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Tor Forge Starscape Tor Teen MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS MARCH 2013
TorForge
StarscapeTor Teen
Mass Market PaPerbacks
March 2013
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M A R K E T I N G
• National print advertising in SF and fantasy publications, including Locus. • Digital outreach through Twitter, Facebook, the Tor/Forge blog and e-newsletter.
ON-SALE DATE: 2/26/2013
ISBN-13: 9780765367150
PRICE: $7.99/$9.99 CAN.
PAGES: 368
SPINE: 0.906 IN
CTN COUNT: 48
CPDA/CAT: 32/FANTASY
ORIGIN: TOR TPB (3/12, 978-0-7653-
2873-1)
AUTHOR HOME: CIE ADAMS, DENVER,
CO;CATHY CLAMP, TX
LEAD FICTION
Cat Adams
The Isis Collar
"[The] Blood Singer adventures are always money and time well spent!" —RT Book Reviews on Demon Song, 4 ½ stars, TOP PICK!
Celia Graves was once an ordinary human, but those days are long gone. Now she strives to maintain her sanity and her soul while juggling both vampire abilities and the powers of a Siren. Warned of a magical "bomb" at an elementary school, Celia forces an evacuation. Oddly, the explosion seems to have no effect, puzzling both Celia and the FBI. Two weeks later, a strange bruise on Celia’s leg turns out to be the first sign of a magical zombie plague. Finding the source of the plague isn’t Celia’s only concern. Her alcoholic mother has broken out of prison on the Sirens’ island; her little sister’s ghost has possessed a young girl; and one of Celia’s boyfriends, a powerful mage, has disappeared.
KEY SELLING POINTS:
• The Isis Collar is the fourth book in a contemporary-set urban fantasy that features a strong heroine in a dangerous magical environment. • Can be read as a stand-alone. • For fans of urban fantasy authors like Kelley Armstrong, Jim Butcher, and Rachel Caine. • We have two more books in this series under contract. • Cat Adams is a pen name for USA Today bestselling authors Cathy Clamp and C. T. Adams. • www.catadams.net
"Adventure and excitement at its best." —Yasmine Galenorn, New York Times bestselling author
"This series just keeps getting better." —Publishers Weekly on Demon Song
"A warmly involving, action-packed yarn whose heroine is engagingly tough, vulnerable, principled, and passionate in equal measure." —Kirkus Reviews on Demon Song
ALSO AVAILABLE: Demon Song | 10/11 | 9780765364241 | $7.99/$9.99 Can. Siren Song | 8/11 | 9780765364234 | $7.99/$9.99 Can. Blood Song | 8/11 | 9780765364227 | $7.99/$9.99 Can.
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ON-SALE DATE: 2/26/2013
ISBN-13: 9780765362292
PRICE: $7.99/$9.99 CAN.
PAGES: 288
SPINE: 0.719 IN
CTN COUNT: 72
CPDA/CAT: 04/OCCULT/HORROR
ORIGIN: TOR TPB (1/10, 978-0-7653-
2583-9)
AUTHOR HOME: CALABASAS, CA
Richard Matheson
Shadow on the Sun
A chilling tale of the haunted West by the New York Times bestselling author of I Am Legend
Southwest Arizona, a century ago. An uneasy true exists between the remote frontier community of Picture City and the neighboring Apaches. That delicate peace is shredded when the bodies of two white men are found hideously mutilated. The angry townspeople are certain the “savages” have broken the treaty, but Billjohn Finley, the local Indian agent, fears that darker, more unholy forces may be at work. There’s a tall, dark stranger in town, who rode in wearing the dead men’s clothes. A stranger who may not be entirely human…. Originally published as a Western, Shadow on the Sun was largely overlooked by horror fans and general readers. Now this classic tale of supernatural terror returns to chill the blood of Matheson's many fans.
