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TORThe hotly anticipated sixth volume in theNew York Times bestselling Safehold seriesMARKETING PLANS National printadvertising in majordaily newspapers targeted printadvertising inscience fiction/fantasy publications social networkadvertising online publicitycampaign Promotion at fanconventions Cross-promotionwith tor.comALSO AVAILABLEHow Firm a Foundation (8/12)ISBN: 978-0-7653-6125-7 8.99/ 10.99 Can Digital promotionthrough targetedsites, blogs, socialnetworking sites,and throughe-newsletters Available onunabridged audio fromMacmillan Audio(9/12; ISBN: 978-1-42722633-4; 74.99/ 85.99 Can) teaser excerptin the MM ofHow Firm a Foundation(8/12; ISBN: 978-0-76536125-7; 8.99/ 10.99 Can)A Mighty Fortress (3/11)ISBN: 978-0-7653-5407-5 8.99/ 10.99 CanA “A brilliant new saga its focus remains onthe people who embody the strengths andweaknesses of a flawed but ever hopefulhumanity. Highly recommended.”—LIBRARY JOURNAL, STARRED REVIEW ONBY SCHISM RENT ASUNDER “A superb cast of characters and plenty of action.this fine book gives new luster to weber’sreputation and new pleasure to his fans.”—BOOKLIST, STARRED REVIEW ONBY SCHISM RENT ASUNDERSCIENCE FICTIONTor HardcoverISBN: 978-0-7653-2155-8 27.99 31.99 Canadian61/8" x 9¼" / 608 pagesTor e-BookISBN: 978-1-4299-4468-7SEPTEMBER 2012T 3 “weber brings the politicalmaneuvering, past andfuture technologies, andvigorous protagoniststogether for a cohesive,engrossing whole.”—PUBLISHERS WEEKLYSTARRED REVIEW ONOFF ARMAGEDDON REEFfter centuries of stasis, the island kingdom of Charis beganto defy the edicts of the Church of God Awaiting—eggedon, some say, by the mysterious warrior-monk Merlin Athrawes.Now, in the wars and intrigues that have cascaded from Charis’sdeclaration of independence, the populous Republic ofSiddermark is sliding into chaos. Vicar Clyntahn of the Churchof God Awaiting has engineered a rebellion against the LordProtector—bringing civil war to the nation at harvest time. KingCayleb of Charis, his queen Sharleyan, and Merlin Athrawes willhave their hands full trying to stave off wholesale starvation inSiddermark while at the same time shipping in enough landcombat units to fend off the “volunteers” from the Church’sTemple Lands. And while Vicar Clyntahn is hailed in the Churchfor his boldness and audacity, there are those who rememberhow dependent Church power is on money from Siddermark and who wonder what will happen if Siddermark starves.Bursting with vivid invention and the sweep of lived history,Midst Toil and Tribulation will build this series’ audience to anew level.DAVID WEBERis the author of the New York Timesbestselling Honor Harrington series, the most recent of whichwas Mission of Honor (2010). He lives in South Carolina.www.davidweber.net

TORThis Case Is Gonna Kill MePHiLLiPA BoRNikovAA fresh, original blend of urban fantasy, legal thriller,and workplace drama—with a heroine you won’tsoon forgetWhat happens when The Firm meets Anita Blake? You getthe Halls of Power—our modern world, but twisted. Law,finance, the military, and politics are under the sway of long-livedvampires, werewolves, and the elven Alfar. Humans make thebest of rule by “the Spooks,” and contend among themselvesto affiliate with the powers-that-be, in order to avoid becomingtheir prey. Very loyal humans are rewarded with power over otherwomen and men. Very lucky humans are selected to join thevampires, werewolves, and elves—or, on occasion, to live atthe Seelie Court.MARKETING PLANS targeted print and online advertisingin science fiction/fantasy andromance publications Publicity Cross-promotion with tor.com Digital promotion through socialnetworking sites, blogs, and thetor/Forge e-newsletterLinnet Ellery is the offspring of an affluent Connecticut familydating back to Colonial times. Fresh out of law school, she’sbeginning her career in a powerful New York “white fang” lawfirm. She has high hopes of eventually making partner.But strange things keep happening to her. In a workplace wheresome humans will eventually achieve immense power andcenturies of extra lifespan, office politics can be vicious beyondbelief. After some initial missteps, she finds herself sidelinedand assigned to unpromising cases. Then, for no reason she cansee, she becomes the target of repeated, apparently randomviolent attacks, escaping injury each time through increasinglyimprobable circumstances.However, there’s apparently more to Linnet Ellery than a littleold-money human privilege. More than even she knows. Andas she comes to understand this, she’s going to shake up thesystem like you wouldn’t believe .Praise for This Case Is Gonna Kill Me:“ Phillipa is a great writer and she has the inside scoop on theworld she’s writing about. i can’t wait to see what she comesup with next.”—CARRIE VAUGHN, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE KITTY NORVILLE SERIESFANTASYtor trade PaperbackISBN: 978-0-7653-2682-9 14.99 16.99 Canadian5½" x 8¼" / 368 pagesTor HardcoverISBN: 978-0-7653-3389-6 25.99 29.99 Canadian5½" x 8¼" / 368 pagesTor e-BookISBN: 978-1-4299-7791-3SEPTEMBER 2012T 4PHILLIPA BORNIKOVA has been the story editor of a major networktelevision series, a horse trainer, and an oil-company executive. She livesin the Southwest. This is her first novel.

