New York: Random House, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a thriller - Mavis A., an immense oil platform fueling all of Britain, is the target of IRA guerillas who have seized the American Enterprise supertanker. As a storm rages, tje tanker is steered powerfully toward the legs of the platform. Map frontispiece. 2 pp of sketches of the oil platform and the tanker. 258 pp. Wraparound dust jacket art by Peter Cox. ISBN: 0-394501969.