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First published in Great Britain by HarperVoyager 2016
Copyright © Blake Charlton 2016
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Map by Rhys Davies
Blake Charlton asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Source ISBN: 9780007368914
Ebook Edition © August 2016 ISBN: 9780007368952
Version: 2017-09-28
To my father, Randolph Seville Charlton, M.D.,
for many books read aloud and lessons in survival
What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams.
— WERNER HERZOG
Where there is a monster, there is a miracle.
— OGDEN NASH
Every night and every morn
Some to misery are born.
Every morn and every night
Some are born to sweet delight.
— WILLIAM BLAKE
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