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• National advertising in major news dailies. • Digital outreach through Twitter, Facebook, the Tor/Forge blog and enewsletter.

ONSALE DATE: 4/29/2014 ISBN13: 9780765365880 EBOOK ISBN: 9781429949422 PRICE: $9.99 / $11.99 CAN. PAGES: 512 SPINE: 1.250 IN, TALL RACK CTN COUNT: 48 CPDA/CAT: 05/SUSPENSE/THRILLER ORIGIN: FORGE HC (7/13, 9780765327383) AUTHOR HOME: DORGAN: MCLEAN, VA;HAGBERG: SARASOTA, FL

LEAD FICTION

Byron L. Dorgan, David Hagberg

Gridlock

A harrowing nearfuture thriller from the two New York Times bestselling authors who brought us Blowout

Two Iranian agents hand over one million dollars to a Russian engineer for a thumbdrive containing a deadly computer virus that could shut down all electrical power in the United States at a keystroke. In North Dakota, a lineman is electrocuted, and the local cop sent to investigate is shot to death. As rolling electrical blackouts begin to shut down major US cities, the war for energy domination begins. Two nations are behind this: Venezuela and Iran, intent on bringing America to its knees. Their agent is Yuri Makarov, the best of the best among killers for hire. When the government is powerless to stop him from sending the United States back to the horseandbuggy era, North Dakota county sheriff Nate Osborne and brash journalist Ashley Borden step into the breach.

KEY SELLING POINTS:

• A timely thriller that explores America’s dangerous energy problems using the political knowledge of former US Senator Byron Dorgan and the captivating suspense of New York Times bestselling author David Hagberg. • Senator Byron L. Dorgan served as 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. He is 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.davidhagberg.com

"Actionpacked… Senator Dorgan’s energy policy expertise and bestseller Hagberg’s thrillerwriting knowhow bode well for a long series." —Publishers Weekly

ALSO AVAILABLE: Blowout | 2/13 | 9780765365873 | $9.99 / $11.99 Can.

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• Digital outreach through Twitter, Facebook, the Tor/Forge blog and enewsletter.

ONSALE DATE: 4/29/2014 ISBN13: 9780765368874 EBOOK ISBN: 9781429960212 PRICE: $7.99 / $9.99 CAN. PAGES: 336 SPINE: 0.813 IN CTN COUNT: 48 CPDA/CAT: 00/GENERAL FICTION ORIGIN: FORGE HC (6/13, 9780765332301) AUTHOR HOME: LOS ANGELES, CA

Shamron Moore

Hollywood Strip

The first in a dazzling series focused on aspiring actress Callie Lambert and her attempt to make it in Hollywood

Callie knows exactly what she wants: fame, fortune, and a fabulous career as a Hollywood actress. So she leaves her life in Michigan for Los Angeles, determined. Her schedule is grueling: waitressing long hours and auditioning for anything and everything. After suffering what feels like thousands of rejections, she finally lands the lead in an unlikely hit, Nympho Cheerleaders Attack! The film opens a world of glamorous possibilities, and coupled with a budding romance with Evan Marquardt, a charttopping singer, Callie’s on top of the world. Then tragedy strikes—and she discovers that success in Hollywood means a frenzy of moneyhungry producers, twofaced friends, and privacyrobbing paparazzi. Life as an ontherise starlet is not as glamorous as she once imagined….

KEY SELLING POINTS:

• Written by actress and former Playboy model Shamron Moore, Hollywood Strip is both a refreshingly heartfelt story about ambition and empowerment, and a biting, satirical take on our fameobsessed culture. In a nutshell, it’s Sex and the City goes to Hollywood. • Whichever way you read it, Hollywood Strip will give readers of the contemporary women’s fiction genre the scoop on Hollywood’s nasty side. • Moore’s firsthand experiences have allowed her to explore the inner workings of the movie business, creating a uniquely powerful and insightful voice. The book is loosely based on her escapades as a model/actress in Los Angeles.

