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This Aladdin hardcover edition June 2013
Copyright © 2005 by Christopher Golden and Thomas E. Sniegoski
Originally published as the series title Outcast.
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The text of this book was set in Bembo Std.
Library of Congress Control Number 2004105708
ISBN 978-1-4424-7313-3 (pbk)
ISBN 978-1-4424-7314-0 (hc)
ISBN 978-1-4391-1341-7 (eBook)