New York: Mysterious Press / Warner, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An offbeat, stand-alone novel: "Once a month they came in the mail. As regular as clockwork. Addressed to Josh Redmont. Issued by something called 'United States Agent.' Each check for the exact same amount: $1000. At first, Josh tried to find out if some mistake had been made. After a while, he simply accepted that for unknowable reasons some obscure, untraceable branch of the U.S. government was paying him $1000 a month. . . . That is, until a smiling stranger approaches Josh with words that chill him to the spine: 'I'm from United States Agent. You are now active.' Josh has been paid for a job that he now must do." INSCRIBED on the title page. 294 pp. ISBN: 0-892967870.