"Printing history: Berkley edition, April 1985"--Title page verso
Cover art signed "Gurney."
Summary
"The world needs a hero ... It is the sixties, the 2060s, and things on Earth are looking grim. Firewood is $7 a stick. Macy's is a giant coal storage bin. Energy laws have outlawed elevators, and skyscrapers stand empty. The U.S. is a second-rate power run by the Mafia and the Teamsters. Space travel is illegal. Worst of all, a new Ice Age is on the way. What the world needs is a hero. A man rich enough to build his own spaceship. Brave enough to fly it. Crazy enough to want to save the world. Lucky enough to succeed."--Page 4 of cover
