Valiant

Holly Black

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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2005 by Holly Black

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Book design by Sammy Yuen Jr.

CIP data for this book is available from the Library of Congress.

ISBN-13: 978-1-4169-3451-6
ISBN-10: 1-4169-3451-0

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