"Fans of Cecily von Ziegesar and Lauren Weisberger will adore this insider’s view of an aspiring actress’ struggles and successes." —Booklist

"Does for Hollywood what Sex and the City did for New York, and the Boulevard of Broken Dreams will never be the same. So hot the pages will singe your fingers." —William Martin, New York Times bestselling author of The Lincoln Letter

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ONSALE DATE: 4/29/2014 ISBN13: 9780765377722 PRICE: $9.99 PAGES: 288 SPINE: 4IN W | 8IN H | 0LB WT IN CTN COUNT: 48 CPDA/CAT: 40/WESTERN

Clarence E. Mulford

The Coming of Cassidy and Bar20

Two complete novels in one lowpriced edition

The Coming of Cassidy Buck Peters put everything he owned into the Bar20 and thought he could make a go of it. It looked pretty good too, until he fell in with that gang of renegade buffalo hunters. There were after his spread, his cattle, his life. And they swore to let nothing stand in their way. And then they met a cowhand named Cassidy...

Bar20 Cassidy could fan a gun like a Billy the Kid. Six rounds in three seconds was his slowest time. No one in the state of Texas could beat him. That was, until he met Slim Travennes, head of the Sandy Creek Vigilante Committee. Slim was snakefast. "Death with a little skin wrapped around it," was the way the tinhorn in Waco described him. No man could go up against him and live. Hoppy could stand or die. He had no other choice.

KEY SELLING POINTS:

• Hopalong Cassidy is a household name and an American legend, even for new generations. • Fiftyfour films were made about Hopalong Cassidy, as well as a TV series, radio show, comic books, and a plethora of merchandising. • Mulford’s westerns introduced one of the most popular and wellknown fictional characters of the 20th century and inspired The Rustlers of West Fork (1991, Bantam), which spent eight weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.

"Rousing adventures, with some of the best action sequences in early Western fiction." —Bill Pronzini, editor of Wild Westerns

"Mulford was a master." —Roundup Magazine

ALSO AVAILABLE: Bar20 Days | 10/07 | 9780765359421 | $6.99 Bar20 Three | 10/07 | 9780765359407 | $6.99 Tex | 2/99 | 9780812566871 | $5.99 Johnny Nelson | 7/97 | 9780812567663 | $5.99

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ISBN13: 9780812534672 PRICE: $7.99 / $9.99 CAN. PAGES: 288 SPINE: 0.790 IN CTN COUNT: 72 CPDA/CAT: 40/WESTERN ORIGIN: REISSUE (FORGE MM, 1/94)

Zane Grey

The Last Trail

From the legendary writer of the West

A woman is kidnapped from Fort Henry by a band of renegades and hostile Ohio Valley Indians. Now, Lewis Wetzel and Jonathan Zane take pursuit. With no hope of survival, they follow the trail into the unknown wilderness, vowing it to be their last venture. At trail’s end, they will face their bloodiest battle.

KEY SELLING POINTS:

• Zane Grey was the bestselling author of sixtyfive Western novels. His works have been translated into twentythree 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.

"No man has employed the Western story formula with better results." —The New York Times

ALSO AVAILABLE: The Heritage of the Desert | 3/09 | 9780765363138 | $4.99 / $5.99 Can. The Man of the Forest | 12/08 | 9780765363077 | $6.99 / $8.99 Can. To The Last Man | 12/08 | 9780765363060 | $4.99 / $5.99 Can. Riders of the Purple Sage | 11/00 | 9780812590371 | $5.99 / $6.99 Can.

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ONSALE DATE: 4/29/2014 ISBN13: 9780765370075 EBOOK ISBN: 9781466815247 PRICE: $7.99 / $9.99 CAN. PAGES: 400 SPINE: 0.969 IN CTN COUNT: 48 CPDA/CAT: 05/SUSPENSE/THRILLER ORIGIN: FORGE HC (7/13, 9780765334701) AUTHOR HOME: PHILADELPHIA, PA

LEAD FICTION

Jon McGoran

Drift

"You’ll think twice about the food you put into your mouth …" —David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author

When Philadelphia narcotics detective Doyle Carrick loses his mother and stepfather within weeks of each other, he gets a thirtyday suspension for unprofessional behavior and instructions to lay low at the house he’s inherited in rural Pennsylvania. Feeling restless, Doyle is surprised to fall for his neighbor, Nola Watkins, who’s under pressure to sell her organic farm to a large, mysterious development company. He’s more surprised to see highpowered drug dealers driving the smalltown roads—dealers his bosses don’t want to hear about. But when the drug bust Doyle’s been pushing for goes bad and threats against Nola turn violent, Doyle begins to discover that what’s growing in the farmland around Philadelphia is much deadlier than anything he could have imagined.

