A Key for the Nonesuch: Book One of The Fading Worlds: Volume 1 - Softcover

When fix-it man and would-be novelist Howard Bell swiped the key to the Executive Washroom in a deserted Boston office building, he had no idea that a simple call of nature would become the summons to wild adventure. A turn of the golden key left him marooned on an ever-changing series of alien worlds, each one a bizarre battlefield where teams of unearthly opponents waged endless war at the whim of unseen masters. Hounded by deadly foes and aided by unexpected allies, Howard battled his way across the Fading Worlds, his desperate fight for survival soon transformed into a daring campaign to end the age-old reign of the brutal Keyholders--and unlock the mystery of the golden Key . . .

GEARY GRAVEL is the author of 11 science fiction and fantasy novels, the SF in two series. The Autumnworld Mosaic is comprised of The Alchemists (1984; Philip K. Dick Award finalist) and The Pathfinders (1986), with more books projected. A Key for the Nonesuch (1990) and Return of the Breakneck Boys (1991) are books I and II of The Fading Worlds, with more on the way. His lone piece of short fiction to date appears in Tales of the Witch World 2 (1988/Norton, ed.) Gravel is also the author of several novelizations: Hook (1991) based on the Steven Spielberg film; three Batman:The Animated Series adaptations (Shadows of the Past,1993; Dual to the Death, 1994; The Dragon and the Bat, 1994), and Mask of the Phantasm (1994), based on Batman:The Animated Movie, as well as two books suggested by the computer role-playing game Might & Magic, The Dreamwright (1995) and The Shadowsmith (1996). Gravel lives in western Massachusetts, where he has worked as a professional Sign Language Interpreter since 1977.