New York: Harper Collins, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a "mystery that doubles as an exhilarating expedition to the edges of the world. . . An invitation from a dead man propels a Chicago plumber on a perilous journey from blue-collar America to the exotic Far East - and beyond into dangerous, unchartered territory, a treacherous world of artists and smugglers, duplicitous friends and seductive enemies." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 340 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 0-060392274.