Octavia E. Butler — Clay&Apos;S Ark

New York, St. Martin's Press, 1984 . Cloth. An exceptional example of the Book Club Edition of Octavia E. Butler's final novel in her 'Patternist' series, in the vibrant original dust wrapper. The Book Club Edition of this work, published in the same year as the first edition.In the unclipped 'Book Club Edition' dust wrapper.The novel serves as a prequel to Butler's 'Patternist' series, and accounts for the arrival of the Clay Ark disease that leads to the evolution of 'clayarks', the mutants that threaten human survival in the series debut novel, 'Patternmaster' (1876), and 'Survivor' (1978).Kirkus Reviews praised the novel's "strong, supple narrative with tense action." In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. A touch of edgewear to dust wrapper back strip head, with foxing to dust wrapper reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.