N COO VTFI ERNALTORThe Forge of DarknesssteveN eRiksoNenter the New York Times bestselling Malazan universe.at a time that sets the stage for all the tales already toldSTHE FORGEOF DARKNESSsteven eriksonMARKETING PLANS National print advertising inscience fiction/fantasy publications online advertising targetingscience fiction and fantasy readers Publicity to include online publicitycampaign and author tour Digital promotion through socialnetworking sites, blogs, and thetor/Forge e-newsletterteven Erikson entered the pantheon of great fantasy writerswith his debut Gardens of the Moon. Now Erikson returnswith a trilogy that takes place before the events of the MalazanBook of the Fallen. The Forge of Darkness takes readers toKurald Galain, the warren of Darkness, and tells an epic taleof a realm whose fate plays a crucial role in the fall of theMalazan Empire.It’s a conflicted time in Kurald Galain, the warren of Darkness,where Mother Dark reigns. But this ancient land was once hometo many a power and even death is not quite eternal. Thecommoners’ great hero, Vatha Urusander, longs for ascendencyand Mother Dark’s hand in marriage, but she has taken anotherConsort, Lord Draconus, from the faraway Dracon Hold. The ideaof this union sends fissures throughout the realm, and as therumors of civil war burn through the masses, an ancient poweremerges from the long dead seas. Caught in the middle of it allare the Sons of Darkness, Anomander, Adarist, and Silchas Ruinof the Purake Hold.Steven Erikson brings to life this ancient and important tale setin the world he introduced in the Malazan Book of the Fallen ina way that should appeal to fans of George R. R. Martin.“ erikson is a master of lost and forgotten epochs, a weaver of—SALONancient epics.”“ erikson has no peer when it comes to action and imagination, andjoins the ranks of tolkien and Donaldson in his mythic vision andperhaps then goes one better.”—SF SITESTEVEN ERIKSON was born in Toronto, grew up in Winnipeg. He spentnearly twenty years working as an anthropologist and archaeologist,which shines quite clearly in the depth and breadth of the varioussocieties, peoples and cultures in his books. He is a graduate of theIowa Writer's Workshop.FANTASYTor HardcoverISBN: 978-0-7653-2356-9 27.99 NCR61/8" x 9¼" / 816 pagesTor e-BookISBN: 978-1-4668-1418-9SEPTEMBER 2012T 5

TORJaneThe Woman Who Loved TarzanRoBiN MAxweLLthe legendary story of tarzan told from Jane’s perspective,authorized by the edgar Rice Burroughs estateCambridge, England: 1905.Jane Porter is hardly a typical woman of her time. The onlyfemale student in Cambridge University’s medical program,she is far more comfortable in a lab coat, dissecting corpses,than she is in a corset and gown, sipping afternoon tea. Abudding paleoanthropologist, Jane dreams of travelling theglobe in search of fossils that will prove the evolutionary theoriesof her scientific hero, Charles Darwin.MARKETING PLANS targeted social network andonline advertising targeted print advertising inromance publications online publicity campaign Author trade show appearances Digital promotion through targetedsites, blogs, social networking sites,and through e-newslettersWhen dashing American explorer Ral Conrath invites Jane andher father on an expedition deep into West Africa, she canhardly believe her luck. Rising to the challenge, Jane finds anAfrica that is every bit exotic and fascinating as she has alwaysimagined. But she quickly learns that the lush jungle is full ofsecrets—and so is Ral Conrath. When danger strikes, Jane findsher hero, the key to humanity’s past, and an all-consuming lovein one extraordinary man: Tarzan of the Apes.Jane is the first version of the Tarzan story written by a womanand authorized by the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate. Its 2012publication will mark the centennial of the publication of theoriginal Tarzan of the Apes.“ Jane is a triumph! A triumph of imagination, adventure, andcharacter. Here we have the true ‘missing link’ that we’ve alwayswanted—Jane’s side of the story.”—MARGARET GEORGE, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OFELIZABETH I: A NOVEL “ the powerfully lascivious intersections of sexual and internationalpolitics, combined with Maxwell’s electrifying prose, make forenthralling historical fiction.”—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, STARRED REVIEW, ON THE QUEEN’S BASTARD“ Lush and lusty, fascinating and smart, this fictionalized biography isa stroke of genius crafted by a gifted historian.”—RT BOOK REVIEWS ON SIGNORA DA VINCIFICTIONtor trade PaperbackISBN: 978-0-7653-3359-9 14.99 16.99 Canadian61/8" x 9¼" / 320 pagesTor HardcoverISBN: 978-0-7653-3358-2 25.99 29.99 Canadian61/8" x 9¼" / 320 pagesTor e-BookISBN: 978-1-4668-0321-3SEPTEMBER 2012T 6ROBIN MAXWELL grew up in New Jersey, graduated from TuftsUniversity School of Occupational Therapy, and practiced in that fieldfor several years before moving to Hollywood to become a parrot tamer,casting director, and screenwriter. Working for the major studios andnetworks, she wrote comedy, drama, and feature animation for Disney.Maxwell is the author of several historical novels featuring powerfulwomen, including the award-winning The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn,now in its twenty-second printing, and Signora Da Vinci. Maxwell lives inthe high desert of California with her husband, yogi Max Thomas.www.robinmaxwell.com

