Condition: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. Cover art: Alan Gutierrez Blurb: “EARTH'S FIRST SPACESHIP HAS RETURNED WITH THE DEATH OF THE ENTIRE PLANET AS ITS CARGO. The one crew member left alive is infected with a terrifying alien plague and, fight it as he may, he is compelled by that plague to go out and infect others. And so, in the desert of the American Southwest, a colony is growing of people who are not quite human-and who soon will be unstoppable. "Octavia Butler is one of the best, strongest, and most honest writers working today. CLAY'S ARK is a tough and scary book that drew me in and would not let me go from beginning to end." -Vonda N. McIntyre Author of The Entropy Effect "Butler creates this tale with verve, originality, and an apparent gift for the circumstantial detail circumstantially told." -Algis Budrys Fantasy & Science Fiction "Butler's plotting is as irresistible as the alien invader itself." -Publishers Weekly