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Published by McBooks Press 2009

Published simultaneously in Great Britain by Hodder & Stoughton,

a Hachette UK company

Copyright © 2009 by Julian Stockwin

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Cover illustration by Larry Rostant, www.rostant.com. Dust jacket and interior design by Panda Musgrove.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Stockwin, Julian. Invasion : a Kydd Sea adventure / by Julian Stockwin. p. cm.

ISBN 978-1-59013-237-1

1. Kydd, Thomas (Fictitious character)--Fiction. 2. Great Britain--History, Naval--18th century--Fiction. I. Title. PR6119.T66I58 2009 823'.92--dc22

2009026361

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