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CUGEL: THE SKYBREAK SPATTERLIGHT.
Copyright © 1981, 2012 by Jack Vance.
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e-ISBN 9781466821965
First eBook Edition: May 2012
The Bagful of Dreams, 1977. The Seventeen Virgins, 1973.
This title was created from the digital archive of the Vance Integral Edition, a series of 44 books produced under the aegis of the author by a worldwide group of his readers. The VIE project gratefully acknowledges the editorial guidance of Norma Vance, as well as the cooperation of the Department of Special Collections at Boston University, whose John Holbrook Vance collection has been an important source of textual evidence. Special thanks to R.C. Lacovara, Patrick Dusoulier, Koen Vyverman, Paul Rhoads, Chuck King, Gregory Hansen, Suan Yong, and Josh Geller for their invaluable assistance preparing final versions of the source files.
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Cugel: the Skybreak Spatterlight
Previously published as
Cugel’s Saga
Chapter I – Shanglestone Strand to Saskervoy
Chapter II – From Saskervoy to Tustvold
Chapter III – From Tustvold to Port Perdusz
Chapter IV – From Port Perdusz to Kaspara Vitatus