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THIEVES’ WORLDTM™: FIRST BLOOD
Copyright © 2003 by Robert Lynn Asprin, Lynn Abbey, and Thieves’ World 2000
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Thieves’ world : first blood / edited by Robert Lynn Asprin and Lynn Abbey.—1st ed.
p. cm.
“A Tor book”—T.p. verso
ISBN0-312-87488-X
1. Fantasy fiction, American. I. Title: First blood. II. Asprin, Robert. III. Abbey, Lynn.
PS648.F3T475 2003
813'.0876608—dc21
2003054335
First Edition: December 2003
Printed in the United States of America
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