Besieged is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2017 by Kevin Hearne

All rights reserved.

Published in the United States by Del Rey, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.

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The following stories were previously published in different form: “The Demon Barker of Wheat Street” in Carniepunk (New York: Gallery Books, 2013) and “Goddess at the Crossroads” in A Fantasy Medley 3 (Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2015).

Hardback ISBN 9780399181733

Ebook ISBN 9780399181740

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Book design by Caroline Cunningham, adapted for ebook

Cover design: David G. Stevenson

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