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A cadre of ninety‑four civil servants, all 65 and scattered across different countries, are quietly killed in a coordinated plan. Their deaths are the opening act of a grand scheme to raise the horrors of the past once more, reshaping humanity’s future. Their deaths serve as guardians of a monstrous plot, which promises to bring back history’s greatest evil and rewrite the trajectory of the world.
First publish date: 1976
Genre: Suspense/General Suspense
Authors: Ira Levin
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