Checkmate

by Eric T. Baker
Cover by Romas Kukalis (signed)

Roc Books First Edition

Description: Mass market paperback book published by Roc Books / Penguin in 1998. The copyright page states 'First Printing, January 1998', 'First published by Roc' and the printing status bar is complete, making this a first printing. A paperback original. Signed by the cover artist on the title page without inscription or personalization.

From the Back Cover: The game isn't over... until the last piece is taken!

Aaron Hudson is a member of the Contraband Unit, sworn to protect the resources of the colony ship Jersey. But the temptations of contraband are too great to resist - and Aaron's aquad has become a team on the take.

Then a crackdown puts a glitch in the plans and Aaron is set up to take the fall. Forced into an uneasy alliance with the Artificial Intelligence trying to shut the Unit down, Aaron is caught between loyalty and survival. Suddenly he's playing a game he can't win. And the stakes are nothing less than life and death.

From rising science-fiction author Eric T. Baker comes a hip, edgy novel about greed, betrayal, and one man's conscience.

Condition: Binding - near fine, appears unread, slight edgewear, no spine or cover reading creases, the top inside of the covers and the top page edges show just the slightest beginnings of tanning. Dust jacket - none, as issued.

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