The Last Page

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I OWE a debt of gratitude to Marc Laidlaw for peddling my jank, Paula Guran for believing in it and Paul Stevens and the people at Tor for taking a chance.

I also want to thank Chris Duden and Gary Webb for their steadfast support and encouragement and James Papworth for being my first real mentor in writing.

Additionally, nothing in this book would be what it is without the infinite lost hours of Poy (Phanty), Chappy (Vlon), Tone (Rill) and Mike (Karakael) or “Jason: the Hermit” (and his assorted bloody sacrifices).

Thanks also to Barno, Bob, Suzy, Ted, Jen, Twi and of course Nikki.

I wrote this story because it Rained.

Bode Royal

suggests the thing was commissioned by an Ublisi, authored at Sth and bound in clshydra hide.

Page 349: the Ublisi is actually quoted, “Write1 the math of Ahvêll . Write everything your eyes foresee. We must find our way back . . . use a rune of lian ink on the cover . . . it must be slippery . . . this codex must stay hidden in order to survive.”

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