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Circus
Circus
Author: Alistair MacLean
Three aerialists - "The Blind Eagles" - are the top attraction in Tesco Wrinfield's famous American traveling circus. All three are Iron Curtain refugees and one of them is clairvoyant, with amazing powers of mental recall. For more earthly reasons, they have come to the attention of the CIA. — Their assignment: penetrate a fortified castle and r...  more »
ISBN: 231665
Publication Date: 1975
Pages: 192
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Publisher: Doubleday
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
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Here is vintage MacLean with a suspense that builds of equal parts action, espionage, and the razor-edged excitement of a circus atmosphere.
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When circus aerialist and mentalist Bruno Wildermann is recruited by the CIA for a mission that only someone of his incredible talents could undertake, he is aware that he holds the key to the world's survival in his hands. His assignment is to break into the infamous Lubylan prison in Eastern Europe where a deadly secret is hidden -- a formula capable of annihilating the earth itself. He is to memorize it. And destroy it.

But even before Bruno begins his terrifying assignment the assassins are already in motion...

Here is vintage MacLean with a suspense that builds of equal parts action, espionage, and the razor-edged excitement of a circus atmosphere.
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