Cover Letter

Today's date

(The agent's name)
(The agency's name)
(The agency's address)

Dear (Mr./Ms.) (agent's last name),

What if a simple man working in a warehouse and living an unobtrusive life hides the fact that he suffers from a rare disease for which there is no cure, and the only known palliative is to lay his hands on the wall remnants of a giant maze built 700 years ago that once stretched across and covered the entire country? This is the problem facing Arthur Genghis and all those who suffer from this mysterious malady.

When the progressive symptoms finally cost him his job because he must spend more time at the wall, he concocts a way to make a living off the condition. This leads him to try and pinpoint parts of the crumbling old walls wherever they may be found. It would be a fantastic success if he can make it work, but the fellow sufferers he meets along the way, who must also use the old stones to calm their symptoms, threaten the entire project with ideas of their own; one of which includes the plotted overthrow of the entire government.

Should this be of interest, (and after reviewing the first ______ pages included [refer to agent's guidelines],) the completed manuscript is available upon request. A SASE is included for your response to this query. Thank you so much for your time. I hope to be hearing from you soon.

Cordially,
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