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LEAD FICTION Glenn Kaplan

Poison Pill

New York Times bestselling author Glenn Kaplan looks inside the heart of today’s business world and finds page­turning suspense

Caught in a war that pits greed and ambition against conscience and love, Emma Conway faces the fight of her life. She's finally living the dream—a happy second marriage and a great career. She's built Percival & Baxter’s painkiller, Acordinol, into a huge success. But her dream becomes a nightmare when a Wall Street raider threatens a hostile takeover. Worse, the raider is no ordinary cutthroat but her ex­ husband Josh Katz, father of their teenage son. Her ex’s game traps Emma in a web of secrets locked within secrets. A shadowy Russian oligarch behind Josh is lusting after the holy grail of drugs, the first Viagra for women. And a clandestine romance between Emma’s son and the oligarch’s estranged daughter puts them in the crosshairs of their parents’ mortal combat.

ON­SALE DATE: 10/28/2014 KEY SELLING POINTS: ISBN­13: 9780765370792 EBOOK ISBN: 9781466829855 • A highly nuanced, multi­layered story that explores the personal lives of the stressed­out, conflicted players in a major corporate takeover battle, and a PRICE: $9.99 / $11.99 CAN. fascinating look at sex, romance, and mind­games among the super­rich. PAGES: 480 • Kaplan’s previous book, Evil, Inc., was a New York Times bestseller in SPINE: 1.156 IN, TALL RACK hardcover. • Kaplan is the author of All for Money, a novel, and The Big Time: How Success CTN COUNT: 48 Really Works in 14 Top Business Careers, a nonfiction title. Both books received CPDA/CAT: 05/SUSPENSE/THRILLER critical acclaim from the Los Angeles Times, Advertising Age, Publishers Weekly, ORIGIN: FORGE HC (10/13, 978­0­7653­ the Chicago Tribune, and Fortune 500 CEOs. 3690­3) AUTHOR HOME: NEW YORK, NY "High suspense, big money, romance, murder, very good storytelling—who could ask for anything more?" —James Patterson, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"Tension and turmoil add up to high stakes suspense in a thriller that resonates with MARKETING reality, tragedy, and triumph…. All I want is more." —Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author • National ad in USA Today. • Facebook and Goodreads ads targeting thriller readers. "Kaplan’s plotting and pacing are superb, his writing is crisp, and his characters come • Digital outreach through Twitter, Facebook, alive on the page. A sophisticated and thoughtful thriller." and the Tor/Forge blog. —Nelson DeMille, New York Times bestselling author

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MacKinlay Kantor

Long Remember

"As a spectacle of war, the book has no equal." —The Nation

Long Remember is the first realistic novel about the Civil War. Originally published in the 1930s, and out of print since the 50s, this book received rave reviews from the New York Times Book Review and was a main selection of the Literary Guild. It is the account of the Battle of Gettysburg, as viewed by a pacifist who comes to accept the nasty necessity of combat, and lives an intense and skewed romance along the way.

KEY SELLING POINTS:

• Long Remember was originally published in 1934, and made the bestseller lists then. • Kantor won the 1956 Pulitzer Prize for the novel Andersonville. • Films based on Kantor novels include: Best Years of Our Lives (1946), starring ON­SALE DATE: 10/28/2014 Myrna Loy, winner of Best Picture, Actor, and Director Academy Awards; ISBN­13: 9780765377814 Andersonville (TV film, 1970), starring Martin Sheen and directed by George C. EBOOK ISBN: 9781466841789 Scott; and Happy Land (1943), starring Don Ameche. PRICE: $7.99 / $9.99 CAN. PAGES: 480 SPINE: 1.156 IN "How such an epic and dramatic talk has not before been told in American fiction is CTN COUNT: 48 one of the mysteries of our literary history. Passion is piled upon passion in his words, and war, marked and flaming, stalks through the pages." —Chicago Daily Tribune CPDA/CAT: 20/HISTORICAL FICTION ORIGIN: FORGE TPB (8/00, 978­0­312­ "A novel that tastes and smells of war till the reader hates the smell and taste of it, and still is above and beyond war with the saving humanity that survives slaughter and does 87520­6) FORGE HC (7/00, 978­0­312­ its slight part to prevent a future built on the past." —The New York Times 86552­8) AUTHOR HOME: KANTOR IS DECEASED

