The Second Angel

New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1999. CK3 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by author on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping and crease on the edges and corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, some light stains on the page edges and endpapers, light discoloration and shelf wear. 9.5"x6.5", 392 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. July 2069: the centennial of the Apollo 11 Moon walk. What would Buzz Aldrin see if he were here? On Earth, plagues have destroyed the major food supplies, climatic changes have brought constant winter to the once-industrialized West, and a new and virulent virus - P2 - has infected Earth's population, bringing radical change in economic, political, and social structures. P2 is curable - but only with an infusion of uninfected blood. Indeed, blood has become the currency of choice: It is banked, speculated in, traded, hoarded, but only by those wealthy enough (or healthy enough) to have a clean, uninfected supply. And the Moon? It is now home to sex hotels and penal colonies. Home, too, to the "federal reserve" of blood banks - the most impregnable high-security installation in the world. It is the brainchild of one man - and he has every reason to destroy it. Acting on the most human of motives, revenge, he will take on the impossible. Unbeknownst to him, he will have help from a very strange source. A dark, dystopian, high-velocity thriller, The Second Angel is a chillingly convincing mix of prophecy and science. Call it 2001 brought up to date. Call it Philip Kerr's best book yet. Call it 1999's prologue to 2069, a terrifying forecast of the future.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.