Lightless is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2015 by C. A. Higgins

All rights reserved.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Higgins, C. A. (Caitlin A.)

Lightless / C. A. Higgins.

pages cm

ISBN 978-0-553-39442-9 (hardcover : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-553-39443-6 (ebook)

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PS3608.I3645E68 2015

813'.6—dc23

2014037514

eBook ISBN 9780553394436

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