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Enjoy a little holiday cheer from us as we look ahead to 2019 To view this email as a webpage, go [here.]( [Tor.com Publishing]( [Forward to a Friend]( Looking Ahead to Tor.com Publishing's 2019 As the year comes to a close, we here at Tor.com Publishing have a little celebratory cheer for you: we're giving away an ebook of Myke Cole's The Armored Saint free to our subscribers. As we reflect on our year that's been, we are also ready to look ahead to early 2019, which brings a new volume in Seanan McGuire's Wayward Children series, a long-awaited hardcover version of the first Murderbot Diaries book, and a whole host of new stories from familiar and debut voices, including Miranda in Milan, Katharine Duckett's imagined sequel to Shakespeare's The Tempest. Happy holidays from all of us at Tor.com Publishing, and don't forget your free ebook! Free Ebook Giveaway for Newsletter Subscribers! As a thank you for signing up for our monthly newsletter we're offering an exclusive gift to our subscribers: a free ebook of the first book in Myke Cole's Sacred Throne series, [The Armored Saint]( [The Armored Saint]( [The Armored Saint]( Myke Cole “Cole weaves a fantasy world that feels comfortably familiar, then goes to places you'd never expect. You won't stop turning pages until the stunning finish.” —Peter V. Brett Myke Cole, star of CBS's Hunted and author of the Shadow Ops series, debuts the Sacred Throne epic fantasy trilogy with The Armored Saint , a story of religious tyrants, arcane war-machines, and underground resistance that will enthrall epic fantasy readers of all ages. This is a limited time offer for existing subscribers only. This offer is available from 12:00 PM EST on December 17th to 12:00 PM EST on December 20th. [Download the eBook]( All Systems Red by Martha Wells arrives in Hardcover! [All Systems Red]( [All Systems Red]( Martha Wells Available in hardcover January 22nd, All Systems Red is the first entry in Martha Wells' New York Times and USA Today bestselling science fiction series, The Murderbot Diaries. Winner: 2018 Hugo Award Winner: 2018 Nebula Award Winner: 2018 Alex Award Winner: 2018 Locus Award “I love Murderbot!” —Ann Leckie “The Murderbot series is a heart-pounding thriller that never lets up, but it's also one of the most humane portraits of a nonhuman I've ever read. Come for the gunfights on other planets, but stay for the finely drawn portrait of a deadly robot whose smartass goodness will give you hope for the future of humanity.” —Annalee Newitz [📖][Read an excerpt]( DOWNLOAD YOUR COPY FOR ONLY $3.99 [kindle]( [nook]( [iBooks]( [Google play]( [kobo]( Coming January 2019 [In an Absent Dream]( [In an Absent Dream]( Seanan McGuire A stand-alone fantasy tale from Seanan McGuire's Alex award-winning Wayward Children series, which began in the Alex, Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning, World Fantasy Award finalist, Tiptree Honor List Every Heart a Doorway. This fourth entry and prequel tells the story of Lundy, a very serious young girl who would rather study and dream than become a respectable housewife and live up to the expectations of the world around her. As well she should. PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY [kindle]( [nook]( [iBooks]( [Google play]( [kobo]( [Vigilance]( [Vigilance]( Robert Jackson Bennett Robert Jackson Bennett's Vigilance is a dark science fiction action parable from an America that has permanently surrendered to gun violence. The United States. 2030. John McDean executive produces “Vigilance,” a reality game show designed to make sure American citizens stay alert to foreign and domestic threats. Shooters are introduced into a “game environment,” and the survivors get a cash prize. PRE-ORDER THE EBOOK FOR ONLY $3.99 [kindle]( [nook]( [iBooks]( [Google play]( [kobo]( Coming February 2019 [Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You]( [Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You]( Scotto Moore Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You is a story of music, obsession, violence, and madness by Scotto Moore. Beautiful Remorse is the hot new band on the scene, releasing one track a day for ten days straight. Each track has a mysterious name and a strangely powerful effect on the band's fans. PRE-ORDER THE EBOOK FOR ONLY $3.99 [kindle]( [nook]( [iBooks]( [Google play]( [kobo]( [The Test]( [The Test]( Sylvain Neuvel Award-winning author Sylvain Neuvel explores an immigration dystopia in The Test. Idir is sitting the British Citizenship Test. He wants his family to belong. Twenty-five questions to determine their fate. How do you value a life when all you have is multiple choice? PRE-ORDER THE EBOOK FOR ONLY $3.99 [kindle]( [nook]( [iBooks]( [Google play]( [kobo]( [The Haunting