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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Lenhardt, Melissa, author.

Title: Badlands / by Melissa Lenhardt.

Description: First edition. | New York, NY : Redhook Books/Orbit, 2017. | Series: Sawbones ; book 3

Identifiers: LCCN 2017011479| ISBN 9780316505376 (paperback) | ISBN 9780316386784 (ebook) | ISBN 9781478950004 (audio book cd)

Classification: LCC PS3612.E529 B33 2017 | DDC 813/.6—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017011479

ISBNs: 978-0-316-50537-6 (trade paperback), 978-0-316-38678-4 (ebook)

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