Guardian of the Darkness

by Nahoko Uehashi

  ISBN 978-0-545-10295-7 (hardcover : alk. paper) [1. Fantasy.] I. Hirano, Cathy. II. Shimizu, Yuko, 1965—ill. III. Title.

  PZ7.U277Mp 2009

  [Fic]—dc222008037444

  First edition, May 2009

  Cover art © 2009 by Yuko Shimizu

  Cover design by Phil Falco

  e-ISBN 978-0-545-30028-5

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