Zack de la Rocha, Philip H. Anselmo, Serj Tankian, D. Randall Blythe, Mark Morton, Corey Taylor, Mike Patton, Maynard James Keenan, Billy Corgan, Chad Gray, Robb Flynn, Trent Reznor, Jerry Cantrell, Layne Stanley (R.I.P.) and Peter Steele (R.I.P.), for poetry that has inspired and sustained me far more than simple written words ever could.
My fellow hellions around the Absolute Write Water Cooler, and all my beautiful bitchez in the Apocaladies.
My family, for unconditional love.
But most of all, to you, who hold these words now in your hand.
May it one day become a fist.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
JAY KRISTOFF grew up in the most isolated capital city on earth and fled at his earliest convenience, although he’s been known to trek back for weddings of the particularly nice and funerals of the particularly wealthy. Being the holder of an arts degree, he has no education to speak of.
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.
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STORMDANCER. Copyright © 2012 by Jay Kristoff. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Kanji designs: Araki Miho: ebisudesign.com
Clan logo design: James Orr
Cover design by Young Jin Lim
Cover illustration by Jason Chan
ISBN 978-1-250-00140-5 (hardcover)
e-ISBN 9781250017918 (e-book)
First U.S. Edition: September 2012