ONLY FORWARD - FIRST WORLD HARD COVER . ill. Cover Illustrated: Chris Moore. NY: Bantam, 2000. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. Hard Cover. Illustrated Bookplate Signed By the Author. As New / As New. ISBN: 0739413929. Smith's first novel, and now available in a hard cover edition for the first time in the world. In a world where the past and future, reality and dreams meet and have a fist fight, Stark is the only man who can make the difference. Time's running out and there's no going back. Only forward.