LIFEL1K3. Jay Kristoff

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      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2018

      Copyright © Neverafter Pty Ltd 2018

      Map art copyright © Virginia Allyn 2018

      Cover design by Mike Topping © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2018

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      Asimov’s Laws of Robotics from I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

      Copyright © Isaac Asimov 1950, 1977

      ‘Ænema’ lyrics written by Tool, appearing on the 1997 album Ænima and published by Toolshed Music/EMI Virgin Music [ASCAP].

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      Jay Kristoff 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: 9780008301361

      Ebook Edition © May 2018 ISBN: 9780008301347

      Version: 2018-05-18

       Epigraph

      I’ve a suggestion to keep you all occupied.

      Learn to swim.

      Learn to swim.

      Learn to swim.

       —Maynard James Keenan