Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd. London in 1985 ( would appear to be a first edition ) This hard back black cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine plus dustjacket is in tight order-ex library book- NZ navy.Of 495 pages.good readable condition- About this title- Synopsis: It was big all right, far bigger than any craft any human had seen. It had been decelerating for weeks and it was still travelling fast enough to escape the Sun's gravity with ease. Now it was heading for Earth. The best brains in the business reckoned that any spacecraft nearing the end of a journey that might have taken centuries would just have to be friendly. But they were wrong! Catastrophically wrong:- Review(s): "The most successful collaborative team in the history of science fiction has combined again to produce a devastating and totally convincing novel of alien invasion" / "Niven and Pournelle have produced another world-in-peril winner. I loved it!" - Frank Herbert:- Size of book- 160W x 235H x 45D ISBN 0 575 03690 7