Bantam, New York, 1989, 1^st pr thus.  ISBN 0-553-27903-3.  MMPB, 552 pages.  Good reading copy; wraps show edge and cover wear, small corner bends; reading creases on and along spine, scrapes along spine edges; binding sound with a slight lean.  Number stamped on top edge, small stain on first page; remainder of interior clean and unmarked, pages quite tanned.  ‘The world of Neverness is … filled with extraordinary beings: the Alaloi, whose genes have “backmutated” … the Order of Pilots, which reworks the laws of time and physics … the Solid State Entity, a nebula-size brain composed of moon-size biocomputers; and the Ieldra, a mythical race of aliens that eons ago seeded the galaxy with its DNA … Against this backdrop is told the story of Mallory Ringess, a headstrong novitiate of the Order of Pilots.  Against all odds, he has navigated a maze of interspatial passageways to penetrate the Solid State Entity.  Now he returns to his native Neverness with a stunning discovery …’ (from rear wrap)