Notes: "September 1987" on the copyright page. First printing per printer's key: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Cover artist not credited. No visible signature on the wraparound cover art. "Map copyright © 1982 by Richard Harris" on the copyright page. No signature on the map. "The House of the Emperors" is an uncredited, fictional genealogical table that was almost certainly created by the author. "First published in Great Britain by Macmillan Children's Books." "Reprinted by arrangement with Greenwillow Books, a division of William Morrow & Company, Inc."