Watcher of the Dark

DOUBLDAY & CO, 1966. BOOK CLUB EDITION. Hard cover. Good in fair dust jacket. Watcher of the Dark (Hardcover IN DUST JACKET CONDITION GOOD-VINTAGE COPYRIGHT 1966-PUBLISHED BY DOUBLDAY & CO-BOOK CLUB EDITION-228 PAGES) by Lloyd Biggle Jr (Author) SINISTER, INVISIBLE FORCES OF A SECRET MENTAL WEAPON KNOWN... 228 p. Watcher of the Dark (Hardcover IN DUST JACKET CONDITION GOOD-VINTAGE COPYRIGHT 1966-PUBLISHED BY DOUBLDAY & CO-BOOK CLUB EDITION-228 PAGES) by Lloyd Biggle Jr (Author) SINISTER, INVISIBLE FORCES OF A SECRET MENTAL WEAPON KNOWN ONLY AS THE DARK ARE THR Watcher of the Dark (Hardcover IN DUST JACKET CONDITION GOOD-VINTAGE COPYRIGHT 1966-PUBLISHED BY DOUBLDAY & CO-BOOK CLUB EDITION-228 PAGES) by Lloyd Biggle Jr (Author) SINISTER, INVISIBLE FORCES OF A SECRET MENTAL WEAPON KNOWN ONLY AS THE DARK ARE THREATENING THE ENTIRE PRIMORES GALAXY, SEVERAL TRANSMITTING LEAPS AWAY FROM EARTH. BY THE TIME A BIZARRE MR. SMITH COMES TO DETECTIVE JAN DARZEK'S NEW YORK OFFICE IN 1988, WHOLE PLANETS HAVE BEEN LAID WASTE, THEIR STRANGE INHABITANTS REDUCED FIRST TO WAILING MOBS, THEN TO UTTER STARVATION. DARZEK IS OFFERED A MILLION DOLLARS BY SMITH TO ACCEPT A JOB THAT WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY BE FATAL; IDENTIFY THE INCREDIBLE POWER THAT IS ABOUT TO OVERWHELM THE FEW REMAINING PLANETS IN THE BELEAGUERED GALAXY, SO THAT THESE WORLDS MIGHT SOMEHOW HALT THE RAMPAGE. DARZEK MUST SUMMON EVERY KIND OF CUNNING AND MANIPULATION HE KNOWS, WITH THE HELP OF HIS SIDEKICK SECRETARY, MISS SCHLUPE, TO UNMASK THE MYSTERIOUS DARK. A SUPERB SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL BY A MASTER OF THE GENRE.