Stated first printing, dated, with complete number line. Tight, clean, flat, square, sharp and crisp book in DJ with light wrinkls. Chips starting on the front flap. Label residue on the FFEP. Calm turns to chaos in a fantastical journey of the Sonderbergs, a typical American vacationing family, who pick up an other-worldly hitchhiker and find themselves on the road to hell as time and space come apart before them. The Sonderberg family is driving to Las Vegas in a rented motor home, rather than flying. Frank thought it might be an educational drive for his two children. It certainly turned out to be that.... Frank picks up a beautiful but enigmatic woman, hitchhiking in the the desert. She gives her name as "Mohostosocia" but adds, "Call me Mouse". (Good, I could not type that real name each time!) Mouse reviews that she is a special singer and her task is to soothe the Spinner to stop breaks in the fabric of reality. This means nothing to the Sonderbergs at first. Alice, Frank's wife is a tiny bit suspicious of Mouse. But they soon find that "reality" has indeed changed. Towns that show on the map are no longer there--and new, unworldly towns have been added. When they are attacked by ax-weilding rats--a great scene--they know they are in big trouble. They pick up a second unusual character called Burnfingers Begay, and begin a long a harrowing journey. The pace is good and the characters are well drawn. The Sonderbergs--Frank, Alice and their children Wendy and Steve--are well conceived and the ways they change trhough the adventures is interesting.