A NOVEL BY
LEANDER WATTS
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Copyright © 2006 by Leander Watts
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Watts, Leander
Beautiful city of the dead / by Leander Watts
p cm
Summary After joining a heavy metal band, high school student
Zee learns that she is a god of water and is called upon to fight
sinister forces that want her powers for their own
ISBN-13 978-0-618-59443-6 (hardcover)
ISBN-13 978-0-618-59499-x (paperback)
[1 Supernatural—Fiction 2 Heavy metal (Music)—Fiction
3 Bands (Music)—Fiction 4 High schools—Fiction
5 Schools—Fiction ] I Title
PZ7 W339Bea 2006
[Fic]—dc22
2005020993
Manufactured in the United States of America
HAD 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1