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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Phillips, Helen, 1981- author.
Title: The need : a novel / by Helen Phillips.
Description: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. | New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018044381| ISBN 9781982113162 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781982113179 (trade pbk.)
Subjects: | GSAFD: Fantasy fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3616.H45565 N44 2019 | DDC 813/.6—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018044381
ISBN 978-1-9821-1316-2978-1-9821-3020-6978-1-9821-3014-5
ISBN 978-1-9821-1318-6 (ebook)