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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Buehlman, Christopher.
The Necromancer’s house / Christopher Buehlman. — First Edition.
pages cm
ISBN 978-0-425-25665-7 (hardcover)
1. Magic—Fiction. 2. Witches—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3603.U3395N43 2013
813'.6—dc23
2013011502
FIRST EDITION: October 2013
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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, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.