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The boy shivered with delight, his skin full of gooseflesh in the chill , and cli into the sun

Dinarzad lay awake, still as death in her bed, and her eyes were full of tears

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

A few brief thanks:

To Sean Wallace, Nick Maenerous advice

To Deborah Schwartz and Sonya Taaffe for their inspiration and patient ears

To Juliet Uluidance, and Michele Rubin for her kind shepherding

Finally, to Saidulin, without whose unflagging support, love, and thoughtful criticism this book would have been impossible

THE ORPHAN’S TALES: IN THE NIGHT GARDEN

A Bantam Spectra Book / November 2006

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