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Soviet physicist Piotr Asanov, harboring the secret of his own theoretical design for a sonar surveillance device that will neutralize the threat of the nuclear submarine, is eased back into his work, after the trauma of defection, at a military research center in California
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The Western intelligence community arranges for the defection of Russian scientist Piotr Asanov because he has a unique device the West needs and wants. In alternating chapters, Reynolds brilliantly captures the helplessness, fear, frustration, and anger that pervade the lives of the people Asanov leaves behind in the Soviet Union and juxtaposes that scene with the gentle and romantic atmosphere Asanov encounters in the West. Journalist/first novelist Reynolds has coupled an emphasis on believable characters with a creative, cynical plot, and has added complex images, eerily accurate description, and realistic dialogue, to create a first-class thriller that builds to a truly shocking conclusion. The Defector is as good as Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising or The Hunt for Red October and Martin Cruz Smith's Gorky Park. Jean B. Palmer, formerly with Phillips Acad. Lib., Andover, Mass.
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Collins Grafton, London, 1987
ISBN 10: 0586072918
ISBN 13: 9780586072912
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Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Mass market paperback, 428 pages; spine very lightly creased, tiny name/address label inside front cover, otherwise gently used, not abused, clean and unmarked. Seller Inventory # 037660