摘 要 註 | On Parrish Island, a restricted island off the coast ofVirginia, is a little-known and never-visited psychiatricfacility. There, far from prying eyes, the governmentstores former intelligence employees whose psychiatricstates make them a danger to their own government, peoplewhose ramblings might endanger ongoing operations or provedangerously inconvenient. One of these employees, formerConsular Operations agent Hal Ambler, is kept heavilymedicated and closely watched. But there's one differencebetween Hal and the other patients - Hal isn't crazy. Withthe help of a sympathetic nurse, Hal manages to clear hismind of the drug-induced haze and then pulls off a daringescape. Now he's out to discover who stashed him here andwhy - but the world he returns to isn't the one heremembers. Friends and longtime associates don't rememberhim, there are no official records of Hal Ambler, and,when he first sees himself in the mirror, the face thatlooks back at him is not the one he knows as his own.--Publisher's description. |