The Wailing Octopus is book#11 in the Rick Brant Science Adventure series. In this book, while on a skin diving vacation in the Virgin Islands, Rick and Scotty stumble across deadly spies The hard cover is in good condition, binding is solid, no spine pulls. There is wear to the top edge, see photos. Pages are clean, no tears or marks. Dust jacket is good, but has some wear and very small tears along the edges, and a worn area on the back spine. 209 pages Stored in non smoking home