This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
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THE BONES OF THE OLD ONES. Copyright © 2012 by Howard Andrew Jones. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Cover illustration by Steve Stone
The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Jones, Howard A.
The bones of the old ones / Howard Andrew Jones.—1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-312-64675-2 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-250-01513-6 (e-book)
1. Human remains (Archaeology)—Iran—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3610.O62535B66 2012
813'.6—dc23
2012016318
e-ISBN 9781250015136
First Edition: December 2012