This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this novel are either fictitious or are used fictitiously.

THE SHADOW SORCERESS

Copyright © 2001 by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Modesitt, L. E.
      The shadow sorceress / L.E. Modesitt, Jr.—1st ed.
          p. cm.—(The spellsong cycle; bk. 4)
      “A Tom Doherty Associates book.”
      ISBN: 978-0-312-87877-1
      1. Women singers—Fiction. 2. Magicians—Fiction. I. Title.

    PS3563.O264 S53 2001
    813′.54—dc21

2001027048