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First published in Great Britain in 2014
by Electric Monkey, an imprint of Egmont UK Limited
The Yellow Building, 1 Nicholas Road, London W11 4AN
Published with arrangement with HarperTeen,
a division of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 1350 Avenue of the Americas,
New York, New York 10019, USA
Text copyright © 2014 Michael Grant
Illustrations copyright © 2014 Joe McLaren
First e-book edition 2014
ISBN 978 1 4052 6515 7
eISBN 978 1 7803 1258 3
A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library
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EGMONT
Our story began over a century ago, when seventeen-year-old Egmont Harald Petersen found a coin in the street. He was on his way to buy a flyswatter, a small hand-operated printing machine that he then set up in his tiny apartment.
The coin brought him such good luck that today Egmont has offices in over 30 countries around the world. And that lucky coin is still kept at the company’s head offices in Denmark.
I normally dedicate my books to Katherine, Jake, and Julia. Not this time.
F or Julia, Jake, and Katherine.
Because Julia is tired of always being named last just because she’s the youngest.
Contents
My eyes opened.
I was on my back.
A mist pressed close, all around me, so close that it was more like a blanket than a fog. The mist was the color of yellowed teeth and it moved without
