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.

IORICH

Copyright © 2009 by Steven Brust

All rights reserved.

Edited by Teresa Nielsen Hayden

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Brust, Steven, 1955–

     Iorich / Steven Brust. — 1st ed.

         p. cm.

     “A Tom Doherty Associates book.”

     ISBN 978-0-7653-1208-2

     1. Taltos, Vlad (Fictitious character)—Fiction. I. Title.

  PS3552.R84I57 2010

  813'.54—dc22

2009040414

First Edition: January 2010

Printed in the United States of America

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