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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Names: Darwin, Alexander, author.
Title: The combat codes / Alexander Darwin.
Description: First Orbit edition. | New York : Orbit, 2023. | Series: The combat codes ; Book one. | Originally published by Insight Forge Press in October 2015.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022037450 | ISBN 9780316493000 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9780316493130 (ebook)
Subjects: LCGFT: Science fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3604.A794 C66 2023 | DDC 813/.6—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022037450
ISBNs: 9780316493000 (trade paperback), 9780316493130 (ebook)
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