New York: Simon & Schuster, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel - a fast-paced morality tale featuring John Venner, professor of religion at a small New England college, who becomes obsessed with the nearby Shaker community of New Eden and especially one young woman, the last of her kind, still living there. "Witty prose, a bizarre scenario, and a compelling story distinguish this funny, outlandish, irreverent fiction." (The Library Journal) 268 pp. ISBN: 0-67178854X.