In Conquest Born by C. S. Friedman (In Conquest Born 1)
Alternate Cover edition (Daw Book Collectors No: 707)
Good condition used May 1987 First Print DAW Edition Paperback.
Published by DAW Books Inc, NY, USA.
Printing number-line: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.
Author: C. S. Friedman.
Cover Art: Michael R. Whelan.
ISBN: 0886771986.
Approx. dims: 175mm h x 105mm w x 37mm d.
Intact clean condition covers with slight fraying to bottom left corner back cover, slight creasing and rubbing to edges and corners, plus slight signs of handling. Intact spine with vertical creasing. 511 clean, slightly tanned inside pages of English text, no inscriptions. Inside cover leaves very tanned. Page ends dye coloured yellow. Image shown is actual book for sale.
Synopsis: Alternate cover edition for ISBN10: 0-88677-198-6. The Whelen cover art wraps round to the back page, with a female character on one side of a table, and a male character on the other side of the table. Most copies were printed with the female (Zatar) on the front, and the male on the back, while alternative covers were printed with the male (Anzha) on the front and the female on the back. This book is the alternative cover with the male (Anzha) on the front and the female on the back.
Braxi and Azea - two interstellar civilizations fighting an endless war over a long-forgotten cause; two peoples descended from the human species and bred over countless generations to embody opposing ideals, seeking opposite paths to power.
The Braxana - dominant tribe of the fierce Braxin Holding - are brilliant, powerful, and aloof from the society they rule. They were bred by their primitive forebears to be aggressive, competitive, and secretive beyond all prior human norms. The mysteries of their internal society are legendary even among the people they rule.