Arena

London: Robert Hale, 1979. A near Fine unmarked copy which has a little light foxing to closed edges. Dustjacket by Dave Griffiths has some minor marks, no tears and is not price clipped. 224 pages. A neolithic hunter confronts a monstrous beast and gains himself a woman of the forests - a woman of strange powers. An 18th century girl from a moneyed family is psychically drawn towards a slave. In late 20th century Britain, in a dictatorship torn by a bloody civil war, a guerrilla commander leads his small, deadly team on a dangerous mission deep into the heart of enemy country. In the team is the woman he loves. Neither is initially aware of what lives in their minds, or of the strange destiny that awaits each member of the team. Beyond them all is the real battle: a ferocious cosmic and psychic struggle for a control that encompasses the hunter and his forest woman, the girl and the slave, the guerrilla commander and his team, fought by protagonists they would not dare imagine. SCARCE B2B. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.