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NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. You must be 18 or older and a legal resident of the 50 United States or D.C. to enter. Promotion begins March 1 at 12 a.m. ET. and ends March 28, 2013, 11:59 p.m. ET. Void in Puerto Rico and wherever prohibited by law. For Official Rules and to enter, go here. Sponsor: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC.

New Releases: 2/12/2013

See upcoming releases.

Book Trailer: Breaking Point by Kristen Simmons

 
Breaking Point by Kristen Simmons

After faking their deaths to escape from prison in Article 5, Ember Miller and Chase Jennings have only one goal: to lay low until the Federal Bureau of Reformation forgets they ever existed.

Near-celebrities now for the increasingly sensationalized tales of their struggles with the government, Ember and Chase are recognized and taken in by the Resistance—an underground organization working to systematically take down the government. At headquarters, all eyes are on the sniper, an anonymous assassin taking out FBR soldiers one by one. Rumors are flying about the sniper’s true identity, and Ember and Chase welcome the diversion….

Until the government posts its most-wanted list, and their number one suspect is Ember herself.

Orders are shoot to kill, and soldiers are cleared to fire on suspicion alone. Suddenly Ember can’t even step onto the street without fear of being recognized, and “laying low” is a joke. Even members of the Resistance are starting to look at her sideways.

With Chase urging her to run, Ember must decide: Go into hiding…or fight back?

Breaking Point, by Kristen Simmons, releases February 12th!

The Week in Review

Welcome to the week in review! Every Friday, we comb through the links and images we found and shared this week, and pull the very best for this post. Consider it concentrated genre goodness from all around the web.
 

 

• Check out the book trailer for The Six-Gun Tarot, by R. S. Belcher. Buffy meets Deadwood in a dark, wildly imaginative historical fantasy.

• Here’s another amazing book trailer for you: meet the Hugo Award-winning author who’s also…a mad scientist!

• Brandon Sanderson did a #TorChat this week! If you missed it, Tor.com collected some of his answers to fans’ questions.

• Artist Michael Whelan talks about the process he went through creating the cover painting for A Memory of Light.

• Across the pond, Tor UK talks to Cherie Priest about her Clockwork Century series. And, speaking of Tor UK, we’re delighted to report they now have a Facebook page!

• And last, but definitely not least, “Walk the Plank,” the second episode in John Scalzi’s ebook experiment The Human Division, released this week. Follow along with Ron Hogan’s read-along on Tor.com.

 
And, just to make Friday that much sweeter, here’s a list of sweepstakes and sales we have going on!

• Waiting on Wednesday: Breaking Point by Kristen Simmons (Ends 1/29)
• #TorChat January Sweepstakes: Win a copy of Brandon Sanderson’s The Rithmatist (Ends 1/30)
• Goodreads First Reads: The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination edited by John Joseph Adams (Ends 1/31)
• Goodreads First Reads: Firebrand by Gillian Phillip (Ends 1/31)
• Goodreads First Reads: Blood’s Pride by Evie Manieri (Ends 1/31)
• Goodreads First Reads: Deep Down by Deborah Coates (Ends 2/13)
• Goodreads First Reads: The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett (Ends 2/13)
• eBook Sale: Lion of Ireland by Morgan Llywelyn (Ends 3/6)

Waiting on Wednesday: Breaking Point Sweepstakes

Kristen Simmons’ Breaking Point doesn’t hit shelves until February 12, but we have a chance for you to win a copy now!

We have five copies to giveaway away. To enter for the chance to win one, comment below and tell us what your Waiting on Wednesday pick is this week.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. You must be 18 or older and a legal resident of the 50 United States or D.C. to enter. Promotion begins January 23, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. ET. and ends January 29, 2013 12:00 p.m. ET. Void in Puerto Rico and wherever prohibited by law. Please see full details and official rules go here. Sponsor: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC.

The Week in Review

Welcome to the week in review! Every Friday, we comb through the links and images we found and shared this week, and pull the very best for this post. Consider it concentrated genre goodness from all around the web.

 

• A Memory of Light released this week, so we’re all Wheel of Time, all the time! Now that the book’s out, it’s safe for some of you to read Leigh Butler’s spoiler-filled review.

• And, now that the book is out, Tor.com has assembled their emailed Memories of Light and explained each one. See if your guesses and speculation were correct!

• Need another Brandon Sanderson fix? Check out an excerpt of his upcoming young adult novel, The Rithmatist.

• Sarah of Bookworm Blues was one the driving forces behind a newly-released anthology, Triumph Over Tragedy. It’s now available, the sales of the book will go to help victims of Hurricane Sandy.

• Paul Goat Allen, of the B&N Explorations blog, has put together a list of great sf/f novels that he’d love to see as movies. What books do you think would make great movies?

• Tor.com has released a free ebook with some of their best short stories of 2012. Check it out!

• Last but definitely not least, Hugo Award Nominations are now open. Details of how to nominate, plus details of what can be nominated, on their website.

