G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS

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First published in the United States of America by G. P. Putnam’s Sons,
an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2023

Copyright © 2023 by Renée Ahdieh

Map illustration © 2019 by Jessica Khoury

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Ahdieh, Renée, author.

Title: The ruined / Renée Ahdieh.

Description: New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2023. |

Series: The beautiful quartet; book 4 | Summary: “Bastien and Celine look for allies and rally friends as war breaks loose”—Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2023034958 (print) | LCCN 2023034959 (ebook) | ISBN 9781984812643 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781984812650 (ebook)

Subjects: CYAC: Vampires—Fiction. | Fairies—Fiction. | Supernatural—Fiction. | New Orleans (La.)—History—19th century—Fiction. | LCGFT: Paranormal fiction. | Novels.

Classification: LCC PZ7.1.A328 Ru 2023 (print) | LCC PZ7.1.A328 (ebook) | DDC [Fic]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023034958

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023034959

Ebook ISBN 9781984812650

Cover art © 2023 by Sasha Vinogradova

Cover design by Theresa Evangelista

Design by Suki Boynton, adapted for ebook by Andrew Wheatley

This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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