Steven Taylor is an assistant bank manager in a quiet little Mid-West town; his roommate Mark Jenkins is a high school history teacher. Steven's bored with his job; the thought of going through all the accounts that haven't had a single transaction in the past 25 years sounds even more boring - until he discovers one old prospector left USD17,000 in October 1870; it's now worth 6.3 million dollars. There's a safe deposit box too, 17C, that's never been opened in all those years. And it would have remained closed if Steven ...
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Steven Taylor is an assistant bank manager in a quiet little Mid-West town; his roommate Mark Jenkins is a high school history teacher. Steven's bored with his job; the thought of going through all the accounts that haven't had a single transaction in the past 25 years sounds even more boring - until he discovers one old prospector left USD17,000 in October 1870; it's now worth 6.3 million dollars. There's a safe deposit box too, 17C, that's never been opened in all those years. And it would have remained closed if Steven hadn't been browsing through a Denver antique store: as well as a dresser for his sister, he found a new girlfriend, Hannah, the owner's daughter ...and, in a jar of oddments, the long-missing key to Idaho Springs Safety Deposit Box 17C. And without that key, he'd never have found the tapestry that sucked him and Mark into the land of Rona in the strange new world of Eldarn, where they are immediately captured by a group of Ronan resistance fighters. Rona has been occupied by Malakasia for nearly a thousand Twinmoons. Now an evil tyrant rules the land, but he wants more: he wants the key that will open the path for an ancient evil to manifest once and for all. And Steven and Mark need this same key if they are ever to get home to Idaho Springs ...
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Seller's Description:
Very good in Very good jacket. VGC. Gollancz, 2005. First UK edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Paperback(a couple of small nicks and crease on the edges of the cover and spine) in VGC. Illustrated with b/w maps. Nice and clean pages with a small ink mark and nicks on the outer edges, a couple of small creases on the edges of the pages, small tear and crease on the edge of the half-title page. The book is in VGC with light shelf wear.581. Heavy book. A collectable first edition.
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Good. All orders are dispatched within 1 working day from our UK warehouse. Established in 2004, we are dedicated to recycling unwanted books on behalf of a number of UK charities who benefit from added revenue through the sale of their books plus huge savings in waste disposal. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 9x5x1; No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. soiling to page ends; If Steven hadn't been browsing through a Denver antique store, he wouldn't have found the key to the Idaho Springs Bank Safety Deposit Box. And without that key, he'd never have found the tapestry that sucked him and Mark into the land of Rona in Eldarn, where they are immediately captured by a group of Ronan resistance fighters.
