The Brezhnev Memo
1980, Dell Publishing, New York, NY. 349 pages.

The Brezhnev Memo is a Cold War novel of intrigue and suspense, with historical and philosophical underpinnings, set on the island of Crete and the Turkish coast.


A series of catastrophic earthquakes stuns the world. Cities topple. Millions die...

China...Yugoslavia...Turkey. California may be next. Is this nature's savagery, or is it a terrifying new weapon that can destroy a chosen target in perfect imitation of nature?

A top-secret memo containing the diabolical truth—handwritten by the Soviet Premier—has been smuggled out of Russia. Its bloody trail leads from the Kremlin to sun-drenched Crete to the darkest corners of a Turkish prison...

A brilliant American spy—stalked by his KGB counterpart—has only five days before the next killer earthquake strikes and triggers World War III. His mission: find...the Brezhnev Memo.