21S Macm TOR.com Page 1 of 12 A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers In A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Hugo Award-winner Becky Chambers's delightful new Monk & Robot series gives us hope for the future. It's been centuries since the robots of Earth gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend. One day, the life of a tea monk is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of what do people need?" is answered. But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how. They're going to need to ask it a lot. Tor Becky Chambers's new series asks: in a world where people have what they On Sale: Jul 13/21 want, does having more matter? 5 x 8 • 160 pages " 9781250236210 • $28.50 • CL - With dust jacket Fiction / Science Fiction / Adventure This was an optimistic vision of a lush, beautiful world that came back from Series: Monk & Robot the brink of disaster. Exploring it with the two main characters was a fun and fascinating experience." - Martha Wells Notes "I'm the world's biggest fan of odd couple buddy road trips in science fiction, and this odd couple buddy road trip is a delight: funny, thoughtful, touching, Promotion sweet, and one of the most humane books I've read in a long time. Author Bio Becky Chambers is a science fiction author based in Northern California. She is best known for her Hugo Award-winning Wayfarers series. Her books have also been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Locus Award, and the Women's Prize for Fiction, among others. Becky has a background in performing arts, and grew up in a family heavily involved in space science. She spends her free time playing video and tabletop games, keeping bees, and looking through her telescope. Having hopped around the world a bit, she's now back in her home state, where she lives with her wife. She hopes to see Earth from orbit one day. Sales Rep 21S Macm TOR.com Page 2 of 12 A Master of Djinn a novel by P. Djeli Clark Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djeli Clark returns to his popular alternate Cairo universe for his fantasy novel debut, A Master of Djinn Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha'arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she's certainly not a rookie, especially after preventing the destruction of the universe last summer. So when someone murders a secret brotherhood dedicated to one of the most famous men in history, al-Jahiz, Agent Fatma is called onto the case. Al-Jahiz transformed the world fifty years ago when he opened up the veil between the magical and mundane realms, before vanishing into the unknown. This murderer claims to be al-Jahiz, returned to condemn the modern age for its social oppressions. His dangerous magical abilities instigate unrest in the Tor streets of Cairo that threaten to spill over onto the global stage. On Sale: May 11/21 5.38 x 8.25 • 400 pages Alongside her Ministry colleagues and her clever girlfriend Siti, Agent Fatma 9781250267689 • $37.99 • CL - With dust jacket must unravel the mystery behind this imposter to restore peace to the city - or Fiction / Fantasy / Historical face the possibility he could be exactly who he seems. Notes A Master of Djinn is poised to launch P. Djeli Clark's SFF career to new heights as the highly-anticipated debut readers are clamoring for. Promotion -Ongoing support for P. Djeli Clark, featuring pairing Novellas by P. Djeli Clark with The Haunting of Tram Car 015, "A Dead Djinn in The Black God's Drums Cairo," & other works, as well as an extended Digital The Haunting of Tram Car 015 Preview for consumers. Ring Shout -Publicity, bespoke mailings & advertising targeting existing fans as well as multi-genre outreach to readers of alternate history & adventurous fantasy, A clever, wickedly fun steampunk mystery with an excellent balance of humor with an enamel pin driven preorder campaign. and heart. I (...) -Extensive coverage on Tor.com, which averages 1 Author Bio million unique visitors and 3 million pageviews per month, with more than half a million newsletter Born in New York and raised mostly in Houston,P. DJALI CLARK spent the subscribers and over 240K social media followers formative years of his life in the homeland of his parents, Trinidad and Tobago P. Djeli Clark is the author of the novellas The Black God's Drums, winner of a 2019 Alex Award from the American Library Association; The Haunting of T C 015 d A D d Dji i C i Hi h t t Th S t Li f Sales Rep 21S Macm TOR.com Page 3 of 12 The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo Like Jordan's own paper creations, The Chosen and the Beautiful captivates with its artistry and its power." - Helene Wecker " Gatsby the way it should have been written - dark, dazzling, fantastical." - R. F. Kuang Immigrant. Socialite. Magician. Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society - she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. She's also queer, Asian, adopted, and treated as an exotic attraction by her peers, while the most important doors remain closed to her. But the world is full of wonders: infernal pacts and dazzling illusions, lost ghosts and elemental mysteries. In all paper is fire, and Jordan can burn the Tor cut paper heart out of a man. She just has to learn how. On Sale: Jun 1/21 5.38 x 8.25 • 272 pages Nghi Vo's debut novel The Chosen and the Beautiful reinvents this classic of 9781250784780 • $36.50 • CL - With dust jacket the American canon as a coming-of-age story full of magic, mystery, and Fiction / Fantasy / Historical glittering excess, and introduces a major new literary voice. " Notes Nghi Vo's stellar transformation of The Great Gatsby recasts the 'careless' Jordan Baker as a woman of depth and sharpness, a socialite forced (...) Promotion -Outreach aimed at readers of the Great Gatsby, Author Bio literary SFF, queer narratives, and the Asian diaspora including digital assets, targeted ads & group Nghi Vo was born in central Illinois, and she retains a healthy respect for and promotions with other books featuring historical fiction love of corn mazes, scarecrows, and fifty-year floods. These days, she lives on the shores of Lake Michigan, which is less a lake than an inland sea that -National print and online publicity campaign to genre she is sure is just biding its time. Her short fiction has appeared in Strange and literary outlets, featuring review coverage, Horizons, Uncanny Magazine, Lightspeed, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, excerpts, interviews, and special mailings to PodCastle, and Fireside, and her short story Neither Witch nor Fairy" made influencers, book clubs, & more the 2014 Otherwise (formerly Tiptree) Award Honor List. Nghi mostly writes about food, death, and family, but sometimes detours into blood, love, and -Author support for Nghi Vo, with sweepstakes & rhetoric. She believes in the ritual of lipstick, the power of stories, and the right promotions for fans of her critically acclaimed Singing to change your mind. Hills Cycle novellas, bookseller & librarian buzz presentations, galley mailings, IndieNext campaign, & swag to drive consumer preorders -Extensive coverage on Tor.com, which averages 1 million unique visitors and 3 million pageviews per month, with more than half a million newsletter subscribers and over 240K social media followers Sales Rep 21S Macm TOR.com Page 4 of 12 Star Eater by Kerstin Hall From Nommo Award finalist Kerstin Hall A layered and incisive examination of power." - Rory Power,New York Times bestselling author of Wilder Girls "Stunning, bloody, and everything I adore in fantasy." - Emily Duncan, New York Times bestselling author of Wicked Saints "Both haunted and haunting." - A. K. Larkwood, author of The Unspoken Name She swallowed a star, and the Sisterhood called her the Eater. Elfreda Raughn will avoid pregnancy if it kills her, and one way or another, it will kill her. Though she's able to stomach the gruesome day-to-day duties, the reality of preserving the Order's magical bloodline horrifies her, but the Sisters Tor of Aytrium have sworn to pay a price for the safety of their nation. On Sale: Jun 22/21 5.38 x 8.25 • 416 pages Elfreda wants out, whatever the cost. 9781250625311 • $36.50 • CL - With dust jacket Fic / Fantasy / Action & Adventure So when a shadowy cabal approaches her with an offer of escape, she leaps at the opportunity. As their spy, she gains access to the highest reaches of the Notes Order, and enters a glittering world of opulent parties, subtle deceptions, and unexpected (...) Promotion Author Bio KERSTIN HALL is a writer and editor based in Cape Town, South Africa. She completed her undergraduate studies in journalism at Rhodes University and, as a Mandela Rhodes Scholar, continued with a Masters degree at the University of Cape Town. Her short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, and she is a first reader for Beneath Ceaseless Skies . She also enjoys photography and is inspired by the landscapes of South Africa and Namibia. Sales Rep 21S Macm TOR.com Page 5 of 12 The Past Is Red by Catherynne M.