THE FIRST BETRAYAL

A Bantam Spectra Book / June 2006


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


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Copyright © 2006 by Patricia Bray

Map by Robert Bull


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eISBN-13: 978-0-553-90256-3

eISBN-10: 0-553-90256-3


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