Two scientists—one American and one Russian—form a pact for nuclear disarmament that threatens to bring civilization to its knees

The physicists met during a nuclear conference in London. Wanting to hurry America and the Soviet Union into nuclear non-proliferation, they each construct a crude atomic bomb, hiding one in New York and one in Moscow, and then they disappear. The United States and the USSR have forty days to renounce nuclear weapons, or two world capitals will burn.

The American government chooses police detective Thomas Clancy to save his city. As a cop with a background in physics, he enters the faculty of Knickerbocker University to investigate the American professor. Clancy's hope is that Phyllis Goldmark, the vanished physicist's former lover, may know some clue to his location. The clock is ticking as the fate of millions rests on the shoulders of Phyllis and Clancy.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Howard Fast including rare photos from the author's estate.