Who? - Softcover

Budrys, Algis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0704312549 ISBN 13: 9780704312548

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1975

Synopsis

East and West have fused into separate superstates known as the Allied National Government (ANG) and the Soviet International Bloc (SIB). As the Cold War rages, brilliant scientist Lucas Martino works on a top-secret project known only as K-Eighty-eight that could alter the balance of world power. The project goes horribly awry at an Allied research facility near the Soviet border, and Martino is abducted. After several months of tense negotiations, he returns severely injured from the lab explosion, and under pressure from America, undergoes extensive reconstructive surgery. He has a mechanical arm. His polished metal skull-a kind of craniofacial prosthesis-contains few discernable features. Several of his internal organs are artificial. While his fingerprints are identified as belonging to Lucas Martino, they could be the result of transplant. Is he the real Martino? Or a technologically altered impostor sent by America's enemies for the purpose of spying and infiltration? Tasked with uncovering the truth, ANG Security Chief Shawn Rogers makes some shocking discoveries.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 1975
• ISBN 10: 0704312549
• ISBN 13: 9780704312548
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 185