The Black Snow (27 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 © 2014 by Paul Lynch

Cover design by Keith Hayes

Author photograph by Ulf Andersen

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First North American Edition: May 2015

Originally published in the United Kingdom by Quercus Editions Ltd., March 2014

First ebook edition: May 2015

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ISBN 978-0-316-37644-0

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