FORGE BOOKS LEAD FICTION Hank Phillippi Ryan What You See Hank Phillippi Ryan weaves another taut and surprising tale in What You See, the fourth Jane Ryland novel of suspense A wedding is planned in Jane Ryland's family, but there's a disaster instead. The flower girl has been taken by her stepdad. Where are they? Is the girl in danger? Reporter Jane Ryland learns there's a limit to the bonds of family—and learns to her peril what happens when loved ones are pushed too far. Meanwhile, Detective Jake Brogan's got a doozy of a case. At Boston's historic Faneuil Hall, a man is stabbed to death in front of a crowd of tourists snapping photos. Solving the case should be easy, but the pictures and surveillance video lead him to a dark conspiracy of extortion and stolen ON-SALE DATE: 8/30/2016 lives. ISBN-13: 9780765374967 EBOOK ISBN: 9780765374981 Jane and Jake must explore where their loyalties lie—each other? Their PRICE: $7.99 / $10.99 CAN. families? Their careers? If they make the wrong decision, the consequences could be fatal. PAGES: 320 SPINE: 0.781 IN CTN COUNT: 48 KEY SELLING POINTS: ORIGIN: FORGE HC (10/15, * 2016 IS THE YEAR OF HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN: We are re-releasing 978-0-7653-7495-0) the award-winning Charlotte McNally series over several months followed AUTHOR HOME: BOSTON by the mass market of What You See in Sep, all of which builds to the pub of Say No More * AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR: Ryan has won the Mary Higgins Clark, Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Awards and has been nominated for the MARKETING Shamus, RT Reviewers Choice Award, and the Daphne du Maurier Award * Digital outreach through Twitter, Facebook, and the Tor/Forge blog * GLOWING REVIEWS: What You See, a TOP PICK, dubbed "exceptional * National print advertising in mystery publications suspense" by RTBR, and has won glowing reviews, as well as being named a Social Media Stats: "Best Thriller of 2015" (Library Journal) * Author Website: http://hankphillippiryan.com * Active on Twitter: 16,700 followers * Active on Facebook: 8,371 followers For Truth Be Told "Packs a powerful punch, and offers a clever mix of mystery, corruption, and romance. Mystery enthusiasts will want to drop everything and binge-read until the mind-boggling conclusion."-Library Journal, starred review "Terrific-smart, edgy, and a thrilling read to the very last page. A 2 FORGE BOOKS JUNE 2015 Zane Grey, Helen Cody Wetmore The Last of the Plainsmen and Last of the Great Scouts From the legendary writer of the west: two complete novels in one low-priced edition The Last of the Plainsmen The unsettled west is fast-disappearing, along with the wild creatures who call it home. This historical novel chronicles the last mission of the last of the plainsmen, the adventure that brought the west to vivid life for Zane Grey: track buffalo, mustang, and cougar, and bring them back, not as trophies, but alive and kicking! ON-SALE DATE: 6/2/2015 Last of the Great Scouts ISBN-13: 9780765381491 The life story of Colonel William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill," as told by his EBOOK ISBN: 9781466889835 sister, Helen, and Zane Grey. This biographical novel begins with Bill's boyhood in Iowa and his first encounter with an Indian. We see him as a PRICE: $9.99 / $11.99 CAN. pony express rider, then near Fort Sumter as Chief of the Scouts, and later PAGES: 544 engaged in the most dangerous Indian campaigns. There is also an account SPINE: 1.115 IN of the travels of Cody's famous Wild West Show. Few other characters in CTN COUNT: 48 public life make a stronger appeal to the imagination of America than CPDA/CAT: 40/WESTERN Buffalo Bill, whose daring and bravery made him famous. ORIGIN: FORGE MM, 2/94, (978-0-8125-3537-2)FORGE MM, KEY SELLING POINTS: 7/96, (978-0-8125-6354-2) *This edition features two novels by Zane Grey for the price of one AUTHOR HOME: ZANE GREY - *Zane Grey was the bestselling author of over sixty-five western novels. His DECEASED works have been translated into twenty-three languages and have been made into more than one hundred movies *Grey was one of the most recognized and respected writers of western fiction *From 1910 to 1925, his books appeared regularly on bestseller lists. Even today, in both hardcover and paperback, his fiction remains extremely popular *In terms of popularity, Louis L'Amour is the only western author to rival Zane Grey 3 T O R B O O K S AUGUST 2016 LEAD FICTION Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear People of the Songtrail 500 years before Columbus, the first European visitors, the Vikings, sail for North America... On the shores of the American wilderness, a small group of settlers have landed, seeking freedom to worship far from the religious strife and political upheaval that plague a war-ridden Europe.... 