The Old Men Will Die First: A True Story of Cold War Espionage

A true life adventure: When I was chosen to stop a nuclear war between the US and USSR. In October 1973, the world was on a collision course to World War III. Underground Soviet dissidents chose a visiting scientist—me—to carry crucial papers back to the US. In near war conditions, how was I—a space scientist, entirely untrained in matters of espionage—to flee with documents that proved high level Soviets were turning against USSR provocative actions? The KGB knew a courier existed, but not who or where he was. Either I escaped or the dissidents had to arrange my death—or risk their own exposure.