KEY SELLING POINTS:
• Since it was previously published as a Western, many Matheson fans are unaware that Shadow on the Sun is actually a supernatural horror tale. • The movie tie-in edition of I Am Legend was a New York Times bestseller, and remains one of Tor’s top-selling trade paperback titles. The mass market spent seventeen weeks on the New York Times list, and a total of eighteen weeks on the USA Today list. • Matheson is a legend in the horror/thriller genre and has won numerous awards, including the Grand Master of Horror, the World Fantasy Convention’s Life Achievement Award, the Bram Stoker Award for Life Achievement, the Hugo Award, the Edgar Allan Poe Award, the Spur Award, and the Writers Guild Award.
“The author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson.” —Stephen King “Perhaps no other author living is as responsible for chilling a generation with tantalizing nightmare visions.” —The New York Times
ALSO AVAILABLE: Steel | 10/11 | 9780765367617 | $7.99/$9.99 Can. The Box | 9/09 | 9780765361431 | $7.99/$9.99 Can. Somewhere In Time | 7/08 | 9780765361394 | $6.99/$8.99 Can. I Am Legend | 10/07 | 9780765357151 | $7.99/$9.99 Can.
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M A R K E T I N G
• National print advertising in SF and fantasy publications, including Locus. • Digital outreach through Twitter, Facebook, the Tor/Forge blog and e-newsletter.
ON-SALE DATE: 2/26/2013
ISBN-13: 9780765366115
PRICE: $7.99/$9.99 CAN.
PAGES: 448
SPINE: 1.094 IN
CTN COUNT: 48
CPDA/CAT: 32/FANTASY
ORIGIN: TOR HC (3/12, 978-0-7653-
2767-3)
AUTHOR HOME: LONDON AND SPAIN
LEAD FANTASY
Stephen Hunt
Secrets of the Fire Sea
A thrilling new steampunk adventure from the author of The Rise of the Iron Moon
The isolated island of Jago is the only home Hannah Conquest has ever known. But her carefree existence comes to an abrupt halt when her guardian, Archbishop Alice Grey, is brutally murdered. Someone desperately wants to suppress a secret kept by the archbishop, and if the attempts on Hannah’s own life are any indication, the killer believes that Alice passed the knowledge to her ward before her head was separated from her neck. Meanwhile, a deadly power struggle is brewing on Jago. And as Hannah digs deeper into the mystery Alice left behind, assisted by two rather different detectives, she must race to unravel a chain of ancient riddles in order to save not just her own life, but her island home itself!
KEY SELLING POINTS:
• The fourth book in this world, though can be read as a stand-alone. • Features strong female characters. • The Court of the Air, Hunt’s first U.S. title, was the only fantasy/science fiction novel chosen to be presented at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival. • Hunt is the manager of SFcrowsnest.com, one of the internet’s most popular science fiction sites with 500,000 users per month. • His first book, the fantasy novel For the Crown and the Dragon, won the WH Smith New Talent Award in 1994 and was published by the United Kingdom’s largest bookseller under the auspices of their New Talent Initiative.
"Steampunk and horror fans will enjoy the omnipresent sense of danger and horror in Hunt’s (The Rise of the Iron Moon) latest adventure, from the corrupting domain of the valvemen to the creepy hellish setting of the isle of Jago." —Library Journal
"An intriguing story." —The Washington Post
"An imaginative blend of futuristic fantasy with nineteenth-century trappings, steampunk fans will devour this one as quickly as possible." —Booklist
ALSO AVAILABLE: The Rise of the Iron Moon | 1/12 | 9780765366108 | $7.99/$9.99 Can. The Kingdom Beyond the Waves | 5/10 | 9780765360236 | $7.99/$9.99 Can. The Court of the Air | 3/09 | 9780765360229 | $8.99/$10.99 Can.
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M A R K E T I N G • National print advertising in SF and fantasy publications, including Locus. • Digital outreach through Twitter, Facebook, the Tor/Forge blog and e-newsletter.
