In the fall of 1940, the Nazis are at the height of their power-France is occupied, Britain is enduring the Blitz and is under constant threat of invasion, America is neutral, and Russia is in an uneasy alliance with Germany.
Robert Ludlum was an American author of 25 thriller novels. The number of his books in print is estimated between 290-500 million copies. They have been published in 33 languages and 40 countries. Ludlum also published books under the pseudonyms Jonathan Ryder and Michael Shepherd.[1][1]
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ludlum