FORGE BOOKS MAY 2016
LEAD FICTION Margaret Truman, Donald Bain
Margaret Truman's Internship in Murder
An intern at a congressional office is murdered in this installment of the New York Times bestselling Capital Crimes series
Twenty-two-year-old Laura Bennett is thrilled when she lands an internship in a congressional office in Washington, D.C. Her boss, Congressman Hal Gannon, is serving his fourth term in the US House of Representatives. The handsome--and married--Gannon is a rumored womanizer, and indeed, he and Laura quickly strike up an affair.
Laura's dreams of a future with the Congressman are dashed when she ON-SALE DATE: 5/31/2016 catches a stewardess at his apartment. She vows to Gannon that she will ISBN-13: 9780765370518 destroy him, and before long, rumor of their affair begins to spread across EBOOK ISBN: 9781466823129 town. Then Laura goes missing. Private investigator Robert Brixton, a former cop who has also worked for the FBI, questions Gannon. The PRICE: $7.99 / $9.99 CAN. congressman vehemently denies having anything untoward to do with PAGES: 400 Laura, but Brixton's suspicions return in full force when Laura is found dead SPINE: 0.969 IN in the congressional cemetery. CPDA/CAT: 10/MYSTERY ORIGIN: FORGE HC (8/15, KEY SELLING POINTS: 978-0-7653-3564-7) *DEVOTED AUDIENCE: Margaret Truman's Capital Crimes novels have AUTHOR HOME: DONALD BAIN - been delighting readers for decades, and each book in the series is a DANBURY, CT stand-alone mystery in its own right *SERIES COMMITMENT: Bain is already hard at work on the next captivating novel, to be published in hardcover in Summer 2016 *INSPIRED BY REAL LIFE EVENTS: The story resembles the notorious case of Chandra Levy, the intern who had an affair with a congressman, then disappeared and was found dead in 2001
"Political junkies of all stripes should find something to feed their appetites." --Publishers Weekly on Margaret Truman's Experiment in Murder
"A dazzling series." --The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Dead-on descriptions of Washington's most crack-ridden streets and exclusionary shindigs." 2 FORGE BOOKS MAY 2016
Loren D. Estleman
The Long High Noon and The Adventures of Johnny Vermillion
Two westerns from Spur Award-winning author Loren D. Estleman
The Long High Noon
Locked in a deadly feud, cowboys Randy Locke and Frank Farmer have spent decades attempting to annihilate each other. With the story of their long-term hatred well known, Frank and Randy are approached—separately, of course—with a proposition. Why not publicize their next duel and sell tickets to the event? Winner take all, in more ways than one.
The Adventures of Johnny Vermillion
Johnny Vermillion's theater troupe brings masterpieces to the Wild West. ON-SALE DATE: 5/31/2016 While his actors bustle on and off the stage, one plays the villain in the ISBN-13: 9780765388018 town’s bank. A Pinkerton man notices the news reports of stage PRICE: $9.99 / $11.99 CAN. performances one day and bank robberies the next. He follows the troupe, PAGES: 448 packing his suspicions. Finally, he sets a clever trap. SPINE: 1.094 IN CTN COUNT: 48 KEY SELLING POINTS: CPDA/CAT: 40/WESTERN *AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR: Loren D. Estleman has won four Shamus ORIGIN: FORGE HC (5/15, Awards, five Spur Awards, three Western Heritage Awards, and the Private 978-0-7653-3455-8)FORGE MM (4/08, Eye Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award. He was also 978-0-7653-4812-8) nominated for the 2013 Nero Award AUTHOR HOME: MICHIGAN *PROLIFIC AUTHOR: Estleman is the author of more than seventy novels, and he has acquired a loyal cult readership across the United States and in Europe. His work has appeared in twenty-three languages *WIDE AUDIENCE: This will appeal to readers of westerns and historicals
Praise for Loren D. Estleman
"A rollicking tale with characters Mark Twain would be proud to call his own." --Denver Post on The Undertaker's Wife
"His dialogue rivals that of the late Elmore Leonard." --Booklist
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LEAD FICTION W. Bruce Cameron
The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man
Bestselling author W. Bruce Cameron delivers a another laugh- out-loud, keep-you-up-late, irresistible read
Ruddy McCann is Kalkaska, Michigan's full-time repo man and part-time bar bouncer. His best friend is his Basset hound Jake, with whom he shares a simple life. Simple, that is, until Ruddy starts hearing a voice in his head.
