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Sneak Peek: Last First Snow by Max Gladstone

opens in a new windowLast First Snow by Max GladstoneRead an excerpt from opens in a new windowLast First Snow, the fourth novel set in Max Gladstone’s compellingly urban fantasy world of the Craft Sequence.

Chapter One

For false gods, they cast long shadows.

Elayne Kevarian, the King in Red, and Tan Batac towered over Dresediel Lex. The vast once-holy city spread at Elayne’s feet, miles of adobe and steel and obsidian and chrome, concrete and asphalt, wood and glass and rock. Its arms enveloped the bay south to Stonewood and north to Worldsedge. Roads wound up the Drakspine slopes and down again, cascading east into Fisherman’s Vale. Container ships the size of fallen leaves docked at the toy wharfs and piers of Longsands near the Skittersill.

The King in Red, a mile-tall skeleton in flowing robes, stood in the ocean. Waves broke around his anklebones and the tip of his staff. Tan Batac had found a comfortable saddle-ridge in the Drakspine upon which to sit and watch. But they were not her audience.

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On the Road: Tor/Forge Author Events in July

opens in a new windowTime Salvager by Wesley Chu opens in a new windowThe Unnoticeables by Robert Brockway opens in a new windowThe Suspicion at Sanditon by Carrie Bebris

opens in a new windowTor/Forge authors are on the road in July! Once a month, we’re collecting info about all of our upcoming author events. Check and see who’ll be coming to a city near you:

Carrie Bebris, opens in a new windowThe Suspicion at Sanditon

Friday, July 24
opens in a new windowBooks & Co.
Dayton, OH
7:00 PM

Saturday, July 25
opens in a new windowOhio State Barnes & Noble
Columbus, OH
2:00 PM

Tuesday, July 28
opens in a new windowJoseph-Beth Books
Cincinnati, OH
7:00 PM

Thursday, July 30
opens in a new windowThe Booksellers at Laurelwood
Memphis, TN
6:30 PM

Alex Bledsoe, opens in a new windowLong Black Curl

Friday, July 10
opens in a new windowArcadia Books
Spring Green, WI
6:30 PM

Saturday, July 18
opens in a new windowParnassus Books
Nashville, TN
2:00 PM

Sunday, July 19
opens in a new windowEagle Eye Bookshop
Decatur, GA
3:00 PM

Robert Brockway, opens in a new windowThe Unnoticeables

Thursday, July 16
opens in a new windowMysterious Galaxy
San Diego, CA
7:30 PM

Friday, July 17
opens in a new windowUniversity Bookstore
Seattle, WA
7:00 PM

Saturday, July 18
opens in a new windowCopperfield’s Books
Petaluma, CA
7:00 PM

Sunday, July 19
opens in a new windowBorderlands Books
San Francisco, CA
3:00 PM

Wednesday, July 22
opens in a new windowPowell’s City of Books
Portland, OR
7:30 PM

Wesley Chu, opens in a new windowTime Salvager

Tuesday, July 7
opens in a new windowThe Last Bookstore
Los Angeles, CA
7:00 PM

Sunday, July 12
opens in a new windowMysterious Galaxy
Also with Carrie Patel and Scott Sigler
San Diego, CA
2:00 PM

Wednesday, July 15
opens in a new windowElliott Bay Book Company
With Ramez Naam
Seattle, WA
7:00 PM

Thursday, July 16
opens in a new windowPowell’s at Cedar Hills Crossing
Beaverton, OR
7:00 PM

Saturday, July 18
opens in a new windowBorderlands Books
San Francisco, CA
3:00 PM

Sunday, July 19
opens in a new windowUncle Hugo’s
Minneapolis, MN
3:00 PM

Monday, July 20
opens in a new windowA Room of One’s Own
Madison, WI
7:00 PM

Tuesday, July 21
opens in a new windowBoswell Book Company
Milwaukee, WI
7:00 PM

Thursday, July 23
opens in a new windowSchuler Books and Music
Lansing Charter Township, MI
7:00 PM

