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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Henry, Christina, 1974– author.

Title: The mermaid / Christina Henry.

Description: First edition. | New York : Berkley, 2018.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017039581 | ISBN 9780399584046 | ISBN 9780399584053 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Sideshows—Fiction. | Mermaids—Fiction. | Circus—Fiction. | GSAFD: Fantasy fiction.

Classification: LCC PS3608.E568 M47 2018 | DDC 813/.6—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017039581

First Edition: June 2018

Cover design by Genevieve Womack and Judith Lagerman

Title page art: Rust texture © HK.Studio/Shutterstock.com; Grunge texture © Alted Studio/Shutterstock.com
Title page design by Laura K. Corless

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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