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ROC Trade Paperback October 2013<br />
yEaR OF THE DEMON<br />
A Novel of the Fated Blades<br />
Steve Bein<br />
“A strikingly original saga blending contemporary thriller and historical fantasy.”<br />
—STEPHEN BAXTER<br />
suggested order<br />
A NOVEL OF THE FATED BLADES<br />
Know your enemy.<br />
Know yourself.<br />
S T E V E B E I N<br />
AUTHOR OF DAUGHTER OF THE SWORD<br />
978-0-451-46519-1 • $16.00/$17.00 Can.<br />
trade Paperback<br />
480 pp./5 1/2” x 8 1/4”/Carton: 40/Fantasy<br />
rights: W00<br />
First serial, uK: NAL signet<br />
ANZ: HarperCollins Australia<br />
other: donald Maass Literary Agency<br />
121 West 27th street, suite 801<br />
New York, NY 10001<br />
Publishing History: original<br />
Previous Book: Daughter of the Sword<br />
978-0-451-46477-4 (10/12)<br />
On sale October 1, 2013<br />
Photo ©<br />
Steve Bein’s “strikingly original saga,”* set in the<br />
urban underbelly of Tokyo, continues!<br />
Detective Sergeant Mariko Oshiro is in trouble with the mob. After she<br />
kills a yakuza enforcer in self-defense, a high-ranking underboss wants to<br />
settle the score. He’s willing to call off the bounty on her head, but only if<br />
she agrees to do his dirty work for him. Someone has stolen his property,<br />
and he wants it back.<br />
But the stolen mask has a sinister story of its own—now it threatens to<br />
tear Tokyo apart. Mariko must stop it—and escape a murderous cult and<br />
a blood debt at the same time.<br />
Praise for the Daughter of the Sword:<br />
“A compelling multifaceted vision of a remarkable culture, and<br />
a great page-turner.”<br />
—*Stephen Baxter, award-winning author of Iron Winter<br />
“[A] highly detailed blend of urban and historical fantasy set in<br />
modern Tokyo.” —Publishers Weekly (starred re<strong>view</strong>)<br />
MARKETING<br />
• Promote at conventions throughout the year<br />
• Author blog tour<br />
• Print features and re<strong>view</strong>s<br />
• Online advertising<br />
• Online re<strong>view</strong>s and author inter<strong>view</strong>s<br />
• Social media outreach<br />
SALES POINTS<br />
• The second book in the series following the critically acclaimed<br />
Daughter of the Sword (10/12)<br />
• Coincides with the mass market publication of Daughter of the Sword, which<br />
includes a pre<strong>view</strong> of this book<br />
• Bein’s short fiction has been published in Asimov’s, Interzone, and<br />
Writers of the Future<br />
• For readers of Guy Gavriel Kay and Marjorie M. Liu, plus fans of manga<br />
and anime<br />
ALSO AVAILABLE<br />
Daughter of the Sword 978-0-451-41635-3 @ $7.99/$8.99 Can.<br />
Steve Bein teaches Asian philosophy and Asian history at SUNY Geneseo. He<br />
holds a Ph.D. in philosophy and earned a third degree black belt and a first<br />
degree black belt in two American forms of combative martial arts.<br />
Author websites: philosofiction.com; facebook.com/philosofiction<br />
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