New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1997. SIGNED first edition - Ruff's second novel - described as part mad Max, part "Monkey Wrench Gang" and part Dickens - set in Manahattan in 2023, this novel includes an attempt to solve a murder mystery with Ayn Rand resurrected from the dead by computer acting as an unwilling assistant, a mutant great white shark swimming in the sewer tunnels beneath Times Square, and a Volkswagon Beetle possessed by the spirit of Abbie Hoffman, and more. SIGNED by the author on the title page with a small drawing, 515 pp.