In 2092, the world's ecology is in ruins, drought and famine are widespread and survival is a never-ending challenge. Harold Erdman leaves his dying community with one goal, to make his way to Esmeralda, an island paradise run by the Huntworld Corporation which has turned public murder, among willing competitors, into a thriving and lucrative business. Can he survive the journey and then the many rounds of deadly competition on his way to the Big Payoff. His neighbours' lives, as well as his own, hang in the balance.
- ISBN10 0451148649
- ISBN13 9780451148643
- Publish Date 2 June 1987 (first published 8 January 1987)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 28 September 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Roc
- Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
- Pages 221
- Language English