New York: Bantam, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, INSCRIBED on the half title page and dated in the year of publication. The story of an LAPD detective, the self-proclaimed king of his castle - his beachfront home in Malibu - and loving despot to his wife and four children, who he is determined to recast in his own image, steeling them to face a violent world. Laid in is a promotional postcard with a brief note from the author and also SIGNED. 355 pp. ISBN: 0-553101641.