THE CIPHER

First edition with these illustrations, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with titles in purple and blue to the spine, and with purple and blue stamped plasma illustration on upper and lower boards. In the Martin Ander illustrated dustwrapper. Top edge black. Purple silk bookmark. Illustrated endpapers, a colour frontispiece and six black and white plates by Martin Ander. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout, and without previous owners' inscriptions and stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper, which is bright and fresh, and without fading, loss, or tears.

Immersive fiction and prolific short story writer Kathe Koja's debut novel. In her career thus far, Koja has been the recipient of prestigious horror writing awards including, but not limited to, the Shirley Jackson Award, Bram Stoker Award, ASPCA Henry Bergh Award, Gustavus Myers Award, Locus Award, and been a finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award and World Fantasy Award (Kathe Koja, 2025).