Tool of the Trade
โ Scribed by Joe Haldeman
- Publisher
- Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Year
- 2011;2014
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 485 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
By the author of The Forever War: Caught between the USSR and the United States, a professor fights to create a better world
Nicholas Foley survived the horrific siege of Leningrad. Since World War II ended, he has risen through the ranks of American academia to his current post as a respected university professor with a loving wife. His one secret: He works for the KGB. Foley acts as a sleeper agent for the Russians, pointing out potential talent for recruitment. This precarious position takes a turn for the deadly when Foley creates an invention that will change the world: a device that makes people obey orders, no matter what.
The fate of the world is balanced on a razor's edge. As both superpowers pursue Foley, doing whatever they can to get their hands on his miraculous superweapon, he realizes he must choose a side.
Nebula and Hugo Award winner Joe Haldeman is one of America's finest creators of science fiction, and Tool of...
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