© 2011 by Ross Lawhead

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lawhead, Ross.
   The realms thereunder / by Ross Lawhead.
    p. cm. -- (The elder earth trilogy ; bk. 1)
ISBN 978-1-59554-909-9 (trade paper)
I. Title.
PS3562.A864R43 2011
813’.54--dc22

2011021276

Printed in the United States of America

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