The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black

First published in Great Britain in 2019 by

HOT KEY BOOKS

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Copyright © Holly Black, 2019

Illustrations by Kathleen Jennings

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The right of Holly Black to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988

This is a work of fiction. Names, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

‘Elfin Song’ by Edmund Clarence Stedman, first published in 1860 ‘A Fairy Tale’ by Philip James Bailey, first published in 1855

A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN: 978-1-4714-0757-4

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