The Dark City

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First published in the United States 2011 by Dial Books

Published in the United Kingdom 1998 by Random House Children’s Books

Copyright © 1998 by Catherine Fisher

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Fisher, Catherine, date.

The dark city / by Catherine Fisher.

p. cm.—(Relic Master ; [1])

Summary: Sixteen-year-old Raffi, Master Galen, and a mysterious traveler, Carys, enter the ruined city of Tasceron seeking a relic that may save the world, while evading the Watch, a brutal organization opposed to the Order to which Raffi and Galen belong.

eISBN : 978-1-101-51521-1

[1. Fantasy. 2. Apprentices—Fiction. 3. Antiquities—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.F4995 Dam 2011 [Fic]—dc22

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