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A Half-Built Garden

By: Ruthanna Emrys

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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. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Winter Tide

By: Ruthanna Emrys

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Winter Tide

By: Ruthanna Emrys

Two decades ago the U.S. government rounded up the people of Innsmouth and took them to a desert prison, far from their ocean, their Deep One ancestors, and their sleeping god, Cthulhu. Only Aphra and Caleb Marsh survived the camps, emerging without a past or a future. Now it's 1949, and the government that stole Aphra's life needs her help"--

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Deep Roots

By: Ruthanna Emrys

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Deep Roots

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Ruthanna Emrys' Innsmouth Legacy, which began with Winter Tide and continues with Deep Roots, confronts H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos head-on, boldly upturning his fear of the unknown with a heartwarming story of found family, acceptance, and perseverance in the face of human cruelty and the cosmic apathy of the universe. Emrys brings together a family of outsiders, bridging the gaps between the many people marginalized by the homogenizing pressure of 1940s America. Aphra Marsh, descendant of the People of the Water, has survived Deep One internment camps and made a grudging peace with the government that destroyed her home and exterminated her people on land. Deep Roots continues Aphra's journey to rebuild her life and family on land, as she tracks down long-lost relatives. She must repopulate Innsmouth or risk seeing it torn down by greedy developers, but as she searches she discovers that people have been going missing. She will have to unravel the mystery, or risk seeing her way of life slip away.

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0765390930

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The Word of Flesh and Soul

A Tor.com Original

By: Ruthanna Emrys

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The Word of Flesh and Soul

A Tor.com Original

By: Ruthanna Emrys

The language of the originators defines reality, every word warping the world to fit its meaning. Its study transforms the mind and body, and is closely guarded by stodgy, paranoid academics. These hidebound men don't trust many students with their secrets, especially not women, and more especially not "madwomen." Polymede and her lover Erishti believe they've made a discovery that could blow open the field's unexamined assumptions, and they're ready to face expulsion to make their mark. Of course, if they're wrong, the language will make its mark on them instead...in Ruthanna Emrys's stunning, dark fantasy story, The Word of Flesh and Soul. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Winter Tide

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Winter Tide

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This “weird, lyrical mystery” brings the Cthulhu mythos into the Cold War era: “an innovative gem that turns Lovecraft on his head” (Cherie Priest). After attacking Devil’s Reef in 1928, the US government rounded up the people of Innsmouth and took them to the desert, far from their ocean, their Deep One ancestors, and their sleeping god Cthulhu. Only Aphra and Caleb Marsh survived the camps, and they emerged without a past or a future. The government that stole Aphra’s life now needs her help. FBI agent Ron Spector believes that Communist spies have stolen dangerous magical secrets from Miskatonic University, secrets that could turn the Cold War hot in an instant, and hasten the end of the human race. Aphra must return to the ruins of her home, gather scraps of her stolen history, and assemble a new family to face the darkness of human nature. Winter Tide is the debut novel from Ruthanna Emrys, author of the Aphra Marsh story, “The Litany of Earth”—included here as a bonus.

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Deep Roots

By: Ruthanna Emrys

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Deep Roots

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In this dark fantasy sequel to Winter Tide, siblings in Cold War America look to rebuild their New England community only to find mystery and danger. A finalist for the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel and the Dragon Award for Best Fantasy Novel Ruthanna Emrys’s Innsmouth Legacy, which began with Winter Tide and continues with Deep Roots, confronts H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos head-on, boldly upturning his fear of the unknown with a heart-warming story of found family, acceptance, and perseverance in the face of human cruelty and the cosmic apathy of the universe. Emrys brings together a family of outsiders, bridging the gaps between the many people marginalized by the homogenizing pressure of 1940s America . . . Aphra Marsh, descendant of the People of the Water, has survived Deep One internment camps and made a grudging peace with the government that destroyed her home and exterminated her people on land. Deep Roots continues Aphra’s journey to rebuild her life and family on land, as she tracks down long-lost relatives. She must repopulate Innsmouth or risk seeing it torn down by greedy developers, but as she searches she discovers that people have been going missing. She will have to unravel the mystery, or risk seeing her way of life slip away. “Wicked for the Cthulhu Mythos.” —Seanan McGuire on the Innsmouth Legacy “Deep Roots is a marvel of a fantasy novel, with monsters fighting for their very existence and a place to call their own.” —Booklist “I really like this story and think fans of Lovecraft will enjoy it if they don’t mind switching genres. It’s not horror and it’s not a particularly “alien” version of the Mythos but it’s still a very good take on Lovecraft’s work which I enjoyed for its own sake.” —Grimdark Magazine