Friday, July 24
opens in a new windowBook People
Austin, TX
7:00 PM

William S. Cohen, opens in a new windowCollision

Wednesday, July 1
opens in a new windowBooks-a-Million
South Portland, ME
7:00 PM

Thursday, July 2
opens in a new windowPolitics and Prose
Washington, D.C.
7:00 PM

Carolyn Ives Gilman, opens in a new windowDark Orbit

Wednesday, July 15
opens in a new windowBarnes & Noble
Washington, D.C.
6:00 PM

Saturday, July 18
opens in a new windowFountain Bookstore
Richmond, VA
2:00 PM

Max Gladstone, opens in a new windowLast First Snow

Tuesday, July 28
opens in a new windowOxford University Press Book Club in Bryant Park
New York, NY
12:00 PM

Neal Griffin, opens in a new windowBenefit of the Doubt

Sunday, July 26
opens in a new windowCarlsbad City Library
Carlsbad, CA
7:00 PM

Kristen Simmons, opens in a new windowThe Glass Arrow

Thursday, July 23
opens in a new windowSundance Books and Music
Reno, NV
6:30 PM

Anne A. Wilson, opens in a new windowHover

Saturday, July 25
opens in a new windowPayson Book Festival
Gila Community College
Payson, AZ
9:00 AM

Also, don’t miss the Big Summer Road Trip Tour! To celebrate the 2015 releases from some of our Northeastern authors, Tor Books is excited to send Elizabeth Bear ( opens in a new windowKaren Memory), James Cambias ( opens in a new windowCorsair), Max Gladstone ( opens in a new windowLast First Snow), and Brian Staveley ( opens in a new windowThe Providence of Fire) on tour in the New England region. opens in a new windowCheck out the dates and locations.

opens in a new windowJulyRoadtrip

Presenting the Big Summer Road Trip Tour!

JulyRoadtrip

To celebrate the 2015 releases from some of our Northeastern authors, Tor Books is excited to send Elizabeth Bear ( opens in a new windowKaren Memory), James Cambias ( opens in a new windowCorsair), Max Gladstone ( opens in a new windowLast First Snow), and Brian Staveley ( opens in a new windowThe Providence of Fire) on tour in the New England region!

Tuesday, July 14
opens in a new windowHarvard Book Store
Cambridge, MA
7:00pm

Thursday, July 16
opens in a new windowPandemonium Books and Games
With a special live game of Pathfinder, with GM David Montgomery!
Cambridge, MA
7:00pm

Friday, July 17
opens in a new windowOdyssey Bookshop
South Hadley, MA
6:00pm

Saturday, July 18
opens in a new windowFriends of the Simsbury Library
Simsbury, CT
1:00pm—3:00pm

Sunday, July 19
opens in a new windowBank Square Books
Mystic, CT
1:00pm

Monday, July 20
opens in a new windowFerguson Library
Stamford, CT
7:00pm

Wednesday, July 22
opens in a new windowTowne Book Center
Moderated by Chris Urie from opens in a new windowGeekadelphia
Collegeville, PA
7:00pm

Friday, July 24
opens in a new windowNorthshire Books
Saratoga Springs, NY
6:00pm

Saturday, July 25
opens in a new windowEveryone’s Books
Brattleboro, VT
6:00pm

Sunday, July 26
opens in a new windowPhoenix Books
Burlington, VT
Hosted by opens in a new windowGeek Mountain State
2:00pm

Four Tor/Forge Titles Included in LA Times Summer Reading List

opens in a new windowSkies of Ash by Rachel Howzell Hall opens in a new windowThe Suspicion at Sanditon by Carrie Bebris opens in a new windowThe Iron Assassin by Ed Greenwood opens in a new windowLast First Snow by Max Gladstone

Four Tor/Forge titles have been included in the LA Times Summer Reading Recommendation list!

Skies of Ash and The Suspicion at Sanditon were listed in the Mystery/Thriller section of the “Summer Books Guide” of the LA Times’ Jacket Copy and The Iron Assassin and Last First Snow were listed in the SF/Fantasy section of the same guide. You can find the complete lists of those two categories here.

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