Shadow wars

by Clyde H. Farnsworth

For Dmitri Sherbatov, the journey begins on Lake Bakail, where the Russian physicist is fishing and dreaming of a life that is about to begin. In an astonishing, perfectly plotted mission, Sherbatov is snatched from the waters of Lake Bakail and taken out of Russia to the Middle East, where he will use his genius to harness the most elusive force on earth: controlled nuclear fusion. Part of a project that is creating gold from bismuth by bombarding it with massive amounts of energy, Sherbatov believes he is helping Israel. But within that nation a civil war is brewing, and the secret of the Negev is a secret that will rock not only the Jewish state, but the entire world economy. American physics professor Hillsdale Landover has been chosen by the CIA to uncover the Israeli project. An innocent plunged into the wrong place at the wrong time, Landover, along with the beautiful Israeli Rachel Ravid, becomes the only witness to a plot that involves top clandestine warriors and military per