KEY SELLING POINTS:

• People are very concerned about what goes into their food and how it is produced, and this thriller focuses on the possible issues of genetically modified foods and other substances getting into the wrong hands. • McGoran is editorinchief of Grid, a sustainability magazine with a circulation of 30,000 people, and often speaks at universities about these topics. • McGoran is a founder of the Philadelphia Liars Club, a writing group including New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry and many others. • He is also a member of Mystery Writers of America and International Thriller Writers, as well as the National Cooperative Grocers Association and other coop and foodrelated groups. • McGoran has several short stories published.

"Impressively integrates concerns about genetically modified produce with an actionfilled storyline and fleshedout characters…." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Jon McGoran is a writer to watch…. Drift is a winner." —F. Paul Wilson, New York Times bestselling author

"Drift is a compelling and devious novel from a powerful new voice in thriller fiction." —Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author

"A crisp organic thriller… You’ll never look at an apple the same way again." —William Lashner, New York Times bestselling author

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ONSALE DATE: 4/29/2014 ISBN13: 9780765360199 EBOOK ISBN: 9781429985925 PRICE: $7.99 / $9.99 CAN. PAGES: 560 SPINE: 1.125 IN CTN COUNT: 48 CPDA/CAT: 05/SUSPENSE/THRILLER ORIGIN: TOR TPB (10/12, 9780765324979) AUTHOR HOME: CYPRESS, TX

Rhodi Hawk

The Tangled Bridge

The followup to A Twisted Ladder, Rhodi Hawk’s stellar debut novel

Madeleine LeBlanc discovered shocking family secrets she hoped she could escape. But the powers and madness that dominated her family for a century are not shaken easily. Thrust into an ageold battle she knows little of, Madeleine must dive deep into the history of her family and the vast paranormal underworld of New Orleans, a world seemingly puppeteered by her great grandmother. But an even greater battle is at play, one that has commanded good and evil since time began. And all Madeleine wants is some sense of normalcy, but she’ll have to go through hell to see what that even means.

KEY SELLING POINTS:

• The Tangled Bridge is the followup to A Twisted Ladder, a genrebending book, part Southern Gothic, suspense novel, paranormal/horror, and even historical fiction. • The book takes place in the suburbs of New Orleans and gives a great characterization of that area itself, exposing the deep history of Louisiana and its culture. • In 2007 Rhodi Hawk won the International Thriller Writer’s Scholarship. This is her second novel. • Rhodi Hawk was a transcription linguist in US Army Intelligence and a technical writer for Time/Life. • www.rhodihawk.com

"[A] classic battle of good vs. evil…a fascinating read with lyrical images and interesting characters." —RT Book Reviews on The Tangled Bridge

"A phenomenal novel, a thriller with characters that are intriguing and real, a sublime plot, and all the right ingredients." —Heather Graham, New York Times bestselling author on A Twisted Ladder

"Eerie and evocative, A Twisted Ladder provides scares and surprises galore." —Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of The Surgeon

ALSO AVAILABLE: A Twisted Ladder | 8/10 | 9780765360182 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can.

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• National advertising in genre media, including Sci Fi Magazine and Locus. • Digital outreach through Twitter, Facebook, the Tor/Forge blog and enewsletter.

ONSALE DATE: 4/29/2014 ISBN13: 9780765366702 EBOOK ISBN: 9781429994965 PRICE: $8.99 / $10.99 CAN. PAGES: 496 SPINE: 1.188 IN CTN COUNT: 48 CPDA/CAT: 32/FANTASY ORIGIN: TOR TPB (12/11, 9780765331175) AUTHOR HOME: EDMONTON, ALBERTA

MEDIA TIEIN

David Gaider

Dragon Age: Asunder

Return to the dark fantasy world created for the awardwinning Dragon Age™ games in this third tiein novel!

A mystical killer stalks the halls of the White Spire, the heart of templar power in the mighty Orlesian Empire. To prove his innocence, Rhys reluctantly embarks on a journey into the western wastelands that will not only reveal much more than he bargained for but change the fate of his fellow mages forever.

