE: 6/26/2012 KEY SELLING POINTS: ISBN­13: 9780765365071 • This volume comprises the original Wild Cards 1 volume published as a Bantam EBOOK ISBN: 9781429926454 mass market original in 1987, plus three new stories specially commissioned to PRICE: $8.99 / $10.99 CAN. flesh out the continuity • One of those new stories is by New York Times bestseller Carrie Vaughn PAGES: 608 • Martin has been passionately devoted to the Wild Cards project for twenty years; SPINE: 1.235 IN he has stuck with it through thick and thin, and he will promote it with all the CTN COUNT: 48 energy for which he's famous • Website for the series at wildcardsbooks.com CPDA/CAT: 30/SCIENCE FICTION ORIGIN: TOR TPB (11/10, 978­0­7653­ 2615­7) Praise for The Wild Cards AUTHOR HOME: NEW MEXICO

"Delicious… Everything I'd hoped for in a new Wild Cards book. The character interactions and plot twists have exactly the complexity, surprise, and unsentimental realism I'd expect out of a George R. R. Martin project." —Austin Grossman, author of Soon I Will Be Invincible on Inside Straight

ALSO AVAILABLE: Wild Cards III: Jokers Wild | 11/14 | 9780765365095 | $8.99 / $10.99 Can. Wild Cards II: Aces High | 10/13 | 9780765365088 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can. Fort Freak | 4/12 | 9780765364685 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can. Suicide Kings | 12/10 | 9780765357144 | $8.99 / $10.99 Can.

8 TOR FANTASY NOVEMBER 2009

Brandon Sanderson

Mistborn Trilogy Boxed Set

From New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson: The Mistborn Series Boxed Set

Featuring: Mistborn The Well of Ascension ON­SALE DATE: 11/3/2009 The Hero of Ages ISBN­13: 9780765365439 PRICE: $24.97 / $30.97 CAN. SPINE: 3.800 IN Intrigue, politics, and conspiracies mesh complexly in a world Sanderson realizes in CTN COUNT: 8 satisfying depth and peoples with impressive characters." —Booklist on Mistborn CPDA/CAT: 32/FANTASY AUTHOR HOME: UTAH "This entertaining read will especially please those who always wanted to know what happened after the good guys won." —Publishers Weekly on The Well of Ascension

"Sanderson is an evil genius. There is simply no other way to describe what he's managed to pull off in this transcendent final volume of his Mistborn trilogy." —RT Book Reviews, Gold Medal, Top Pick, on The Hero of Ages

9 TOR SCIENCE FICTION AUGUST 2014

David Weber

Safehold Boxed Set 1

The first three book in David Weber's Safehold series—now in their own boxed set

Includes one copy each of:

Off Armageddon Reef (978­0­7653­5397­9, $8.99/$10.99) By Schism Rent Asunder (978­7653­5398­6, $8.99/$10.99) By Heresies Distressed (978­0­7653­5399­3, $7.99/$9.99)

ON­SALE DATE: 8/26/2014 ISBN­13: 9780765377531 EBOOK ISBN: 9781466870864 Weber brings the political maneuvering, past and future technologies, and vigorous protagonists together for a cohesive, engrossing whole." —Publishers Weekly, starred PRICE: $25.97 / $31.97 CAN. review on Off Armageddon Reef SPINE: 3.555 IN CTN COUNT: 8 "A superb cast of characters and plenty of action... This fine book gives new luster to CPDA/CAT: 30/SCIENCE FICTION Weber's reputation and new pleasure to his fans." —Booklist, starred review on By AUTHOR HOME: GREENVILLE, SC Schism Rent Asunder

"A brillant new saga... Highly recommended." —Library Journal, starred review on By Schism Rent Asunder

ALSO AVAILABLE: How Firm a Foundation | 7/12 | 9780765361257 | $8.99 / $10.99 Can. A Mighty Fortress | 3/11 | 9780765354075 | $9.99 / $11.99 Can. By Heresies Distressed | 3/10 | 9780765353993 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can. By Schism Rent Asunder | 6/09 | 9780765353986 | $8.99 / $10.99 Can.

10 TOR SCIENCE FICTION SEPTEMBER 2014

John Scalzi

Old Man's War Boxed Set 1

John Scalzi's Old Man's War: now in a boxed set!

Includes one copy each of:?

