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For years, those bringing SF into the classroom have had to improvise their course materials from anthologies and collections not designed for classwork. Now, David G. Hartwell, award-winning antholog

Vampires never rest, and neither does Harry Keogh, the world's greatest vampire hunter, the Necroscope, the man who can talk to the dead. Right now, he's desperately searching for his wife and son, w

Settling down to a simple life as a carpenter, Lerris finds his hope for peace shattered when the distant Empire of Hamor sends an invading force that is determined to conquer the world, and Lerris mu

Of all the great warriors of Native America, Crazy Horse remains the most enigmatic. Scorned from his childhood for his light hair, he was a man who spurned the love of finery and honors so characteri

Tor Books is proud to present three of Robert Jordan's best full-length Conan novels, complete in their entirety, in one deluxe hardcover omnibus.Conan the Invincible: Less than nineteen years old, a

On the slopes of Shayol Ghul, the Myrddraal swords are forged, and the sky is not the sky of this world;In Salidar the White Tower in exile prepares an embassy to Caemlyn, where Rand Al'Thor, the Dra

Wizard's First Rule marks the debut of a new fantasy writer. Truly epic in scope and filled with burning intensity, it is the story of Richard Cypher, a modest woodsman in a world achingly beautiful,

It was a miracle of science that permitted human beings to live, if not forever, then for a long, long time. Some people, anyway. The rich, the powerful--they lived their lives at the rate of one yea

The Gypsy boy has asked for Di's help--called on for her magical assistance--and she could not refuse, especially after he was slain practically on her doorstep.But the vampire Di finds cradling the

In this powerful and elegant story set in a future Earth very different from our own, a new kind of human has evolved to challenge the dominion of Homo sapiens. This new breed is stronger, smarter, an

Twenty-five years ago there was a great interplanetary war in the Solar System. It was a suicidal spasm in which terrible weapons were created and used; in which nine billion people were killed. The r

There are monsters up in the sky. Fire-Breathing Dragons. Ferocious Lions. Deadly Scorpions. Killer Whales.There are brave heroes in the sky. Mysterious Pulsing Stars. Desolate Planet. Exploding Suns

In the steaming jungles of Venji, Conan of Cimmeria fights in a war seemingly without end, a war against drug-crazed raiders who strike without warning and vanish like smoke, a war against the implac

The Wheel of Time turns and ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the age that gave it birth returns again. For centuries, g

The Wheel of Time turns and ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the age that gave it birth returns again. For centuries,

Against his better judgement, Mister Skye agrees to guide a British nobleman and his entourage through the Montana Territory on a buffalo hunt, but there is trouble for the dandy caravan when the arro

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Terry Goodkind comes The First Confessor, the prequel to the Sword of Truth, for the first time hardcoverIn a time before legends had yet been born... Married

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: Secret History sheds light on events hidden in the shadows of the original Mistborn trilogy. Kelsier, sentenced to die mining the Pits of Hathsin after attempting to rob the Lord Ruler's palace, arose as a powerful Mistborn and inspired the revolution that shook the foundations of the Final Empire. His name and deeds passed into legend. But was that truly the end of his tale? Whispered hints to those he called friends suggested there was a lot more going on. If you think you know the story of the Mistborn trilogy, think again--but to say anything more here risks revealing too much. Even knowing of this tale's existence could be heresy. There's always another secret. Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson The CosmereThe Stormlight Archive● The Way of Kings● Words of Radiance● Edgedancer (novella)● Oathbringer● Dawnshard (novella)● Rhythm of War The Mistborn SagaThe Original Trilogy● Mistborn● The Well of Ascension● The

From the breakout SFF superstar author of Murderbot comes the remarkable sequel to the USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling novel, Witch King. A fantasy of epic scope, Queen Demon is a story of power and friendship, of trust and betrayal, and of the families we choose.Dahin believes he has clues to the location of the Hierarchs' Well, and the Witch King Kai, along with his companions Ziede and Tahren, knowing there's something he isn't telling them, travel with him to the rebuilt university of Ancartre, which may be dangerously close to finding the Well itself.Can Kai stop the rise of a new Hierarch?And can he trust his companions to do what’s right?Follow Kai to the end of the world in this thrilling sequel to the USA Today-bestselling Witch King.

