Rainbow Six
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1998.
First edition, signed limited issue. One of 675 copies signed by Tom Clancy on the limitation page at the front, specially bound. [xiv], 740 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering. Fine in Fine publisher's black slipcase. A Jack Ryan thriller about the release of a deadly infectious biological agent called Shiva by radical environmentalist in charge of a biotech firm. The firm then markets a vaccine to stop the pandemic they themselves caused-- one which is actually designed to kill the survivors and get rid of most of the world's population. The basis of a popular first-person shooter video game.
Price: $350