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Clarence E. Mulford

The Man From Bar­20 and Johnny Nelson

A continuation of the original saga of Hopalong Cassidy: two complete novels in one low­priced edition

The Man From Bar­20 When Hoppy's friend, Johnny Nelson, left Bar­20 searching for even greater adventure and joined the CL Ranch, he found more than he expected. He found a hidden valley between Twin Buttes with over 200 of CL cattle rebranded QE. He found a gang of rustlers out to steal the rest of CL’s beef. He found the country’s fastest gunfighter looking to cut him down. What he should have found was a fast way out of that valley. But Hoppy never told him how to turn tail and run.

Johnny Nelson Former Bar­20 cowboy Johnny Nelson, the protégé of Hopalong Cassidy, goes roaming the West in search of adventure. But when he comes to the aid of a ON­SALE DATE: 10/28/2014 rancher and his daughter near the town of Gunsight, he gets more than he bargained for: a land war and a chance at love. ISBN­13: 9780765377784 EBOOK ISBN: 9781466867932 PRICE: $9.99 KEY SELLING POINTS: PAGES: 536 • Hopalong Cassidy is a household name and an American legend, even for new SPINE: 1.281 IN, TALL RACK generations. CTN COUNT: 24 • Fifty­four films were made about Hopalong Cassidy, as well as a TV series, radio CPDA/CAT: 40/WESTERN show, comic books, and a plethora of merchandising. • Mulford’s westerns introduced one of the most popular and well­known fictional ORIGIN: THE MAN FROM BAR­20 characters of the 20th century and inspired The Rustlers of West Fork (1991, (FORGE MM, 2/95, 978­0­8125­5050­4); Bantam), which spent eight weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. JOHNNY NELSON (FORGE MM, 7/97, 978­0­8125­6766­3) AUTHOR HOME: MULFORD IS "Rousing adventures, with some of the best action sequences in early Western DECEASED fiction." —Bill Pronzini, editor of Wild Westerns "Mulford was a master." —Roundup Magazine

ALSO AVAILABLE: Hopalong Cassidy and Bar­20 Days | 7/14 | 9780765377777 | $9.99 The Coming of Cassidy and Bar­20 | 4/14 | 9780765377722 | $9.99 Bar­20 Three | 10/07 | 9780765359407 | $6.99 Tex | 2/99 | 9780812566871 | $5.99

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LEAD FICTION Eric C. Leuthardt

RedDevil 4

A spine­tingling techno­thriller based on cutting­edge research from a renowned surgeon and inventor

Renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Hagan Maerici is on the verge of a breakthrough in artificial intelligence that could change the way we think about human consciousness. Obsessed with his job, he puts his life’s work on the line when a rash of brutal murders strikes St. Louis. Edwin Krantz, a technophobic detective, and his partner, Tara Dezner, are investigating the killings, which were committed by prominent citizens with no history of violence. Krantz and Dezner turn to Dr. Maerici, who thinks that the answer lies within the killers’ brains, that someone is introducing a glitch into the in­brain computer systems of the suspects, turning ordinary citizens into murderers. With time running out, this trio of unlikely allies must face a gauntlet of obstacles, both human and A.I.