《Automatic Noodle》是由知名科幻作家Annalee Newitz所著的中篇小說，描寫一群被遺棄的機器人開設並經營拉麵店的溫馨故事。故事設定在近未來的舊金山，這座城市正在從一場破壞性的戰爭中復甦。在這個背景下，幾個曾經被禁用的餐飲服務機器人重新啟動，決定利用自己擅長的技能——製作手工拉麵，開設屬於自己的社區午餐店。然而，餐廳的開業卻遇到挑戰：有匿名人士利用假差評試圖毀掉他們的營業評價，機器人們必須找出幕後黑手，才能保護他們辛苦建立起來的事業和社區。這本書不僅是關於美食和經營的故事，更深入探討了身份認同、社群建立、資本主義控制、以及種族和歧視等社會議題。四個主角機器人——Staybehind、Sweetie、Hands和Cayenne——各自有獨特的個性和背景，從他們的視角展開敘述。書中機器人擁有人類的情感與自我認同，但同時保有非人類的特質，展現了不同於人類的存在形態。這本小說風格溫馨（cozy sci-fi），情節簡單卻充滿情感，融合了強烈的世界觀建構和意義深遠的主題，是2025年備受推薦的科幻作品之一。A cozy near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their very own noodle shop, from acclaimed sci-fi author Annalee Newitz.You don’t have to eat food to know the way to a city’s heart is through its stomach. So when a group of deactivated robots come back online in an abandoned ghost kitchen, they decide to make their own way doing what they know: making food—the tastiest hand-pulled noodles around—for the humans of San Francisco, who are recovering from a devastating war.But when their robot-run business starts

Ocean's Echois a stand-alone space adventure about a bond that will change the fate of worlds, set in the same universe as Everina Maxwell's hit debut,Winter's Orbit."I inhaled this one like I needed it to live." ―New York Times Book ReviewRich socialite, inveterate flirt, and walking disaster Tennalhin Halkana can read minds. Tennal, like all neuromodified “readers,” is a security threat on his own. But when controlled, readers are a rare asset. Not only can they read minds, but they can navigate chaotic space, the maelstroms surrounding the gateway to the wider universe.Conscripted into the military under dubious circumstances, Tennal is placed into the care of Lieutenant Surit Yeni, a duty-bound soldier, principled leader, and the son of a notorious traitor general. Whereas Tennal can read minds, Surit can influence them. Like all other neuromodified “architects,” he can impose his will onto others, and he’s under orders to control Tennal by merging their minds.Surit accepted a susp

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, the thrilling conclusion to the wildly successful Mistborn trilogy, with over six million copies sold, now in trade paperback. Who is the Hero of Ages? To end the Final Empire and restore freedom, Vin killed the Lord Ruler. But as a result, the Deepness--the lethal form of the ubiquitous mists--is back, along with increasingly heavy ashfalls and ever more powerful earthquakes. Humanity appears to be doomed. Having escaped death at the climax of The Well of Ascension only by becoming a Mistborn himself, Emperor Elend Venture hopes to find clues left behind by the Lord Ruler that will allow him to save the world. Vin is consumed with guilt at having been tricked into releasing the mystic force known as Ruin from the Well. Ruin wants to end the world, and its near omniscience and ability to warp reality make stopping it seem impossible. She can't even discuss it with Elend lest Ruin learn their plans! Other Tor books by Brandon

An exploration of time, love, and mental and emotional well-being from Olivie Blake, internet sensation and instant New York Times bestselling of The Atlas Six.From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes an intimate and contemporary study of time, space, and the nature of love. Alone With You In The Ether explores what it means to be unwell, and how to face the fractures of yourself and still love as if you're not broken.CHICAGO, SOMETIME--Two people meet in the armory of the Art Institute by chance. Prior to their encounter, he is a doctoral student who manages his destructive thoughts with compulsive calculations about time travel; she is a bipolar counterfeit artist undergoing court-ordered psychotherapy. By the end of the story, these things will still be true.But this is not a story about endings.For Regan, life is a finish line of mutually assured disappointment. Her method of coping with the dreariness of existence is to project herself into imagined multip

