Eos, New York, 2000, 1^st pr thus.  ISBN 0-380-79297-4.  MMPB, 386 pages followed by an excerpt from The Third Book of Confluence – Shrine of Stars.  Appears unread but wraps show scrapes along edges, some scratches, and sticker ghost on front; no creases.  Binding tight with lightly tanned pages.  ‘On an artificial world created and seeded with ten thousand bloodlines by the long-vanished Preservers, young Yama’s ancestry is unique, for he appears to be the last remaining scion of the Builders, closest of all races to the worshiped architects of Confluence.  And on a day near the end of the world, Yama must finally acknowledge the power he neither anticipated nor desires.’ (from rear wrap)