Athena von Dietrich had had her day

in court and was found innocent of kill-

ing her husband. Only later is it dis-

covered that seven of the jurors had been

bribed. Which seven?

That is the question plaguing

Jonathan Michaelis. He was supposed to

have received a presidential appoint-

ment. Now, his reputation is in question,

the government position lost. Forever.

Horace Strang wants to know, too. His

background may be shady, but whatever

he s involved in has nothing to do with

bribes.., even though it does allow him

to start tracking those who did accept

them.

Athena knows why the bribes were

given, but she doesn t know who is

behind them~ It could be the company

her father worked for, it could be the

CIA. Or the KGB. Or any one of a multi-

tude of government agencies from

around the world. Whoever did it wants

Athena vulnerable, accessible. She pos-

sesses the plans for a machine which can

produce cheap, clean, limitless energy~

Or untold destruction.