An all- powerful ruler's son vies for control over the human race in this brilliant conclusion to the Patternist saga, from the critically acclaimed author of Parable of the Sower. In the far future, the human race is divided into two groups striving for power. The Patternmaster rules over all, the leader of the telepathic Patternist race whose thoughts can destroy or heal at his whim. The only threat to his power are the Clayarks, mutant humans created by an alien pandemic, who now live either enslaved by the ...
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An all- powerful ruler's son vies for control over the human race in this brilliant conclusion to the Patternist saga, from the critically acclaimed author of Parable of the Sower. In the far future, the human race is divided into two groups striving for power. The Patternmaster rules over all, the leader of the telepathic Patternist race whose thoughts can destroy or heal at his whim. The only threat to his power are the Clayarks, mutant humans created by an alien pandemic, who now live either enslaved by the Patternists or in the wild. Coransee, son of the ruling Patternmaster, wants the throne and will stop at nothing to get it, even if it means venturing into the wild mutant-infested hills to destroy a young apprentice -- his equal and his brother.
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Good in good dust jacket. First Edition. DJ with mild edgewear or bumping. Mild general wear. Pages clean. Binding sound. Mild shelf wear. Surface-level scratching on cover in a couple of spots.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First edition, first state with "G24" in the gutter of page 185. Hint of wear the spine ends and usual light speckled purple remainder mark on bottom edge, else fine in very good dust wrapper with creases to front panel, tear with internal tape repair and some general edgwear. Butler's first book about a future society of telepaths.
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Acceptable. SIGNED! Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. 1st edition. 8vo gray cloth with black spine lettering. 186pp. Signed by the author on title page. Fair ex-library copy in a Good dust jacket. Mid-Continent Public Library stamps to the top and bottom edge, copyright page. Library pocket and plates removed. Dampstained along the top edge of each page. Jacket moderately shelfworn, sunned, with some abrasion where the flaps where once affixed to the pastedowns. From the collection of science fiction and fantasy writer, editor, publisher and prolific book reviewer D. Douglas Fratz. (science fiction, fantasy, telepathy, healers, inheritance) Inquire if you need further information.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. First Edition. Stated first. DJ shows minor wear and slight chipping at the corners and spine ends. Bumped corners. Initials of former owner on the front free endpaper. Pages clean. Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.
