The Unnaturalists (39 page)

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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2012 by Tiffany Trent

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The text for this book is set in Weiss.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Trent, Tiffany, 1973–

The unnaturalists / Tiffany Trent.

 p. cm.

Summary: Vespa Nyx wants nothing more than to spend the rest of her life cataloging Unnatural creatures in her father’s museum, but as she gets older, the requirement to become a lady and find a husband is looming large over her. Syrus Reed’s Tinker family has always served and revered the Unnaturals from afar, but when his family is captured for refinery slaves, he finds that his fate may be bound up with Vespa’s—and with the Unnaturals. As the danger grows, Vespa and Syrus find themselves in a tightening web of deception and intrigue. At stake may be the fate of New London—and the world.

ISBN 978-1-4424-2206-3 (hardback)

ISBN 978-1-4424-2208-7 (eBook)

[1. Fantasy. 2. Naturalists—Fiction. 3. Animals, Mythical—Fiction. 4. Witches—Fiction.

5. Courts and courtiers—Fiction. 6. Sex role—Fiction.]  I. Title.

PZ7.T73135Un 2012

[Fic]—dc23

2011033262