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The Luck Uglies: The Last Reckoning
Text copyright © Paul Durham 2016
Map of Village Drowning © Sally Taylor 2016
Map of Beyond the Shale © Pétur Antonsson
Cover design © HarperCollins Publishers 2016
Cover illustration © Jeff Nentrup
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Source ISBN: 9780007526949
Ebook Edition © 2016 ISBN: 9780007526956
Version: 2016-03-15
For the Durham girls, always. And for
Shadow, our own Gloaming Beast, who’s
been previously neglected in
these dedications.
CONTENTS
14. SERPENTS OF LONGCHANCE KEEP
22. TRUTHS OF THE HIGH CHIEFTAIN
25. BATTLE FOR THE DEAD FISH INN
30. AN HEIR OF UNKNOWN INTENTIONS
Banter like a Local: A Tourist’s Field Guide to Shale Lingo and Lore