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Contents
Cover
Title Page
Welcome
Dedication
Map
Prologue: The Second Apostate
Captain Marcus Wester
Cithrin Bel Sarcour of the Medean Bank
Clara Annalise Kalliam, Formerly Baroness of Osterling Fells
Geder Palliako, Lord Regent of Antea
Clara
Cithrin
Geder
Entr’acte: Borja
Marcus
Clara
Geder
Cithrin
Marcus
Clara
Cithrin
Entr’acte: Porte Oliva
Geder
Cithrin
Clara
Marcus
Marcus
Cithrin
Entr’acte: Nus
Clara
Marcus
Geder
Cithrin
Clara
Geder
Marcus
Entr’acte: The World
Marcus
Geder
Cithrin
Clara
Marcus
Geder
Cithrin
Entr’acte: The Dragon
Marcus
Cithrin
Clara
Epilogue: The Last Apostate
Dramatis Personae: Persons of interest and import in The Dagger and the Coin
An Introduction to the Taxonomy of Races
Acknowledgments
Extras Meet the Author
A Preview of SNAKEWOOD
A Preview of HOPE & RED
Praise
Orbit Newsletter
Copyright
Copyright
The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.
Copyright © 2016 by Daniel Abraham
Excerpt from Snakewood copyright © 2016 by Adrian Selby
Excerpt from Hope & Red copyright © 2016 by Jon Skovron
Map by Chad Roberts
Cover design by Kirk Benshoff
Cover copyright © 2016 by Hachette Book Group, Inc.
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