KEY SELLING POINTS:

• A hotly anticipated third game, Dragon Age: Inquisition, will be released in late 2014. • The author is wellknown among RPG fans and has created several memorable, fanfavorite characters. • This is a popular game, and fans will be hungry for further adventures in the setting. • More novels set in the Dragon Age™ world are planned. • BioWare™ sets a gold standard for RPGs, and the games have legions of devoted fans. • BioWare™ is a division of Electronic Arts, the world’s leading electronic entertainment publisher, and is the awardwinning creator of some of the world’s bestselling video games, including Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic™ and Mass Effect™.

Praise for Dragon Age™: Origins

"A truly epic fantasy adventure." —Official Xbox Magazine, 9 out of 10

"BioWare has once again struck RPG gold." —GamePro, 5 out of 5

"One of the most addictive and expansive RPGs of its kind." —Game Informer, 9 out of 10

ALSO AVAILABLE: Dragon Age: The Calling | 10/13 | 9780765363725 | $8.99 / $10.99 Can. Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne | 8/12 | 9780765363718 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can.

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TOR S C I E NCE F I C T I ON MAY 2 0 1 4

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• National advertising in genre media, including Sci Fi Magazine and Locus. • Digital outreach through Twitter, Facebook, the Tor/Forge blog and enewsletter.

ONSALE DATE: 4/29/2014 ISBN13: 9780765367372 EBOOK ISBN: 9781429943840 PRICE: $7.99 / $9.99 CAN. PAGES: 544 SPINE: 1.094 IN CTN COUNT: 48 CPDA/CAT: 30/SCIENCE FICTION ORIGIN: TOR HC (6/13, 9780765329059) AUTHOR HOME: CARD, GREENSBORO, NC;JOHNSTON, GREENVILLE, SC

LEAD SCIENCE FICTION

Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston

Earth Afire

One hundred years before Ender’s Game, the aliens arrived on Earth with fire and death. This is the story of the First Formic War

Victor Delgado beat the alien ship to Earth, but just barely. Not soon enough to convince skeptical governments that there was a threat. They didn’t believe that until space stations and ships and colonies went up in sudden flames. And when that happened, only Mazer Rackham and the Mobile Operations Police could move fast enough to meet the threat.

KEY SELLING POINTS:

• Earth Afire is an Ender Universe novel—the sequel to Earth Unaware—and is set at the beginning of the First Formic War, before Ender’s birth, when humans made disastrous first contact with the Formics. • Orson Scott Card is the bestselling author of Ender’s Game and its sequels, and his SF novels routinely appear on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists. • Ender’s Game, the movie, was released November 1, 2013. • Ender’s Game won both the Hugo and Nebula awards, and in paperback is one of Tor’s top backlist titles. It has been in print continuously since 1985. The Ender books are consistent national bestsellers. • Aaron Johnston is a successful Hollywood screenwriter and was the coauthor of the contemporary SF thriller Invasive Procedures.

"Card’s gift for strong, memorable characters combined with screenwriter Johnston’s flair for vivid scenebuilding results in a standout tale of SF adventure that gives Ender series fans fascinating backstory to the classic Ender’s Game. It should also please readers of military SF." —Library Journal, starred review on Earth Unaware

ALSO AVAILABLE: Earth Unaware | 4/13 | 9780765367365 | $7.99 / $9.99 Can.

Index

Card, Orson Scott; Earth Afire 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Coming of Cassidy and Bar-20, The; Clarence E. Mulford . .

4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dorgan, Byron L.; Gridlock 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dragon Age: Asunder; David Gaider 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Drift; Jon McGoran 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Earth Afire; Orson Scott Card 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gaider, David; Dragon Age: Asunder 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grey, Zane; The Last Trail 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gridlock; Byron L. Dorgan 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hawk, Rhodi; The Tangled Bridge 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hollywood Strip; Shamron Moore 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Last Trail, The; Zane Grey 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .McGoran, Jon; Drift 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Moore, Shamron; Hollywood Strip 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mulford, Clarence E.; The Coming of Cassidy and Bar-20 4. . . .Tangled Bridge, The; Rhodi Hawk 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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