This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

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CARPATHIAN. Copyright © 2013 by David L. Golemon. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Golemon, David Lynn.

    Carpathian: an Event Group Thriller / David L. Golemon. —First Edition.

            pages cm

    ISBN 978-1-250-01300-2 (hardcover)

    ISBN 978-1-250-01301-9 (e-book)

  1.  Event Group (Imaginary organization)—Fiction.   2.  Quests (Expeditions)—Fiction.   I.  Title.

    PS3607.O4555C37 2013

    813'.6—dc23

2013009117

e-ISBN 9781250013019

First Edition: July 2013