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Authors: D. B. Jackson
Thieves' Quarry (The Thieftaker Chronicles) (42 page)
As always, any mistakes that remain despite their efforts on my behalf are entirely my own.
My wonderful agent, Lucienne Diver, not only sold the Thieftaker books, she also offered enormously helpful editorial feedback on this novel. The dedication is small thanks for all that she has done for me over our years together. I’m grateful as well to Deirdre Knight, Jia Giles, and the other great people at the Knight Agency.
James Frenkel, my editor at Tor, has edited every book I’ve ever published. He is not only an insightful and perceptive reader, he is also a terrific friend. Thanks as well to his assistants, Kayla Schwalbe and Gayle Cottrill, each of whom in her turn helped shepherd the project, and his intern, Katherine Busalacchi, for her help.
I’m also deeply grateful to publisher Tom Doherty, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, art director Irene Gallo and her staff, Cassie Ammerman, Leah Withers, Diana Pho, and all the other great people at Tor Books. And I want to thank Terry McGarry; who again did an excellent job copyediting the book.
Deepest thanks to my colleagues at the Magical Words blogsite (
magicalwords.net
): Faith Hunter, Misty Massey, C. E. Murphy, A. J. Hartley, Carrie Ryan, Kalayna Price, John Hartness, Mindy Klasky, and Diana Pharaoh Francis, and also to Charles Coleman Finlay, Kat Richardson, Blake Charlton, Kate Elliott, Eric Flint, Mary Robinette Kowal, Alethea Kontis, Stephen Leigh, Lynn Flewelling, Joshua Palmatier, Stuart Jaffe, Edmund Schubert, and Patricia Bray, all of whom have helped to shape this series in one way or another through emails, online exchanges, and the occasional conversation over beer.
Finally, I want to thank my wife and daughters, who are the most important people in my life. Their love and laughter are more powerful than any conjuring I’ve ever written into a book.
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Thieves’ Quarry
About the Author
D. B. Jackson is the award-winning author of thirteen fantasy novels, many short stories, and the occasional media tie-in. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. He has a master’s degree and Ph.D. in U.S. history, which have come in handy as he has written the Thieftaker novels and short stories. He and his family live in the mountains of Appalachia.
Visit him at
www.dbjackson-author.com
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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
THIEVES’ QUARRY
Copyright © 2013 by D. B. Jackson
All rights reserved.
Cover art by Chris McGrath
Map reproduction courtesy of the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library
Edited by James Frenkel
A Tor Book
Published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Jackson, D. B.
Thieves’ quarry / D.B. Jackson. — First edition.
p. cm.
“A Tom Doherty Associates book.”
ISBN 978-0-7653-2762-8 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4299-4395-6 (e-book)
1. Magic—Fiction. 2. Boston (Mass.)—History—Colonial period, ca. 1600–1775—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3610.A347T488 2013
813’.6—dc23
2013006322
e-ISBN 9781429943956
First Edition: July 2013