A Maze of Death

New York, NY: Paperback Library. Very Good+. 1971. 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Paperback. Cover Art; This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The white covers have some generalized toning, especially to the spine and spine joints. The text pages are generally clean and bright, though there is generalized light toning throughout. The cover art is by Richard Powers. "The plot revolves around fourteen colonists of the planet Delmak-O. They are: Betty Jo Berm, a linguist; elderly Bert Kosler, settlement custodian; Maggie Walsh, a theologian; Ignatz Thugg, who oversees thermoplastics; Milton Babble, a physician; Wade Frazer, a psychologist; Tony Dunkelwelt, a geologist; Glen Belsnor, who specialises in telecommunications; Susie Smart, a typist; Roberta Rockingham, a sociologist; Ben Tallchief, a naturalist; Seth and Mary Morley, a marine biologist couple; and Ned Russell, an economist. The colonists travel in one-way rockets consecutively to Delmak-O to take part in an unknown colonization project. After all landed, their assignment should be communicated via satellite. However, the communication system fails, leaving the colonists without contact to the outside world. Thus, the colonists try to identify their task and explore Delmak-O. " (from Wikipedia) .