B&W Illustrations; The book covers and contents are in clean, bright condition. Blue paper covered boards have a darker blue cloth spine with gilt lettering. There is a very slight slant to spine of book. The text pages are clean and bright. Endpapers are a mottled tan color. The spine ends and corners of the dust jacket have a bit of very light bumping and rubbing. The dust jacket art is illustrated by Carol Russo. "The lady Caissa, heir of the Ambassador of the Federated Sentient Planets to the world of Demeathorn, had grown up knowing that she owed her sire obedience and unconditional loyalty. She expected to do her duty, even to the extent of entering into a marriage alliance she did not understand with a man she despised. Lady Caissa, beautiful, rich and well-educated, had never learned the great secret of Demeathorn, although she was about to be caught in its unravelling."

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