'Machiavellian clockwork glory' - Mark Lawrence, author of The Broken Empire trilogyThey enslaved humanity three thousand years ago. Tall, strong, perfect, superhuman and near immortal they rule from their glittering palaces in the eternal city in the centre of the world. They are called Those Above by their subjects. They enforce their will with fire and sword.Twenty five years ago mankind mustered an army and rose up against them, only to be slaughtered i...

For centuries beyond counting, humanity has served the Others, god-like Eternals who rule from their cloud-capped mountain-city, building a civilization of unimagined beauty and unchecked viciousness.But all that is about to change. Bas Alyates, grizzled general of a thousand battles, has assembled a vast army with which to contend with the might of Those Above. Eudokia, Machiavellian matriarch and the power behind the Empty Throne, travels to the Roost, nominally to play peacemake...

A collection of some of the best original science fiction and fantasy short fiction published on Tor.com in 2016.Includes stories by:Charlie Jane AndersNina AllanTara Isabella BurtonMonica ByrneRebecca CampbellP. Djèlí ClarkIndrapramit DasAlix E. HarrowN. K. JemisinMargaret KilljoyCixin LiuMelissa MarrDavid NickleLaurie PennyDaniel PolanskyLettie Prell

A collection of some of the best original science fiction and fantasy short fiction published on Tor.com in 2021.Includes stories by:'Pemi AgudaG. V. AndersonElizabeth BearKate ElliottAliza GreenblattGlen HirshbergElsie Kathleen JenningsCheri KameiJasmin KirkbrideMatthew KresselUsman T. MalikSam J. MillerAnnalee NewitznocSarah PinskerDaniel Polansky

Please enjoy these excerpts from a dozen of Tor.com's favorite science fiction, fantasy, and horror novellas and novels from the following innovative writers.Winter Tide by Ruthanna EmrysThe Emperor’s Railroad by Guy HaleyHammers on Bone by Cassandra KhawEvery Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuireBinti by Nnedi OkoraforInfomocracy by Malka OlderNightshades by Meliss...

Here, the criminal is king. The streets are filled with the screeching of fish hags, the cries of swindled merchants, the inviting murmurs of working girls. Here, people can disappear, and the lacklustre efforts of the guard ensure they are never found. Warden is an ex-soldier who has seen the worst men have to offer; now a narcotics dealer with a rich, bloody past and a way of inviting danger. You'd struggle to find someone with a soul as dark and troubled as his. But then a missing child...

Dark, violent, and shot through with corruption, TOMORROW, THE KILLING is a fantastic successor to THE STRAIGHT RAZOR CURE, one of the most heralded fantasy debuts of recent times.Once he was a hero of the Great War, and then a member of the dreaded Black House. Now he is the criminal linchpin of Low Town. His name is Warden. He thought he had left the war behind him, but a summons from up above brings the past sharply, uncomfortably, back into focus. General Montgomery's daughter ...

Low Town: the worst ghetto in the worst city in the Thirteen Lands.Good only for depravity and death. And Warden, long ago a respected agent in the formidable Black House, is now the most depraved Low Town denizen of them all.As a younger man, Warden carried out more than his fair share of terrible deeds, and never as many as when he worked for the Black House. But Warden's growing older, and the vultures are circling. Low Town is changing, faster than even he can control, ...

Imagine a city within a city, where monsters walk the street and magic fills the night. This is New York, but not as you know it.This New York is a city of magic and monsters. Where ordinary people live alongside demons and nightmares, completely unaware of them. New York is home to M, a man with a past... and a secret. He knows more about the creatures who call his city home than anyone else in the world. He walks between the two worlds, at home in neither but more than comfortabl...

The Magnificent Seven meets The Wind in the Willows in this action-packed fantasy adventure from Daniel Polansky, The Builders.A missing eye.A broken wing.A stolen country.The last job didn't end well.Years go by, and scars fade, but memories only fester. For the animals of the Captain's company, survival has meant keeping a low profile, building a new life, and trying to forget the war they lost. But now the ...

Enjoy samples from Tor.com Publishing's first ten novellas in the Fall 2015 sampler!Featuring Kai Ashante Wilson, Nnedi Okorafor, K. J. Parker, Daniel Polansky, and many more, this sampler contains exciting new fantasy worlds, harrowing science fiction adventures, stolen memories, edible angels, and talking salamanders.The novellas these chapters are taken from are available in ebook, trade paperback, and audiobook.At the Publisher's request, this t...

March's End is a multi-generational portal fantasy of strange magics, epic warfare, and deadly intrigue, in which the personality conflicts and toxic struggles of the Harrow family are reflected in the fantasy world they've sworn to protect.The Harrows are a typical suburban family who, since time immemorial, have borne a sacred and terrible charge. In the daylight they are teachers, doctors, bartenders and vagrants, but at night they are the rulers and protectors ...