Song of Kali

Song of Kali (1985) is Dan Simmons's debut novel and one of the more genuinely unsettling horror novels of its decade. An American poet and editor travels to Calcutta with his wife and infant daughter to retrieve a manuscript from a reclusive Indian poet believed dead, and finds himself drawn into something far darker than a literary errand. Simmons renders Calcutta with an intensity that goes well beyond atmosphere; the city itself becomes a kind of antagonist, its poverty, violence, and religious fervor converging into something that feels genuinely malevolent. Winner of the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, 1986. 

Inscribed copy. Signed and inscribed by Simmons on the title page: "To Mika Babcock — / A postcard from the city / of Dreadful Night / Dan Simmons."

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, cloth boards. New York: Bluejay Books, 1985. World Fantasy Award winner (1986). Jones & Newman, Horror: The 100 Best Novels (94). ISBN: 031294408x. #10378.
Fine in fine dust jacket.