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Title:

Asterisk Destiny, The
 

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Genres:

Thriller

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# Date Publisher Binding Cover
1 1978-00-00 Morrow  

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Blurb: 
Of Asterisk, subject of this superbly crafted novel of political espionage, all that can be said is that it is the best-kept secret in the United States. Closely guarded, it is a mysterious project that presumes world domination. Its history is one of murder and deceit.

Believing that Asterisk's most likely consequence is Doomsday, a disgruntled CIA career man prepares to take his privileged information over the wall. Simultaneously a minor White House staff member named Thorne becomes unwittingly yet inextricably involved.

As Thorne attempts to evade his would-be assassins and discover the truth of the lethal situation, his life is torn apart. And the reader, finding himself in a vertiginous world, where lie is countered with lie and murder is answered with murder, is not only caught up in its tensions but is challenged by moral issues of the utmost consequence.