Gilded Cage is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product 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 Vic James Ltd

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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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Names: James, Vic, author.

Title: Gilded cage / Vic James.

Description: New York : Del Rey, 2017.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016022954 (print) | LCCN 2016031572 (ebook) | ISBN 9780425284155 (hardback) | ISBN 9780425284131 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Aristocracy (Social class)—England—Fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Fantasy / Contemporary. | FICTION / Fantasy / General. | GSAFD: Fantasy fiction.

Classification: LCC PR6110.A493 G55 2017 (print) | LCC PR6110.A493 (ebook) | DDC 823/.92—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2016022954

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