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The Zakopane Dilemma

Name: The Zakopane Dilemma
Author: Scott Lucas
ISBN: 9780738805030

by Scott Lucas

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Scott Lucas goes back in time for his NEW Espionage Thriller to document one of the strangest and most clever thefts in history. Stealing secret documents, plans, or analyses from an enemy is not new. Stealing an almost room-sized ULTRA SECRET electronics marvel was simply unheard of. Lucas burrows into the reasoning minds of the adversaries and uncovers blueprints for knavery as old as time itself, yet the methods employed as new as the technology which permits it. Buckle up!
I SPY, YOU SPY. I PERSIST, YOU DIE. The action begins in the Winter of 1982 near Washington, DC. An international investment firm, ARGO, LTD.,Currencies & Exchange, is purported to have quiet ties to the White House. Forty year old financier Sam Abrahms is up to his boot tops in treachery, thrown together with Josh Logan, FBI Counterintelligence, in a last ditch effort to catch an American nemesis known only as "The Ax." This communist spymaster, hidden away in Zakopane, Poland, has a twenty year history of barbaric espionage successes. The pirated mainframe cipher machine has agonizing air defense and space probe ramifications, unequalled in speed and capacity. Sam and Josh must intercept the container shipment, already on the high seas.
The trail Sam will follow leads him from Washington to Copenhagen, on to Helsinki, a stop in Stockholm, a hellish dilemma in Warsaw and Zakopane, nested in the Tatra Mountains. A protracted sea escape leads Sam on through New Orleans to force the issue in Rio de Janeiro. Betsy Keller will be Sam's logistics controller and analyst, and yes, most of the time she enjoys the challenge. But this time, Betsy, although razor sharp and thoroughly capable, is also totally in love with Sam, and she almost misses it.
And Sam, this time? How does he feel?
Damn, but life can be full of surprises.
Deadly too....
About the Author
Scott Lucas is a seasoned assignment writer, essayist, non-fiction author, and novelist. Lucas wrote the espionage/thriller The Not-So-Good Shepherd, and is currently collaborating on a startling and disturbing non-fiction work with a senior Soviet defector. A Cold War naval anti-submarine warfare flier, Lucas studied in the United States and Europe, and has held senior executive positions in both arenas. His international publishing credits include projects in business, medicine, the law, and espionage. He resides in Washington, DC.