New Releases: 12/8

Alone by Loren D. Estleman

The Apocalypse Door by J. D. Macdonald (chapter preview)

Burning Shadows by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Hayate X Blade Vol 5 story and art by Shizuru Hayashiya

Kashimashi Omnibus Vol 2 story by Satoru Akahori; art by Yukimaru Katsura

The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke and Steven Baxter (chapter preview)

Muse and Reverie by Charles de Lint

Puttering About in a Small Land by Philip K. Dick

Witchlight by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The next 3 months of releases are listed here.

New Releases: 12/1

Boca Knights by Steven M. Forman

Bones of the Dragon by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (video interview) (Facebook fan page)

Busted Flush edited by George R.R. Martin

Dreams Beneath Your Feet by Win Blevins

The Expediter by David Hagberg (chapter preview)

The Knight of the Red Beard by Andre Norton and Sasha Miller (chapter preview)

People of the Raven by W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O’Neal Gear

People of the River by W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O’Neal Gear

People of the Sea by W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O’Neal Gear (chapter preview)

Running with the Dead by Jay Brandon (chapter preview)

The next 3 months of releases are listed here.

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Wall Street Journal honors Elmer Kelton and Other Men’s Horses

Wall Street Journal runs a feature in today’s paper on the legacy behind the late great Elmer Kelton.

The online portion also runs a full excerpt of Chapter One from Other Men’s Horses.

From the article: “Dad gave me every chance to learn to be a cowboy,” [Kelton] wrote in his autobiography. “I was probably the greatest failure of his life. I was always better at talking about it, and writing about it, than I ever was at doing it.”

Read the full article here.

Twitter Giveaway: Randland Map and Mistborn Trilogy Boxed Set

To celebrate the ending of The Gathering Storm tour, we are running a giveaway on Twitter. One person will win a full-color Randland map (given out exclusively on tour) plus a Mistborn trilogy boxed set (new this month!).

To enter: Post what you liked best about reading The Gathering Storm (or post about what you’re looking forward to in Towers of Midnight). Make sure you include @torbooks in your response so we can find your entry.

Random drawing will occur @3PM EST Tuesday, November 24.

Good luck!

New Releases: 11/24

Halo: Evolutions by various authors

When humanity expanded beyond the safety of Earth to new stars and horizons, they never dreamed what dangers they would encounter there.  When the alien juggernaut known as the Covenant declared holy war upon the fragile human empire, millions of lives were lost—but, millions of heroes rose to the challenge.  In such a far-reaching conflict, not many of the stories of these heroes, both human and alien, have a chance to become legend.  This collection holds eleven stories that dive into the depths of the vast Halo universe, not only from the perspective of those who fought and died to save humanity, but also those who vowed to wipe humanity out of existence.

Included in this collection are all-new, never-before-told stories by: Tobias S. Buckell, B.K. Evenson, Jonathan Goff, Kevin Grace, Tessa Kum and Jeff Vandermeer, Robt McLees, Eric Nylund, Frank O’Connor, Eric Raab, Karen Traviss, Fred Van Lente

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One Second After by William R. Forstchen

New York Times best selling author William R. Forstchen now brings us a story which can be all too terrifyingly real…a story in which one man struggles to save his family and his small North Carolina town after America loses a war, in one second, a war that will send America back to the Dark Ages…A war based upon a weapon, an Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP).  A weapon that may already be in the hands of our enemies.

Months before publication, One Second After has already been cited on the floor of Congress as a book all Americans should read, a book already being discussed in the corridors of the Pentagon as a truly realistic look at a weapon and its awesome power to destroy the entire United States, literally within one second. It is a weapon that the Wall Street Journal warns could shatter America. In the tradition of On the Beach, Fail Safe and Testament, this book, set in a typical American town, is a dire warning of what might be our future…and our end. (chapter preview) (reading group guide)

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The next 3 months of releases are listed here.

Interview with Hideyuki Kikuchi

By Jason DeAngelis

There’s a reason why they call it wicked.

Of course, while Hideyuki Kikuchi’s ultraviolent and super-sexy Wicked City may call to mind groping tentacles and over the top sex scenes, it’s also a unique urban fantasy series about rival political organizations, one mortal, the other demonic, and the secret police force that struggles to prevent all-out war from breaking out between them.

Here’s an interview with the author, who resides in Tokyo, conducted earlier this summer:

Q: What inspired you to write Wicked City?

My biggest inspiration was probably characters like 007, Napoleon Solo, or spy and action series like The Wild Wild West.

One man’s struggle against a large evil organization was just too clichéd, so I decided to make this storyline about one organization versus another organization.

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Steampunk: The Devil Wears Goggles

By Cherie Priest

Pick a genre book—any genre, any book—and the cover will probably provide a satisfactory shorthand for where it ought to be shelved. Wizards, elves, and knights? You’ve got yourself a fantasy novel. Fangs and a matte black background? Horror. And so forth.

But a couple of years ago when I began working on Boneshaker, I couldn’t name many meaningful signifiers that screamed out “steampunk.” Oh there were goggles, sure—but no one seemed to have a good explanation for what the goggles were for apart from leaving a sweaty crease above your eyebrows. The delightful preponderance of Victorian garb was striking and fun, but the gas masks left me scratching my head. Gears made sense, even on top hats, I supposed. Watch chains were shiny, so, you know. Cool.

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People of the Thunder is a New York Times bestseller

People of the Thunder (mass market) by W. Michael Gear and Kathlean O’Neal Gear is a New York Times bestseller.

Congratulations Michael and Kathleen!

National Bestseller Lists

#35 – The New York Times Adult Mass Market Fiction Bestsellers List – November 29, 2009 (debuts on list)

New Releases: 11/10

The Atlantis Code by Charles Brokaw

The Authorized Ender Companion by Orson Scott Card and Jake Black

Burn Me Deadly by Alex Bledsoe

Destroyer of Worlds by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner

An Evil Guest by Gene Wolfe

Good Night, Mr. Holmes by Carole Nelson Douglas

The House of Caine by Ken Eulo

The House of the Stag by Kage Baker

Jaclyn the Ripper by Karl Alexander

Journey to the Light by George Noory and William J. Birnes

Larry Bond’s Red Dragon Rising by Larry Bond and Jim DeFelice

Wings of Creation by Brenda Cooper

A Young Man Without Magic by Lawrence Watt-Evans

The next 3 months of releases are listed here.

The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson is a #1 New York Times bestseller!

The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson is a #1 New York Times bestseller!

Publisher Tom Doherty began working with Harriet McDougal, Robert Jordan’s widow and editor, more than forty years ago. Many people at Tor have worked with the series for more than twenty years. Still others have watched Brandon Sanderson grow from unknown writer to the amazing talent that he is today. And readers of all ages, who deserve our unending thanks, have grown up with these books and shared them with others.

Congratulations to Team Jordan and everyone involved!