Harper Perennial
August 2017
On Sale: July 25, 2017
Featuring: Jeff Baker; Susan Pickett
256 pages ISBN: 0062421794 EAN: 9780062421791 Paperback Add to Wish List
From Pat Frankβauthor of the classic apocalyptic sci-fi novel Alas, Babylonβcomes a political thriller set, and written, at the dawn of the Cold War, now back in print.
In Pat Frankβs riveting, insightful, and thought-provoking novel, young, outspoken Jeff Baker comes out of World War II determined to work for the State Department. When he lands his assignment in 1949, he becomes the third secretary of the US embassy in Budapest, an observation post behind the Iron Curtain.
Jeffβs experiences as a soldier fighting on a hill in Italy left him scarred and instilled in him a hatred for war in all formsβincluding the emerging Cold War. But when he is assigned to the "Atlantis Project," a top-secret mission for organizing an underground resistance in Hungary, he grapples with his beliefs and his loyalty to his superiors. And when he meets Rikki, a dancer in Budapest, he also finds himself torn between this new love and Susan Pickettβthe love he left back home in Washington.
As he becomes more immersed in the Atlantis Project, Jeff must decide what he is willing to risk for a chance to strike a blow for peace.
Part cloak-and-dagger adventure, part high-voltage romance, and part biting satire, Pat Frank's writing and sense of detail takes readers back to a time of intrigue and uncertainty.
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