Fiction

Loyalty Free Preview

by Ingrid Thoft

A free preview of Loyalty by Ingrid Thoft including a special essay by the author: 

The Ludlows are a hard-charging family, and patriarch Carl Ludlow treats his offspring like employees-which they are. But...

InterMix Romance Sampler

by Various

This free downloadable sampler features chapters from a selection of the hottest e-books published in 2013 by InterMix Books.

From tattooed bad boys to sexy billionaires to strapping cowboys, there's something...

Zero Hour Free Preview

by Clive Cussler

A free preview of ZERO HOUR by Clive Cussler

It is called zero point energy, and it really exists-a state of energy contained in all matter everywhere, and thus all but unlimited. Nobody has ever figured out...

The Ecco Summer 2013 Fiction Sampler

by None

The Ecco/Amistad Summer 2013 Fiction Sampler features excerpts from our upcoming novels and story collections:

• Southern Cross the Dog by Bill Cheng
• Peripatetic Coffin by Ethan Rutherford
• Together Tea by Marjan...

Riders on the storm (English version)

by Enzo D'Andrea

Although shapeless, perhaps immaterial, destiny is lurking. It's raining. A black Ford runs along a quite desert road, in the middle of Vermont woods. It's running toward something threatening, while the notes...

Cheeky Face #1

by Carla Cucchiarelli

Giulia is fifteen-years old and she has the doubts of all teenagers, a nickname given her by her father, "cheeky fa ce", and a present-day family, with recently split-up parents, dealing with the economic crisis....

It Happened One Valentine's Day

by Eloisa James, Lynsay Sands, Jeaniene Frost & Liz Carlyle et al.

Celebrate Valentine's Day with Avon Books and an enchanting free e-book sampler, It Happened One Valentine's Day. With excerpts from fourteen new, upcoming, and fan favorite Avon and Avon Impulse novels and...

MILA 2.0: Origins: The Fire

by Debra Driza

Heart-stopping and electric, MILA 2.0: Origins: The Fire contains a short prequel story and an excerpt to MILA 2.0, the first book in a riveting Bourne Identity–style trilogy by Debra Driza.

Mila can't remember...

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2012 Edition

by Elizabeth Bear, Adam Troy Castro, Paul Cornell & Kathryn Cramer et al.

A collection of some of the best original short fiction published on Tor.com in 2012. Includes stories by Elizabeth Bear, Adam Troy Castro, Paul Cornell, Kathryn Cramer, Brit Mandelo, Pat Murphy, Charles Stross,...

The End Is Here: Teen Dystopian Sampler

by Michael Grant, Lauren Oliver, Anna Carey & Kelley Armstrong

The end is here! Well, almost. Before these hot teen series come to an end, read selections from the first books. You'll fall in love with the dystopian worlds of Delirium by Lauren Oliver, Eve by Anna Carey,...

The Fierce Reads Anthology: Volume 2

by Ann Aguirre, Gennifer Albin, Elizabeth Fama & Lish McBride et al.

This anthology includes short stories from six fierce young adult authors! Inside, you’ll find a futuristic zombie tale from Ann Aguirre, a science fiction thriller from Gennifer Albin, a nautical mermaid...

The Fierce Reads Anthology

by Anna Banks, Leigh Bardugo, Jennifer Bosworth & Emmy Laybourne et al.

This anthology includes short stories from five fierce young adult authors! Inside, you’ll find a magical mermaid tale from Anna Banks, a fantastical Russian-influenced story from Leigh Bardugo, an electric...

Redshirts: Chapters 1-4

by John Scalzi

THEY WERE EXPENDABLE . . . UNTIL THEY STARTED COMPARING NOTESA free preview of Redshirts, the astonishing new science-fiction yarn from John Scalzi.

"Redshirts is (a) ruin-your-underwear funny, (b) a mind-bender...

Workaholic - English edition

by Morgan Magnin

Amina works as an executive in a state-of-the-art IT company. She joined that company right after getting her degree and progressively climbed up through the ranks. Greater responsibilities also imply greater...

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2011 Edition

by Charlie Jane Anders, James Alan Gardner, Yoon Ha Lee & Nnedi Okorafor et al.

A collection of some of the best original short fiction published on Tor.com in 2011. Includes stories by Charlie Jane Anders, James Allan Gardner, Yoon Ha Lee, Nnedi Okorafor, Paul Park, Matthew Sandborn Smith,...

The Burned Tower

by Sergey Dyachenko & Marina Dyachenko

A truck driver on a lonely stretch of road, a hitchiker, and an ancient curse— a brilliant and moving tale, steeped in folklore, by the masters of modern Fantasy. In 1999 "The Burned Tower" was awarded the...

A Pehov Duet

by Alexey Pehov

Two original, exciting and engaging short stories from Alexey Pehov that feature master thief Shadow Harold, the protagonist of the Chronicles of Siala epic fantasy series. In "The Snake", Harold, the most...

Grace Immaculate

by Gregory Benford

When we encountered the aliens, we thought we knew the story they were telling. But we were looking at the wrong end . . .

At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management...

Tor/Forge Author Voices: Volume 3

by Stacy Hague-Hill

For over three decades Tor and Forge have been proud to publish some of the most beloved and respected works of genre fiction.

With this sampler, we are pleased to present a one-of-a-kind collection of articles...

After the Battle on Starship Hill

by Vernor Vinge

"After the Battle on Starship Hill" is more than 12000 words of prologue from Vernor Vinge's forthcoming novel, The Children of the Sky. Taking place on Tines World, this mini e-book describes events of the...