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Authors: Michael P. Spradlin

BOOK: Blood Riders

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I’ve often said before it takes a village to raise a book. Sometimes it’s an entire city.
Blood Riders
wouldn’t be possible without the efforts of so many friends and colleagues. I thank my editor, Emily Krump, for suggesting, listening, and collaborating, and helping me bring a world to life in ways I couldn’t have imagined. And the book is so much better for her efforts. Thanks to my agent, Steven Chudney. Having me as a client is an endless game of whack-a-mole, yet he always manages to keep me on task.

I thank my friends and colleagues at HarperCollins, especially Mike Brennan, Carla Parker, Mark Hillesheim, Rachel Brenner, Jeff Rogart, Dale Smith, Liate Stehlik, Adrienne DiPietro, Kristine Macrides, Pam Spengler-Jaffee, Donna Waitkus, Michael Morris, and my sales reps buddies in the field. Space prevents me from listing all of you, but know that I’ll never forget your efforts on my behalf. You are the best in the business.

A special shout out to Tom Egner for giving me a cover far better than anything I could have dreamed of. You’ve been a friend for more than twenty years, and your talent has never ceased to amaze me.

And, of course, my family, without whom none of this is possible. For my daughter, Rachel, my son, Mick, and my daughter-in-law, Jessica, who find new ways to inspire me every single day. For my mom and sisters, who keep me on my toes. And my eternal love and thanks to my wife of thirty years, Kelly. Every time I have stood before the abyss, you have been there to pull me back. My heart is big enough for all of you. Come on in.

About the Author

MICHAEL P. SPRADLIN is the author of the
New York Times
bestseller
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Zombies!, Every Zombie
Eats Somebody Sometime,
and
Jack and Jill Went
Up to Kill,
as well as several children’s picture books, the novels
and manga volumes in the Spy Goddess series, and the Youngest Templar novels. He
lives in Michigan with his family.

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By Michael P. Spradlin

Blood Riders

Spy Goddess Novels

The Spy Who Totally Had a Crush on Me

To Hawaii, with Love

Live and Let Shop

Spy Goddess Manga

The Quest for the Lance

The Chase for the Chalice

The Youngest Templar Novels

Orphan of Destiny

Trail of Fate

Keeper of the Grail

Picture Books

Baseball from A to Z

Off Like the Wind!:

The First Ride of the Pony Express

Daniel Boone’s Great Escape

Texas Rangers: Legendary Lawmen

The Legend of Blue Jacket

With Jeff Weigel

Jack and Jill Went Up to Kill

Every Zombie Eats Somebody Sometime

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Zombies

The Monster Alphabet

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Cover art by Don Sipley

BLOOD RIDERS
. Copyright © 2012 by Michael P. Spradlin. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

EPub Edition OCTOBER 2012 ISBN: 9780062096616

Print Edition ISBN: 9780062023094

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