Old Man's War (978­0­7653­4827­2, $7.99/$9.99) The Ghost Brigades (978­7653­5406­8, $7.99/$9.99) The Last Colony (978­0­7653­5618­5, $7.99/$9.99)

ON­SALE DATE: 8/26/2014 ISBN­13: 9780765379382 Thought provoking." —Entertainment Weekly on Old Man's War EBOOK ISBN: 9781466871304 PRICE: $23.97 / $29.97 CAN. "Astonishingly proficient." —Publishers Weekly, starred review SPINE: 3.005 IN CTN COUNT: 8 "Gripping and surpassingly original. It's Starship Troopers without the lectures. It's The Forever War with better sex. It's funny, it's sad, and it's true." —Cory Doctorow AUTHOR HOME: OUTSIDE DAYTON,

OHIO "Scalzi has a finely tuned sense of balance between personal drama and the 'big picture.'" — Library Journal, starred review on The Ghost Brigades

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11 TOR FANTASY NOVEMBER 2011

Robert Jordan

Wheel of Time, Boxed Set IV

Books ten through twelve in Robert Jordan's bestselling The Wheel of Time®

Featuring: Crossroads of Twilight Knife of Dreams The Gathering Storm

ON­SALE DATE: 11/1/2011 The battle scenes have the breathless urgency of firsthand experience, and the…evil ISBN­13: 9780765368614 laced into the forces of good, the dangers latent in any promised salvation, the sense of PRICE: $26.97 / $32.97 CAN. the unavoidable onslaught of unpredictable events bear the marks of American national SPINE: 4.030 IN experience during the last three decades, just as the experience of the First World War and its aftermath gave its imprint to J. R. R. Tolkien's work."—The New York CTN COUNT: 8 Times on The Wheel of Time® CPDA/CAT: 32/FANTASY AUTHOR HOME: CHARLESTON SC

12 TOR BOOKS AUGUST 2012

Various Authors

Halo Boxed Set II

The official novels of the award­winning Xbox game!

Featuring: Halo: First Strike by Eric Nylund Halo: The Fall of Reach by Eric Nylund Halo: The Flood by William C. Dietz

ON­SALE DATE: 8/28/2012 ISBN­13: 9780765370129 PRICE: $25.97 / $31.97 CAN. SPINE: 1.000 IN CTN COUNT: 1 CPDA/CAT: 30/SCIENCE FICTION AUTHOR HOME: HARTSDALE, NY

13 FORGE BOOKS SEPTEMBER 2012

Patrick Taylor

Patrick Taylor Irish Country Boxed Set

Welcome to Ballybucklebo!

Featuring:

An Irish Country Doctor An Irish Country Village ON­SALE DATE: 8/28/2012 An Irish Country Christmas ISBN­13: 9780765370136 PRICE: $23.97 / $29.97 CAN.

SPINE: 1.000 IN Taylor masterfully charts the small victories and defeats of Irish village life." —Irish CTN COUNT: 1 America Magazine AUTHOR HOME: SALTSPRING ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, "Full of stories and vivid characters, [An Irish Country Village] recalls a good night in CANADA a pub. Good, light entertainment." —Booklist

"With an unerring eye for detail, the talents of a natural storyteller, and the ability to pepper his anecdotes with large doses of wit and humor, Patrick Taylor has written a delightful novel." —Calgary Herald on An Irish Country Doctor

14 TOR BOOKS SEPTEMBER 2002

Robert Jordan

The Wheel of Time, Boxed Set III, Books 7­9

Books seven through nine in Robert Jordan's bestselling The Wheel of Time®

Featuring:

A Crown of Swords The Path of Daggers Winter's Heart

ON­SALE DATE: 8/29/2002 ISBN­13: 9780765344939 The battle scenes have the breathless urgency of firsthand experience, and the…evil PRICE: $23.97 / $29.97 CAN. laced into the forces of good, the dangers latent in any promised salvation, the sense of PAGES: 2400 the unavoidable onslaught of unpredictable events bear the marks of American national experience during the last three decades, just as the experience of the First World SPINE: 4.030 IN War and its aftermath gave its imprint to J. R. R. Tolkien's work."—The New York CTN COUNT: 8 Times on The Wheel of Time® CPDA/CAT: 32/FANTASY AUTHOR HOME: CHARLESTON SC

15 TOR BOOKS SEPTEMBER 2002

Terry Goodkind

The Sword of Truth, Boxed Set II, Books 4­6

Books four through six in Terry Goodkind's bestselling Sword of Truth series

Featuring:

Temple of the Winds Soul of the Fire Faith of the Fallen

ON­SALE DATE: 8/29/2002 ISBN­13: 9780765344946 Wonderfully creative, seamless, and stirring." —Kirkus Reviews on Wizard's First PRICE: $26.97 / $32.97 CAN. Rule PAGES: 2405 SPINE: 5.250 IN CTN COUNT: 8 CPDA/CAT: 32/FANTASY AUTHOR HOME: HENDERSON, NEVADA

16 TOR FANTASY OCTOBER 2006

Terry Goodkind

Sword of Truth, Boxed Set III, Books 7­9

Books seven through nine in Terry Goodkind's bestselling Sword of Truth series

Featuring:

The Pillars of Creation ON­SALE DATE: 10/3/2006 Naked Empire Chainfire ISBN­13: 9780765356857 PRICE: $26.97 / $32.97 CAN. PAGES: 2405 SPINE: 4.030 IN Wonderfully creative, seamless, and stirring." —Kirkus Reviews on Wizard's First CTN COUNT: 8 Rule CPDA/CAT: 32/FANTASY AUTHOR HOME: HENDERSON, NEVADA

17 TOR SCIENCE FICTION OCTOBER 2006

Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson

Dune Boxed Mass Market Paperback Set #1

The three volumes of the Legends of Dune in one boxed set ON­SALE DATE: 10/3/2006 Featuring: ISBN­13: 9780765357113 PRICE: $27.97 / $33.97 CAN. Dune: The Butlerian Jihad SPINE: 4.000 IN Dune: The Machine Crusade CTN COUNT: 8 Dune: The Battle of Corrin CPDA/CAT: 30/SCIENCE FICTION AUTHOR HOME: BRIAN HERBERT ­ BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WA; KEVIN J. The kind of intricate plotting and philosophical musings that would make the elder ANDERSON ­ MONUMENT, CO Herbert proud…." —Publishers Weekly, starred review on Dune: The Butlerian Jihad?

"Dune addicts will happily devour Herbert and Anderson's spicy conclusion to their second prequel trilogy." —Publishers Weekly on Dune:The Battle of Corrin?

"Dune fans will enjoy the sweeping philosophical power that surfaces, invoking the senior Herbert's remarkable vision." ?—Publishers Weekly on Dune: The Machine Crusade

18 TOR SCIENCE FICTION NOVEMBER 2008

Orson Scott Card

The Ender Quartet Boxed Set

The first four books of the Ender Quartet, in one boxed set

Featuring:

Ender's Game Speaker for the Dead Xenocide ON­SALE DATE: 11/4/2008 Children of the Mind ISBN­13: 9780765362438 PRICE: $33.96 / $41.96 CAN. PAGES: 1760 SPINE: 4.500 IN Intense is the word for Ender's Game… An affecting novel full of surprises that seem inevitable once they are explained." —The New York Times Book Review CTN COUNT: 8

CPDA/CAT: 30/SCIENCE FICTION "A gripping tale of adventure in space and a scathing indictment of the military mind." AUTHOR HOME: GREENSBORO, NC —Library Journal

19 TOR SCIENCE FICTION NOVEMBER 2008

Orson Scott Card

The Ender's Shadow Series Boxed Set

The first four books of the Ender's Shadow series, in one boxed set

Featuring: ON­SALE DATE: 11/4/2008

ISBN­13: 9780765362445 Ender's Shadow PRICE: $32.96 / $40.96 CAN. Shadow of the Hegemon PAGES: 1712 Shadow Puppets SPINE: 4.030 IN Shadow of the Giant CTN COUNT: 8 CPDA/CAT: 30/SCIENCE FICTION AUTHOR HOME: GREENSBORO, NC The wonders of Battle School and flash suits and children's armies should keep readers turning pages." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

"The author's superb storytelling and his genuine insight into the moral dilemmas that lead good people to commit questionable actions make this title a priority purchase for most libraries." —Library Journal

20 TOR BOOKS MARCH 2010

Joseph Staten, Tobias S. Buckell, Eric Nylund

Halo Boxed Set

The official novels of the award­winning Xbox game!