ON­SALE DATE: 10/28/2014 KEY SELLING POINTS: ISBN­13: 9780765369123 EBOOK ISBN: 9781466800984 • A cutting­edge thriller incorporating research from a gifted doctor and researcher on the leading edge of his field. PRICE: $9.99 / $11.99 CAN. • Dr. Leuthardt’s research has focused on neuroprosthetics—devices linked to the PAGES: 432 brain that may lead to cures for paralysis, allow patients to move artificial limbs, or SPINE: 1.031 IN, TALL RACK restore other neurological functions. He uses an integrated approach, employing multiple domains of expertise ranging from biomedical engineering, clinical CTN COUNT: 48 neurosurgery, mathematical modeling, complex signal analysis, and computer CPDA/CAT: 05/SUSPENSE/THRILLER programming. ORIGIN: TOR HC (2/14, 978­0­7653­ • His work in the field of neuroprosthetics and neurosurgical devices has yielded him numerous accolades as a scientist, neurosurgeon, and inventor. Dr. Leuthardt 3256­1) was named one of the Top Young Innovators by MIT’s magazine Technology AUTHOR HOME: ST. LOUIS, MO Review.

"Provocative and scary, there’s an utter realism that leaps from every page." MARKETING —Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author

• Digital outreach through Twitter, Facebook, "Here is a thriller that is as cutting­edge as the keenest scalpel." and the Tor/Forge blog. —Douglas Preston, New York Times bestselling author

"Intriguing and smartly constructed…boasts a cast of memorable characters." —Booklist

"Leuthardt puts his expertise as a neurosurgeon to good use in his impressive debut." —Publishers Weekly

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F. Paul Wilson

Dark City

The new novel in the bestselling saga of Repairman Jack

It’s February 1992. Desert Storm is raging in Iraq, but twenty­two­year­old Jack has more pressing matters at home. His favorite bar, The Spot, is about to be sold out from under Julio, Jack’s friend. Jack has been something of a tag­along to this point, but now he takes the reins and demonstrates his innate talent for seeing biters get bit. With a body count even higher than in Cold City, this second novel of the Early Years Trilogy hurtles Jack into the final volume in which all scores will be settled, all debts paid.

KEY SELLING POINTS:

• This is the second volume in a new trilogy depicting the early adventures of Repairman Jack, before he became entangled with the end of the world. ON­SALE DATE: 10/18/2014 • This trilogy is a great entry point for new readers to discover the Repairman Jack books. ISBN­13: 9780765368041 • The third book in the trilogy, Fear City (978­0­7653­3016­1), comes out in EBOOK ISBN: 9781466834194 hardcover in November 2014. PRICE: $8.99 / $10.99 CAN. • Ground Zero, By the Sword, and Harbingers were New York Times bestsellers. • The Tomb sold over three million copies in paperback. PAGES: 448 • A Repairman Jack movie is in preproduction. SPINE: 1.094 IN • F. Paul Wilson was named the 2005 Grand Master of Horror. In 2008, he won CTN COUNT: 48 the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement. • www.repairmanjack.com CPDA/CAT: 10/MYSTERY ORIGIN: TOR HC (10/13, 978­0­7653­ 3015­4) "Repairman Jack is one of the most original and intriguing characters to arise out of AUTHOR HOME: WALL, NJ contemporary fiction in ages." —Dean Koontz, bestselling author "Jack stand[s] out from the supernatural pack…. The books are about an ordinary guy doing whatever it takes to protect the innocent, and that’s a story that always has MARKETING resonance." —Chicago Sun­Times "The Tomb is one of the best all­out adventure stories I’ve read in years." • Digital outreach through Twitter, Facebook, and the Tor/Forge blog. —Stephen King, bestselling author and president of the Repairman Jack fan club

ALSO AVAILABLE: Cold City | 10/13 | 9780765368034 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can. Fatal Error | 11/11 | 9780765362803 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can. Ground Zero | 9/10 | 9780765362797 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can. By the Sword | 8/09 | 9780765356338 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can.

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LEAD FANTASY Piers Anthony

Esrever Doom

Return to the magical land of Xanth in this all­new adventure!

