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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Darwin, Alexander, author.
Title: Blacklight born / Alexander Darwin.
Description: First edition. | New York : Orbit, 2024. | Series: The Combat Codes book 3
Identifiers: LCCN 2024012934 | ISBN 9780316493574 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9780316493703 (ebook)
Subjects: LCGFT: Science fiction. | Novels.
Classification: LCC PS3604.A794 B53 2024 | DDC 813/.6—dc23/eng/20240322
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024012934
ISBNs: 9780316493574 (trade paperback), 9780316493703 (ebook)
E3-20240927-JV-NF-ORI