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Martin, George R. R.

A dance with dragons / George R. R. Martin.

p. cm — (A song of ice and fire; bk. 5)

eISBN: 978-0-553-90565-6

I. Title.

PS3563.A7239D36 2011

813’.54—dc22    2011015508

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v3.1

this one is for my fans

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and the rest of the madmen and wild women of

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who sang to us of a bear and a maiden fair

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and all the other distant lands

where you’ve been waiting for this dance