This is the first hardback edition of Tem's horror novel, nominated for the Bram Stoker award for Best First Novel. It was originally published as an Avon paperback in 1987. This title was produced as Book #1 of Delirium's Dark Essentials Series: Volume 4. Exclusive bonuses in this edition are the novelet that inspired the novel, a poem and a newly written Afterward. This is a publisher's copy, never intended to be sold, but signed by Tem and printed in addition to the 200 numbered copies. The book has a few small, light lower page corner creases and a couple of other minor flaws, but otherwise is like new -- as is the jacket, protected in a clear Gaylord book jacket cover.