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.

THE INEXPLICABLES

Copyright © 2012 by Cherie Priest

Edited by Liz Gorinsky

Cover art by Cliff Nielsen

Map by Jennifer Hanover

A Tor Book

Published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC

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New York, NY 10010

Tor® is a registered trademark of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC.

The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Priest, Cherie.

The inexplicables / Cherie Priest.—1st ed.

p. cm.—(Clockwork century)

“A Tom Doherty Associates Book.”

ISBN 978-0-7653-2947-9 (trade paperback)

ISBN 978-1-4299-4492-2 (e-book)

1.  Steampunk fiction.   2.  Zombies—Fiction.   3.  Monsters—Fiction.   4.  Seattle (Wash.)—Fiction.   I.  Title.

PS3616.R537I54 2012

813'.6—dc23

2012024853

e-ISBN 9781429944922

First Edition: November 2012