The Dying of the Light
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- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Table of Contents
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- Also by Derek Landy
- About the Publisher
Title Page
Copyright
First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books 2014
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Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas, from The Poems of Dylan Thomas (Dent), used with permission from David Higham Associates
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Dedication
This book is dedicated to me.
Derek, without you, I would not be where I am today.
Words cannot convey how much I owe you for the guidance you’ve shown me – for your wisdom, your wit, your keen insight and your keener intelligence, your taste, your strength, your integrity and your humility. I won’t mention the charity work you do, or the political activism you’re involved in, or the ecological work you’ve spearheaded. And it’s not just because you won’t talk about it – it’s because no one else does, either.
You have taught me how to be a better person.
Nay – you have taught us all.
Epigraph
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan Thomas
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
1. Meek Ridge
2. Living in the Shadow
3. Throwing Down the Gauntlet
4. Friends and Foe
5. To Watch the World Burn
6. My Normal Life
7. Visions
8. Curiosity
9. Signate
10. Girls’ Night Out
11. Honey, I’m Hom
12. The Cauldron
13. My Friend. My Furniture.
14. A Common Enemy
15. Finbar’s Dream
16. The National Black Belt Review Board
17. A Voice from the Darkness
18. Brogues and Burrs
19. Me and Her
20. Home Delivery
21. The Eviction
22. The Return of Valkyrie Cain
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24. A Fine Pair of Specimens
25. Going to America
26. Weird Feelings
27. The Gnarl
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29. Those who Live in Darkness
30. Forgiven
31. Creepy Kid
32. The Job Offer
33. Misadventures in Babysitting
34. Saying Goodbye
35. The Loss
36. Joining the Stream
37. Brooking No Argument
38. Enemy Territory
39. Finding the Fountain
40. Famous Last Words
41. Here Be Dragons
42. Brainstorm
43. Shunting Ravel
44. A Better Person
45. A Brutal Act of Kindness
46. The Conversation
47. The Death Bringer Wakes
48. A New Roarhaven
49. Stopping for Gas
50. The Card Trick