The Land Across

Copyright

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 LAND ACROSS

Copyright © 2013 by Gene Wolfe

All rights reserved.

Cover photography by Stephen Carroll, David et Myrtille/Trevillion Images

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

Wolfe, Gene.

The land across / Gene Wolfe.—First Edition.

p. cm.

“A Tom Doherty Associates Book.”

ISBN 978-0-7653-3595-1 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-4668-2635-9 (e-book)

1. Travel writers—Fiction. 2. Corruption—Fiction. 3. Fantasy fiction. I. Title.

PS3573.O52L36 2013

813'.54—dc23

2013022126

e-ISBN 9781466826359

First Edition: November 2013