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To view this email as a webpage, go [here.]( [Tor.com Publishing]( [Forward to a Friend]( New Tordotcom Books Published This Month [The Book of Gems by Fran Wilde]( [The Book of Gems]( Fran Wilde Some truths are shatterproof… It’s been centuries since the Jeweled Valley and its magical gems were destroyed. In the republics that rose from its ashes, scientists craft synthetic jewels to heat homes, power gadgetry, and wage war. Dr. Devina Brunai is one of these scientists. She also is the only person who believes true gems still exist. The recent unearthing of the Palace of Gems gives her the perfect opportunity to find them and prove her naysayers wrong. Her chance is snatched away at the last moment when her mentor steals her research and wins the trip for himself. Soon, his messages from the field transform into bizarre ramblings about a book, a Prince, and an enemy borne of the dark. Now Dev must enter the Valley, find her mentor, and save her research before they, like gems, become relics of a time long forgotten. More books in the Gem Universe: The Jewel and Her Lapidary The Fire Opal Mechanism GET YOUR COPY TODAY [amazon.com]( [Barnes & Noble]( [Bookshop]( [Books-A-Million]( [Apple Books]( [The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon]( [The Archive Undying]( Emma Mieko Candon War machines and AI gods run amok in The Archive Undying, national bestseller Emma Mieko Candon’s bold entry into the world of mecha fiction. WHEN AN AI DIES, ITS CITY DIES WITH IT WHEN A CITY FALLS, IT LEAVES A CORPSE BEHIND WHEN THAT CORPSE RUNS OFF, ONLY DEVOTION CAN BRING IT BACK When the robotic god of Khuon Mo went mad, it destroyed everything it touched. It killed its priests, its city, and all its wondrous works. But in its final death throes, the god brought one thing back to life: its favorite child, Sunai. For the seventeen years since, Sunai has walked the land like a ghost, unable to die, unable to age, and unable to forget the horrors he's seen. He's run as far as he can from the wreckage of his faith, drowning himself in drink, drugs, and men. But when Sunai wakes up in the bed of the one man he never should have slept with, he finds himself on a path straight back into the world of gods and machines. The Archive Undying is the first volume of Emma Mieko Candon’s Downworld Sequence, a sci-fi series where AI deities and brutal police states clash, wielding giant robots steered by pilot-priests with corrupted bodies. GET YOUR COPY TODAY [amazon.com]( [Barnes & Noble]( [Bookshop]( [Books-A-Million]( [iBooks]( Now in Paperback! [Drunk on All Your Strange New Words by Eddie Robson]( [Drunk on All Your Strange New Words]( Eddie Robson Eddie Robson’s Drunk on All Your Strange New Words is a locked room mystery in a near future world of politics and alien diplomacy. Lydia works as translator for the Logi cultural attaché to Earth. They work well together, even if the act of translating his thoughts into English makes her somewhat wobbly on her feet. She’s not the agency’s best translator, but what else is she going to do? She has no qualifications, and no discernible talent in any other field. So when tragedy strikes, and Lydia finds herself at the center of an intergalactic incident, her future employment prospects look dire—that is, if she can keep herself out of jail! But Lydia soon discovers that help can appear from the most unexpected source… GET YOUR COPY TODAY [amazon.com]( [Barnes & Noble]( [Bookshop]( [Books-A-Million]( [A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys]( [A Half-Built Garden]( Ruthanna Emrys A literary descendent of Ursula K. Le Guin, Ruthanna Emrys crafts a novel of extra-terrestrial diplomacy and urgent climate repair bursting with quiet, tenuous hope and an underlying warmth. A Half-Built Garden depicts a world worth building towards, a humanity worth saving from itself, and an alien community worth entering with open arms. It’s not the easiest future to build, but it’s one that just might be in reach. On a warm March night in 2083, Judy Wallach-Stevens wakes to a warning of unknown pollutants in the Chesapeake Bay. She heads out to check what she expects to be a false alarm—and stumbles upon the first alien visitors to Earth. These aliens have crossed the galaxy to save humanity, convinced that the people of Earth must leave their ecologically-ravaged planet behind and join them among