This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

AFTERPARTY

Copyright © 2014 by Daryl Gregory

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Gregory, Daryl.

    Afterparty / Daryl Gregory.

            p. cm.

    ISBN 978-0-7653-3692-7 (hardcover)

    ISBN 978-1-4668-2928-2 (e-book)

  1.  Drug abuse—Fiction.   2.  Science fiction.   I.  Title.

    PS3607.R48836A69 2014

    813'.6—dc23

2013025194

e-ISBN 9781466829282

First Edition: April 2014