The voice introduces himself as Alan Lottner, a dead realtor, and the father of Katie, the girl Ruddy's fallen for. When Alan demands Ruddy find his murderers, Ruddy decides a voice in your head seeking vengeance is best ON-SALE DATE: 5/31/2016 ignored. But where can a voice in your head go? ISBN-13: 9780765377494 EBOOK ISBN: 9781466855908 A sweet romance, a murder mystery, a lazy but loyal dog and a town full of cabin-fevered characters you can't help but love, The Midnight Plan of the PRICE: $7.99 / $9.99 CAN. Repo Man is yet another laugh-out-loud, keep-you-up-late, irresistible read PAGES: 384 from New York Times bestselling author W. Bruce Cameron. SPINE: 0.938 IN CTN COUNT: 48 KEY SELLING POINTS: SETTING: KALKASKA, MI ORIGIN: FORGE HC (10/14, *FILM BUZZ: DreamWorks has started production on the A Dog's Purpose movie, starring Dennis Quaid, Britt Robertson, and Peggy Lipton and 978-0-7653-7748-7) directed by Academy Award-nominated director Lasse Hallstrom. The AUTHOR HOME: MARINA DEL RAY, screenplay was written by the author, Cathryn Michon, and Audrey Wells CA and is being produced by Gavin Polone *WELL-REGARDED SERIES: The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man was a December 2014 Indie Next pick and a 2015 Michigan Notable book MARKETING *BESTSELLING AUTHOR: A Dog's Purpose and A Dog's Journey were * Digital outreach through Twitter, Facebook, and the both New York Times and USA Today bestsellers, with A Dog's Purpose on Tor/Forge blog the NYT list for 52 weeks! * National print advertising in mystery publications *ONLINE PRESENCE: Cameron has a wildly popular Facebook fan page with 325,000+ fans
"An appealing hero plus slick suspense and wry smiles: what more could you want?" --Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author
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Nancy Holder
Ghostbusters
After 30 years the Ghostbusters return to the big screen with an all-female cast.
The official novelization of the new, all-female lead Ghostbusters movie starring Melissa McCarthy and Kristin Wiig.
KEY SELLING POINTS: *AVID FANDOM: The Ghostbusters Fandom has existed almost continually since the original film’s 1984 debut with fans routinely celebrating the film at conventions such as San Diego Comic-Con *NATIONAL INTEREST: Ever since the reimagining of the original film ON-SALE DATE: 5/31/2016 was announced; most “geek culture” media sources such as io9.com, ISBN-13: 9780765388438 tor.com, and Wired have all followed everything from story rumors to EBOOK ISBN: 9780765391148 casting announcements *KEYSTONE TITLE: Sony Pictures is treating this as the launch of their PRICE: $9.99 / $11.99 CAN. take on the Cinematic Shared Universe and see this title as the first step PAGES: 320 *STAR POWER: The film is being directed by Paul Feig and stars Melissa SPINE: 0.875 IN McCarthy, both of who have proven their ability to produce blockbusters CTN COUNT: 48 with films such as Bridesmaids and Spy CPDA/CAT: 60/MOVIE TIE-IN *AWARD WINNING AUTHOR: Nancy Holder...
Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel
“Holder’s writing is taut and evocative, allowing a suspension of disbelief that makes this a thrilling read.” — Booklist on Possessions
“These are both fast paced, page turners of books and I was left at the end of Curse wanting more. This is not just because so many questions are left unanswered, nor because of all the hooks into the next novels. I had also grown fond of the characters and I want to know whether they survive and in what mangled emotional and physical state.” —The Phantom Zone on the New York Times bestselli...
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LEAD FANTASY Victor Milán
The Dinosaur Lords
"It's like a cross between Jurassic Park and Game of Thrones." --George R. R. Martin
Paradise is a sprawling, diverse, often brutal place. Men and women live on Paradise as do dogs, cats, ferrets, goats, and horses. But dinosaurs predominate: wildlife, monsters, beasts of burden--and of war. Birds (some with teeth) share the sky with flying reptiles that range in size from bat-sized insectivores to majestic and deadly Dragons.
Thus we are plunged into Victor Milán's splendidly weird world of The Dinosaur Lords. During the course of an epic battle, the enigmatic mercenary Dinosaur Lord Karyl Bogomirsky is defeated through betrayal and left for dead. He wakes, naked, wounded, partially amnesiac--and hunted. And embarks upon a journey that will shake his world.
