The characters and events in this book are fictitious.
Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental
and not intended by the author.

Copyright © 2020 by Thomas Maltman

All rights reserved.

Published by

Soho Press, Inc.

227 W 17th Street

New York, NY 10011

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Maltman, Thomas James, 1971– author.

The land / Thomas Maltman.

I. Title.

ISBN 978-1-64129-220-7

eISBN 978-1-64129-221-4

PS3613.A524 L36 2020 813’.6—dc23 2020015486

Interior design by Janine Agro, Soho Press, Inc.

Printed in the United States of America

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