New York: Ace Books, (2005). SIGNED first edition - Nasir Deepra, a 248 year old wealthy executive who rules 23rd-century Earth, his body kept young by nanotech machines, instigates minor wars, broadcasting his "war surfing" escapades on the Net, until he meets a young girl with an insatiable thirst for danger who pushes him into a war that exposes his secrets and brings him face-to-face with death. INSCRIBED on the title page. 375 pp. ISBN: 0-441013201.