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The Artifact

by W. Michael Gear (signed)
Cover by Sanjulian

DAW Books First Edition

Description: Thick mass market paperback book published by DAW Books in 1990. The copyright page states 'First Printing, March 1990' in and the printing status bar is complete, making this a first printing. A paperback original. Signed by the author without inscription or personalization on the title page. The internet speculative fiction database ISFDB lists this as a prequel to The Way of Spider trilogy. Not sure if that is true or not. The author's website doesn't list it with the Way of the Spider books.

From the Back Cover: In a galaxy on the brink of civil war, the Brotherhood seeks to keep peace through diplomacy, subterfuge, and control of both technological advances and the carefully gathered knowledge of countless worlds. But now Speaker Archon, formerly a privateer and currently head of the world of Star’s Rest, has brought news of a discovery that may prove a great boon to humankind or a catalyst for its destruction.

So the Brotherhood ship Boaz, carrying diplomats representing all the human planets, stations, and colonies, is launched on a journey to distant Star’s Rest. Only Archon and his daughter know what awaits them there. And neither they nor Captain Carrasco can anticipate the treacherous games of intrigue and betrayal about to be played out aboard Boaz. Yet the greatest danger is that they will actually survive to reach Star’s Rest and the alien Artifact. For this creation of a long-vanished civilization has been waiting patiently for millennia to lure humans to extinction...

Condition: Binding - near fine, unread, front cover hinge crease by the spine, no other spine or cover reading creases but spine does have a oompression ridge from the binding processes, slight edgewear, corners very slightly bumped, insides of covers brown, previous owner's library label on the inside of the front cover. Dust Jacket - none, as issued.

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