ON-SALE DATE: 5/31/2016 KEY SELLING POINTS: ISBN-13: 9780765382115 *FUN AND ORIGINAL CONCEPT: Knights riding dinosaurs! An epic EBOOK ISBN: 9781429966115 fantasy set on a planet called Paradise where the primary beasts of burden PRICE: $9.99 / $11.99 CAN. and battle are dinosaurs PAGES: 576 *WELL-CONNECTED AUTHOR: Victor Milán is one of the co-creators SPINE: 1.375 IN, TALL RACK of and a contributor to George R. R. Martin's Wild Card books--Martin gave CTN COUNT: 24 him an amazing quote on the first book CPDA/CAT: 32/FANTASY *POPULAR SUBJECT: Dinosaurs have been and will always be hot ORIGIN: TOR HC (7/15, (Jurassic World had the biggest opening in movie history). Add to that, we have knights 978-0-7653-3296-7) AUTHOR HOME: ALBUQUERQUE "Politics and panache, style and sex–and more terrible lizards than you can shake a saber at…a rich and sprawling read that hooks you at the first page and keeps you guessing, gasping, and cheering all the way to the last." --Cherie Priest
"Lords, ladies, castles, swords, not-quite-zombies, a not-quite-earth, pirates, and a world that isn't but should have been. And there are dinosaurs. Knights riding dinosaurs! Prepare to be entertained!" --S. M. Stirling
"A good read with attractive characters, enough action even for me—and dinosaurs!" 6 TOR SCIENCE FICTION MAY 2016
LEAD SCIENCE FICTION John Scalzi
The End of All Things
Hugo award-winning author, John Scalzi returns to his bestselling Old Man's War universe
Humans expanded into space...only to find a universe populated with multiple alien species bent on their destruction. Thus was the Colonial Union formed, to help protect us from a hostile universe. They used the Earth and its excess population for colonists and soldiers. It was a good arrangement...for the Colonial Union. Then the Earth said: no more.
Now the Colonial Union is living on borrowed time before their ranks are depleted and the struggling human colonies are vulnerable. Against aliens, and another enemy, playing human and alien against each other--and against their own kind--for their own unknown reasons. ON-SALE DATE: 5/31/2016 ISBN-13: 9780765376107 In this collapsing universe, CDF Lieutenant Harry Wilson and the Colonial EBOOK ISBN: 9781466849426 Union diplomats race against the clock to discover who is behind attacks, PRICE: $8.99 / $10.99 CAN. and keep humanity's union intact...or else risk the end of all things. PAGES: 400 SPINE: 0.969 IN KEY SELLING POINTS: CTN COUNT: 48 *All of the previous Old Man's War novels continue to backlist in quantity CPDA/CAT: 30/SCIENCE FICTION *Old Man's War is being developed as a Paramount movie, with David Self ORIGIN: TOR HC (8/15, (Road to Perdition) scripting. Redshirts is being developed as a miniseries by 978-0-7653-7607-7) NBC-Universal *This is classic mainline SF adventure, a mixture of high concepts, political AUTHOR HOME: OUTSIDE DAYTON, intrigue, military action, and far-flung speculation, all rendered in a story OHIO about people you like and care about *Scalzi's star is only rising, first with the breakout success of Redshirts and further success of Lock In, not to mention the massive media attention MARKETING surrounding his next deal with us: 3.4 million dollars for 13 books over the * Digital outreach through Twitter, Facebook, and the next 10 years Tor/Forge blog * National print advertising in genre publications "More evidence that Scalzi is a master at creating appealing commercial fiction." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review, on Lock In
"If anyone stands at the core of the American science fiction tradition at the moment, it is Scalzi." --The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Third Edition
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Ben Bova
The Aftermath
Six-time Hugo Award winner Ben Bova chronicles the saga of humankind's expansion beyond the solar system
In the wake of the Asteroid Wars that tore across the solar system, Victor Zacharius makes his living running the ore-carrier Syracuse. He plies the Asteroid Belt, hauling whatever cargo can be found. When the Syracuse stumbles into the middle of a military attack on the habitat Chrysalis, Victor flees in a control pod to draw attention away from his family. Now, as his wife and children plunge into the far deeps of space, Victor has been rescued by the seductive Cheena Madagascar and must do her bidding if he hopes to see his family again.
Elverda Apacheta is the solar system's greatest sculptor. The cyborg Dorn was formerly Dorik Harbin, the ruthless military commander responsible for the attack on Chrysalis. Their lives and destinies have been linked by their joint discovery of an alien artifact that transforms them. Little do they ON-SALE DATE: 5/31/2016 know, their knowledge of the artifact's mysterious powers puts them in great ISBN-13: 9780765384430 danger. EBOOK ISBN: 9780765389572 PRICE: $8.99 / $10.99 CAN. Fate inevitably catches up to the pair, setting off a series of events that will PAGES: 400 affect the Zacharius family, Apacheta, and Dorn, and just might transform the entire human solar system…. SPINE: 0.969 IN CTN COUNT: 48 CPDA/CAT: 30/SCIENCE FICTION KEY SELLING POINTS: ORIGIN: TOR HC (8/07, * Bova uses cutting-edge scientific discoveries to craft compelling 978-0-7653-0414-8)TOR MM (8/08, near-future stories 978-0-7653-4316-1) * He has won science fiction's Hugo Award six times, and most of his prior books have been selections of the SF Book Club AUTHOR HOME: NAPLES, FLORIDA * A former fiction editor of Omni and a past president of the National Space Society, Bova is the author of more than a hundred works of science fact and fiction
"Bova gets better and better, combining plausible science with increasingly complex fiction." —Daily News (Los Angeles)
"[Bova's] excellence at combining hard science with believable characters and an attention-grabbing plot makes him one of the genre's most accessible and entertaining storytellers." —Library Journal
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Ben Bova
The Precipice
Six-time Hugo Award winner Ben Bova chronicles the saga of humankind's expansion beyond the solar system
Once, Dan Randolph was one of the richest men on Earth. Now the planet is spiralling into environmental disaster, with floods and earthquakes destroying the lives of millions.