ON-SALE DATE: 2/26/2013
ISBN-13: 9780765363695
PRICE: $8.99/$10.99 CAN.
PAGES: 832
SPINE: 1.281 IN
CTN COUNT: 24
CPDA/CAT: 32/FANTASY
ORIGIN: TOR HC (4/12, 978-0-7653-
2405-4)
AUTHOR HOME: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
Alexey Pehov
Shadow Blizzard
Timeless epic fantasy from the bestselling Russian master
Shadow Blizzard is the third book by international bestselling fantasy author Alexey Pehov. Like Shadow Prowler and Shadow Chaser, Shadow Blizzard is epic fantasy at its best. Shadow Harold, Siala’s master thief, quests for the Rainbow Horn that will restore peace to his world. After the loss of friends and comrades, after betrayal and battle, Harold finally reaches the dreaded Hrad Spein. But before he can complete his quest by stealing the magic Horn, he will have to brave the most fearsome obstacles yet—obstacles that have destroyed everyone before him...and Harold must do so alone.
KEY SELLING POINTS:
• This is the third book in the Chronicles of Siala trilogy, a bestselling series in the author’s native Russia. • The books are being translated by Andrew Bromfield, who translated the Night Watch series. • The Chronicles of Siala series is a huge bestseller in Pehov’s native Russia. Over a millon copies have been sold, and role-playing games and computer games based on the books are currently in development. • Pehov is new to the United States, but is experiencing a growing international reputation. • Pehov’s novel Under the Sign of the Mantikor was named "Book of the Year" and "Best Fantasy Novel" in 2004 by Russia’s largest fantasy magazine, World of Fantasy. • www.alexeypehov.com
"The second of the Chronicles of Siala is as mesmerizing as Shadow Prowler…" —Booklist on Shadow Chaser
"Employing all the standard trappings of the genre, this sequel to Shadow Prowler
enjoys a freshness of vision that elevates it beyond standard fantasy fare." —Library Journal on Shadow Chaser
"Toothy, gritty, and relentless. Alexey Pehov sneaks up on you and fascinates with the wry voice of a young Moorcock. Clear space on your shelf—you’ll want the whole series." —E. E. Knight on Shadow Prowler
ALSO AVAILABLE: Shadow Chaser | 2/12 | 9780765363688 | $7.99/$9.99 Can. Shadow Prowler | 2/11 | 9780765363671 | $7.99/$9.99 Can.
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M A R K E T I N G • National print advertising in SF and fantasy publications, including Locus. • Digital outreach through Twitter, Facebook, the Tor/Forge blog and e-newsletter.
ON-SALE DATE: 2/26/2013
ISBN-13: 9780765342621
PRICE: $9.99/$11.99 CAN.
PAGES: 792
SPINE: 1.219 IN, TALL RACK
CTN COUNT: 48
CPDA/CAT: 30/SCIENCE FICTION
ORIGIN: TOR HC (6/12, 978-0-7653-
0361-5)
AUTHOR HOME: ENCINITAS, CA
LEAD SCIENCE FICTION
David Brin
Existence
Bestselling, award-winning futurist David Brin returns to globe-spanning, high-concept SF
Telepresence. The neural link world wide web, where a flash crowd can gather in an instant if something interesting is happening. We see it today—one man in Pakistan live-tweets the assault on Osama bin Laden, and the whole world turns to watch. A revolution in Egypt is coordinated online. Into the maelstrom of worldwide shared experience drops a game-changer. An alien artifact is plucked from Earth’s orbit; an artifact that wants to communicate. News leaks out fast, and the world reacts as it always does: with fear and hope and selfishness and love and violence.
