The Viking Process -by Norman Hartley -a Signed Copy (author's 1st Book ) by Hartley, Norman (signed)( GHOST-WRITER as Jack Slipper ) - 1976

New York, NY: N.Y./ New York: Simon and Schuster ( S&S ), 1976, 1st Edition, First Printing, 1976. -------------hardcover, a Very Good+ to near Fine example, a bit of dustiness to the upper edge of the text block, light rubbing to the bottom edges of the boards, ---in an attractive Very Good to Very Good+ price clipped dustjacket, some small nicks and flakes, jacket is now in a hi-quality mylar protector ---this copy has been signed without inscription by Hartley, ---the author's first book written when he was working in Toronto at The Globe and Mail newspaper, ---synopsis taken from a later edition ---"a spellbinding novel about a giant multi-national corporation that sets out to destroy its rival, using all the techniques of sophisticated terrorism - assassination, kidnapping, media exploitation and ultra-violence. --Philip Russell is an expert on terrorism and urban warfare. A skilful piece of sexual blackmail drags him from his academic world and happy marriage into the hands of the Vikings, a group of young, smart, well-funded terrorists. --They appear to be planning to destroy a multi-national corporation in the name of social justice and Russell is forced to help them by Michelle, a young woman psychologist, skilled in the art of sexual manipulation. --But Russell is not easily manipulated. He quickly discovers that the Vikings are not what they seem and that social justice is the last of their concerns. --Finding himself trapped in a vicious struggle between rival corporations, Russell uses his ingenuity, expertise and mountaineering skills to escape from the Vikings and take one last desperate chance to block their nightmare scenario."---, ---HARTLEY has written a number of other thriller novels and also ghosted an autobiography by JACK SLIPPER titled SLIPPER of the YARD, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///. Signed (see description). First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine (see desciption)/Very Good (see description). Illus. by Paul Bacon cover Design. 6w x 8.5 Inches. Price Clipped Jacket.