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THE BlTTERBYNDE TRILOGY:
BOOK 1: The Ill-Made Mute
BOOK 2: The Lady of the Sorrows
BOOK 3: The Battle ofEvernight

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

Copyright й 2003 by Cecilia Dart-Thornton
The right of Cecilia Dart-Thornton to be identified as the author of this book has
been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act, 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner.

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First Printing: April 2003 10 987654 3 21

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dart-Thornton, Cecilia.
The battle of evernight / Cecilia Dart-Thornton.
p. cm. Ч (The bitterbynde ; bk. 3)
ISBN 0-446-52807-2 1. Young womenЧFiction. I. Title.
PR9619.3.D253 B38 2003
823'.92Чdc21 2002027201

Map created by Elizabeth Alger

This book is dedicated to elephants.

The conservation of elephants is emblematic, in many ways, of the conservation of nature.
ЧPeter Stroud, Elephant Conservation, Royal Melbourne Zoo

Authors Note

Some of my proceeds from the sale of this book are being donated to the Royal Melbourne Zoo's efforts for the conservation of elephants in their native habitats, such as Sumatra. However, my donations will not even come close to being sufficient for the task. If you wish to make a donation or learn more about the conservation efforts of the Royal Melbourne Zoo, please contact: The Director, Department of Conservation and Research, Royal Melbourne Zoo, Elliott Avenue, Parkville, 3052, Australia. Web site: http://www.zoo.org.au/*

Recommended reading: When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals, by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson and Susan McCarthy (Delta).

Many thanks to the following writers (in alphabetical order) for their fellowship and support:

James R. Allison, Kimberley Bradford, Jan Corso, Diane Coyle, Crystal Edwards, Roger Eichorn, Charles Coleman Finlay Elizabeth Glover, Karin Lowachee, Steve Nagy S. K. S. Perry, Nancy Proctor, Marsha Sisolak, James Stevens-Arce, and Michelle Thuma.

"Other than donating some of the proceeds from the sale of this book, Cecilia Dart-Thornton is not associated, either directly or indirectly, with the Royal Melbourne Zoo and therefore accepts no responsibility and/or liability for any acts or omissions of the Royal Melbourne Zoo.