# Is "Emissaries from the Dead" by Adam-Troy Castro a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Emissaries from the Dead by Adam-Troy Castro (Eos, 2008) is identified by: US Eos/HarperCollins mass-market paperback original, 2008 (ISBN 978-0-06-144372-5); first printing identified by the number line ending in 1. The US Eos paperback original of 2008 is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- US Eos/HarperCollins mass-market paperback original, 2008 (ISBN 978-0-06-144372-5); first printing identified by the number line ending in 1
- First Andrea Cort novel
- Publisher imprint reads Eos
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Adam-Troy Castro |
| Publisher | Eos |
| Year | 2008 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | US Eos/HarperCollins mass-market paperback original, 2008 (ISBN 978-0-06-144372-5); first printing identified by the number line ending in 1 |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
US Eos/HarperCollins mass-market paperback original, 2008 (ISBN 978-0-06-144372-5); first printing identified by the number line ending in 1. First Andrea Cort novel.

## Is this the true first?
The US Eos paperback original of 2008 is the true first. It was a co-winner (tie) of the Philip K. Dick Award presented in 2009 for works published in 2008, sharing the award with David Walton's Terminal Mind. A paperback original.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later reissues are reprints.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Emissaries from the Dead* by Adam-Troy Castro a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/emissaries-from-the-dead
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.