Quarter bound in publisher's dark blue cloth over blue boards, gilt lettering on spine, mustard endpapers, fore-edge deckle. 8vo. 256, (1) pp. Former owner's name crossed-out of ffep, boards lightly rubbed, else fine. Unclipped dust jacket. NEAR FINE/FINE. Arthur Clarke's first novel since 2010: Odyssey Two. "Just a few islands nestled on a warm, planet-wide ocean, Thalassa was a veritable paradise - home to one of the small colonies founded centuries before by robot Mother Ships. Mankind had barely managed to flee before the Sun went nova and destroyed the Solar System. The people of Thalassa were happy, devoted to living well on their beautiful world.". 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall