A #1 New York Times bestseller from the author of Exodus and Trinity, Topaz is the classic Cold War thriller of high intrigue and international suspense set during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
On the eve of the Cuban Missile Crisis in Paris, 1962, Devereaux and Nordstrom uncover Soviet plans to ship nuclear arms. But when nobody acts after sharing his findings, Devereaux becomes the target of an assassination attempt and soon realizes the plot extends far beyond Cuba--and himself.
A thrilling and well-paced novel filled with Cold War intrigue, Topaz features two agents on a journey around the world to save NATO and themselves.
Leon Uris (1924-2003) was an American novelist. Having run away from home at age seventeen, a month after the attack on Pearl Harbor, to join the Marine Corps, he based several of his novels on his own experiences in the marines. His novels include Battle Cry and O'Hara's Choice, as well as the bestsellers Redemption, Trinity, Exodus, QB VII, and Topaz, among others.
Ruritanian romantic, former Master of Assassins, drawer of ROOF BEARS, huer of colors, scanner living in vain, universal monster
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former actor, conservative mostly, grandmother, mom
I just finished reading TOPAZ by Leon Uris. Wanna know where disinformation began? Russia in the 50s, way back then. Scary that there may be communist plants advising our leaders, but it happens.
"A master at weaving historical fact and fiction."
-- "USA Today"