Cameron Ferris, fresh from Oregon, lands a job—a regrettably boring job—as a file clerk in a big city warehouse. Although she finds little excitement in keeping the accounts straight, the job enables her to leave her snail’s pace past behind for the promise of adventure in the city of adventure: San Francisco. What she finds is surprisingly scary and off kilter. Returning to her apartment one afternoon, she discovers a strange man occupying her flat. All her things are gone—her clothes, her furniture. The man claims to be the rightful occupant, and the landlady backs him up. All evidence of her existence has been wiped clean. The encounter is absolutely unnerving, but rather than wilt and slink back to Oregon, she shows some real backbone and stands up to the wall of illusion. Once that wall crumbles, she finds herself embroiled in an even greater mystery that ends in a mad hunt for baby-snatchers. Only her spunk can save the baby. Introduction to the novel by Maria Brandt.
