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Back The Ones We Burn
Chapters (93)
  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Part One: Skra: Sixty Days Remain
  5. PART ONE SKRA SIXTY DAYS REMAIN
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  9. 4 Two weeks later
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  24. Part Two: Monster: Twenty-Five Days Remain
  25. PART TWO MONSTER TWENTY-FIVE DAYS REMAIN
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  39. Part Three: Butcher: Six Days Remain
  40. PART THREE BUTCHER SIX DAYS REMAIN
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  63. Part Four: Bloodwinn: Coup Successful
  64. PART FOUR BLOODWINN COUP SUCCESSFUL
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  91. 80 EPILOGUE Three months later
  92. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  93. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Eli Baum worked an absolute miracle with this cover, and I don’t think I’ll ever cease to be amazed at the way he managed to create the cover of my absolute dreams. Karyn Lee—I literally owe you my life. I don’t know how you designed a cover and jacket so perfect, but I remain perpetually in awe that you did. A massive thank-you to the rest of the brilliant minds at Simon & Schuster who this book would not exist without—managing editor Eugene Lee, production manager Elizabeth Blake-Linn, Justin Chanda, Karen Wojtyla, Erica Stahler, Wendy Rubin, Lisa Quach, Mitch Thorpe, Kaitlyn San Miguel, and Morgan York. My sincerest apologies to the Simonteen social media team. I am, unfortunately, not going to stop tagging you in memes.

An additional massive thank you to my incredible UK team over at Hoddar, particularly my wonderful editors Molly Powell and Natasha Qureshi, whose fierce love for this strange, feral book is a gift beyond my wildest dreams, and whose emails are always the highlight of my day. Thank you to Natalie Chen for designing such a gorgeous UK cover; Marcela Bolivar for the stunning art; and Kate Keehan, Callie Robertson, and Claudette Morris for championing this story. I am so, so grateful to you all.

Kiki Nguyen saw a spark in this story when it was just a messy garble of words back in 2018, and her love for Ranka gave me permission to hope and love for her too. This book wouldn’t exist without her and I am forever grateful.

Jim McCarthy remains an absolute gift of an agent. I couldn’t be more grateful to have found such an amazing advocate for the strange, eerie books I insist on writing. I appreciate you so much, Jim. Please see the above note about taking a nap.

To Andrea Hannah, the witchy, tarot-wielding big sister I never knew I needed; and to Aimée Carter, the publishing-badass big sister I always wanted. If fate is a thing, it definitely intervened by making me meet the two of you. I love you both beyond words, and I am so proud to know you. Thank you for being my best friends and my found family. And thank you for humbling me the day we met when I proudly announced I didn’t outline books by politely saying, “It’s a skill.” This was the third book I ever wrote without an outline—and certainly the last. I will never do this to myself again. Lesson learned. I love you both so much. Remind me to listen to you, always. Kristin Lord, there aren’t enough words to tell you how much I love you, how grateful I am for you, and how proud I am of you. I look up to you so much it’s embarrassing and I can’t wait to hold your book in my hands.