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If you copy this story, please include this notice and this introductory material.
The Gospel of the Knife is a novel published by Tor Books. Technically, it is a sequel to Dogland, but it's meant to work as an independent novel.
The following text is not the copyedited version (I don't have a file of that), so don't blame Tor for minor mistakes.
This is available under a Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported" license. For more information, see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/.
You can learn much too much about me, and also my wife, Emma Bull, at www.qwertyranch.com.
--Will Shetterly
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Dedications by this book's patrons
To Bridget K. Houlihan, whose romantic hope that every book she cracks open will be the best that the author has to offer has inspired me to make famous her love of literature, love of reading and passion for the arts. May you read this with the speed of a thousand thundering turtles!
-Tammy Green
To the men and women of Bravo Company, Tripler Army Medical Center, from whom I have learned much while they were supposed to be learning from me.
-Thomas A. Amoroso
To Sarah Kathleen McLaren, who was born while this was being written.
-Chris McLaren
And by its author
For Juan, Jelks, Kini, Jed, Ginnie, Kay, Marie, Liz, especially Barbara. And a special thanks to Stephen Borer and all the readers of my web log.
Book One