Dark Harvest
Swan Song
Arlington Hts., IL: Dark Harvest, 1989. 608 pp. 7 1/4 x 10 1/4"; Limited Deluxe First Edition of 650 copies, this being #198. Green cloth slipcase with just a hint of rubbing in near fine condition and illustrated dustjacket in fine condition; Immaculate, tight, appears new and unread. Green boards, green endpapers, signatures of McCammon and artist on colophon, in fine condition.
I believe that the description from the Pocket Books paperback edition (first edition) describes the book very well: An epic journey of terror across a land seething with unspeakable horrors. America! Haunted by an evil whose time has finally come. This post-apocalyptic novel is often compared the Stephen King's, "The Stand". Both are weighty books and are about mankind's struggle in a devastated world. Robert McCammon liked the illustrations done for this edition of the book. He felt that Charles and Wendy Lang visualized the scenes in great detail and added an extra dimension of quality to his work. Swan Song was the co-winner of the 1987 Bram Stoker Award and nominated for the 1988 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel.
The Eyes of Darkness
Arlington Hts., Illinois: Dark Harvest, 1989. 257 pp. Approximately 6 x 9 1/4". Deluxe First Limited edition of 400 copies, this being #29, signed on the limitations page by Dean R. Koontz and the illustrator, Phil Parks. Illustrated jacket is in near fine condition, with only a tiny bit of edge wear, slight ripple, not price-clipped. Grey cloth over boards with crisp lettering on spine, in fine condition. Housed in grey cloth-covered slipcase with minor speckling to top edge, in near-fine condition.
First published as a paperback by Pocket Books in 1981 under his pseudonym of Leigh Nichols, this is the story of a mother who tried to find out if her son really did die over a year ago or is still alive. Full of suspense and horror and intrigue.