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0765390922

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The Word of Flesh and Soul

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By: Ruthanna Emrys

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A Half-Built Garden

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A Half-Built Garden

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Seven Commentaries on an Imperfect Land

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Seven Commentaries on an Imperfect Land

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Tikanu, land of laws and patterns, magic and wild mint, is not found behind hidden doors. It passes across borders and takes root wherever its people settle. This collection of seven commentaries reveals a world waiting patiently at the edges of vision, that welcomes all who are willing to do the work of building it. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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The Litany of Earth

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The Litany of Earth

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The state took Aphra away from Innsmouth. They took her history, her home, her family, her god. They tried to take the sea. Now, years later, when she is just beginning to rebuild a life, an agent of that government intrudes on her life again, with an offer she wishes she could refuse. "The Litany of Earth" is a dark fantasy story inspired by the Lovecraft mythos, set in the world of Ruthanna Emrys's The Innsmouth Legacy series. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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The Tor.com Sampler

By: Ruthanna Emrys,Guy Haley,Cassandra Khaw,Seanan McGuire,Nnedi Okorafor,Malka Older,Melissa F. Olson,Victor LaValle,Daniel Polansky,Adrian Tchaikovsky,Matt Wallace

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The Tor.com Sampler

By: Ruthanna Emrys,Guy Haley,Cassandra Khaw,Seanan McGuire,Nnedi Okorafor,Malka Older,Melissa F. Olson,Victor LaValle,Daniel Polansky,Adrian Tchaikovsky,Matt Wallace

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 Emrys The Emperor’s Railroad by Guy Haley Hammers on Bone by Cassandra Khaw Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire Binti by Nnedi Okorafor Infomocracy by Malka Older Nightshades by Melissa F. Olson The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle The Builders by Daniel Polansky Spiderlight by Adrian Tchaikovsky Envy of Angels by Matt Wallace At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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The Deepest Rift

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By: Ruthanna Emrys

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The Deepest Rift

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In the deepest canyon in the inhabited worlds, giant mantas soar through the air and leave patterned structures behind. A team of sapiologists seek to prove that these delicate filaments are true language, not just bee's dance. But time has run out, and their reckoning is upon them. Will they prove that their research is valid, or will they be scattered to the corners of the galaxy? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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The Tor.com Sampler

By: Ruthanna Emrys,Guy Haley,Cassandra Khaw,Seanan McGuire,Nnedi Okorafor,Malka Older,Melissa F. Olson,Victor LaValle,Daniel Polansky,Adrian Tchaikovsky,Matt Wallace

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The Tor.com Sampler

By: Ruthanna Emrys,Guy Haley,Cassandra Khaw,Seanan McGuire,Nnedi Okorafor,Malka Older,Melissa F. Olson,Victor LaValle,Daniel Polansky,Adrian Tchaikovsky,Matt Wallace

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Book's by Ruthanna Emrys

A Half-Built Garden

A Half-Built Garden

Winter Tide

Winter Tide

Deep Roots

Deep Roots

The Word of Flesh and Soul

The Word of Flesh and Soul

Winter Tide

Winter Tide

Deep Roots

Deep Roots

The Word of Flesh and Soul

The Word of Flesh and Soul

A Half-Built Garden

A Half-Built Garden

Seven Commentaries on an Imperfect Land

Seven Commentaries on an Imperfect Land

The Litany of Earth

The Litany of Earth

The Tor.com Sampler

The Tor.com Sampler

The Deepest Rift

The Deepest Rift

The Tor.com Sampler

The Tor.com Sampler

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