KEY SELLING POINTS:
• Strong characters in a strong, fast-paced plot: it’s a page-turner. • Brin’s 1989 ecological thriller, Earth, foreshadowed global warming, cyberwarfare, and near-future trends such as the World Wide Web. A 1998 movie, directed by Kevin Costner, was loosely based on his novel The Postman. • David Brin has a highly visible presence on the website Daily Kos. • Brin is a scientist, speaker, technical consultant, and world-known author. His novels have been New York Times bestsellers, winning multiple Hugo, Nebula, and other awards. David Brin appears frequently on TV, including, most recently, on many episodes of The Universe and on the History Channel’s Life After People. • www.davidbrin.com
"One of SF’s major talents." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Featuring memorable characters and masterly storytelling, Brin’s latest novel provides food for thought and entertainment." —Library Journal, starred review
"Brin’s Existence is bursting with ideas, including near-future tech, first contact with
aliens, and the exploration of what it means to be human." —io9.com
ALSO AVAILABLE: Kiln People | 1/03 | 9780765342614 | $7.99/$10.99 Can.
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ISBN-13: 9780765342614
PRICE: $7.99/$10.99 CAN.
PAGES: 576
SPINE: 1.375 IN
CTN COUNT: 24
CPDA/CAT: 30/SCIENCE FICTION
ORIGIN: REISSUE (TOR MM, 1/03)TOR
HC (1/02, 978-0-7653-0355-4)
AUTHOR HOME: ENCINITAS, CA
David Brin
Kiln People
The award-winning SF superstar’s powerful saga about artificial humanity
Kiln People is set in a perilous future where disposable human duplicates fulfill every legal and illicit whim of their decadent masters. Albert Morris, a brash investigator with a knack for trouble, is on the trail of a discovery so revolutionary that it may alter humanity forever, so valuable that it has incited open warfare on the streets. To stop the carnage, Morris must enter a shadowy world where nothing—and no one—is what they seem, and even memory itself is suspect.
KEY SELLING POINTS:
• Brin writes hard SF at its best, with daring extrapolations, engaging characters, and an enduring optimism about the potential of humanity. • His 1989 ecological thriller, Earth, foreshadowed global warming, cyberwarfare and near-future trends such as the World Wide Web. • David Brin has a highly visible presence on the website Daily Kos, with a huge following there. • Brin is a scientist, speaker, technical consultant, and world-known author. His novels have been New York Times bestsellers, winning multiple Hugo, Nebula, and other awards. David Brin appears frequently on TV, including, most recently, on many episodes of The Universe and on the History Channel’s Life After People. • www.davidbrin.com
"Intricate plotting, unflagging inventiveness, and a judicious sprinkling of puns and in-jokes: Brin keeps the pages feverishly turning." —Kirkus Reviews
"Interesting… Even when we reach the climactic scenes, where the Fate of the Universe (or at least, of a whole lot of people) is Hanging in the Balance, Brin has not yet exhausted the possibilities." —San Diego Union-Tribune
ALSO AVAILABLE: Existence | 2/13 | 9780765342621 | $9.99/$11.99 Can.
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M A R K E T I N G • Included in an extensive digital and print advertising campaign for The Human Division. • The Human Division will be released as a thirteen-part eBook serial beginning in late 2012, prior to its hardcover publication in May 2013. • The Human Division hardcover will include an additional chapter not available in the early serialization.
ISBN-13: 9780765348272
PRICE: $6.99/$8.99 CAN.
PAGES: 320
SPINE: 0.865 IN
CTN COUNT: 48
ORIGIN: REISSUE (TOR MM, 1/07)TOR
HC (1/05, 978-0-7653-0940-2)
AUTHOR HOME: OUTSIDE DAYTON,
OH
John Scalzi
Old Man's War
Scalzi’s stunning debut SF novel of the long war for human survival
John Perry did two things on his seventy-fifth birthday. First he visited his wife’s grave. Then he joined the army. Humanity finally made it to interstellar space—but livable planets are scarce, and alien races willing to fight for them are plenty. Far from Earth, the fight to defend Earth and to stake claim to new planetary real estate is decades long. On Earth, the bulk of the resources are in the hands of the Colonial Defense Force. Only those of retirement age—people who carry the skills from decades of living—can join the CDF; members are taken off Earth to serve two years at the front. If they survive, they’re given a homestead on hard-won colony planets, never to return to Earth. John Perry is taking that deal with only the vaguest idea what to expect….