Piers Anthony’s thirty­seventh adventure in Xanth changes the Mood to one of Doom! Kody woke up in a hospital bed, not knowing how he got there. Before his questions could be answered, he was told that he was about to undergo surgery, and that there could be some side effects…. And then he woke up again, this time in Xanth, where he is the only person who has not been affected by a dreadful spell that reverses how people see each other. What was adorable is now loathsome. What was ugly is now beautiful. What was loved is now hated. Kody has clearly arrived just in time! Only he has any hope of reversing the spell, turning Esrever Doom into Reverse Mood.

ON­SALE DATE: 10/28/2014 KEY SELLING POINTS: ISBN­13: 9780765366887 EBOOK ISBN: 9781429946612 • This is the thirty­seventh book in a series that continues to generate new fans. PRICE: $7.99 / $9.99 CAN. • Xanth is the original light humorous fantasy series. • Xanth is YA­okay. PAGES: 384 • Each Xanth book can be read as a stand­alone. SPINE: 0.938 IN • A film version of the first Xanth novel, A Spell for Chameleon, is in development CTN COUNT: 48 by Warner Brothers, to be produced by Wolfgang Peterson. • Piers Anthony is a New York Times bestseller twenty­one times over, and the CPDA/CAT: 32/FANTASY author of many popular science fiction and fantasy series. SETTING: FANTASY WORLD OF XANTH

ORIGIN: TOR HC (10/13, 978­0­7653­ "Anthony serves up the 36th entry in his pun­packed fantasy series, set in the fictional 3136­6) realm of Xanth, a place full of magic, humor, and wordplay…. In Xanth, all is not what AUTHOR HOME: INVERNESS, FL it seems."—Kirkus Reviews "Xanth remains a land of happy endings…and readers can expect the usual amount of enjoyment from this thirty­fourth Xanth tale." —Booklist on Knot Gneiss

MARKETING "The puns for which the Xanthian corpus is famous are as numerous and outrageous as ever." —Booklist on Currant Events • Digital outreach through Twitter, Facebook, the Tor/Forge blog and e­newsletter.

ALSO AVAILABLE: Luck of the Draw | 10/13 | 9780765366870 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can. Well­Tempered Clavicle | 8/12 | 9780765366863 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can. Knot Gneiss | 10/11 | 9780765363374 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can. Jumper Cable | 9/10 | 9780765363367 | $6.99 / $8.99 Can.

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George R. R. Martin, Gardner Dozois

Dangerous Women 2

A stellar collection of new work from some of the bestselling authors of our day

Writes Gardner Dozois in his Introduction, "Here you’ll find no hapless victims who stand by whimpering in dread while the male hero fights the monster or clashes swords with the villain, and if you want to tie these women to the railroad tracks, you’ll find you have a real fight on your hands. Instead, you will find sword­wielding women warriors, intrepid women fighter pilots and far­ranging spacewomen, deadly female serial killers, formidable female superheroes, sly and seductive femmes fatale, female wizards, hard­living Bad Girls, female bandits and rebels, embattled survivors in Postapocalyptic futures, female Private Investigators…and many more. ON­SALE DATE: 10/28/2014 ISBN­13: 9780765368829 KEY SELLING POINTS: PRICE: $7.99 / $9.99 CAN. • Dangerous Women Vol. 2 features an entirely new 28,000­word "Outlander" PAGES: 416 novella by New York Times bestselling author Diana Gabaldon. SPINE: 1.000 IN • It also includes stories by Lev Grossman, Sharon Kay Penman, S. M. Stirling, CTN COUNT: 48 Sam Sykes, Caroline Spector, and Nancy Kress. • This is an anthology spanning fantasy, science fiction, and straight historical CPDA/CAT: 32/FANTASY fiction. ORIGIN: TOR HC (12/13, 978­0­7653­ • George R. R. Martin is one of the bestselling authors of fantasy today. Gardner 3206­6) Dozois is an acclaimed science fiction and fantasy editor who has won the Hugo AUTHOR HOME: MARTIN: SANTA FE, Award for his editorial work fifteen times. NM; DOZOIS: PHILADELPHIA, PA

