Created by Ellen Kushner
Written by
Ellen Kushner, Alaya Dawn Johnson,
Malinda Lo, Joel Derfner,
Patty Bryant, Racheline Maltese,
Paul Witcover
Illustrated by Kathleen Jennings
This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2015, 2016 by Serial Box Publishing LLC
Originally published in e-serial format online
Interior illustrations copyright © 2015 and 2016 by Kathleen Jennings
Jacket illustrations copyright © 2017 by Christopher Gibbs
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Interior design by Greg Stadnyk
The text for this book was set in Berkeley Old Style.
The illustrations for this book were rendered in cut paper.
Manufactured in the United States of America
First Saga Press hardcover edition May 2017
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ISBN 978-1-4814-8559-3 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4814-8558-6 (paperback)
To the memory of
David G. Hartwell,
the City’s first champion,
and
for
Julian Yap,
who wanted to return there