KEY SELLING POINTS:
• The Human Division, the latest in Scalzi's Old Man’s War universe, is scheduled for hardcover release in May 2013. Will be a thirteen-part eBook serial in late 2012.• An extensive digital advertising campaign is planned for The Human Division. • Scalzi is a winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and a Hugo Award–winner for Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded, a collection of essays from his blog The Whatever (whatever.scalzi.com). • Old Man’s War was a finalist for the 2006 Hugo Award for Best Novel, and for the 2006 Locus Award. The Ghost Brigades was a finalist for the Prometheus Award for Best Novel. • Scalzi is also a prolific author of nonfiction. "Being Poor," a 2004 piece for the Chicago Tribune, was widely reprinted.
"Thought provoking." —Entertainment Weekly
"Though a lot of SF writers are more or less efficiently continuing the tradition of Robert A. Heinlein, Scalzi’s astonishingly proficient first novel reads like an original work by the late grand master." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
"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
ALSO AVAILABLE: Fuzzy Nation | 3/12 | 9780765367037 | $7.99/$9.99 Can. Agent to the Stars | 11/10 | 9780765357007 | $7.99/$9.99 Can. Zoe's Tale | 4/09 | 9780765356192 | $7.99/$9.99 Can. The Last Colony | 7/08 | 9780765356185 | $7.99/$9.99 Can.
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• National advertising in USA Today. • Digital outreach through Twitter, Facebook, the Tor/Forge blog and e-newsletter.
ON-SALE DATE: 2/26/2013
ISBN-13: 9780765365873
PRICE: $9.99/$11.99 CAN.
PAGES: 464
SPINE: 1.125 IN, TALL RACK
CTN COUNT: 48
CPDA/CAT: 05/SUSPENSE/THRILLER
ORIGIN: FORGE HC (3/12, 978-0-7653-
2737-6)
AUTHOR HOME: DORGAN: MCLEAN,
VAHAGBERG: SARASOTA, FL
LEAD FICTION
Byron L. Dorgan, David Hagberg
Blowout
A near-future thriller from two New York Times bestselling authors
America is on the brink of crisis. Unless we can curb our appetite for foreign oil, petroleum-rich countries and speculators will bring our economy to its knees. The president has answered the call with the Dakota District Initiative, a top secret research team developing a way to produce clean energy from coal. But powerful enemies will stop at nothing to sabotage this revolutionary technology. And the stakes couldn’t be higher: If the Initiative succeeds, OPEC will hoard petroleum and gas prices will skyrocket. If the project fails, our economy and our planet face collapse. Either way, the Badlands will run red with blood.
KEY SELLING POINTS:
• Uses insider politcal knowledge of former U.S. Senator and energy expert Byron Dorgan and the action and suspense of New York Times bestselling author David Hagberg. • Senator Byron L. Dorgan was a congressman and senator for North Dakota for thirty years before retiring in January 2011. He was chairman of Senate Committees and Subcommittees on the issues of Energy, Aviation, Appropriations, Water Policy, and Indian Affairs; and the author of the New York Times bestseller Take This Job and Ship It. • David Hagberg is a former Air Force cryptographer who has published more than twenty novels of suspense, including the bestselling Allah’s Scorpion, The Expediter, and Abyss. • www.david-hagberg.com
"Near-constant action and cutting-edge science." —Publishers Weekly
"An edge-of-the-seat thriller about energy that will…keep you guessing until the very last page." —Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle
ALSO AVAILABLE: Abyss | 1/12 | 9780765363732 | $9.99/$11.99 Can. The Cabal | 6/11 | 9780765359872 | $9.99/$11.99 Can. The Expediter | 12/09 | 9780765349804 | $9.99/$11.99 Can. Dance with the Dragon | 12/08 | 9780765347343 | $7.99/$9.99 Can.
