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PALAHNIUK  \nArt by  \nCAMERON STEWART  \nColors by  \nDAVE STEWART  \nLetters and logo by  \nNATE PIEKOS OF BLAMBOT®  \nCover and chapter break art by  \nDAVID MACK  \nPresident and Publisher...Mike Richardson  \nEditor……………………Scott Allie  \nAssociate Editor………Shantel LaRocque  \nAssistant Editor…………Katii O'Brien  \nDesigner…     ………Rick DeLucco  \nDigital Art Technician….…Christianne Goudreau  \nThis book is dedicated to my fellow workshop writers,many of whom have lenttheir likenesses to the project—Chelsea Cain,Monica Drake,Erin Leonard,DianaJordan,Suzy Vitello,Mary Wysong-Haeri,and Lidia Yuknavitch.—CP  \nThis book first came into being over a delicious dinner cooked by Marc Mohan.  \nSpecial thanks to Matt Fraction,Chelsea Cain,Kelly Sue DeConnick,Brian Michael Bendis,Todd Doughty,and Edward Hibbert.  \nNeil Hankerson,Executive Vice President/Tom Wedle,Chief Financial Officer/Randy Stradley,Vice President ofPublishing/Michael Martens,Vice President of Book Trade Sales/Matt Parkinson,Vice President of Marketing /David Scroggy,Vice President of Product Development/Dale LaFountain,Vice President of Information Technology/Cara Niece,Vice President of Production and Scheduling/Nick McWhorter,Vice President of Media Licensing/KenLizzi,General Counsel/Dave Marshall,Editor in Chief/Davey Estrada,Editorial Director/Scott Allie,Executive SeniorEditor/Chris Warner,Senior Books Editor/Cary Grazzini,Director of Print and Development/Lia Ribacchi,Art Director/Mark Bernardi,Director of Digital Publishing/Mchael Gombos,Director of International Publishing and Licensing  \nPublished by Dark Horse BooksA division of Dark Horse Comics,Inc.10956 SE Main StreetMilwaukie,OR 97222First edition:June 2016ISBN 978-1-61655-945-8Limited edition:June 2016ISBN 978-1-50670-230-8RIZE OR DIE  \n1098765432A 440018(s..  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \nF:PALInternational Licensing:(503)905-2377Comic Shop Locator Service:(888)266-4226  \nFight Club 2TM⑥2015,2016 Chuck Palahniuk.Dark Horse Books⑧and the Dark Horse logo are registered trademarksof Dark Horse Comics,Inc.Al rights reserved.No portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted,in anyform or by any means,without the express written permission of Dark Horse Comics,Inc.Names,characters,places,and incidents featured in this publication either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.Anyresemblance to actual persons (living or dead),events,institutions,or locales,without satiric intent,is coincidental.This edition collets Fight Club 2\\#1-\\#10 and the Fight Cub 2 Fre Comic Book Day 2015 story.Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nNames:Palahniuk,Chuck,author.|Stewart,Cameron,19767?-ilustrator.|Stewart,Dave,ilustrator.|Piekos,Nate,ilustrator.|Mack,David,1972-illustrator.  \nTtle:Fight Club2:the tranquility gambit/story by Chuck Palahniuk;artby Cameron Stewart;colors by Dave Stewart;letters and logo by NatePiekos of Blambot;covers and chapter break art by David Mack.Other titles:Tranquility gambit  \nDescription:First edition.|Milwaukie,OR:Dark Horse Books,2016.Identifiers:LCCN 2015049534|ISBN 9781616559458(hardback)Subjects:LCSH:Young men-Comic books,strips,tc.|Hand-to-handfighting-Comic books,strips,etc.|Self-actualization  \n(Psychologyl-Comie books,strips,etc.Graphic novels.|BISAC:COMICS&GRAPHIC NOVELS/Media Tie-In.|GSAFD:Comic books,strips,etcClassification:LCC PN6727.P347 F542016|DDC741.5973-dc23LC record available at http://ccn.loc.gov/2015049534  \n# INTRODUCTION\n\nI didn't see this coming.Any of it.  \nLet's go back to sometime around 1995.I was working as an editor at the firm ofW.W.Norton,a proudly independent andemployee-owned New York house bestknown to the public as the publisher of TheNorton Anthology of English Literature.A pretty conservative place,but one thatalso gave an editor his head","cbCaitbxK7H7h53g","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitbxK7H7h53g","pdf",29783533,286,"English","# 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