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Mason, Robert : Weapon

Bantam, London, 1989

ISBN 0593019601

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Nr Fine

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MASON, ROBERT: : WEAPON

LONDON.BANTAM PRESS,1989.

ISBN 0593019601.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.These are generally accepted as the export editon, which usually preceded the trade edn/ issue.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour illustrated dw/dj,with brown+black lettering; with virtually no shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and near pristine; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate unmarked,plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,12- 317pp [paginated] includes 37 chapters, author's note at rear; plus [unpaginated] note on author,title page,a dedication, title separator page,publisher's advert to rear along with 4pp blanks at rear. Exciting,inventive,action-packed and irresistible,Robert Mason's first book since 'Chickenhawk' delivers a spectacular high-tech retelling of the Frankenstein myth. What happens when a two-billion-dollar weapon goes AWOL? Solo is a robot created as the ultimate killing machine.At 6'2" and 300 pounds of titanium and electronic circuits,he is the latest in weapon technology and artificial intelligence. Bill Stewart,the gawky co-owner of Electron Dynamics,has created the thing most computer engineers only dream of: a machine that can learn.There's just one problem - the weapon refuses to kill on command. Sent on a trial in Costa Rica with Bill and flag-waving,leather-assed General Clyde Haynes,Solo monitors a Pentagon transmission ordering him to be shipped back to Florida for reprogramming.In a spectacular helicopter chase beneath the jungle canopy,Solo crashes his chopper, crawls out of the wreckage and,as his batteries begin to run out,escapes across the border into Nicaragua,where he's discovered by a band of campesinos who hook him up to their portable generator and recharge him. The robot learns about friendship.He discovers he'd rather study the mythic rituals of Los Indios than war,but he knows he's being tracked by an elite CIA death squad.This highly trained team of ruthless men is deterimned to retrieve its most expensive piece of weaponry at any cost - even if it means annihilating the village and all its inhabitants. Author's first novel,a great chase adventure yarn.He is a Vietnam veteran who wrote the moving memoir of that war, 'Chickenhawk',his first book.He is working on the 2nd Solo novel (then 1989). Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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