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The epigraph on p. 1 was written by Pak Hyogwan (1781–1880). The translation is from The Book of Korean Shijo, by Kevin O’Rourke, published by the Harvard University Asia Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2002. Copyright © 2002 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Used with permission of the Harvard University Asia Center.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Marshall, Alex (Novelist), author.
Title: A war in crimson embers / Alex Marshall.
Description: First edition. | New York: Orbit, 2017. | Series: Crimson empire; 3
Identifiers: LCCN 2017023271| ISBN 9780316340724 (hardback) | ISBN 9780316340717 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9781478915348 (downloadable audio book)
Subjects: LCSH: Warriors—Fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Fantasy / Epic. | FICTION / Action & Adventure. | FICTION / Fantasy / Historical. | GSAFD: Fantasy fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3602.U42 W37 2017 | DDC 813/.6—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017023271
ISBNs: 978-0-316-34072-4 (hardcover), 978-0-316-34074-8 (ebook)
E3-20171006-JV-PC