THE IMPERATOR PLOT. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1983. Octavo, boards. First edition. The second of Spruill's three novels featuring the scholarly investigator Elias Kane and his pacifist alien partner Pendrake. The story is set in Spruill's Imperial Earth future, three years after the events chronicled in THE PSYCHOPATH PLAGUE. Kane and Pendrake are investigating the attempted murder of Gregory Amerdath, the Imperator of the Nine Worlds. A fine mystery novel, as is THE PSYCHOPATH PLAGUE, by an underrated, undeservedly neglected writer. "A classic example of a science fiction mystery." - Joan D. Vinge. Faint remainder stain to bottom edge of text block, else a fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with 8 mm closed tear at top edge of rear panel. (#154024).
Price: $35.00
First edition so stated on copyright page.