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.

THE RITHMATIST

Copyright © 2013 by Dragonsteel Entertainment, LLC

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

Sanderson, Brandon.

    The Rithmatist / Brandon Sanderson.—First edition.

             p.   cm.

    “A Tom Doherty Associates Book.”

    ISBN 978-0-7653-2032-2 (hardcover)

    ISBN 978-1-4299-5316-0 (e-book)

    [1. Fantasy.] I. Title.

    PZ7.S19797Ri 2013

    [Fic]—dc23                                                    2012043417

e-ISBN 9781429953160

First Edition: May 2013