Heathern [COLLECTIBLE UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY]

New York: TOR Books, 1990. Uncorrected Proof . Soft cover. Fine Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is an "Uncorrected Proof" copy - often referred to, but not quite the same as, an "Advance Reading Copy" [or ARC] - fast becoming an attractive collectible, as it precedes the First Edition. Heathern is a dystopian tale of corporate combat and media warfare in the fading years of our century. Thatcher Dryden, former drug kingpin and now leader of the megacorporation Dryco, intends to supply a waiting world with the Messiah it so desperately seeks. But Lester Macaffrey, a schoolteacher found performing miracles among the human flotsam of the Lower East Side, proves no more controllable than any Messiah. While Thatcher's minions scheme to sell the world salvation with a Dryco label on it, Thatcher's own mistress is strangely drawn to Macaffrey -- and begins to be transformed into something new and strange ... something that might change the world. 215 pages. CONDITION: a bright, tight, square, unmarked, uncreased, likely unread copy with minimal shelf-wear. [*****NOTE: Uncorrected Proof copies often have fragile binding, so it is not advisable to open the pages wide. If the spine is cracked, pages might come loose.] This handsome, collectible copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.