Featuring: Halo: Ghosts of Onyx by Eric Nylund Halo: The Cole Protocol by Tobias S. Buckell Halo: Contact Harvest by Joseph Staten

ON­SALE DATE: 3/2/2010 ISBN­13: 9780765364678 PRICE: $24.97 / $30.97 CAN. SPINE: 3.110 IN CTN COUNT: 8 CPDA/CAT: 30/SCIENCE FICTION AUTHOR HOME: HARTSDALE, NY

21 TOR BOOKS OCTOBER 1993

Robert Jordan

The Wheel of Time, Boxed Set I, Books 1­3

The first three books of Robert Jordan's bestselling The Wheel of Time®

Featuring:

The Eye of the World The Great Hunt The Dragon Reborn

ON­SALE DATE: 10/27/2005 ISBN­13: 9780812538366 The battle scenes have the breathless urgency of firsthand experience, and the…evil PRICE: $25.97 / $31.97 CAN. laced into the forces of good, the dangers latent in any promised salvation, the sense of PAGES: 2272 the unavoidable onslaught of unpredictable events bear the marks of American national experience during the last three decades, just as the experience of the First World SPINE: 4.500 IN War and its aftermath gave its imprint to J. R. R. Tolkien's work."—The New York CTN COUNT: 8 Times on The Wheel of Time® CPDA/CAT: 32/FANTASY AUTHOR HOME: CHARLESTON SC

22 TOR BOOKS NOVEMBER 1997

Robert Jordan

The Wheel of Time, Boxed Set II, Books 4­6

Books four through six in Robert Jordan's bestselling The Wheel of Time®

Featuring:

The Shadow Rising The Fires of Heaven Lord of Chaos

ON­SALE DATE: 10/27/2005 ISBN­13: 9780812540116 The battle scenes have the breathless urgency of firsthand experience, and the…evil PRICE: $26.97 / $32.97 CAN. laced into the forces of good, the dangers latent in any promised salvation, the sense of SPINE: 4.900 IN the unavoidable onslaught of unpredictable events bear the marks of American national experience during the last three decades, just as the experience of the First World CTN COUNT: 8 War and its aftermath gave its imprint to J. R. R. Tolkien's work."—The New York CPDA/CAT: 32/FANTASY Times on The Wheel of Time® AUTHOR HOME: CHARLESTON SC

23 TOR BOOKS NOVEMBER 1998

Terry Goodkind

The Sword of Truth, Boxed Set I, Books 1­3

Books one through three in Terry Goodkind's bestselling Sword of Truth series

Featuring:

Wizard's First Rule Stone of Tears Blood of the Fold

ISBN­13: 9780812575606 PRICE: $25.97 / $31.97 CAN. Wonderfully creative, seamless, and stirring." —Kirkus Reviews on Wizard's First PAGES: 2480 Rule SPINE: 5.625 IN CTN COUNT: 8 CPDA/CAT: 32/FANTASY AUTHOR HOME: HENDERSON, NEVADA

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KEY POINTS: • Digital outreach through Twitter, Facebook, and the Tor/Forge blog • National print advertising in genre publications • Truth Be Told continues the Jane Ryland and Jake Brogan suspense series, with a topical tale of eviction and foreclosures, cold case confessions, and, of course, murder. It will appeal to suspense, thriller, and mystery fans and women’s fiction readers as well • Truth Be Told was a Library Journal Best Book of 2014 and has been nominated for the Agatha Award and the RT Book Reviews Reviewers Choice Award • Ryan’s first book with us,The Other Woman, hit #2 on the Boston Globe bestseller list • The Wrong Girl was a Boston Globe bestseller as well. She received starred Booklist and Library Journal reviews and a Top Pick from RT Book Reviews • Ryan has won the Mary Higgins Clark, Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Awards. The Other Woman was also nominated for the Shamus, RT Reviewers Choice Award, and the Daphne du Maurier Award

PRAISE FOR TRUTH BE TOLD: H “The third entry in the ‘Jane Ryland H “In Ryan’s adroit hands, & Jake Brogan’ series packs a with her brisk prose, powerful punch, and offers a CLEVER appealing protagonist and MIX OF MYSTERY, CORRUPTION, well-limned characters, AND ROMANCE. Mystery enthusiasts EVEN FORECLOSURES $7.99/$9.99 978-0-7653-7494-3 will want to drop everything and CAN BE SEXY.” binge-read until the mind-boggling —Booklist, conclusion.” starred review —Library Journal, starred review

HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN ALSO AVAILABLE: is the investigative reporter for Boston’s NBC affiliate, and has won thirty-two Emmys and ten Edward R. Murrow Awards. A Boston Globe bestselling author, Ryan has won two Agatha Awards, in addition to the Anthony, Macavity, Daphne du Maurier, and Mary Higgins Clark Award. She is on the national board of directors of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime and is the author of The Other Woman, The Wrong Girl, and Truth Be Told. MM • 978-0-7653-6913-0 $7.99/$9.99 MM • 978-0-7653-6914-7 $7.99/$9.99 A SEPTEMBER 2015 MASS MARKET PAPERBACK tor-forge.com