After the Red Rain
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And, individually:
Barry would like to thank his wife and early reader, Morgan Baden, for keeping him sane (well, as close as possible!), as well as moral supports Libba Bray, Paul Griffin, Sarah Maclean, and Eric Lyga. You all rock, both individually and collectively. I couldn’t get anything done without you guys.
Robert would like to thank Barry Lyga for embarking on this journey with us; Joseph and Alice DeFranco for their loving support: his brothers and sisters, Christina, Joe, Chris, Mike, Rich, Steve, and Barbara; the Drayton Family; David DuPuy; and Peter Facinelli for everything you all have done for me.
Peter would like to thank, first and foremost, Rob DeFranco, whose vivid imagination sparked the idea for this book, and Barry Lyga, for the countless hours of conversations we spent hashing out this world in order to put it on paper. The experience was beyond my expectations. Thank you.
I’d also like to acknowledge my sisters, Joanne, Lisa, and Linda, for their unwavering love and support, and my parents, Peter and Bruna… Thank you for teaching me at a young age to use my imagination. Thank you also to Jaime Alexander for being my sounding board and best friend… ES.
Contents
COVER
TITLE PAGE
WELCOME
DEDICATION
PROLOGUE: THE LAST DAYS OF THE RED RAIN
PART 1: SIXTEEN YEARS LATER, DEEDRA AND THE BLUE RAT CHAPTER 1
PART 2: NEW GROWTH CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
PART 3: BY ANY OTHER NAME CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
CHAPTER 22
CHAPTER 23
CHAPTER 24
CHAPTER 25
CHAPTER 26
CHAPTER 27
CHAPTER 28
CHAPTER 29
CHAPTER 30
CHAPTER 31
CHAPTER 32
CHAPTER 33
CHAPTER 34
CHAPTER 35
CHAPTER 36
CHAPTER 37
CHAPTER 38
CHAPTER 39
CHAPTER 40
CHAPTER 41
CHAPTER 42
PART 4: LA PASCUA DE FLORES CHAPTER 43
CHAPTER 44
CHAPTER 45
CHAPTER 46
CHAPTER 47
CHAPTER 48
CHAPTER 49
CHAPTER 50
CHAPTER 51
CHAPTER 52
CHAPTER 53
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
COPYRIGHT
Copyright
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
Copyright © 2015 by Barry Lyga, Peter Facinelli, and Robert DeFranco
Cover art © 2015 by Tom Sanderson
Cover design by Andrea Vandergrift
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First ebook edition: August 2015
ISBN 978-0-316-40604-8
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