190 pages; Near Fine condition. Tiny, soft bump bottom corner tip. Inside cover edges age tanning. No creases. Un-read tight. Solid, clean. Fantastic wrap around art work by Freas. An excellent gift! Ross Allen operated a bulldozer. He was also a science fiction writer on the side. There was something strange about the rock he hit with his machine. Even stranger was what he found inside it. It led him to Orl who was brilliant and likeable, even if a bit odd by human standards. It brought him to Kari who was beautiful, but far different from any woman he'd ever met before. It led him to a world he could never have dreamed up himself.