of Tram Car 015]( [The Haunting of Tram Car 015]( P. Djèlí Clark P. Djèlí Clark returns to the historical fantasy universe of "A Dead Djinn in Cairo", with the otherworldly adventure novella The Haunting of Tram Car 015. Cairo, 1912: The case started as a simple one for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities — handling a possessed tram car. PRE-ORDER THE EBOOK FOR ONLY $3.99 [kindle]( [nook]( [iBooks]( [Google play]( [kobo]( Coming March 2019 [Alice Payne Rides]( [Alice Payne Rides]( Kate Heartfield Alice Payne Rides is the thrilling sequel to Kate Heartfield's Alice Payne Arrives. “Twisty time wars, highway robbery, 18th century lady scientists, queer joy. How could I not love this? Alice Payne Arrives at a gallop, breathlessly blending historical fiction and SF tropes, then turning them on their heads.” —Sarah Pinsker PRE-ORDER THE EBOOK FOR ONLY $3.99 [kindle]( [nook]( [iBooks]( [Google play]( [kobo]( [Permafrost]( [Permafrost]( Alastair Reynolds Fix the past. Save the present. Stop the future. Master of science fiction Alastair Reynolds unfolds a time-traveling climate fiction adventure in Permafrost. PRE-ORDER THE EBOOK FOR ONLY $3.99 [kindle]( [nook]( [iBooks]( [Google play]( [kobo]( [Miranda in Milan]( [Miranda in Milan]( Katharine Duckett “Love and lust, mothers and monsters, magicians and masked balls, all delivered with Shakespearean panache.” —Nicola Griffith With Miranda in Milan, debut author Katharine Duckett reimagines the consequences of Shakespeare's Tempest, casting Miranda into a Milanese pit of vipers and building a queer love story that lifts off the page in whirlwinds of feeling. PRE-ORDER THE EBOOK FOR ONLY $3.99 [kindle]( [nook]( [iBooks]( [Google play]( [kobo]( Editorial Ebook Bundles Next year we're releasing a series of ebook bundles, organized around our editorial team! [Tor.com Publishing Editorial Spotlight #1]( [Tor.com Publishing Editorial Spotlight #1]( is a curated selection of novellas by editor Carl Engle-Laird, on sale January 22nd. It includes: The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Yang, Runtime by S.B. Divya, The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson, Killing Gravity by Corey J. White, and The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson. PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY [kindle]( [nook]( [iBooks]( [Google play]( [kobo]( [Tor.com Publishing Editorial Spotlight #2]( [Tor.com Publishing Editorial Spotlight #2]( is a curated selection of novellas by editor Lee Harris, on sale February 26th. It includes: Binti by Nnedi Okorafor, Witches of Lychford by Paul Cornell, Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day by Seanan McGuire, All Systems Red by Martha Wells, and The Atrocities by Jeremy C. Shipp PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY [kindle]( [nook]( [iBooks]( [Google play]( [kobo]( [Tor.com Publishing Editorial Spotlight #3]( [Tor.com Publishing Editorial Spotlight #3]( is a curated selection of novellas by editor Ellen Datlow, on sale March 12. It includes: The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle, The Twilight Pariah by Jeffrey Ford, Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones, and Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY [kindle]( [nook]( [iBooks]( [Google play]( [kobo]( [Tor.com Publishing Editorial Spotlight #4]( [Tor.com Publishing Editorial Spotlight #4]( is a curated selection of novellas by editor Ann VanderMeer, on sale April 9th. It includes: Mandelbrot the Magnificent by Liz Ziemska and The Warren by Brian Evenson PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY [kindle]( [nook]( [iBooks]( [Google play]( [kobo]( [Tor.com Publishing Editorial Spotlight #5]( [Tor.com Publishing Editorial Spotlight #5]( is a curated selection of novellas by editor Jonathan Strahan April 30th. It includes: The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson, Passing Strange by Ellen Klages, Agents of Dreamland by Caitlin R. Kiernan, Proof of Concept of Gwyneth Jones, and Time Was by Ian McDonald PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY [kindle]( [nook]( [iBooks]( [Google play]( [kobo]( [Your Afternoon Read] Your Afternoon Read Egypt, 1912. In an alternate Cairo infused with the otherworldly, the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities investigate disturbances between the mortal and the (possibly) divine. What starts off as an odd suicide case for Special Investigator Fatma el-Sha'arawi leads her through the city's underbelly as she encounters rampaging ghouls, saucy assassins, clockwork angels, and a plot that could unravel time itself. Read [“A Dead Djinn in Cairo”]( by P. Djèlí Clark, author of [The Haunting of Tram Car 015]( and [The Black God's Drums](. 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