"A splendid cross­genre anthology featuring original stories by a number of writers, male and female." —Los Angeles Times

MARKETING "The wide selection of authors guarantees something to please almost every reader’s tastes." —Library Journal, starred review • National print advertising in SF, fantasy, and romance publications, including Locus, Sci Fi Magazine, Asimov’s, The Magazine of Fantasy & "Explores the heights that brave women can reach and the depths that depraved ones Science Fiction, and RT Book Reviews. can plumb." —Publishers Weekly, starred review • Digital outreach through Twitter, Facebook, and the Tor/Forge blog. "Bold and deadly female characters of many genres stride through the pages of this massive anthology." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

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Ben Bova

Able One

Can an experimental defense system stop North Korean missile strikes?

When a nuclear missile launched by a rogue North Korean faction explodes in space, the resulting shockwave destroys the world’s satellites, throwing global communication into chaos. The US military satellites, designed to withstand such an assault, show that two more missiles are sitting on the launch pad in North Korea, ready to be deployed. The United States has only one possible defense: Able One, or ABL­1, a modified 747 fitted with a high­powered laser able to knock out missiles in flight. But both the laser’s technology and the jet’s crew is untested. Will Able One’s experimental technology be enough to prevent World War III— especially when it becomes clear that a saboteur is on board?

KEY SELLING POINTS:

ON­SALE DATE: 3/29/2011 • A near­future thriller in which North Korea has nuclear weapons and fires them ISBN­13: 9780765363589 toward the United States. EBOOK ISBN: 9781429955218 • Able One’s subject is topical: North Korea’s nuclear agenda and their missile launches have been recent headlines. PRICE: $7.99 / $9.99 CAN. • The jet featured in Able One exists: the Boeing YAL­1 Airborne Laser. PAGES: 384 • Bova has an insider’s knowledge of the world of corporate science and a SPINE: 0.975 IN scientist’s understanding of the technical issues facing us. • He has won science fiction’s Hugo Award six times, and most of his prior CTN COUNT: 48 books have been selections of the SF Book Club. CPDA/CAT: 30/SCIENCE FICTION • A former editorial director of Omni and a past president of the National Space SETTING: WASHINGTON, DC, Society, Bova is the author of more than a hundred works of science fact and fiction. ALASKA, JAPAN, NORTH KOREA ORIGIN: REISSUE (TOR MM, 4/11); TOR HC (2/10, 978­0­7653­2386­6) "Ben Bova’s latest near­future SF thriller supplies a suspenseful ride and plenty of AUTHOR HOME: NAPLES, FL high­tech hardware as it builds to a climactic confrontation over Washington, DC." —Publishers Weekly on Powersat

"Bova proves himself equal to the task of showing how adversity can temper character in unforeseen ways." —The New York Times

ALSO AVAILABLE: New Earth | 7/14 | 9780765368072 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can. Farside | 12/13 | 9780765363596 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can. Power Play | 11/12 | 9780765357236 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can. Leviathans of Jupiter | 10/11 | 9780765357250 | $9.99 / $11.99 Can.

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HARD/SOFT/RIGHT TO LIC. Poul Anderson

