ACE

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Ebook ISBN: 9781440619649

G. P. Putnam’s Sons hardcover edition / April 1984

Berkley trade paperback edition / March 1985

Berkley mass-market edition / April 1986

Ace mass-market edition / August 1987

Ace hardcover edition / February 2009

Ace premium edition / June 2019

Cover art and design by Jim Tierney

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.