Beyond the Ice Limit

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Copyright © 2016 by Splendide Mendax, Inc. & Lincoln Child

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Preston, Douglas J., author. | Child, Lincoln, author.

Title: Beyond the ice limit : a Gideon Crew novel / Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child.

Description: First edition. | New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2016. | Series: Gideon crew series ; 4

Identifiers: LCCN 2015050544| ISBN 9781455525867 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781455566136 (large print) | ISBN 9781455588978 (int’l) | ISBN 9781478909118 (audio CD) | ISBN 9781478909125 (audio download) | ISBN 9781455525881 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Human-alien encounters—Fiction. | Antarctic Ocean | BISAC: FICTION / Thrillers. | GSAFD: Adventure fiction. | Science fiction.

Classification: LCC PS3566.R3982 B49 2016 | DDC 813/.54—dc23

LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015050544

ISBNs: 978-1-4555-2586-7 (hardcover), 978-1-4555-2588-1 (ebook), 978-1-4555-8897-8 (int’l), 978-1-4555-6613-6 (large print)

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