New York: Harper & Row, 1978. dj. Hardcover - The author's first novel, a fantasy story for both adults and children, set in a time before there were humans on earth. A story of good fighting with evil as Chaunticleer the Rooster takes on the ancient evil Wyrm. Winner of the National Book Award for Science Fiction and a NY Times Best Children's Book of the year. 241 pp. ISBN: 0-06263466.