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ON-SALE DATE: 2/26/2013
ISBN-13: 9780765367952
PRICE: $7.99/$9.99 CAN.
PAGES: 480
SPINE: 1.156 IN
CTN COUNT: 48
CPDA/CAT: 00/GENERAL FICTION
ORIGIN: FORGE HC (2/12, 978-0-7653-
3006)
AUTHOR HOME: LAS VEGAS, NV
Deborah Coonts
So Damn Lucky
"Sin City…with a dash of CSI and Janet Evanovich." —Publishers Weekly on Lucky Stiff
Lucky O’Toole—Head of Customer Relations at The Babylon, premier mega-resort on the Vegas Strip—thinks it’s just another night in Las Vegas. But then a magician pulls a disappearing act, right under Lucky’s nose. Is it a stunt or something worse? While Lucky chases leads, someone is trying to put her off the scent. As if this wasn’t enough to ruin her day, Lucky’s relationship with The Big Boss is coming to a head—past hurts can no longer be denied. She's already on shaky emotional ground: Teddie, her live-in, has been touring with a young and lovely pop star. Paxton Dane, former coworker and would-be suitor, is still circling, hoping to find a chink in the armor of Lucky’s resolve. And then, there’s this French chef, who is proving to be too hot to handle….
KEY SELLING POINTS:
• Can be read as a stand-alone. • This is the third installment in Coonts’s Lucky O’Toole Vegas Adventures, a series of Vegas-set mysteries that are funny, sexy, and thrilling. We have a fourth book under contract. • We also published an e-novella in January 2012, Lucky in Love, and two more will debut over the next year. • Paints a dead-on insider’s portrait of Vegas. • Lucky O’Toole is an unforgettable Vegas character: a whip-smart smart-ass in killer heels. • Wanna Get Lucky? was chosen as a notable crime book by The New York Times in 2010. • Deborah Coonts has built her own business, practiced law, flown airplanes, written a humor column for a national magazine, and survived a teenager.
"Fans of the series will fall in love all over again, and new readers will look forward to her next escapade." —Publishers Weekly on So Damn Lucky
"Deliciously raunchy, with humorous takes on sexual proclivities, Vegas glitz and love, though Agatha Christie is probably spinning in her grave." —Kirkus Reviews on Wanna Get Lucky?
ALSO AVAILABLE: Lucky Stiff | 11/11 | 9780765364586 | $7.99/$9.99 Can. Wanna Get Lucky? | 2/11 | 9780765364579 | $5.99/$6.99 Can.
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ON-SALE DATE: 3/2/2010
ISBN-13: 9780765358462
PRICE: $9.99/$11.99 CAN.
PAGES: 544
SPINE: 1.245 IN, TALL RACK
CTN COUNT: 48
CPDA/CAT: 05/SUSPENSE/THRILLER
ORIGIN: REISSUE (FORGE MM, 3/10);
FORGE HC (5/09, 978-0-7653-1875-6)
AUTHOR HOME: SPRINGFIELD, VA
Larry Bond
Cold Choices
The New York Times bestselling story of a U.S. submarine crew faced with an impossible decision
Former Naval pilot Jerry Mitchell has risen to captain of his own sub. Now on a mission deep in the Barents Sea, north of Russia, Mitchell and his crew venture into Russian waters to conduct seafloor reconnaissance. Confident of their success, they don’t notice they've been spotted until it’s too late. A Russian submarine is directly above them, led by the energetic but inexperienced Captain First Rank Alexi Petrov. The two subs collide, but Petrov’s missteps leave the Russian boat crippled. If Mitchell and his crew don’t work quickly, the Russians will die from the bitter Arctic cold and carbon dioxide poisoning. Should Mitchell try to save the lives of his enemies?
