Copyright © 2008 by Patrick Carman

Design by Kirk Benshoff

Illustrations copyright © 2008 by Squire Broel

Cover artwork © 2008 by August Hall

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First eBook Edition: May 2008

The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.

ISBN: 978-0-316-03235-3