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Sam Durell learns of the disappearance of CIA officer Calvin Padgett at K‑Section when Padgett slipped from a guarded apartment, evaded security personnel, bypassed barbed wire, dodged radar, and slipped past a helicopter patrol. Washington order Durell to retrieve Padgett, stop him, and if necessary kill him, within four days. Durell’s mission unravels a plot that could expose details of the U.S. missile and satellite program.
First publish date: 1955
Genre: Thriller/Political Thriller
Authors: Edward S. Aarons
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