ALADDIN
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From Aladdin
THE TRIPODS SERIES
The White Mountains
The City of Gold and Lead
The Pool of Fire
When the Tripods Came
The Lotus Caves
A Dusk of Demons
The Guardians
THE SWORD OF THE SPIRITS TRILOGY
The Prince in Waiting
Beyond the Burning Lands
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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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This Aladdin hardcover edition February 2015
Text copyright © 1972 by John Christopher
Jacket illustration copyright © 2015 by Anton Petrov
Also available in an Aladdin paperback edition.
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Jacket designed by Karin Paprocki
Interior designed by Hilary Zarycky
The text of this book was set in Venetian 301.
Library of Congress Control Number 2014953411
ISBN 978-1-4814-1998-7 (hc)
ISBN 978-1-4814-1997-0 (pbk)
ISBN 978-1-4814-1999-4 (eBook)