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A Del Rey© Book Published by Ballantine Books Copyright O 1997 by Thranx, Inc.

 

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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 97-92418

 

ISBN 0-345-40645-1

 

Printed in Canada

 

First Hardcover Edition: January 1997

First Mass Market Edition: January 1998

 

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