Deathbite

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Overview:

Title: Deathbite
Author: Brent Monahan, Michael Maryk
Year: 1980
ISBN-10: 044114182X
Publisher: Ace Books
Price: $2.75
Pages: 308
Binding: Paperback
Type: Novel
Title Reference: Deathbite
Notes: Data from Amazon and Worldcat. Back cover says "Soon to be a major motion picture from the producer of Coma." It didn't quite work out that way; see link above