The Necromancer's House

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Buehlman, Christopher.

The Necromancer’s house / Christopher Buehlman. — First Edition.

pages cm

ISBN 978-0-425-25665-7 (hardcover)

1. Magic—Fiction. 2. Witches—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3603.U3395N43 2013

813'.6—dc23

2013011502

FIRST EDITION: October 2013

Cover illustration © Richard Tuschman. Cover background wallpaper © Dedyukhin Dmitry / Shutterstock; abstract texture © Alexey Kashin / Shutterstock; border © iStockphoto/Thinkstock; lace trim © antipathique.

Cover design by Judith Lagerman.

Title page photo © alptraum/iStockphoto.

Endpaper design by Tiffany Estreicher. Endpaper images © Dagny Willis / Flickr / Getty Images; © Andrea1971/Shutterstock.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.