And Now a World

Ensign Jake Gordon, a newly trained physicist, has just boarded the USS Albemarle when a fellow officer is killed under suspicious circumstances. Jake's pursuit of a suspect leads to another mysterious death. During this time, he becomes friendly with Laszlo Bartoli, head scientist for Operation Crossroads. After the two atomic bomb tests at Bikini, Jake is asked to join Bartoli at Los Alamos in his Magic Numbers project, trying to develop a new type of nuclear weapon. Bart's beautiful wife Hajnalka and their daughter Ilona, arouse Jake's romantic fantasies. He becomes enmeshed in a web of personal and scientific relationships, murder and espionage. Jake is faced in the end with a dilemma that only he can resolve, a crucial decision about the future of world peace and nuclear warfare. If you love History and Mystery, this book is a must-read. .

Jerold M. Lowenstein, a young octogenarian at 88 may be the last person alive to have seen the 1946 atomic bomb underwater explosion at Bikini. He was a young officer aboard the USS Albemarle, the naval ship that transported bombs and Los Alamos scientists to the South Pacific atoll under the auspices of Operation Crossroads. He is slowing down a little after a career as a physicist, a nuclear medicine physician and a pioneer researcher in the field of fossil molecules. He has written one novel entitled ＂The Dark X.＂ After resting his pen hand, he has fabricated this fantastic tale of mystery and mayhem that takes place in 1946, an exciting time in our Atomic history.