Ensign Jake Gordon, a new trained physicist is assigned to the ship taking atomic bombs to Bikini for Operation Crossroads. A fellow officer is killed under suspicious circumstances. After Bikini, Jake goes to Los Alamos and works with Laszlo Bartoli on a project for developing a new atomic weapon. Bartoli's beautiful wife Hajnalka and their daughter Ilona arouse Jake romantic fantasies. He becomes enmeshed in a web of personal and scientific relationships, murder and espionage. If you love History and Mystery, this book is a must-read.
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