Ian, Crossing Borders

Ian, Crossing Borders, is set in the summer of 1976, the US bicentennial year. It is about UCLA professor Ian Frazer who has just suffered the tragic loss of his wife. Another breakage occurs when he finds out that his son is missing in Germany. In journeys he takes around the globe, Frazer acts out a moving, complex path through Cold War history in an amazing adventure of espionage that reminds one of the best of John LeCarré. The story begins in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa and readers realize at once that the main character is at a crucial, painful juncture of his life. As the book progresses, Ian Frazer gets entangled in the monumental tragedy of the splitting of Germany into east and west. He is compelled to find the reasons for his son's sudden, mysterious disappearance – amongst many Germans, a painfully common scenario with the Iron Curtain as backdrop. Further, he finds himself involved with the secret services of both eastern and western states. This makes his story is a dramatic rendition that is truthful to time and place. Beyond history and literary influence, the book has an original style and is a remarkably trenchant, technically dazzling take love and loss as it affects the psychology of the novel's protagonist. This book will stay in anyone's memory for a lifetime. It is also highly recommended for anyone with high regards for intellectual thrill coupled with intense psychological, dramatic and thrilling action.