The Triumph of Evil

"If youre not part of the solution, you must be part of the problem."

You heard that a lot in the early 1970s, when the country seemed to be teetering on the brink of revolutionary upheaval. Miles Dorn, living quietly in retirement in the U.S., had come a long way from his roots in Central Europe, leaving his past as an assassin and agent provocateur behind him. But as soon as he walks into his house and smells the smoke from a Turkish cigarette, he knows nobody can walk away from the past. Its always there, and it can reach out at any moment and get hold of you.

Hes recruited for a series of assassinations designed to render his adopted country vulnerable to a political coup. Instead of the elaborate web thats the staple of conspiracy theorists, hes one man, working alone.

Hes also a man falling in love, and with a woman a generation too young for him. "Were the same age, Miles," she insists. "Ive known you for exactly as long as youve known me."

Of course he likes the sound of that, but he knows better than to believe it. Just as he knows better than to believe that their love affair—or anything else in his life—has a real chance of working out. But what can he do? Is Dorn part of the solution—or a principal part of the problem?

The Triumph of Evil is a powerful evocation of perilous time in Americas recent past. Its a thriller on a human scale, and youll be stunned by its plausibility and gripped by its suspense.

This Classic Crime Library ebook edition of The Triumph of Evil includes as a bonus the first chapter of the next book in the series, Such Men Are Dangerous.