Book is tight and almost square with the usual light bumping to spine ends; age tanning is mild and uniform. Endpapers have a total of 3 stamps of previous owner's name/SSN; no marks or writing - a clean copy that is NOT ex-library. DJ is in excellent shape with no tears; clipped at bottom corner of front flap (but not price-clipped.) [This last bit makes me wonder if the DJ is a "universal" one for both retail and library sales, with labels for each at top & bottom of flap - the label not applicable would be clipped off when sold or shipped.]

The Zero Stone - A mysterious stone, born of worlds long extinct, is the key to powers unimaginable to man - powers that could enable its owners to rule the universe. Murdoc Jern, gem trader, finds that possession of the stone has led him to the center of a web of intrigue and murder. With his companion Eet, an inscrutable feline mutant with phenomenal ESP powers, he is hunted through space, coming finally to a long forgotten planet inhabited by apelike "sniffers." There, facing the predatory sniffers, the antagonistic Patrol and the laser-guns of the Thieve's Guild, Murdoc must seek the source of the Zero Stone and bargain for his rights to pursue his destiny as a free man. (There is a sequel: Uncharted Stars.)