The Vanished Child: A Novel

New York: Ballantine Books, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 5x1x7. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription on title page. Minimal wear to corners. 1992 Hard Cover. 420 pp. Author's second novel, and first in book form (following the hypertext SF novel King of Space). New England, 1887. The millionaire William Knight is brutally murdered and the only witness is his grandchild, Richard, who himself disappears, and is presumed dead. Eighteen years later, Richard is "recognized" in Switzerland in the person of Alexander von Reisden, and William Knight's only son, Gilbert, is convinced that this man is the long lost child. Reisden, himself, has no memory of any childhood, and his own growing obsession with finding the real Richard is leading him closer to a shattering truth. And to a killer, still at large....