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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Names: Lenhardt, Melissa, author.

Title: Heresy / Melissa Lenhardt.

Description: First edition. | New York, NY : Redhook Books/Orbit, 2018.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018019893| ISBN 9780316435352 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9780316435338 (ebook)

Classification: LCC PS3612.E529 H47 2018 | DDC 813/.6—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018019893

ISBNs: 978-0-316-43535-2 (trade paperback), 978-0-316-43533-8 (ebook)

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