This 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 © 2013 by Peter Clines
Excerpt from The Fold copyright © 2015 by Peter Clines

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This book contains an excerpt from The Fold by Peter Clines. This excerpt has been set for this edition only and may not reflect the final content of the forthcoming edition from the Crown Publishing Group.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Clines, Peter, 1969–
  Ex-communication : a novel / Peter Clines.—First edition
    pages   cm
1. Zombies—Fiction. 2. Superheroes—Fiction. 3. Los Angeles (Calif.)
Fiction. I. Title.
PS3603.L563E93 2013
813′.6—dc23
2013007786

eISBN: 978-0-385-34683-2

Cover illustration: Jonathan Bartlett
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