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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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First Aladdin hardcover edition November 2014
Text copyright © 2014 by Shannon Messenger
Jacket illustration © 2014 by Jason Chan
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Cover designed by Karin Paprocki
Interior designed by Mike Rosamilia
The text of this book was set in Scala.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Messenger, Shannon. Everblaze / by Shannon Messenger. -- First Aladdin
hardcover edition. pages cm — (Keeper of the lost cities ; 3)
Summary: Sophie's talents are getting stronger and, with the elusive Black Swan group ignoring her calls for help, she is determined to find her kidnappers but a daring mistake pushes her world to the edge of war, and soon she has exposed a a major conspiracy that could threaten all she loves.
ISBN 978-1-4424-4599-4 (hardback) — 978-1-4424-4601-4 (eBook)
[1. Ability—Fiction. 2. Psychic ability—Fiction.
3. Identity—Fiction. 4. Foster parents—Fiction. 5. Elves—Fiction. 6. Fantasy.] I. Title.
PZ7.M5494Eve 2014 [Fic]--dc23 2014016688
Contents
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Dedication
Preface
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Nineteen
Twenty
Twenty-One
Twenty-Two
Twenty-Three
Twenty-Four
Twenty-Five
Twenty-Six
Twenty-Seven
Twenty-Eight
Twenty-Nine
Thirty
Thirty-One
Thirty-Two
Thirty-Three
Thirty-Four
Thirty-Five
Thirty-Six
Thirty-Seven
Thirty-Eight
Thirty-Nine
Forty
Forty-One
Forty-Two
Forty-Three
Forty-Four
Forty-Five
Forty-Six
Forty-Seven
Forty-Eight
Forty-Nine
Fifty
Fifty-One
Fifty-Two
Fifty-Three
Fifty-Four
Fifty-Five
Fifty-Six
Fifty-Seven
Fifty-Eight
Fifty-Nine
Sixty
Sixty-One
Sixty-Two
Sixty-Three
Sixty-Four
Sixty-Five
Sixty-Six
Sixty-Seven
Sixty-Eight
Sixty-Nine
Seventy
Acknowledgments
About Shannon Messenger
Everblaze (Keeper of the Lost Cities Book 3) Page 43