Banner House A Novel

An Iranian nuclear physicist, defects to the United States. His minder is Pete Hastings, the proprietor of a country inn (BANNER HOUSE) with special skills and his own troubled background. The scientist flees Banner House, fearing being sent back in a trade with Iran. The story moves between Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, with the Iranians, the Israeli Mossad and the F.B.I. searching for the elusive scientist. Hasting must find him first.