The Waking Fire

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Copyright © 2016 by Anthony Ryan.

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eBook ISBN: 9781101987865

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Ryan, Anthony, author.

Title: The waking fire / Anthony Ryan.

Description: New York, NY : Ace Books, 2016. | Series: The Draconis memoria ; 1

Identifiers: LCCN 2015039369 | ISBN 9781101987858 (hardcover)

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

Classification: LCC PR6118.Y3523 W35 2016 | DDC 823/.92—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015039369

FIRST EDITION: July 2016

Jacket illustration © Larry Rostant.

Jacket photographs: old compass rose © nicoolay/iStockphoto; old paper © siro46/Shutterstock; lace trim © antipathique/Shutterstock; Machine Durand and Marais engraving © Morphart Creation / Shutterstock; Latching Bourdin engraving © Morphart Creation / Shutterstock; fire frame © Alexander Chernyakov / iStockphoto; smoke © Honchar Roman / Shutterstock; vintage frame © bomg/Shutterstock.

Jacket design by Judith Lagerman.

Jacket 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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