The Odds of Lightning (32 page)

This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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First Simon Pulse hardcover edition September 2016

Text copyright © 2016 by Jocelyn Davies Jacket design and illustrations by Karina Granda

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The text of this book was set in Bulmer.

This book has been cataloged with the Library of Congress.

ISBN 978-1-4814-4053-0 (hc)

ISBN 978-1-4814-4055-4 (eBook)