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Aug 29, 2026
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Catherine Fuller inherits a fortune large enough to buy an unclaimed world and intends to found a democracy inside a fascist galaxy state that refuses to let anyone go.
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Tor Books released The Infinite State on August 4th, opening Richard Swann's Decurion Saga.
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Her husband held senior rank in the party governing that fascist galaxy.
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He died wealthy enough to leave her an unclaimed planet, and she means to put a democracy on it in secret.
Dan GoldmanGUEST
So I had, this was a webcomic.
Dan GoldmanGUEST
And then there was, for a year, the webcomic ran exclusively on Tor Books website.
Al MegaHOST
And
Dan GoldmanGUEST
the run from Tor became, that was published in a little paperback by IDW in 2014.
William ForstchenGUEST
idea?That was the beauty of the project.
William ForstchenGUEST
Uh, my publisher, Tor Forge, uh, I think one of the greatest publishers out there, uh, Tom Doherty, had been talking with NASA for years, and his premise was brilliant in that back in the fifties and the sixties, NASA had a whole legion of cheerleaders.
Art BellHOST
Mm-hmm.
William ForstchenGUEST
Guys like Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein, Bradbury.
William ForstchenGUEST
Today, everything is almost dystopic, and yes, I do that too.
William ForstchenGUEST
I've written quite a few dystopic novels.
William ForstchenGUEST
So when my publisher called me up and said, "How would you like to write a positive story about the space program?" I was, "Count me in."
Art BellHOST
Mm-hmm.
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Because the source piece lays out the core lore for any listeners who maybe aren't part of that 50 million strong reader base.
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So this first movie is based on The Final Empire, which is the first book in the Mistborn series, and that was originally published by Tor Books on July 17th, 2006, and honestly, the plot sounds incredibly cinematic on its face.
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It does.
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You have this medieval world, and it's ruled by a seemingly immortal tyrant known as the Lord Ruler.
Pippa HudsonHOST
Veronica Roth.
Pippa HudsonHOST
The book is called Seek the Traitor's Son, and, uh, uh, for those who want to know, it's published by Tor Books, distributed in South Africa by Pan Macmillan, and it is on shelf in your favorite bookstore now, as well as available online.
Pippa HudsonHOST
So please do go and find it, and we will let you know as soon as The Sixth Faction hits the shelves in South Africa as well.
JimHOST
Let's talk about The Shattering Piece.
JimHOST
The Shattering Piece is written by John Scalzi and was published September 16th, 2025 by Tor Books.
JimHOST
It's science fiction, specifically space opera, with political, diplomatic, military, and adventure elements, and it is officially book seven of the Old Man's War series.
JimHOST
That's significant, because the previous book, The End of All Things, was published all the way back in 2015.