The Empire of Ashes

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Copyright © 2018 by Anthony Ryan

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Ryan, Anthony, author.

Title: The empire of ashes / Anthony Ryan.

Description: First edition. | New York : Ace, 2018. | Series: The Draconis memoria ; book 3

Identifiers: LCCN 2017046781 | ISBN 9781101987933 (hardback) | ISBN 9781101987940 (ebook)

Subjects: | BISAC: FICTION / Fantasy / Epic. | GSAFD: Fantasy fiction.

Classification: LCC PR6118.Y3523 E47 2018 | DDC 823/.92—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017046781

First Edition: July 2018

Cover design by Judith Lagerman

Cover illustration by Leesha Hannigan; additional illustration and photography by iStockphoto and Shutterstock

Cover and interior maps by Anthony Ryan

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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