Hardcover first edition, first printing. Stated First Edition on copyright page. Rust-orange colored cloth over gray-green boards. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. A straight, square copy in un-clipped jacket in protective brodart cover. Tepper returns to feminism and religious intolerance in the well-written series. "This is a beautifully written novel with well-developed charaters and a number of very interesting aliens." - Anatomy of Wonder *II-1128.