Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Interlude Nine: The Lord Of The Flies
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Interlude Ten: The Lord Of The Flies
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Interlude Eleven: The Lord Of The Flies
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Interlude Twelve: The Lord Of The Flies
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Interlude Thirteen: The Lord Of The Flies
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Interlude Fourteen: The Lord of The Flies
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Part Three
Chapter 82
Interlude Fifteen: The Lord Of The Flies
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116
Chapter 117
Chapter 118
Chapter 119
Chapter 120. Monk’s Story
Chapter 121
Chapter 122
Chapter 123
Chapter 124
Chapter 125
Chapter 126
Chapter 127
Chapter 128
Chapter 129
Chapter 130
Chapter 131
Chapter 132
Chapter 133
Chapter 134
Chapter 135
Epilogue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 7
Patty Cakes’s Playlist
Acknowledgments
Also by Jonathan Maberry
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
First published in the United States by St. Martin’s Griffin, an imprint of St. Martin’s Publishing Group
INK. Copyright © 2020 by Jonathan Maberry. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Publishing Group, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.
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“Kindling” © 2020 by Jezzy Wolfe. Used by permission of the author.
“Tangled” © 2019 by Leza Cantoral. Used by permission of the author.
“A Series of Images to Convince You That She Is Dead” © 2019 by Leza Cantoral.
Used by permission of the author.
“Faces: A Monk Addison Bonus Story” © 2016 by Jonathan Maberry Productions, LLC.
Originally published by Borderlands Press in A Little Bronze Book of Cautionary Tales.
Cover design by Rob Grom and Nikolaas Eickelbeck
Cover photographs: woman © YouraPechkin/Getty Images; tattoo © AKV/Shutterstock.com; ink © joker1991/Shutterstock.com; faces (top and bottom): two men and women © oOhyperblaster/Shutterstock.com; faces (middle) women © OSTILL is Franck Camhi/Shutterstock.com
The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Maberry, Jonathan, author.
Title: Ink / Jonathan Maberry.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020028405 | ISBN 9781250765888 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9781250200952 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Paranormal fiction. | GSAFD: Suspense fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3613.A19 I55 2020 | DDC 813/.6—dc23
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