Barry Kohler, an amateur investigator, discovers a group of former SS officers meeting in Paraguay under the direction of the fugitive doctor Josef Mengele. Before he is killed, Kohler alerts Yakov Liebermann, an aging Nazi hunter living in Vienna. Liebermann uncovers a plot involving the distribution of ninety-four teenage boys across Europe and North America. These children are genetic clones of Adolf Hitler, raised in environments designed to replicate the specific domestic tragedies of the dictator’s youth, including the death of their fathers at age sixty-five.
Readers of cold-war thrillers and speculative science fiction find here a study on the intersection of genetic engineering and environmental influence. The narrative provides a concrete look at the logistics of a global conspiracy and the ethical dilemmas surrounding preemptive justice. One walks away with a clear understanding of the nature versus nurture debate, specifically whether biological replication can ever truly recreate a historical persona without the exact atmospheric pressures of the original era.
- Published
- 1637
- Language
- EN
