The Fires Of Eden
US Trade Edition
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1994]399p.
First US trade edition . Bound in light green boards with dark
black cloth binding and all gold lettering reading from top to
bottom SIMMONS \ FIRES OF EDEN \ Putnam. Original price on front
flap of DJ at $22.95. Jacket art by Hector Garrido. Back of DJ
has praise from several authors and ISBN number in middle of bottom
section of the DJ.
Comment: A work set both in the present in Hawaii and
in the late 1800's when Mark Twain had an adventure in Hawaii.
Not my favorite Simmons work, but I appreciated the fact that
not all of the unsavory characters were killed off as you would
expect.