Jove, New York, 2001, 1^st/1^st.  ISBN 0-515-12954-2.  MMPB, 283 pages.  Good; wraps show some edge and cover wear, small corner creases, reading creases on spine and along front hinge.  Binding with a lean is cracked at pp. 44/45 with all pages secure.  Book store stamp in bottom margin of first page; remainder of interior clean and unmarked with tanned pages.  ‘In the bustling medieval port of Venice, Casca saves a boy’s life – and becomes embroiled in an ancient blood feud.  It seems that the eager young man, Marco, is desperately in love with a girl he cannot have – a Donatello.  And the powerful Donatellos would sooner kill the lowborn Marco than allow him into their family.  But that is something Casca will not allow to happen – even when he finds himself caught in the middle of a bloody, merciless war …’ (from rear wrap)