A collection of short fiction from nationally bestselling author Charlie Jane Anders.Charlie Jane Anders came to national attention with her bestselling debut SF&F novel, All the Birds in the Sky. Since the late 2000s, Anders has been steadily publishing some of the most lively, outrageous, and engaging short fiction in the field.The woman who can see all the possible branching futures is dating the man who can see the one and only foreordained future. A wildly popular slapstick filmmaker is drawn, against his better judgment, into working with a fascist militia, against a background of social collapse. Two friends must embark on an Epic Quest To Capture The Weapon That Threatens The Galaxy, or else they’ll never achieve their dream of opening a restaurant. A trans woman is captured by an agency that brutally forces detransition by means of brain transplants – only to discover that the person overseeing her case is her childhood friend. And in the liminal space between the warring frag

A new Mistborn novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon SandersonIn the epic conclusion to the Wax and Wayne Mistborn series arc, Waxillium, Marasi, and Wayne travel to the rebellious city of Bilming. What they find there is beyond their wildest expectations.Sanderson is one of our bestselling authors, and with this much-anticipated conclusion to his beloved Wax and Wayne series, fans will be dying to get their hands on this book.The city of Bilming is trying to break away from the central government in Elendel, but it soon becomes clear to Wax and Wayne that the city is under the influence of the god Trell.The conflicts of the Cosmere at large have come to Scadrial, and Trell doesn’t particularly care if the planet survives.

From an award-winning team of editors comes an anthology of thirty-two original stories showcasing the breadth of fantasy and science fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora.A group of cabinet ministers query a supercomputer containing the minds of the country’s ancestors. A child robot on a dying planet uncovers signs of fragile new life. A descendent of a rain goddess inherits her grandmother’s ability to change her appearance―and perhaps the world.Created in the legacy of the award-winning anthology series Dark Matter, Africa Risen celebrates the vibrancy, diversity, and reach of African and Afro-Diasporic SFF and reaffirms that Africa is not rising―it’s already here.

The Ignyte and Locus Award finalist, and Crawford and Hugo Award-winning series continues as Chih finds themself in the riverlands, home to near-immortal warriors and ancient feuds"A remarkable accomplishment of storytelling."―NPR on The Empress of Salt and FortuneWandering cleric Chih of the Singing Hills travels to the riverlands to record tales of the notorious near-immortal martial artists who haunt the region. On the road to Betony Docks, they fall in with a pair of young women far from home, and an older couple who are more than they seem. As Chih runs headlong into an ancient feud, they find themselves far more entangled in the history of the riverlands than they ever expected to be.Accompanied by Almost Brilliant, a talking bird with an indelible memory, Chih confronts old legends and new dangers alike as they learn that every story―beautiful, ugly, kind, or cruel―bears more than one face.

The man becomes the myth in this conclusion to the Dune: Caladan trilogy, focused on Paul AtreidesIn this final book in the Caladan trilogy, we step into the shoes of Paul Atreides. A boy not yet a man and about to enter a world he could never have imagined.The story that began with Duke Leto Atreides's rise to power, then continued with the consequences of Lady Jessica’s betrayal, will now conclude with Paul becoming the person that he needs to be to become the Muad’Dib.Any Dune fan will devour this tale of a legend coming into his own.

A brand new novel in the internationally bestselling Dune series!Lady Jessica, mother of Paul, and consort to Leto Atreides. The choices she made shaped an empire, but first the Lady of Caladan must reckon with her own betrayal of the Bene Gesserit. She has already betrayed her ancient order, but now she must decide if her loyalty to the Sisterhood is more important than the love of her own family.Meanwhile, events in the greater empire are accelerating beyond the control of even the Reverend Mother, and Lady Jessica's family is on a collision course with destiny.

