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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Wagers, K. B. author.
Title: Behind the throne / K. B. Wagers.
Description: New York : Orbit, 2016.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016006484 | ISBN 9780316308601 (paperback) | ISBN 9781478938477 (audio book downloadable) | ISBN 9780316308595 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Space colonies—Fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Science Fiction / Adventure. | FICTION / Action & Adventure. | FICTION / Science Fiction / Space Opera. | FICTION / Science Fiction / General. | GSAFD: Space operas | Adventure fiction
Classification: LCC PS3623.A35245 B44 2016 | DDC 813/.6—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016006484
ISBNs: 978-0-316-30860-1 (trade paperback), 978-0-316-30859-5 (ebook)
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