For Love and Glory

"One of science fiction’s most revered writers." —USA Today

Lissa, a human, and her partner "Karl"—an alien academic resembling a tyrannosaurus—are archaeologists investigating the remote planet Jonna, where they've found an immense artifact possibly left by the mysterious Forerunners. This race predated all the known cultures in the starfaring galaxy, and vanished long before any intelligent species took to the stars. But Lissa and Karl aren’t the first to make the discovery: they cross paths with two freebooters whose motives toward the arcane object are not purely scientific. The discovery may be the best preserved relic of the ancient beings yet found, and could revolutionize entire fields of technology, reaping huge financial rewards. Only Lissa and Karl stand between the freebooters—and the treasure of a lifetime. ISBN­13: 9780812540390 EBOOK ISBN: 9781429970310 KEY SELLING POINTS: PRICE: $6.99 / $9.99 CAN. PAGES: 304 • Poul Anderson was a winner of the Nebula Grandmaster Award for lifetime SPINE: 0.810 IN achievement. • He won seven Hugo Awards for short fiction: 1961 Short Fiction for The CTN COUNT: 48 Longest Voyage, 1964 Short Fiction for "No Truce With Kings," 1969 Novelette CPDA/CAT: 00/GENERAL FICTION for "The Sharing of Flesh," 1972 Novella for The Queen of Air and Darkness, ORIGIN: REISSUE (TOR MM, 2/04) 1973 Novelette for "Goat Song," 1979 Novelette for "Hunter’s Moon," and the AUTHOR HOME: ANDERSON IS 1982 Novella for The Saturn Game. • Anderson also won three Nebula Awards: 1971 Novelette for "The Queen of Air DECEASED and Darkness," 1972 Novelette for "Goat Song," and 1981 Novella for The Saturn Game. • Anderson is one of the leading luminaries and legends of science fiction and fantasy.

"Poul Anderson immerses you in the future…. Poul puts you into a whole new world." —Larry Niven "A master!" —Robert Jordan "One of science fiction’s authentic geniuses." —The Chicago Sun­Times

"One of the field’s greatest writers." —Orlando Sun Sentinel "One of science fiction’s masters." —Starlog

10 TOR CLASSICS NOVEMBER 2014

Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol

The classic Christmas tale of redemption

Scrooge was a foul old man who wrapped his cold, uncaring heart in chains. Chains of greed, bigotry, contempt, apathy, and selfishness. He detested the world and was alone, until the night that his long­dead partner Marley arrived.

A hideous spectre forced to walk the earth forever, Marley was damned. As Scrooge would be…unless he agreed to face three ghosts. One would take Scrooge back to memories he’d buried. One would show Scrooge the world of joy and friendship he’d rejected. One would force Scrooge into the dreadful shadows of the future he’d forged.

Three Ghosts of Christmas, all offering Scrooge a single gift—a chance to give love and to join life. ISBN­13: 9780812504347 EBOOK ISBN: 9781466805323 KEY SELLING POINTS: PRICE: $3.99 / $4.99 CAN. PAGES: 128 • This release is perfectly in time for the holiday season. • Tor Classic has become an indispensable line for teachers and librarians. SPINE: 0.370 IN • Tens of thousands of copies are sold to educational markets each year. CTN COUNT: 48 • These books have dynamic covers. CPDA/CAT: 42/CLASSICS • Each edition is unabridged and contains a foreword, afterword, and author biography written by a well­known author. ORIGIN: REISSUE

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Mary Mapes Dodge

Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates

Sometimes miracles do happen

From glistening ice roads to frozen canals, in a wonderland where even the richest nobles thrill to the gliding joys of winter, everyone is awaiting the fabulous race to win the magnificent Silver Skates—except Hans Brinker and his sister Gretel. For the Brinkers are desperately poor; with their father felled by a crippling head wound, Mother and the children must battle simply to survive. While Hans and Gretel are strong, fast, disciplined, and loyal on hand­carved wooden skates, they can’t compete against trained rich kids with fine steel blades.

But sometimes…sometimes…good people are given a second chance. Sometimes strangers do care. And sometimes a family’s love and loyalty can struggle against ISBN­13: 9780812533422 even the cruelest twists of Fate. EBOOK ISBN: 9781429960045 PRICE: $3.99 / $5.99 CAN. KEY SELLING POINTS: PAGES: 256 SPINE: 0.730 IN • Tor Classic has become an indispensable line for teachers and librarians. CTN COUNT: 48 • Tens of thousands of copies are sold to educational markets each year. • These books have dynamic covers. CPDA/CAT: 42/CLASSICS • Each edition is unabridged and contains a foreword, afterword, and author ORIGIN: REISSUE biography written by a well­known author.