KEY SELLING POINTS:
• Cold Choices was a New York Times bestseller in hardcover. • A direct follow-up to Dangerous Ground, but can be read as a stand-alone. • Bond spent many years working for the Pentagon as a warfare analyst and an expert in anti-submarine technology. In Cold Choices, he uses that knowledge to take the readers deep inside life on a submarine. • Bond is a New York Times bestselling author highly respected in the military and techno-thriller genres. His novels The Cauldron and Day of Wrath were both Literary Guild Alternate Picks. Bond is also a famous computer gamer: his Harpoon has gone through four editions and has won the H. G. Wells Award.
"Nobody alive knows more about submarines and submarine tactics than Larry Bond… In addition, he’s one hell of a writer, which he proves once again in Cold Choices." —Stephen Coonts, New York Times bestselling author
"Cold Choices sends The Hunt for Red October, Das Boot, and Run Silent, Run Deep
straight to the bottom of the sea! A nuclear fireball of a thriller!" —Douglas Preston, New York Times bestselling author
ALSO AVAILABLE: Larry Bond's Red Dragon Rising: Shock of War | 12/12 | 9780765361004 | $9.99/$11.99 Can. Larry Bond's Red Dragon Rising: Edge of War | 11/11 | 9780765360991 | $7.99/$9.99 Can. Larry Bond's Red Dragon Rising: Shadows of War | 9/10 | 9780765360984 | $9.99/$11.99 Can.
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ON-SALE DATE: 2/26/2013
ISBN-13: 9780765370501
PRICE: $7.99/$9.99 CAN.
PAGES: 512
SPINE: 1.031 IN
CTN COUNT: 48
CPDA/CAT: 40/WESTERN
ORIGIN: TEXAS RIFLES(TOR MM,1/98,
978-0-8125-5121-1) MASSACRE AT
GOLIAD (TOR MM, 9/99, 978-0-8125-
7489-0)
AUTHOR HOME: KELTON IS
DECEASED
Elmer Kelton
Texas Rifles and Massacre at Goliad
Two complete novels, in one low-priced edition
Texas Rifles The new Confederacy had too much on its hands to send troops to the Texas frontier to hold back the Indians, and authorized Texas to raise its own troops. Many men joined the Texas Mounted Rifles. Some were seeking adventure. Others wanted to protect their families against the murderous Comanche. And some were men who still loved the Union, like Scout Sam Houston Cloud….
Massacre At Goliad When Josh met Teresa, a beautiful Mexican woman, it was love at first sight. But with the Alamo recently destroyed, he knew this rosebud love was unobtainable. So Josh went with other Texans to protect their land against the Mexicans who have just ravished the Alamo. But what’s at stake? Will he become a war hero, eradicating Mexican control? Or will he follow his heart?
KEY SELLING POINTS:
• This edition features two novels by Elmer Kelton for the price of one. • Elmer Kelton, author of over forty novels, was the winner of a record seven Spur Awards. He was also voted "The Greatest Western Writer of All Time" by the Western Writers of America in 1995. • Kelton was given his own holiday—Elmer Kelton Day—by the Texas State Legislature in appreciation for his contributions to Western literature. • A native Texan, Kelton dedicated much of his career to the literature and history of his home state.
"[Kelton was] one of the best of a new breed of Western writers who [drove] the genre into new territory." —The New York Times
ALSO AVAILABLE: Texas Standoff | 8/11 | 9780765364777 | $6.99/$8.99 Can. Other Men's Horses | 8/10 | 9780765360304 | $6.99/$8.99 Can. Sandhills Boy | 4/10 | 9780765354280 | $7.99/$9.99 Can. Many a River | 3/09 | 9780765360298 | $6.99/$8.99 Can.
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ISBN-13: 9780812549164
PRICE: $5.99/$7.99 CAN.
