Daughter from the Dark
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To Anatoly Belilovsky, Alex Shvartsman, and Max Hrabrov, for our regular brainstorming sessions, for their dazzling wit, and all their terrible puns;
To my friends, for all their support and for not getting mad when I cancel plans “because I have to finish this chapter”;
To my family, for indulging my passion and not rolling their eyes too often;
To Malcolm, who reads every single word I write and makes me feel loved every single day.
About the Authors
MARINA and SERGEY DYACHENKO, a former actress and a former psychiatrist, are coauthors of thirty novels and numerous short stories and screenplays. They were born in Ukraine, lived in Russia, and now live in the United States. Their books have been translated into several foreign languages and awarded multiple literary and film prizes. Marina and Sergey are recipients of the Award for Best Authors (Eurocon 2005).
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About the Translator
Born in Moscow, JULIA MEITOV HERSEY moved to Boston at the age of nineteen and has been straddling the two cultures ever since. She lives north of Boston with her husband, two daughters, and a hyperactive dog, juggling a full-time job and her beloved translation projects.
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Copyright
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
daughter from the dark. Copyright © 2020 by Sergey Dyachenko and Marina Shyrshova-Dyachenko. Translation © 2020 by Julia Meitov Hersey. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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Digital Edition FEBRUARY 2020 ISBN: 978-0-06-291623-5
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-291621-1
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