The Spider's War (The Dagger and the Coin series) (50 page)

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The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.

Copyright © 2016 by Daniel Abraham

Excerpt from
Snakewood
copyright © 2016 by Adrian Selby

Excerpt from
Hope & Red
copyright © 2016 by Jon Skovron

Map by Chad Roberts

Cover design by Kirk Benshoff

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First ebook edition: March 2016

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