 
The Tor/Forge newsletter went out this week! Check out these fascinating articles from our authors:

• Reading the Final Scene of the Wheel of Time by Brandon Sanderson
• Computers Made It Easier by Harriet McDougal
• The Wheel of Time: Legacy
• A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: The Eye of the World Graphic Novels
• The Turning of an Age, plus… Haiku by Jason Denzel
• Channelling Saidar by Jennifer Liang

 
And, just to make Friday that much sweeter, here’s a list of sweepstakes and sales we have going on!

• Waiting on Wednesday: Breaking Point by Kristen Simmons (Ends 1/15)
• Goodreads First Reads: Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination edited by John Joseph Adams (Ends 1/16)
• Goodreads First Reads: Breaking Point by Kristen Simmons (Ends 1/16)
• Goodreads First Reads: Blood’s Pride by Evie Manieri (Ends 1/31)
• Goodreads First Reads: Firebrand by Gillian Phillip (Ends 1/31)
• eBook Sale: A Trace of Smoke by Rebecca Cantrell is on sale for $2.99 (Ends 2/6)
• eBook Sale: Titan and Venus by Ben Bova are now on sale for $2.99 each (Ends 2/6)

Waiting on Wednesday: Breaking Point Sweepstakes

For a while now we’ve been seeing this title come up in your Waiting on Wednesday picks. So now we’re giving you the opportunity to enter for the chance to win an advance reading copy of Breaking Point before it pubs!

We have five copies to give away. To enter for the chance to win one, comment below and tell us what your Waiting on Wednesday pick is this week.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. You must be 18 or older and a legal resident of the 50 United States or D.C. to enter. Promotion begins January 9, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. ET. and ends January 15, 2013 12:00 p.m. ET. Void in Puerto Rico and wherever prohibited by law. Please see full details and official rules go here. Sponsor: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC.

New Releases: 1/8/2013

See upcoming releases.

Goodreads First Reads: Breaking Point by Kristen Simmons

Enter for a chance to win a copy on Goodreads!

About Breaking Point: After faking their deaths to escape from prison in Article 5, Ember Miller and Chase Jennings have only one goal: to lay low until the Federal Bureau of Reformation forgets they ever existed.

Near-celebrities now for the increasingly sensationalized tales of their struggles with the government, Ember and Chase are recognized and taken in by the Resistance—an underground organization working to systematically take down the government. At headquarters, all eyes are on the sniper, an anonymous assassin taking out FBR soldiers one by one. Rumors are flying about the sniper’s true identity, and Ember and Chase welcome the diversion….

Until the government posts its most-wanted list, and their number one suspect is Ember herself.

Orders are shoot to kill, and soldiers are cleared to fire on suspicion alone. Suddenly Ember can’t even step onto the street without fear of being recognized, and “laying low” is a joke. Even members of the Resistance are starting to look at her sideways.

With Chase urging her to run, Ember must decide: Go into hiding…or fight back?

Enter for a chance to win here!

(Ends January 16)

Also, don’t forget to check out our other sweepstakes!

Not at New York Comic-Con Sweepstakes

Tor Books is heading to New York Comic-Con!

We hope to see many of you there. Stop by Booth #920 to say hi or to participate in one of our many events and signings.

But for those of you who couldn’t make it out to New York, we wanted to offer you the chance to grab some of the same amazing swag and books that we’re promoting at #NYCC. To enter for the chance to win one of these five prize bundles, leave a comment on this post telling us one fabulous thing that you’ll be doing this week while you are #NotAtComicCon.

Here’s a look at the prize:

And here’s a list of what’s included in each prize bundle:

• Wheel of Time backpack
• Halo patch
• Article 5 by Kristen Simmons
• The Battle of Blood and Ink written by Jared Axelrod and illustrated by Steve Walker
• The Clockwork Sky Volume One by Madeleine Rosca
• Dead Space: Martyr by Brian Evenson
• Earthseed by Pamela Sargent
• Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
• The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
• The Eye of the World: Graphic Novel: Volume 2 Based on the novel by Robert Jordan, written by Chuck Dixon, illustrated by Andie Tong
• For the Win by Cory Doctorow
• Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
• The Gift of Fire/On the Head of a Pin by Walter Mosley
• Green by Jay Lake
• Halo: Cryptum by Greg Bear
• Halo: Glasslands by Karen Traviss
• Hellhole by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
• Inside Straight edited by George R.R. Martin
• Johnny Hiro: Half Asian, All Hero written and illustrated by Fred Chao
• Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber
• Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
• The Omen Machine by Terry Goodkind
• Only Superhuman by Christopher L. Bennett
• Personal Demons by Lisa Desrochers
• Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone
• The Way of the Kings by Brandon Sanderson

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. You must be 18 or older and a legal resident of the 50 United States or D.C. to enter. Promotion begins October 11, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. ET. and ends October 15, 2012, 12:00 p.m. ET. Void in Puerto Rico and wherever prohibited by law. Please see full details and official rules go here. Sponsor: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC.