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.
Copyright © 2014 by Adam Sternbergh
All rights reserved.
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Sternbergh, Adam.
Shovel ready / Adam Sternbergh. —First edition.
1. Assassins—Fiction. 2. Suspense fiction. 3. Dystopias. I.
Title.
PS3619.T47874S49 2014
813′.6—dc23
2013012901
ISBN 978-0-385-34899-7
eBook ISBN 978-0-385-34900-0
Jacket design by Will
Staehle
Author photograph: Marvin Orellana
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