New York: Bantam / Spectra, (2005). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, set in the dystopian near future on the "hellish streets of Hartford, Connecticut in the year 2062." SIGNED on the title page. In 2005, Bear won the 2005 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. 324 pp plus a brief preview for the second book in this series. ISBN: 0-553587501.