Black and White Ball - Tor/Forge Blog

Happy New Release Day! Here’s what went on sale today.

opens in a new windowBlack and White Ball by Loren D. Estleman

opens in a new window Detroit hit man Peter Macklin forces private eye Amos Walker to furnish protection for Laurie, Macklin’s estranged wife, while Macklin tracks down the party who has threatened to kill her. The man Walker’s client suspects cannot be ignored; as his own grown son, Roger Macklin has inherited all the instincts, and acquired all the training, necessary to carry out his threat.

Told partly by Walker in first-person and partly by Macklin in third, Black and White Ball places the detective squarely between two remorseless killers, with death waiting whether he succeeds or fails.

opens in a new windowFlash Points by David Hagberg

opens in a new window The novel begins just after the US presidential election, when a man of Trump’s stripe wins. Determined to push him out of office, members of the president’s staff hire an assassin to set up three terrorist attacks in the US. Meanwhile, a Pentagon general contacts mid-level intelligence operatives in fifteen different countries, concocting a plot in which the president will be faced with supposed attacks along flash points, places where trouble could easily erupt into an all out nuclear war: Pakistan/India; China/Taiwan; North vs South Korea; Russia/Ukraine.

In order for their plots to succeed, both groups must first eliminate the one man who could possibly stop them: retired CIA assassin Kirk McGarvey.

Nightflyers & Other Stories by George R.R. Martin

On a voyage toward the boundaries of the known universe, nine misfit academics seek out first contact with a shadowy alien race.

But another enigma is the Nightflyer itself, a cybernetic wonder with an elusive captain no one has ever seen in the flesh. Soon, however, the crew discovers that their greatest mystery – and most dangerous threat – is an unexpected force wielding a thirst for blood and terror….

Also included are five additional classic George R. R. Martin tales of science fiction that explore the breadth of technology and the dark corners of the human mind.

opens in a new windowThe Queens of Innis Lear by Tessa Gratton

opens in a new window Dynasties battle for the crown in Tessa Gratton’s debut adult epic fantasy, The Queens of Innis Lear.

Three Queens. One crown. All out war.

NEW FROM TOR.COM

opens in a new windowVoid Black Shadow by Corey J. White

opens in a new window Mars Xi is a living weapon, a genetically-manipulated psychic supersoldier with a body count in the thousands, and all she wanted was to be left alone. People who get involved with her get hurt, whether by MEPHISTO, by her psychic backlash, or by her acid tongue. It’s not smart to get involved with Mars, but that doesn’t stop some people from trying.

The last time MEPHISTO came for Mars they took one of her friends with them. That was a mistake. A force hasn’t been invented that can stop a voidwitch on a rampage, and Mars won’t rest until she’s settled her debts.

NEW IN PAPERBACK

opens in a new windowDeadmen Walking by Sherrilyn Kenyon

opens in a new windowThe Fallen by Eric Van Lustbader

opens in a new windowForge of Darkness by Steven Erikson

opens in a new windowThe Librarians and the Mother Goose Chase by Greg Cox

opens in a new windowOther Men’s Horses and Texas Standoff by Elmer Kelton

NEW IN MANGA

opens in a new windowDevils and Realist Vol. 14 Story by Madoka Takadono; Art by Utako Yukihiro

opens in a new windowDevilman: The Classic Collection Vol. 1 Story and art by Go Nagai

opens in a new windowDon’t Meddle With My Daughter Vol. 3 Story and art by Nozomu Tamaki

opens in a new windowSoul Liquid Chambers Vol. 1 Story and art by Nozomu Tamaki

opens in a new windowThere’s a Demon Lord on the Floor Vol. 5 Story and art Kawakami Masaki