"Tough ... hair-raising ... exceptionally good." — San Francisco Chronicle
"A masterpiece of bamboozlement." — Time mmagazine
Winner of the 1978 Edgar Award for Best Novel! When poet Boris Kotlikoff defected to America, he didn't pose a threat to Soviet intelligence — but now he's the KGB's most valuable trade bait, hidden in a safe house in New York City. Can a determined Immigration official and a disgraced CIA agent locate Kotlikoff before their infighting dooms the seemingly innocent man? "A hell of a good novel." — Clive Cussler.
"A masterpiece of bamboozlement." — Time mmagazine
Winner of the 1978 Edgar Award for Best Novel! When poet Boris Kotlikoff defected to America, he didn't pose a threat to Soviet intelligence — but now he's the KGB's most valuable trade bait, hidden in a safe house in New York City. Can a determined Immigration official and a disgraced CIA agent locate Kotlikoff before their infighting dooms the seemingly innocent man? "A hell of a good novel." — Clive Cussler.