This is a work of fiction. All incidents and dialogue, and all characters with the exception of some well-known historical and public figures, are products of the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Where real-life historical or public figures appear, the situations, incidents, and dialogues concerning those persons are fictional and are not intended to depict actual events or to change the fictional nature of the work. In all other respects, any resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental.

Text copyright © 2011 by N. D. Wilson

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wilson, Nathan D.
The dragon’s tooth / N.D. Wilson. —1st ed.
p. cm. — (Ashtown burials ; bk. 1)
Summary: When their parents’ seedy old motel burns down on the same night they are visited by a strange man covered in skeleton tattoos, Cyrus, Antigone, and their brother Daniel are introduced to an ancient secret society, and discover that they have an important role in keeping it alive.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89572-2
[1. Secret societies—Fiction. 2. Brothers and sisters—Fiction.
3. Apprentices—Fiction. 4. Magic—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.W69744 Dr 2011 [Fic]—dc22 2009038651

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