5.25" x 8", 274 page trade paperback titled THE GOLIATH BONE by Mickey Spillane with Max Allan Collins/ Mariner Books, ISBN # 978-0-15-603578-1, Second printing, copyright 2009/ The Goliath Bone is the 14th entry in the Mike Hammer series by Mickey Spillane. It was completed by Max Allan Collins, and was first published on October 13, 2008. The Goliath Bone is one of three almost finished Mike Hammer novels that Spillane entrusted Collins to finish before his death in 2006. Hammer is forced to put off retirement and his marriage to his longtime love and secretary, Velda, after he falls into the middle of an international crisis. Hammer saves a couple of archaeologists from unknown muggers in New York, who turn out to be Al Qaeda agents who believe they possess a thigh bone of the Biblical character Goliath. Hammer now finds himself going against Islamic terrorists, including a 7-foot agent code named "Goliath". The book is complete and in EXCELLENT condition with some overall light wear. There is a black remainder line on the top edge of the closed book pages.