PAGES: 256
SPINE: 0.656 IN
CTN COUNT: 72
CPDA/CAT: 00/GENERAL FICTION
ORIGIN: REISSUE (FORGE MM, 7/99)
AUTHOR HOME: WHITMORE LAKE, MI
Loren D. Estleman
Journey of the Dead
"As food for thought, Journey of the Dead is a veritable banquet." —Flint Journal
Two witnesses to the turbulent evolution of the wild frontier into the twentieth century tell their stories. One is an ancient Spanish alchemist searching for the philosopher’s stone from his hut in the New Mexico desert. He devoted his long life to hunting for the secrets of the old gods. But will they give him answers to his quest for meaning? The other is the fabled Pat Garrett, the man who killed his poker buddy, Billy the Kid. Haunted by Billy for the rest of his life, Pat Garrett searches for peace. Together and separately, Garrett and the alchemist journey through time and history searching for answers to their ancient questions.
KEY SELLING POINTS:
• Loren D. Estleman, author of over fifty novels, is known for his bestselling Amos Walker books and Peter Macklin thrillers. • He has received seventeen national writing awards, including five Golden Spur Awards, three American Heritage Awards, two Western Heritage Awards, and three Shamus Awards. He has been nominated for the Edgar Allen Poe Award, the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. • www.lorenestleman.com
"Estleman’s Garrett is a convincingly tragic Western figure who never quite understands the praise and blame attached to him for an act he can never live down." —Publishers Weekly
"A masterpiece, carefully crafted, intricately plotted, and evocatively written…." —Ft. Worth Morning Star-Telegram
"With hard-rubbed dialogue as bright as a new-minted Indian-head penny…style to burn, talk that haunts. Deserves blue ribbons and rosettes." —Kirkus Reviews
"A Western novel that also is a work of literature. Loren D. Estleman can do that." —San Antonio Express-News
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Index
Adams, Cat; The Isis Collar 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Blowout; Byron L. Dorgan 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bond, Larry; Cold Choices 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brin, David; Existence 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brin, David; Kiln People 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cold Choices; Larry Bond 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Coonts, Deborah; So Damn Lucky 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dorgan, Byron L.; Blowout 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Estleman, Loren D.; Journey of the Dead 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Existence; David Brin 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hunt, Stephen; Secrets of the Fire Sea 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Isis Collar, The; Cat Adams 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Journey of the Dead; Loren D. Estleman 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kelton, Elmer; Texas Rifles and Massacre at Goliad 12. . . . . . .Kiln People; David Brin 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matheson, Richard; Shadow on the Sun 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Old Man's War; John Scalzi 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pehov, Alexey; Shadow Blizzard 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scalzi, John; Old Man's War 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Secrets of the Fire Sea; Stephen Hunt 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shadow Blizzard; Alexey Pehov 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shadow on the Sun; Richard Matheson 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .So Damn Lucky; Deborah Coonts 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Texas Rifles and Massacre at Goliad; Elmer Kelton 12. . . . . .
A harrowing near-future thriller from two New York Times bestselling Authors
AmericA is on the brink of crisis: Unless we can curb our appetite for foreign oil, petroleum-rich countries and speculators will bring our economy to its knees. The president has answered the call with the Dakota District Initiative, a top secret research team which is developing a way to produce clean energy from coal.
But powerful enemies will stop at nothing to sabotage this revolutionary technology. A ruthless oil hedge fund manager orders a brutal assault on the Initiative’s experimental power station. War hero Sheriff Nate Osborne and brash journalist Ashley Borden search for the attackers as the research continues.
The stakes couldn’t be higher: Unless the Initiative succeeds, we will continue to poison the very air we breathe as our economy strains under the weight of soaring oil prices. Either way, the Badlands will run red with blood….
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DAViD hAgberg is a former U.S. Air Force cryptographer who has traveled extensively in Europe, the Arctic, and the Caribbean. He has published more than twenty novels of suspense, including the bestselling Allah’s Scorpion, Dance with the Dragon, and The Expediter. He makes his home in Sarasota, Florida.
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