Quarter bound in publisher's dark blue cloth over blue boards, gilt lettering on spine, mustard endpapers, fore-edge deckle. 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.". Former owner's name blacked-out of ffep, boards very lightly rubbed, else fine; otherwise unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. The unclipped dust jacket is in perfect condition. VERY GOOD/AS NEW.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 256, (1) pp