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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Cole, Kamilah, author.
Title: This ends in embers / Kamilah Cole.
Description: First edition. | New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2025. | Series: The divine traitors | Summary: “After her sister, Faron, is kidnapped by a brutal conqueror, Elara must use powers both modern and ancient to bring her home, and save their country from war”—Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2024019435 | ISBN 9780316534956 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780316535250 (ebook)
Subjects: CYAC: Fantasy. | Sisters—Fiction. | Kidnapping—Fiction. | LCGFT: Fantasy fiction. | Novels.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.C64285 Th 2025 | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024019435
ISBNs: 978-0-316- 53495-6 (hardcover), 978-0-316-53525-0 (ebook)
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