Martin Humphries, fabulously wealthy heir of the Humphries Trust, also knows that space-based industry is the way of the future. But unlike Randolph he does not care if Earth perishes in the process.
As Randolph--accompanied by two brilliant women astronauts--flies out to the Asteroid Belt aboard a fusion-propelled spacecraft, Humphries makes his move. The future of mankind lies in Randolph's hands.
ON-SALE DATE: 5/31/2016 KEY SELLING POINTS: ISBN-13: 9780765391124 * Bova uses cutting-edge scientific discoveries to craft compelling EBOOK ISBN: 9780312703073 near-future stories PRICE: $8.99 / $10.99 CAN. * He has won science fiction's Hugo Award six times, and most of his prior PAGES: 352 books have been selections of the SF Book Club SPINE: 4IN W | 7IN H IN * A former fiction editor of Omni and a past president of the National CPDA/CAT: 30/SCIENCE FICTION Space Society, Bova is the author of more than a hundred works of science AUTHOR HOME: NAPLES, FLORIDA fact and fiction
"Bova gets better and better, combining plausible science with increasingly complex fiction." —Daily News (Los Angeles)
"[Bova's] excellence at combining hard science with believable characters and an attention-grabbing plot makes him one of the genre's most accessible and entertaining storytellers." —Library Journal
9 Index
Aftermath, The: Book Four of The Asteroid Wars; Ben Bova ...... 8 Bova, Ben; The Aftermath: Book Four of The Asteroid Wars ...... 8 Bova, Ben; The Precipice...... 9 Cameron, W. Bruce; The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man. . . . 4 Dinosaur Lords, The: A Novel; Victor Milán...... 6 End of All Things, The; John Scalzi...... 7 Estleman, Loren D.; The Long High Noon and The Adventures of Johnny Vermillion...... 3 Ghostbusters; Nancy Holder...... 5 Holder, Nancy; Ghostbusters...... 5 Long High Noon and The Adventures of Johnny Vermillion, The; Loren D. Estleman...... 3 Margaret Truman's Internship in Murder: A Capital Crimes Novel; Margaret Truman...... 2 Midnight Plan of the Repo Man, The; W. Bruce Cameron ...... 4 Milán, Victor; The Dinosaur Lords: A Novel...... 6 Precipice, The; Ben Bova...... 9 Scalzi, John; The End of All Things...... 7 Truman, Margaret; Margaret Truman's Internship in Murder: A Capital Crimes Novel...... 2 A laugh-out-loud, keep-you-up-late, irresistible read from New York Times bestselling author of A DOG’S PURPOSE W. BRUCE CAMERON
KEY POINTS: • FILM BUZZ: DreamWorks, in association with Walden NOW IN Media, has started production on the A Dog’s Purpose PAPERBACK movie, starring Dennis Quaid, Britt Robertson, and Peggy Lipton, directed by Academy Award–nominated director Lasse Hallstrom, and produced by Gavin Polone • WELL-REGARDED SERIES: The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man was a December 2014 Indie Next pick and a 2015 Michigan Notable book • BESTSELLING AUTHOR: A Dog’s Purpose and A Dog’s Journey were both New York Times and USA Today bestsellers, with A Dog’s Purpose on the New York Times list for 52 weeks! • ONLINE PRESENCE: Cameron has a wildly popular Facebook fan page with 325,000+ fans
W. BRUCE CAMERON is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of A Dog’s Purpose, A Dog’s Journey, The Dog Master, and The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man. He lives in California. 9780765377494 • $7.99/$9.99 pp 384 Pack: 48 Spine: 30/32" PRAISE FOR THE MIDNIGHT PLAN OF THE REPO MAN
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“Polished and powerful” —Publishers Weekly, SCALZI (H) starred review “Keeps the pages turning... Scalzi is one of the slickest the direct sequel writers that SF has ever produced.” —The Wall Street Journal to THE HUMAN on The Human Division DIVISION, now KEY POINTS: in paperback • National print advertising in genre publications • Digital outreach through Twitter, Facebook, and the Tor/Forge blog
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