Who? (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Algis Budrys
- First Published: 1958
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—inner space
- Time of Work: The late twentieth century, with flashbacks
- Setting: The European Allied-Communist border, New York City, and New Jersey
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Communism or communists, Twentieth century, Europe or Europeans, New York City, Mistaken or secret identity, Science or scientists, New Jersey, Amputation, amputees, or prosthetics, Kidnapping, Identity
- Locales: New York, NY, Europe, New Jersey
The Plot
Lucas Martino is a physicist with a unique talent for invention. While working on a top-secret project for the Allied Nations Group (ANG) at its laboratory close to the Communist border, he is injured in an explosion. Communist forces commanded by Colonel Anastas Azarin are the first to arrive at the laboratory, and they kidnap Martino.
Shawn Rogers, Central European Frontier District security chief for the ANG, must determine if the man later returned to him is really Martino. Identification is difficult because of procedures used by the Communists to save...
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