Notes: Canada price C$3.99 Undated 6th printing from numberline "10 9 8 7 6", under "March 1984" Copyright page specifies "Interior art copyright (c) 1982 George Buctel". The interior illustrations are 2 two-page works in front material: "Sarkkhan's Nursery" [ii-iii], an aerial view of the campus and immediate environ, labeled as a map; "Heart's Blood Line" [viii-ix], as a family tree. Each is titled in one corner, accompanied by a "dragon" illustration -- certainly the same interpretation as in the front cover illustration if not by the same artist. The novel spans pp 3-243 following pp xi-xii untitled "excerpt from The Encyclopedia Galaxia, evidently the entry for Austar IV about the planet's geography, native life, and human settlement. pp xi-xii comprise