What is the relationship between these condensed versions and the original novels?

Each story in this volume is an abridged version of the original work, specifically edited to reduce length while maintaining the core plot and narrative arc of the full-length novel.

How were these volumes organized and distributed?

These anthologies were part of a long-running subscription service distributed by direct mail, with each volume typically grouping several unrelated novels from different authors into a single hardcover edition.

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Volume 5 1994

Contemporary Literature Legal Thriller

Pages: 574
Published: 1994
Language: English

Synopsis

This collection brings together four distinct novels. Explore the complexities of relationships and ambition in Belva Plain's 'Daybreak' and Michael Crichton's 'Disclosure,' a story set against the backdrop of the computer industry. Then, journey to the American West with Tom Eidson's 'St. Agnes' Stand,' and finally, uncover a high-stakes plot in Frederick Forsyth's 'Fist of God.

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Genres, subjects and placesContemporary Literature, Legal Thriller, Mystery +36

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AuthorsBarbara J. Morgan, Belva Plain +3

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