The Violence is a work of fiction. Names, places, characters, 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 © 2022 by D. S. Dawson

All rights reserved.

Published in the United States by Del Rey, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Dawson, Delilah S, author.

Title: The violence / Delilah S Dawson.

Description: New York: Del Rey, [2022]

Identifiers: LCCN 2021022272 (print) | LCCN 2021022273 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593156629 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780593499818 (international edition) | ISBN 9780593156636 (ebook)

Subjects: GSAFD: Suspense fiction.

Classification: LCC PS3604.A97858 V56 2022 (print) | LCC PS3604.A97858 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2021022272

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2021022273

Ebook ISBN 9780593156636

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