Between the Rivers

TOR® fantasy

A TOM DOHERTY ASSOCIATES BOOK

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

BETWEEN THE RIVERS Copyright © 1998 by Harry Turtledove Edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden

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ISBN: 0-812-54520-6

Library of Congress Card Catalog Number: 97-29844

First edition: March 1998 -

First mass market edition: April 1999

Printed in the United States of America 0987654321