VGC.HarperCollins,1994.First UK edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2).Book three in the ground-breaking mode series.Blue hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small nick on the edge of the front cover)with Dj(a couple of creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover),both in VGC.Nice and clean pages but slightly tainted on the outer edges,some foxing marks and light shelf wear on the edges of the pages,small pencil mark impression on the edge of the first blank page of the book.300pp.First edition. This is another paragraph Synopsis: Colene and Darius escape to another reality and continue on their way, with luck, across the five modes to Darius' homeworld, Hlahatar. There he is Cyng. Colene thinks of him as King of Laughter, an echo of the love she bears him - and of Darius' ability to drain the emotion from a person.