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Empire of the East
This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are either fictitious or are used fictitiously.
EMPIRE OF THE EAST
Copyright © 1979 by Fred Saberhagen
The parts of this work have been published in substantially different form as:
The Broken Lands, copyright © 1968 by Fred Saberhagen
The Black Mountains, copyright © 1971 by Fred Saberhagen
Changeling Earth, copyright © 1973 by Fred Saberhagen
Previously published by Baen Publishing Enterprises in 1990.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Saberhagen, Fred, 1930–
Empire of the East / Fred Saberhagen.—1st Tor ed.
p. cm.
“A Tom Doherty Associates book.”
ISBN: 978-1-4299-8019-7
I. Title.
PS3569.A215E47 2003
813'.54—dc21
2003054331
*forthcoming
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