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After turning up onshore after mysteriously falling from an Antarctica-bound cruise ship, a stranger begins making a life with Deborah, a widow, in South America. Not having any identification, the stranger becomes known as Richard, and he passes as Deborah's husband. The two travel in and out of South America until, one day, the truth about Richard's identity is revealed. Richard is really John James Czermak, a man with a family and a career in America vastly different from his life in South America. Upon returning to the United States, Czermak's life changes rapidly, propelling him back to Deborah and into an adventure that even James Bond would have envied.
The complexities and clandestine nature of the world's leading atomic agencies, as well as the international riffs that often occur within and because of these agencies, come to life in Czermak's adventures. In quiet prose that heightens the plot's conflict, this book is a page-turner equal to the film version of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. Due to its unique story and setting, readers of espionage-themed fiction will find it a must-have for their collections. Czermak's charming character slowly woos readers and lures them into his danger-ridden world where they find themselves dining with foreign spies and friends who may be enemies. With its exotic characters and settings, this book also makes a great gateway read for those new to espionage and Cold War-themed fiction. Its events seem so surreal that they may actually prove to be a news headline in the next day's newspaper.