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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Jennings, Alex, 1979– author.

Title: The ballad of perilous graves / Alex Jennings.

Description: First edition. | New York, NY : Redhook, 2022.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021046057 | ISBN 9780759557192 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780759557215 (ebook) | ISBN 9780759557185

Subjects: LCSH: New Orleans (La.)—Fiction. | LCGFT: Fantasy fiction. | Novels.

Classification: LCC PS3610.E5574 B35 2022 | DDC 813/.6—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021046057

ISBNs: 9780759557192 (hardcover), 9780759557215 (ebook)

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