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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Briggs, Patricia.

Frost Burned / Patricia Briggs. — First edition.

pages cm

ISBN 978-0-441-02001-0 (hardcover : alk. paper)

1. Thompson, Mercy (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Shapeshifting—Fiction.

3. Werewolves—Fiction. 4. Fantasy fiction. I. Title.

PS3602.R53165F76 2013

813'.6—dc23

2012047559

FIRST EDITION: March 2013

Cover art by Daniel Dos Santos.

Cover design by Judith Lagerman.

Map illustration by Michael Enzweiler.

German poem and translation by Michael Bock.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party websites or their content.