About the Book The “JubileeTides” will drown Miranda beneath the weight of her own oceans. But as theonce-in-two centuries cataclysm approaches, an even greater catastrophethreatens this dark and dangerous planet of tale-spinners, conjurers, andshapechangers. For Gregorian has come, a genius renegade scientist and bushwizard. With magic and forbidden technology, he plans to remake the rottingdying…
Continue ReadingAbout the book Welcometo the territory. Leave your metal behind, all of it. The bugs willeat it, and they’ll go right through you to get it…Don’t carry it, don’t wearit, and for god’s sake don’t come here if you’ve got a pacemaker. Thebugs showed up about fifty years ago—self-replicating, solar-powered,metal-eating machines. No one knows where they came from. They…
Continue ReadingAbout the book The imperious Winter colonists have ruled theplanet Tiamat for 150 years, deriving wealth from the slaughter of the seamers. But soon the galactic stargate will close, isolating Tiamat, and the150-year reign of the Summer primitives will begin. All is not lost ifArienrhod, the ageless, corrupt Snow Queen, can destroy destiny with an…
Continue ReadingAbout the Book It begins with an explosion. Another day, another bus bomb. Everyone it seems is after a piece of Turkey. But the shockwaves from this random act of 21st century pandemic terrorism will ripple further and resonate louder than just Enginsoy Square. Welcome to the world of The Dervish House; the great, ancient, paradoxical…
Continue ReadingThe Dreaming Void At the far edge of the known universe stands a Centurion Station, a research base built atop ruins two million years old, abandoned by aliens since the dawn of time. Recently however, this quiet zone is attracting notice because of signs that the dread Void has begun to stir again. The Temporal…
Continue ReadingAbout the Book With this inaugural volume at Tor, the annual Nebula Award collection is reborn as a fiction-only anthology. This collection of nominees for 2010’s Nebula Awards includes all of the prior year’s most celebrated stories, and will be published in time for the 2011 Nebula Awards in May, 2011. 2009’s award winners, announced…
Continue ReadingAbout the Book It’s a classic case of good news, bad news. Independent contractor Jack Holloway helps cause a cliff collapse, which gets him fired from his partnership; but the accident reveals a vein of valuable jewels, which gets him rehired and promises to make him rich. Of course, there’s a catch: To maintain the…
Continue ReadingAbout the Book Friedman’s ( In Conquest Born ) exceptionally imaginative, compelling science fiction novel leaps ahead to the 24th century. For hundreds of years, Earth has suffered under the yoke of alien conquerors: the dreaded Tyr, a reptilian race in which all individuality is submerged into a single, overarching consciousness. Determined to keep humanity…
Continue ReadingAbout the Book John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife’s grave. Then he joined the army. The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to live on are scarce—and alien races willing to fight us for them…
Continue ReadingAbout the Book Only the most desperate colonists dare to make a new home on Hellhole. Reeling from a recent asteroid impact, tortured with horrific storms, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, and churning volcanic eruptions, the planet is a dumping ground for undesirables, misfits, and charlatans…but also a haven for dreamers and independent pioneers. Against all odds,…
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