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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: McClellan, Brian, 1986– author.
Title: Blood of empire / Brian McClellan.
Description: First edition. | New York, NY : Orbit, 2019. | Series: Gods of blood and powder ; 3
Identifiers: LCCN 2019013972 | ISBN 9780316407311 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780316407298 (ebook) | ISBN 9780316407328 (library ebook) | ISBN 9781478929369 (downloadable audio book)
Subjects: GSAFD: Fantasy fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3613.C35785 B58 2019 | DDC 813/.6—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019013972
ISBNs: 978-0-316-40731-1 (hardcover), 978-0-316-40729-8 (ebook)
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