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CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT. Copyright © 1992 by Dan Simmons. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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ISBN 978-1-250-00985-2 (trade paperback)

ISBN 9781250017949 (e-book)

First published in the United States by Penguin Putnam

First St. Martin’s Griffin Edition: December 2012