Vengeful

CONTENTS
Cover
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Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Genesis: Six Weeks Ago
I: Resurrection
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II: Revelation
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III: Ascension
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IV: Judgment Day
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Exodus
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A Message from Victor Vale
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Common Ground
About the Author

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Vengeful
Hardback edition ISBN: 9781785652486
E-book edition ISBN: 9781785652493
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First Titan edition: September 2018
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This is a work of fiction. Names, places and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead (except for satirical purposes), is entirely coincidental.
V.E. Schwab asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
Copyright © 2018 V.E. Schwab
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To Mum, and Holly, and Miriam, the most powerful women I know

While seeking revenge, dig two graves—one for yourself.
DOUGLAS HORTON

GENESIS
SIX WEEKS AGO
THE MERIT SUBURBS
THE night Marcella died, she made her husband’s favorite dinner.
Not because it was a special occasion, but because it wasn’t—
spontaneity, people insisted, was the secret to love. Marcella didn’t know if she believed all that, but she was willing to try her hand at a home-cooked meal. Nothing too fancy—a good steak, edges seared with black pepper, slow-baked sweet potatoes, a bottle of merlot.
But six o’clock came and went, and Marcus wasn’t home.