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Jack Ketchum’s third novel

The book, about the disintegration of a Vietnam War veteran, first published by Ballantine as a paperback in 1987 has long been out of print and copies are near impossible to obtain. As with all Gauntlet titles, this is a definitive edition of the novel, not simply a signed limited edition.

Aside from the book itself, Neal McPheeters has provided wonderful cover art and interiors. Jack Ketchum wrote a long introduction discussing his research for the book, and Thomas Tessier has written a wonderfully insightful afterword. Ketchum, Tessier and McPheeters all sign the book.

But, there’s more. There’s a never-before published self-portrait of the author, drawn in 1970. And, there’s additional written material Jack Ketchum wrote in the late-sixties and early-seventies when the war in Vietnam was at its peak. This material, he called EPHEMERA, provides a remarkable insight into the author and has never been published before. Lastly, Ketchum gave Gauntlet the mock-up drawings from Ballantine for the book they wanted to call Stalking Ground. The author’s introduction discusses this in detail.

Limited to 1000 signed and numbered copies with an unsigned copy of the stand alone chapbook "Ephemera"

Limited Edition housed in the Lettered Traycase with a copy of the stand alone chapbook "Ephemera" signed by Jack Ketchum on the front cover

Lettered limited to 52 signed, lettered and traycased copies which includes:

• stand alone chapbook, "Ephemera" that has been signed by Jack Ketchum on the front cover
• CD "Selections" reading by Jack Ketchum also sogned on the front