the stars. And if humanity doesn’t agree, they may need to be saved by force. But the watershed networks that rose up to save the planet from corporate devastation aren’t ready to give up on Earth. Decades ago, they reorganized humanity around the hope of keeping the world livable. By sharing the burden of decision-making, they’ve started to heal our wounded planet. Now corporations, nation-states, and networks all vie to represent humanity to these powerful new beings, and if anyone accepts the aliens’ offer, Earth may be lost. With everyone’s eyes turned skyward, the future hinges on Judy’s effort to create understanding, both within and beyond her own species. GET YOUR COPY TODAY [amazon.com]( [Barnes & Noble]( [Bookshop]( [Books-A-Million]( Cover Reveals [THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST by Premee Mohamed]( We are so excited to reveal the cover of [THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST by Premee Mohamed]( A world-weary woman races against the clock to survive a deadly forest in this dark, otherworldly fairytale from Nebula and Aurora Award-winning author Premee Mohamed. At the northern edge of a land ruled by a merciless, foreign tyrant lies a wild, forbidden forest ruled by powerful magic. Veris Thorn—the only one to ever enter the forest and survive—is forced to go back inside to retrieve the missing children of the Tyrant. Inside await traps and trickery, ancient monsters, and hauntings of a painful past. One day is all Veris is afforded. One misstep will cost everything. [THE BOOK OF ILE-RIEN by Martha Wells]( We are thrilled to reveal the cover of [THE BOOK OF ILE-RIEN by Martha Wells]( Collecting Martha Wells’ Element of Fire and Death of the Necromancer for the first time in one place, in a new and revised edition! Both novels included in this volume have been revised and updated. These are the author’s preferred texts. The Element of Fire The kingdom of Ile-Rien lies in peril, menaced by sorcerous threats and devious intrigue, when Kade, bastard sister of King Roland, appears unexpectedly at court. The illegitimate daughter of the old king and the Queen of Air and Darkness herself, Kade’s true desires are cloaked in mystery. It falls to Thomas Boniface, Captain of the Queen’s Guard, to keep the kingdom from harm. But is one man’s steel enough to counter all the magic of fayre? The Death of the Necromancer Nicholas Valiarde is a passionate, embittered nobleman and the greatest thief in all of Ile-Rien. On the gaslight streets of the city, Nicholas assumes the guise of a master criminal, stealing jewels from wealthy nobles to finance his quest for a long-pursued vengeance. But Nicholas’s murderous mission is being interrupted by a series of eerie, unexplainable, and fatal events. A dark magic opposes him, and traces of a necromantic power that hasn’t been used for centuries abound. Nicholas and his compatriots find themselves battling an ancient evil. And if they lose? Death would be preferable to the fate that awaits them…. [THE PRACTICE, THE HORIZON, AND THE CHAIN by Sofia Samatar]( We are so excited to reveal the cover of [THE PRACTICE, THE HORIZON, AND THE CHAIN by Sofia Samatar]( One is a River. Everyone is a Sea. Award-winning author Sofia Samatar tackles the carceral state and violence embedded in the ivory tower in her brilliant science fiction debut embodying the legacy of Ursula K. Le Guin. “Can the University be a place of both training and transformation?” The boy was raised as one of the Chained, condemned to toil in the bowels of a mining ship out amongst the stars, forever shackled to his work gang. His whole world changes—literally—when he is yanked “upstairs” to meet a woman he will come to call “professor.” The boy is no longer one of the Chained, she tells him, and he has been gifted with an opportunity to be educated alongside the ship’s elite. But as the boy and the woman both come to teach and learn the physical and mental reality the other inhabits, together they will embark on a journey to transform the many chains that are subjugating them all, and are the keys to breaking free. [THE WOODS ALL BLACK by Lee Mandelo]( We are also beyond thrilled to reveal the cover of [THE WOODS ALL BLACK by Lee Mandelo]( Equal parts historical horror, trans romance, and blood-soaked revenge, set in 1920s Appalachia. When they call you a monster, show your teeth. Leslie Bruin is assigned to the backwoods township