Copperhead (35 page)

TINA CONNOLLY lives with her family in Portland, Oregon, in a house that came with a dragon in the basement and blackberry vines in the attic. Her stories have appeared all over, including
Lightspeed,
Tor.com
,
Strange Horizons,
and
Beneath Ceaseless Skies,
and her debut fantasy novel,
Ironskin,
was nominated for a Nebula. She is a frequent reader for
PodCastle
and narrates the Parsec-winning flash fiction podcast
Toasted Cake
. In the summer, she works as a face painter, which means a glitter-filled house is an occupational hazard.

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

COPPERHEAD

Copyright © 2013 by Christine Marie Connolly

All rights reserved.

Cover art by Larry Rostant

A Tor Book

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Connolly, Tina.

    Copperhead / Tina Connolly.—1st ed.

            p. cm.

    ISBN 978-0-7653-3060-4 (hardcover)

    ISBN 978-1-4299-9305-0 (e-book)

  1.  Fantasy fiction.   I.  Title.

    PS3603.O5473C66 2013

    813'.6—dc23

2013018471

e-ISBN 9781429993050

First Edition: October 2013