Transcendent (36 page)
Authors: Lesley Livingston
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LESLEY LIVINGSTON
is a writer and actress living in Toronto. She has a master's degree in English from the University of Toronto, where she specialized in Arthurian literature and Shakespeare. She is the author of
Starling
and
Descendant
, the first two books in a darkly romantic trilogy set against the backdrop of Manhattan and Norse mythology. Lesley has also written
Wondrous Strange
, which won the Canadian Librarian Association Young Adult Book Award in addition to being a White Pine Honor Book, as well as
Darklight
and
Tempestuous
. You can visit her online at www.lesleylivingston.com.
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TRANSCENDENT: A STARLING NOVEL
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Livingston, Lesley.
Transcendent: a Starling novel / Lesley Livingston. â First edition.
pages  cm
Summary: “In this epic conclusion to the Starling trilogy, Mason Starling has taken up the Spear of Odin and has begun the series of events that marks the end of the world”â Provided by publisher.
ISBN 978-0-06-206313-7
EPub Edition © October 2014 ISBN 9780062063168
[1. SupernaturalâFiction. 2. Mythology, NorseâFiction. 3. End of the worldâFiction.] I. Title.
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FIRST EDITION
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