of Spar Creek by the Frontier Nursing Service under its usual mandate: vaccinate the flock, birth babies, and weather the judgements of churchy locals who look at him and see a failed woman. Forged in the fires of the Western Front and reborn in the cafes of Paris, Leslie believes he can handle whatever is thrown at him—but Spar Creek holds a darkness beyond his nightmares. Something ugly festers within the local congregation, and its malice has focused on a young person they insist is an unruly tomboy who must be brought to heel. Violence is bubbling when Leslie arrives, ready to spill over, and he’ll have to act fast if he intends to be of use. But the hills enfolding Spar Creek have a mind of their own, and the woods are haunted in ways Leslie does not understand. The Woods All Black is a story of passion, prejudice, and power — an Appalachian period piece that explores reproductive justice and bodily autonomy, the terrors of small-town religiosity, and the necessity of fighting tooth and claw to live as who you truly are. [THE PARLIAMENT by Aimee Pokwatka]( We are also so excited to reveal the cover of [THE PARLIAMENT by Aimee Pokwatka]( “Murder owls are extreme,” Jude said. “What’s more extreme than murder owls?” Madigan Purdy is stuck in her home town library. When tens of thousands of owls descend on the building, rending and tearing at anyone foolish enough to step outside, Mad is tasked with keeping her students safe, and distracted, while they seek a solution to their dilemma. Perhaps they’ll find the inspiration they seek in her favorite childhood book, The Silent Queen…. With food and fresh water in low supply, the denizens of the library will have to find a way out, and soon, but the owls don’t seem to be in a hurry to leave… The Parliament is a story of grief and missed opportunities, but also of courage and hope. And of extremely sharp beaks. [MISLAID IN PARTS HALF-KNOWN by Seanan McGuire]( We are also thrilled to reveal the cover of [MISLAID IN PARTS HALF-KNOWN by Seanan McGuire]( Portals and danger, and a girl who can find both in the latest book in the Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning Wayward Children series. Antsy is the latest student to pass through the doors at Eleanor West’s School for Wayward Children. When the school’s (literally irresistible) mean girl realizes that Antsy’s talent for finding absolutely anything may extend to doors, Antsy is forced to flee in the company of a small group of friends, looking for a way back to the Shop Where the Lost Things Go to be sure that Vineta and Hudson are keeping their promise. Along the way, they will travel from a world which hides painful memories that cut as sharply as its beauty, to a land that time wasn’t yet old enough to forget—and more than one student’s life will change forever. A story that reminds us that getting what you want doesn’t always mean finding what you need. [THE TRUTH OF THE ALEKE by Moses Ose Utomi]( We are also beyond excited to reveal the cover of [THE TRUTH OF THE ALEKE by Moses Ose Utomi]( Return to the Forever Desert series in The Truth of the Aleke, continuing this epic fable about truth, falsehood, and the shackles of history. The Aleke is cruel. The Aleke is clever. The Aleke is coming. 500 years after the events of The Lies of the Ajungo, the City of Truth stands as is the last remaining free city of the Forever Desert. A bastion of freedom and peace, the city has successfully weathered the near-constant attacks from the Cult of Tutu, who have besieged it for three centuries, attempting to destroy its warriors and subjugate its people. 17-year-old Osi is a Junior Peacekeeper in the City. When the mysterious leader of the Cult, known only as the Aleke, commits a massacre in the capitol and steals the sacred God’s Eyes, Osi steps forward to valiantly defend his home. For his bravery he is tasked with a tremendous responsibility—destroy the Cult of Tutu, bring back the God’s Eyes, and discover the truth of the Aleke. Follow Tor.com Publishing [f]( [t]( [g]( [t]( This email was sent by: Macmillan 120 Broadway New York, NY, 10271, US We respect your right to privacy - [view our policy]( Macmillan believes piracy hurts writers, readers and everyone who loves books. Learn more and report suspicious activity [here.]( To subscribe to this or other email communications from Macmillan, please click [here](. 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