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Randi Wade's world is spiraling into a dark labyrinth of secrets and lies. Her only friend is keeping something from her. Innocent victims are being savagely attacked and left for dead, all but their skins. There is an eerie connection between the crime scenes and her own father's murder nearly twenty years before, unsolved to this day. Despite this, Chief of Police Joe Urquhart, her father's former partner and best friend, beckons her to drop the case, drop everything. Is he protecting her, or something else?
As the case unfolds, Randi is pulled ever closer to realizing her darkest fear: that werewolves do exist, and they'll do anything necessary to keep their secrets safe in this once quiet town... Even if it means killing their own. All the while, an eccentric but powerful family watches closely from inside the black iron gates of Blackstone Manor, as the horrendous truth behind it all begins to bubble toward the top.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Small format hardcover, in As New condition. A collectors grade copy. First hardcover edition. Published by WSFA Press, the publishing arm of the Washington Science Fiction Association. Purchased new from the publisher. ***** Please Note: This is the unsigned trade edition*****. "When a string of bizarre killings strikes her small city, private investigator Randi Wade becomes suspicious. Still haunted by her father?s death at the claws and teeth of a strange beast almost twenty years before, the serial killer?s grisly murders remind her of that still-unsolved murder. As the police hit a dead end, Randi starts looking for answers of her own. But when a close friend suddenly becomes a target, he is forced to reveal a startling secret about himself and Randi is quickly pulled into a dark underworld where monsters are all too real ? and prey on the living.". Seller Inventory # 002284
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small hardcover with dust jacket. Pictorial DJ is crisp and glossy. Book is bound in black cloth over boards with bronze lettering on the front cover and spine. Covers are crisp and clean. Corners are square. Binding is tight and secure. One of 500 limited first editions signed by Martin and Berry, numbered 144. Pages are crisp, clean, and bright. Illustrations/images are printed in B&W. 158 pages. WSFA Press. Copyright dated 1988. Publication dated October 2013. A very good copy. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it is a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might to match this actual book. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 25-631
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Signed, limited edition, published by WSFA PRess, 2013. One of 500 copies signed by George RR Martin and Rick Berry on the limitation page. This copy is number 403. Hardcover in jacket, price intact on jacket flap. Clean and bright. Binding strong and square. Slight rubbing to boards. Lovely copy in near fine condition. Jacket now in fresh Mylar. Additional photos available upon request. All of our books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 250326002
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Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition, First Printing. A pristine copy of Martin's World Fantasy Award-winning werewolf novella, uniting the grit of noir with supernatural horror. This copy is a significant association, bearing the signature of George R. R. Martin on the personal bookplate of the legendary SF/Fantasy critic and editor D. Douglas Fratz. KEY FEATURES +++ Visuals: Features atmospheric cover art and interior illustrations by Rick Berry. +++ Binding: Black cloth with copper-gilt spine titles and a front-cover werewolf motif. +++ Content: A private detective noir set against a backdrop of lycanthropy; originally published in 'Night Visions 5'. +++ Associated Names: Signed by the author for D. Douglas Fratz (19522016), influential editor of 'Thrust' and 'Quantum' science fiction journals. +++ Provenance: From the personal library of D. Douglas Fratz. +++ Imprint: WSFA Press (Washington Science Fiction Association), 2013. +++ Specs: 7.25 inches tall / 158, [1] pages. CONDITION: Fine / Fine -- No flaws or blemishes; gift quality. The copper-gilt remains bright, the dust jacket is crisp and unclipped, and the text block is pristine. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE -- George R. R. Martin is globally recognized for 'A Song of Ice and Fire', but 'The Skin Trade' (1988) represents his mastery of the horror genre, for which he won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella. This WSFA Press edition was a labor of love by the fans of the Washington Science Fiction Association, produced during the height of Martin's 'Game of Thrones' fame. This specific copy transcends the standard 500-copy signed limitation. By bearing a signature on the personal bookplate of D. Douglas Fratz, it serves as a physical record of the professional respect between Martin and one of the genre's most prolific reviewers. SUBJECTS: George R. R. Martin, Werewolves, Urban Fantasy, Horror, Detective Fiction, D. Douglas Fratz, Science Fiction Criticism, WSFA Press, Association Copy, Horror, Modern First Edition, Signed Edition. Seller Inventory # 20726