TORThe Rapture of the NerdsCoRy DoCtoRow and CHARLes stRossFrom the two defining personalities of post-cyberpunksF, a brilliant collaboration to rival 1987’s TheDifference Engine by william Gibson and Bruce sterlingWelcome to the fractured future, at the dusk of the twentyfirst century.Earth has a population of roughly a billion hominids. For themost part, they are happy with their lot, living in a preserveat the bottom of a gravity well. Those who are unhappy haveemigrated, joining one or another of the swarming densethinkerclades that fog the inner solar system with a dust of molecularmachinery so thick that it obscures the sun.MARKETING PLANS targeted print advertising in sciencefiction/fantasy publications online publicity campaign Promotion at major fan conventions Cross-promotion with tor.com Digital promotion to targeted sites,blogs, social networking sites, andthrough the tor/Forge e-newsletterALSO AVAILABLEMakers (10/10)ISBN: 978-0-7653-1281-5 14.99/ 16.99 CanSomeone Comes to Town,Someone Leaves Town (6/06)ISBN: 978-0-7653-1280-8 14.95/ 17.25 CanSCIENCE FICTIONTor HardcoverISBN: 978-0-7653-2910-3 24.99 28.99 Canadian5½" x 8¼" / 352 pagesTor e-BookISBN: 978-1-4299-4491-5SEPTEMBER 2012T 7The splintery metaconsciousness of the solar system haslargely sworn off its pre-post-human cousins dirtside, but itsminds sometimes wander and when that happens, it casuallyspams Earth’s networks with plans for cataclysmically disruptivetechnologies that emulsify whole industries, cultures, andspiritual systems. A sane species would ignore these getevolved-quick schemes, but there’s always someone who’ll takea bite from the forbidden apple.So until the overminds tire of stirring Earth’s anthill, there’s TechJury Service: random humans, selected arbitrarily, chargedwith assessing dozens of new inventions and ruling on whetherto let them loose. Young Huw, a technophobic, misanthropicWelshman, has been selected for the latest jury, a task he doeshis best to perform despite an itchy technovirus, the apathyof the proletariat, and a couple of truly awful moments onbathroom floors.“ there’s a superhuman energy and intelligence to Makers that ihaven’t seen since mid-period Bruce sterling.”—LEV GROSSMAN, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE MAGICIANS“ if imagination is the key to success for a writer, Charles stross hasit in spades.”—THE TIMES (LONDON)CORY DOCTOROW is a coeditor of Boing Boing and a columnist formultiple publications including the Guardian, Locus, and PublishersWeekly. He was named one of the Web’s twenty-five influencers byForbes magazine and a Young Global Leader by the World EconomicForum. His award-winning novel Little Brother was a New York Timesbestseller. He lives in London with his wife and daughter.CHARLES STROSS, author of several major novels of SF and fantasyincluding Singularity Sky, Accelerando, Halting State, and Rule 34, iswidely hailed as one of the most original voices in modern SF. His shortfiction has won multiple Hugo and Locus Awards. He lives in Edinburgh.