500 years before Columbus set sail. While it has long been known that Viking ships explored the American coast, recent archaeological evidence suggests a far more permanent settlement. It is from this evidence that archaeologists and early American history experts Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear weave their extraordinary tale. ON-SALE DATE: 8/30/2016 ISBN-13: 9780765370938 People of the Songtrail is a story of a swift and violent clash of cultures, and EBOOK ISBN: 9781466832305 of extraordinary men and women who were brave enough to work for the PRICE: $9.99 / $13.99 CAN. fragile hope of peace. A story that has remained untold, until now. PAGES: 512 SPINE: 1.031 IN, TALL RACK KEY SELLING POINTS: CTN COUNT: 48 * CONNECTED, GROWING AUDIENCE: the Gears have spent the last CPDA/CAT: 00/GENERAL FICTION year revitalizing their social media efforts--recording a 400% increase in ORIGIN: TOR HC (5/15, Twitter followers, and over 100% increase in Facebook and Goodreads fans 978-0-7653-3725-2) (yearly stats as of 6/24/15) AUTHOR HOME: KATHLEEN O'NEAL * POPULAR SERIES: the Gears are one of Tor/Forge's highest-grossing GEAR - THERMOPOLIS, WY; W. all-time author teams, with sales of their North America's Forgotten Past MICHAEL GEAR - THERMOPOLIS, series over 6.4 million copies across all formats in North America * AUTHOR EXPERIENCE: as archaeologists and anthropologists in the WY field, with numerous states and federal citations for their scholarship in Native American and historical research, the Gears are fully committed to maintaining this nation's cultural heritage MARKETING * Digital outreach through Twitter, Facebook, and the Tor/Forge blog "Basing this new chapter in their ongoing Native American saga on current * National print advertising research and evidence, the Gears are able to communicate often-arcane historical and archaeological information within a compelling fictional format." --Booklist on People of the Morning Star 4 T O R B O O K S Annie Wilder Trucker Ghost Stories A collection of true on-the-road ghost stories told by the people who lived them In a uniquely entertaining book by a rising star, here are uncanny true tales of haunted highways, weird encounters, and legends of the road. It may have happened to you; it's happened to almost everyone who's ever driven down a highway at night, or in the fog, or snow. Something suddenly appears: a flash of movement, a shadow...what was it? It could be, as the true stories in this book attest, a ghost. These are true stories from the highways and byways of America. These first-hand accounts are as varied as the storytellers themselves—some are detailed and filled with the terror and suspense that made people feel they had to share what happened to them with others; others are brief and straightforward retellings of truly chilling events. ON-SALE DATE: 8/30/2016 ISBN-13: 9780765368133 Here is a chupacabra attack on the desert highway between L.A. and Las EBOOK ISBN: 9781429924580 Vegas; ghost trains and soldiers; UFOs; the prom girl ghost of Alabama; a PRICE: $8.99 / $12.99 CAN. demon in Texas, and other accounts of the creepy, scary things that PAGES: 240 truckers and other drivers and passengers told to editor Annie Wilder. SPINE: 0.594 IN With so many different stories, this collection moves beyond the usual CTN COUNT: 72 haunted house to offer stories to entice any ghost story reader--and anyone RIGHTS: AUDIO who's ever wondered.... ORIGIN: TOR TPB (8/12, KEY SELLING POINTS: 978-0-7653-3035-2) * True, first-person accounts of ghosts on the road, from truckers and AUTHOR HOME: MINNESOTA others who have driven America's highways and byways at night * Will appeal to horror readers and fans of ghost stories * Stories from all across the US * Macmillan Audio is did an audio CD edition for the highway convenience store/truck stop market 5 TOR FANTASY AUGUST 2016 LEAD FANTASY Orson Scott Card Gatefather The much-anticipated third installment in Card's New York Times bestselling Mithermages series Danny North is the first Gate Mage to be born on Earth in nearly 2000 years, or at least the first to survive to claim his power. Families of Westil in exile on Earth have had a treaty that required the death of any suspected Gate Mage. The wars between the Families had been terrible, until at last they realized it was their own survival in question. But a Gate Mage, one who could build a Great Gate back to Westil, would give his own Family a terrible advantage over all the others, and reignite the wars.