The Cassandra Read online

Page 27

THE CASSANDRA. Copyright © 2019 by Sharma Shields. All rights reserved. For information, address Henry Holt and Co., 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

  www.henryholt.com

  Cover design by Karen Horton,

  Cover photograph of typewriter © patat / Shutterstock.com; cover photograph of woman’s shoe © Mary Evans/Classic Stock/American Stock Photography.

  The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

  Names: Shields, Sharma, author.

  Title: The Cassandra: a novel / Sharma Shields.

  Description: First edition. | New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2019.

  Identifiers: LCCN 2018022670 | ISBN 9781250197412 (Hardcover)

  Subjects: LCSH: Secret operations. | War stories. | Fantasy fiction.

  Classification: LCC PS3619.H5429 C37 2019 | DDC 813/.6—dc23

  LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018022670

  e-ISBN 9781250197443

  First Edition: February 2019

  Our e-books may be purchased in bulk for promotional, educational, or business use. Please contact the Macmillan Corporate and Premium Sales Department at (800) 221-7945, extension 5442, or by e-mail at [email protected].

  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.