New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - The auhtor's highly praised second novel . One night 90% of the population vanished without a trace. Now it is up to the remaining members of civilization to discover what caused The Vanishing. Set in the San Francisco area in the not too far distant future, this book uses the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, and Silicon Valley in unexpected ways. 383 pp. ISBN: 0-312-852134.