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Copyright © 2017 by Dale Lucas
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Lucas, Dale, author.
Title: First watch / Dale Lucas.
Description: New York : Orbit, 2017. | Series: The Fifth Ward ; 1
Identifiers: LCCN 2017007425| ISBN 9780316469074 (softcover) | ISBN 9781478950646 (audio book cd) | ISBN 9781478974758 (audio book downloadable)
Subjects: | BISAC: FICTION / Fantasy / Epic. | FICTION / Action & Adventure. | GSAFD: Adventure fiction. | Fantasy fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3612.U2355 F57 2017 | DDC 813/.6—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017007425
ISBNs: 978-0-316- 46907-4 (trade paperback), 978-0-316- 46904-3 (ebook)
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