A deluxe signed hardcover edition numbered 22 of 300. A companion to the matching novella "The Alchemist" by Paolo Bacigalupi.Two special editions of each book were released, one being a cloth hardcover and the other being this version in black leather. Pages are tight and clean with a bright dust jacket. Jacket has a scuff at the front cover bottom left edge where the paper has worn to white. Back of dust jacket has lightening of the black matte paper around the margins.