Sheri S. Tepper — The Fresco

Gollancz 2001 First Edition in the UK First Printing . Bruised at top and slightly bumped at base of spine else Fine book in like Dust Jacket . ''The bizarre events that have been occurring across the United States - unexplained oddities tracked by Air Defense, mysterious disappearances, shocking deaths - seem to have no bearing on Benita... 's life... until the softly spoken thirty-six-year-old