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by Ian K. Smith, M. D.


  ALSO BY IAN K. SMITH

  The Clean 20

  Blast the Sugar Out!

  The SHRED Power Cleanse

  The SHRED Diet Cookbok

  SUPER SHRED

  SHRED

  The Truth About Men

  Eat

  Happy

  The 4 Day Diet

  Extreme Fat Smash Diet

  The Fat Smash Diet

  The Take-Control Diet

  Dr. Ian Smith’s Guide to Medical Websites

  The Blackbird Papers: A Novel

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  IAN K. SMITH is the author of nine bestselling nonfiction books, several of them, including SHRED and SUPER SHRED, #1 bestsellers, as well as one previous work of fiction, The Blackbird Papers. A graduate of Harvard, Columbia, and the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Medicine, Smith lives in Chicago. You can sign up for email updates here.

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  CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Notice

  Dedication

  Map

  Prologue

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Chapter 27

  Chapter 28

  Chapter 29

  Chapter 30

  Chapter 31

  Chapter 32

  Chapter 33

  Chapter 34

  Chapter 35

  Chapter 36

  Chapter 37

  Chapter 38

  Chapter 39

  Chapter 40

  Chapter 41

  Chapter 42

  Chapter 43

  Chapter 44

  Epilogue

  Acknowledgments

  Also by Ian K. Smith

  About the Author

  Copyright

  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

  THE ANCIENT NINE. Copyright © 2018 by Ian K. Smith. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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  Cover by James Iacobelli

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  The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request.

  ISBN 978-1-250-18239-5 (hardcover)

  ISBN 978-1-250-18240-1 (ebook)

  eISBN 9781250182401

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  First Edition: September 2018

 

 

 


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