12 Index

Able One; Ben Bova...... 9 Anderson, Poul; For Love and Glory...... 10 Anthony, Piers; Esrever Doom...... 7 Bova, Ben; Able One...... 9 Christmas Carol, A; Charles Dickens...... 11 Dangerous Women 2; George R. R. Martin...... 8 Dark City; F. Paul Wilson...... 6 Dickens, Charles; A Christmas Carol...... 11 Dodge, Mary Mapes; Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates: Complete and Unabridged...... 12 Esrever Doom; Piers Anthony...... 7 For Love and Glory; Poul Anderson...... 10 Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates: Complete and Unabridged; Mary Mapes Dodge...... 12 Kantor, MacKinlay; Long Remember...... 3 Kaplan, Glenn; Poison Pill...... 2 Leuthardt, Eric C.; RedDevil 4...... 5 Long Remember; MacKinlay Kantor...... 3 Man From Bar-20 and Johnny Nelson, The; Clarence E. Mulford...... 4 Martin, George R. R.; Dangerous Women 2...... 8 Mulford, Clarence E.; The Man From Bar-20 and Johnny Nelson...... 4 Poison Pill; Glenn Kaplan...... 2 RedDevil 4; Eric C. Leuthardt...... 5 Wilson, F. Paul; Dark City...... 6

“A sophisticated and thoughtful thriller.” —Nelson DeMille, New York Times bestselling author

Caught in a war that pits greed and ambition against conscience and love, Emma Conway faces the fight of her life—to save her family, her company, and everything she treasures.

Emma is finally living the dream—a happy second marriage and a great career. She has built Percival & Baxter’s painkiller, Acordinol, into a huge success. But her dream becomes a nightmare when a Wall Street raider threatens a hostile takeover. Worse, the raider is no ordinary cutthroat but her ex-husband Josh Katz, father of their teenage son.

P&B’s Poison Pill defense implodes when a mysteriously tainted batch of Acordinol starts killing people, including P&B’s CEO. Emma is put in charge as P&B’s stock plummets.

Her ex’s game traps her in a web of secrets locked within secrets. A shadowy Russian oligarch behind Josh is lusting after the holy grail of drugs, the first Viagra for women. And a clandestine romance between Emma’s son and the oligarch’s estranged daughter puts them in the crosshairs of their parents’ mortal combat.

A November 2014 Forge Premium Mass Market Paperback 978-0-7653-7079-2 • $9.99/$11.99 Can. • Spine: 37/32" • Pages: 480 • Pack: 48 “High suspense, big money, romance, murder, very good storytelling— who could ask for anything more?” —James Patterson, #1 New York Times bestselling author

Praise for Poison Pill “Tension and turmoil add up to high stakes suspense in a thriller that Key Points resonates with reality, tragedy, and triumph. Kaplan plays the reader like USA Today. a virtuoso. All I want is more.” • National ad in —Steve Berry, • Facebook and Goodreads ads New York Times bestselling author targeting thriller readers.

• Digital outreach through Twitter, “Well worth the wait. Kaplan’s plotting Facebook, and the Tor/Forge blog. and pacing are superb, his writing is crisp, and his characters come alive • Kaplan’s previous book, Evil, Inc., on the page.” was a New York Times bestseller —Nelson DeMille, in hardcover. New York Times bestselling author

“Great reading…ranges from Russian oligarchs to the American worlds of drug research and the equity markets, all of it in a mode GLENN KAPLAN is the author of high suspense.” of several books including the —Scott Turow, novels All for Money (St. Martin’s New York Times bestselling author Press) and the New York Times bestseller, Evil, Inc. (Forge). Also Available

“A shock-wave thriller, Evil, Inc. is a roaring, paranoid delight about the real killers in the boardroom.” —Janet Evanovich, New York Times #1 bestselling author

Forge MM, 10/08 978-0-7653-5531-7 $7.99/$9.99

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