Wood Sprites

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

Copyright © 2014 by Wen Spencer

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.

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ISBN: 978-1-4767-3671-6

eISBN: 978-1-62579-310-2

Cover art by Stephen Hickman

First Baen printing, September 2014

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Spencer, Wen.

Wood sprites / Wen Spencer.

pages cm — (Elfhome; 4)

ISBN 978-1-4767-3671-6 (hardback)

1. Twin sisters — Fiction. 2. Gifted persons — Fiction. 3. Imaginary places — Fiction. 4. Families — Fiction. 5. Imaginary wars and battles — Fiction. I. Title.

PS3619.P4665W88 2014

813’.6—dc23

2014020008

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Pages by Joy Freeman (http://www.pagesbyjoy.com)

Printed in the United States of America

Electronic Version by Baen Books

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