With brand-new art and handsome new packaging, the third book in Terry Goodkind's fabulously popular Sword of Truth series is now available in a new trade paperback editionRichard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell stand against the ancient forces which besiege the New World―forces so terrible that when last they threatened, they could only be withstood by sealing off the Old World from whence they came. Now the barrier has been breached, and the New World is again beset by their evil power.War and treachery plague the world, and only Richard and Kahlan can save it from an armageddon of unimaginable savagery and destruction.

Excellent worldbuilding and a truly epic narrative combine into Brian's finest work to date. Heartily recommended to anyone who wants a new favorite fantasy series to read. -- Brandon Sanderson From Brian McClellan, author of The Powder Mage trilogy, comes In the Shadow of Lightning, a brand-new epic fantasy where magic is a finite resource--and it's running out. Demir Grappo is an outcast--he fled a life of wealth and power, abandoning his responsibilities as a general, a governor, and a son. Now he will live out his days as a grifter, rootless, and alone. But when his mother is brutally murdered, Demir must return from exile to claim his seat at the head of the family and uncover the truth that got her killed: the very power that keeps civilization turning, godglass, is running out. Now, Demir must find allies, old friends and rivals alike, confront the powerful guild-families who are only interested in making the most of the scraps left at the table and uncover the invisible hand th

A page-turning, near-future, domestic suspense novel from bestselling author Sarah Gailey, a chilling read combining the eerie family drama of Shirley Jackson with the propulsive pacing of Ruth Ware.“When they said all happy families are alike, I don’t think this is what they meant…”Evelyn Caldwell’s husband Nathan has been having an affair — with Evelyn Caldwell. Or, to be exact, with a genetically cloned replica.After a morning that begins with a confrontation and ends with Nathan’s body bleeding out on the kitchen floor, the two Caldwell wives will have to think fast—before sharing everything includes sharing a jail cell.The Echo Wife is a non-stop thrill ride of lies, betrayal, and identity, perfect for fans of Big Little Lies and Killing Eve.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black makes her stunning adult debut with Book of Night, a modern dark fantasy of shadowy thieves and secret societies in the vein of Ninth House and The Nig

The latest Wild Cards anthology in George R. R. Martin's ongoing Wild Cards alternate-history series.In this revised collection of classic Wild Cards stories, the spotlight is on the most unusual Wild

紐約時報暢銷奇幻作家Brandon Sanderson《颶光典籍》系列番外故事。聚焦在一艘停泊在Akinah附近的幽靈船船長Rysn，為了拯救命在旦夕的夥伴，及反轉世界岌岌可危的命運，她必須接受古老力量的考驗。Taking place between Oathbringer and Rhythm of War, this tale (like Edgedancer before it) gives often-overshadowed characters their own chance to shine. When a ghost ship is discovered, its crew presumed dead after trying to reach the storm-shrouded island Akinah, Navani Kholin must send an expedition to make sure the island hasn't fallen into enemy hands. Knights Radiant who fly too near find their Stormlight suddenly drained, so the voyage must be by sea. Shipowner Rysn Ftori lost the use of her legs but gained the companionship of Chiri-Chiri, a Stormlight-ingesting winged larkin, a species once thought extinct. Now Rysn's pet is ill, and any hope for Chiri-Chiri’s recovery can be found only at the ancestral home of the larkin: Akinah. With the help of Lopen, the formerly one-armed Windrunner, Rysn must accept Navani's quest and sail into the perilous storm from which

New York Times bestselling author Steven Erikson continues the beloved Malazan Book of the Fallen in a thrilling new sequel trilogyReturn to the Malazan Empire!Picking up right after the events of The

Robin Blyth has more than enough bother in his life. He's struggling to be a good older brother, a responsible employer, and the harried baronet of a seat gutted by his late parents' excesses. When an

An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller and a USA Today and Indie Bestseller!The Stormlight Archive saga continues in Rhythm of War, the eagerly awaited sequel to Brandon Sanderson's #1 New York Times

Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale, steeped in Japanese folklore and full of devastating twists.A Heian-era mansion stands abandoned, its foundation

The first three volumes of The Wheel of Time(R), Robert Jordan's internationally bestselling fantasy series, now available in a paperback boxed set edition. Soon to be an original streaming series sta