TORIn a FixLiNDA GRiMesthe start of an original new urban fantasy seriesstarring human chameleon Ciel HalliganSnagging a marriage proposal for her client while on anall-expenses-paid vacation should be a simple job forCiel Halligan, aura adaptor extraordinaire. A kind of humanchameleon, she's able to take on her clients’ appearances andslip seamlessly into their lives, solving any sticky problemsthey don’t want to deal with themselves. No fuss, no muss.Big paycheck.This particular assignment is pretty enjoyable that is, until Ciel’sisland resort bungalow is blown to smithereens and her client'sabout-to-be-fiancé is snatched by modern-day Vikings. For somereason, Ciel begins to suspect that getting the ring is going tobe a tad more difficult than originally anticipated.MARKETING PLANS targeted print advertising inscience fiction/fantasy publications online publicity campaignGoing from romance to rescue requires some serious gearshifting, as well as a little backup. Her best friend, Billy, andMark, the CIA agent Ciel’s been crushing on for years—bothskilled adaptors—step in to help, but their first priority is,annoyingly, keeping her safe. Before long, Ciel is dedicatingmore energy to escaping their watchful eyes than she is tosaving her client's intended. Digital promotion to targeted sites,blogs, social networking sites, andthrough the tor/Forge e-newsletterSuddenly, facing down a horde of Vikings feels like the least ofher problems. Publicity to include author trade showappearances and select author events“ A fast-paced, sexy romp with characters as original as itsintriguing premise!” Promotion at fan conventions extensive galley distribution—DIANA GABALDON, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF OUTLANDER“Linda Grimes’s fast paced supernatural debut is fresh, fun, and sexy,and heroine Ciel Halligan faces both the outlandish and the deadlywith a perfect balance of equanimity, irreverence, and nerve. i can’twait to see where her wild adventures lead her next!”—VICKI PETTERSSON, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OFTHE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC SERIESLINDA GRIMES is a former English teacher and ex-actress nowchanneling her love of words and drama into writing. She grew up inTexas and currently resides in northern Virginia with her husband.www.lindagrimes.comFANTASYtor trade Paperback originalISBN: 978-0-7653-3180-9 14.99 16.99 Canadian5½" x 8¼" / 320 pagesTor e-BookISBN: 978-1-4299-4753-4SEPTEMBER 2012T 8

TORThe Fractal PrinceHANNu RAJANieMithe direct sequel to The Quantum Thief,one of the strongest sF debuts in years“The good thing is, no one will ever die again.The bad thing is, everyone will want to.”Aphysicist receives a mysterious paper. The ideas in it arefar, far ahead of current thinking and quite, quite terrifying.In a city of “fast ones,” shadow players, and jinni, two sisterscontemplate a revolution.And on the edges of reality a thief, helped by a sardonic ship, istrying to break into a Schrödinger box for his patron. In the boxis his freedom. Or not.Jean de Flambeur is back. And he’s running out of time.MARKETING PLANS targeted print advertising inscience fiction/fantasy publications Digital promotions on targetedsites, blogs, Facebook, twitter,Goodreads; featured on tor.comand the tor/Forge e-newsletter. PublicityALSO AVAILABLEThe Quantum Thief (2/12)ISBN: 978-0-7653-6766-2 7.99/ 9.99 CanIn Hannu Rajaniemi’s sparkling follow-up to the critically acclaimedinternational sensation The Quantum Thief, he returns to hisawe-inspiring vision of the universe and we discover what thefuture holds for Earth.Praise for The Quantum Thief: “ spectacularly and convincingly inventive, assured and whollyspellbinding: one of the most impressive debuts in years.”—KIRKUS REVIEWS, STARRED REVIEW “ A stellar debut.”—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, STARRED REVIEW “ outstanding A storytelling skill rarely found from even the mostexperienced authors.”—LIBRARY JOURNAL, STARRED REVIEW“ the best first sF novel i’ve read in years. Hard to admit, but i thinkhe’s better at this stuff than i am.”—CHARLES STROSS, HUGO AWARD–WINNING AUTHOR OF HALTING STATE“ Rajaniemi has spectacularly delivered on the promise that this islikely to be the most important sF novel we’ll see this year.”—LOCUS“ Absolutely incredible endlessly inventive and compulsivelyreadable. it’s one of the best books of the year.”—RT BOOK REVIEWS, TOP PICKBorn and raised in Finland, HANNU RAJANIEMI lives in Edinburgh,where he is a founding director of a financial consultancy, ThinkTankMaths. He holds several advanced degrees in mathematics and physics.Multilingual from an early age, he writes his science fiction in English.SCIENCE FICTIONTor HardcoverISBN: 978-0-7653-2950-9 25.99 29.99 C

Fresh from the success of The Way of Kings, Brandon Sanderson, best known for completing Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time , takes a break to return to the world of the bestselling Mistborn series. Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Sca